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		<title>By: Colocelt</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/02/23/on-the-woes-weirdness-of-gay-dating/comment-page-1/#comment-378451</link>
		<dc:creator>Colocelt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ah, alas, perpetually single here... but I do tend to collect good friends and younger &quot;brothers&quot; 

One day :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah, alas, perpetually single here&#8230; but I do tend to collect good friends and younger &#8220;brothers&#8221; </p>
<p>One day <img src='http://www.gaypatriot.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: ThatGayConservative</title>
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		<dc:creator>ThatGayConservative</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;I mean, one bull rider per lifetime is enough for anyone.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Mercy! If he looks like JB Mauney or Chris Shivers, I&#039;d agree.

&lt;blockquote&gt;I have found several Â¨my types.Â¨&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Well I never have. Javi wasn&#039;t the &quot;type&quot; I was looking for. He&#039;s pretty smart, wiser (no, he&#039;s 43) and cute as a button with a butt to match.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I mean, one bull rider per lifetime is enough for anyone.</p></blockquote>
<p>Mercy! If he looks like JB Mauney or Chris Shivers, I&#8217;d agree.</p>
<blockquote><p>I have found several Â¨my types.Â¨</p></blockquote>
<p>Well I never have. Javi wasn&#8217;t the &#8220;type&#8221; I was looking for. He&#8217;s pretty smart, wiser (no, he&#8217;s 43) and cute as a button with a butt to match.</p>
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		<title>By: Roberto</title>
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		<dc:creator>Roberto</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have found several Â¨my types.Â¨ and if gay marriage had been legal IÂ´d have march down the aisle on  a number of occasions. But then if there had been gay divorce, that would have followed. Like Mickey Rooney, I would have had to declare bankruptcy to get out of paying palimony.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have found several Â¨my types.Â¨ and if gay marriage had been legal IÂ´d have march down the aisle on  a number of occasions. But then if there had been gay divorce, that would have followed. Like Mickey Rooney, I would have had to declare bankruptcy to get out of paying palimony.</p>
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		<title>By: Ashpenaz</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ashpenaz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here&#039;s my technique--If I see a guy who is unmarried, over 30, and attractive, I find some way to start up a conversation. I try to send up little signals to see if he&#039;s interested. If so, then we go for coffee. Do you know how often this has worked? Exactly ZERO times. I have never been attracted to an unmarried single guy who has turned out to be gay. Ever. Not one freakin&#039; time. (I&#039;ve met some wonderful straight friends, though.) If I went to a gay bar on Drag vs. Leather Trivia night, I would find the one guy who was there to say goodbye to being bicurious before his wedding. 

The good thing about Nebraska, though, is that the men are SOOO much my type that this technique only has to work once. I mean, one bull rider per lifetime is enough for anyone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s my technique&#8211;If I see a guy who is unmarried, over 30, and attractive, I find some way to start up a conversation. I try to send up little signals to see if he&#8217;s interested. If so, then we go for coffee. Do you know how often this has worked? Exactly ZERO times. I have never been attracted to an unmarried single guy who has turned out to be gay. Ever. Not one freakin&#8217; time. (I&#8217;ve met some wonderful straight friends, though.) If I went to a gay bar on Drag vs. Leather Trivia night, I would find the one guy who was there to say goodbye to being bicurious before his wedding. </p>
<p>The good thing about Nebraska, though, is that the men are SOOO much my type that this technique only has to work once. I mean, one bull rider per lifetime is enough for anyone.</p>
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		<title>By: Neptune</title>
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		<dc:creator>Neptune</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;d have to agree that the guy often comes along when you aren&#039;t looking or least expect it.  I met my other half at a cruisy place.  We intended to be a hookup, and 9 years I can&#039;t imagine what my life would be like without him.  Odd how it works out sometimes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d have to agree that the guy often comes along when you aren&#8217;t looking or least expect it.  I met my other half at a cruisy place.  We intended to be a hookup, and 9 years I can&#8217;t imagine what my life would be like without him.  Odd how it works out sometimes.</p>
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		<title>By: The Livewire</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Livewire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I got a discount gaydar from my mom when she came out.  Still trying to work the bugs out of it.

Funny story.  Friend and I were talking about a woman working in a comic shop, years ago.  He was working up the nerve to ask her out and I said &#039;don&#039;t worry about it, she&#039;s gay.&#039;  He asked if I was serious and I told him I was joking.

He then asks if my mom would check her out.  I was kind of shocked.  I said &quot;You don&#039;t get a handheld l-e-s-b-i-a-n scanner and a toaster oven when you come out.&quot;  He honestly thought there was a &#039;sixth sense&#039; thing going on.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got a discount gaydar from my mom when she came out.  Still trying to work the bugs out of it.</p>
<p>Funny story.  Friend and I were talking about a woman working in a comic shop, years ago.  He was working up the nerve to ask her out and I said &#8216;don&#8217;t worry about it, she&#8217;s gay.&#8217;  He asked if I was serious and I told him I was joking.</p>
<p>He then asks if my mom would check her out.  I was kind of shocked.  I said &#8220;You don&#8217;t get a handheld l-e-s-b-i-a-n scanner and a toaster oven when you come out.&#8221;  He honestly thought there was a &#8216;sixth sense&#8217; thing going on.</p>
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		<title>By: ILoveCapitalism</title>
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		<dc:creator>ILoveCapitalism</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Bob, I just read the interview you linked and while I found Obama advocating increasing spending on infrastructure...&lt;/blockquote&gt;If the &quot;stimulus&quot; bill *was* an infrastructure bill - instead of a pork give-away - there&#039;d be less to criticize.

Long story short: no bob, Obama *still* didn&#039;t campaign on the massive Porkulus that the Democrats recently passed.  Think of another apology for him... a new excuse.  I know you can.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Bob, I just read the interview you linked and while I found Obama advocating increasing spending on infrastructure&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p>If the &#8220;stimulus&#8221; bill *was* an infrastructure bill &#8211; instead of a pork give-away &#8211; there&#8217;d be less to criticize.</p>
<p>Long story short: no bob, Obama *still* didn&#8217;t campaign on the massive Porkulus that the Democrats recently passed.  Think of another apology for him&#8230; a new excuse.  I know you can.</p>
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		<title>By: PeeJ</title>
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		<dc:creator>PeeJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My partner&#039;s best friend from college eventually landed in WeHo and then got &quot;marrried&quot; to a fucking neurosurgeon.  That was 10 years ago.  

My &quot;husband&quot; and I hateed each other in college.  Really.  I wasn&#039;t interetsed in a relatiuonship and we used to shout insults at each other across the bar.  He followed me home one night and I kept telling to go away.   That was almost twenty years ago. I later realized I very much did want a realtionship but was all effed up about it after years of disappointment and travail. 

If there&#039;s a moral here, I think it might be something like &quot;seeking what you (thinkj you) want aint a successful strategy - live as honestly as you can and be who you are and most things will come out pretty well.  


Gawd, where did those rose colored contacts come from?!?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My partner&#8217;s best friend from college eventually landed in WeHo and then got &#8220;marrried&#8221; to a fucking neurosurgeon.  That was 10 years ago.  </p>
<p>My &#8220;husband&#8221; and I hateed each other in college.  Really.  I wasn&#8217;t interetsed in a relatiuonship and we used to shout insults at each other across the bar.  He followed me home one night and I kept telling to go away.   That was almost twenty years ago. I later realized I very much did want a realtionship but was all effed up about it after years of disappointment and travail. </p>
<p>If there&#8217;s a moral here, I think it might be something like &#8220;seeking what you (thinkj you) want aint a successful strategy &#8211; live as honestly as you can and be who you are and most things will come out pretty well.  </p>
<p>Gawd, where did those rose colored contacts come from?!?</p>
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		<title>By: Ignatius</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ignatius</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Be yourself and focus on what you love doing.  You&#039;ll come across far more confidently and positive and you&#039;ll attract far more attention, all for the right reasons.  A great relationship is what we all seek but remember that when it comes to sex, men, especially straight men, are flexible.    

I actually enjoyed serial dating for a time, but it&#039;s a relief to be beyond it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Be yourself and focus on what you love doing.  You&#8217;ll come across far more confidently and positive and you&#8217;ll attract far more attention, all for the right reasons.  A great relationship is what we all seek but remember that when it comes to sex, men, especially straight men, are flexible.    </p>
<p>I actually enjoyed serial dating for a time, but it&#8217;s a relief to be beyond it.</p>
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		<title>By: David</title>
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		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I moved from TN and lived in WeHo...tried my first two years to find nice guys to date with little to no success. Ended up going to Long Beach, hanging at &quot;The Library&quot; and met really nice people there. 
LB seems more laid back &quot;nice&quot; gay than WeHo which to me was too competitive more like a playground at recess. Hard to find nice guys that want to REALLY date most of the time...no matter where you live. Hang in there! It does happen!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I moved from TN and lived in WeHo&#8230;tried my first two years to find nice guys to date with little to no success. Ended up going to Long Beach, hanging at &#8220;The Library&#8221; and met really nice people there.<br />
LB seems more laid back &#8220;nice&#8221; gay than WeHo which to me was too competitive more like a playground at recess. Hard to find nice guys that want to REALLY date most of the time&#8230;no matter where you live. Hang in there! It does happen!</p>
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		<title>By: Kurt</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kurt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the encouragement.  I haven&#039;t given up yet, but I think the counter-intuitive advice about &quot;not looking&quot; might be some of the best.  I&#039;ve heard that many times before, and there seems to be something to it.  Of course, it can be hard to find the right sort of zen-like mindset in order to really follow through with that advice, but maybe one of these days I will.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the encouragement.  I haven&#8217;t given up yet, but I think the counter-intuitive advice about &#8220;not looking&#8221; might be some of the best.  I&#8217;ve heard that many times before, and there seems to be something to it.  Of course, it can be hard to find the right sort of zen-like mindset in order to really follow through with that advice, but maybe one of these days I will.</p>
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		<title>By: ThatGayConservative</title>
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		<dc:creator>ThatGayConservative</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;no, and any responsible reader would admit that that would be impossible.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Especially since the amount passed will more than likely tripple before it&#039;s all said and done. Not only that, but it will leave the states holding the bag for billions of dollars or cutting thousands of people off the social tit.

As far as looking for Mr. Right, I used to do the bars in the Montrose district of Houston going 3-4 nights a week. I had found a guy that I was in lust with and we dated for a few months, but later discovered that neither of us were in love. 

After a while, a friend told me that I was never going to find him at a bar and I pretty much agreed. I had given up looking and just went to the bars to drink and people watch. I even quit dressing up and wore what I wanted to wear. I found Javier as I was leaving one bar and going to another. We&#039;ve been together now for 12 years.

My advice is not to be looking for anybody. Just go to the bars or wherever because you want to. One thing you might try is putting a ring on your left hand. The snob queens in Houston rarely gave me the time of day, but folks hit on me all the time after I put a ring on my finger. 

&lt;blockquote&gt;I wish I had a â€œbi-darâ€&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Not that I know much about bi&#039;s, but it seems to me like it would be easier to hook up with a guy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>no, and any responsible reader would admit that that would be impossible.</p></blockquote>
<p>Especially since the amount passed will more than likely tripple before it&#8217;s all said and done. Not only that, but it will leave the states holding the bag for billions of dollars or cutting thousands of people off the social tit.</p>
<p>As far as looking for Mr. Right, I used to do the bars in the Montrose district of Houston going 3-4 nights a week. I had found a guy that I was in lust with and we dated for a few months, but later discovered that neither of us were in love. </p>
<p>After a while, a friend told me that I was never going to find him at a bar and I pretty much agreed. I had given up looking and just went to the bars to drink and people watch. I even quit dressing up and wore what I wanted to wear. I found Javier as I was leaving one bar and going to another. We&#8217;ve been together now for 12 years.</p>
<p>My advice is not to be looking for anybody. Just go to the bars or wherever because you want to. One thing you might try is putting a ring on your left hand. The snob queens in Houston rarely gave me the time of day, but folks hit on me all the time after I put a ring on my finger. </p>
<blockquote><p>I wish I had a â€œbi-darâ€</p></blockquote>
<p>Not that I know much about bi&#8217;s, but it seems to me like it would be easier to hook up with a guy.</p>
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		<title>By: Gene in Pennsylvania</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gene in Pennsylvania</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for bucking me up John I appreciate it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for bucking me up John I appreciate it.</p>
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		<title>By: John in Dublin Ca</title>
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		<dc:creator>John in Dublin Ca</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gene, I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve ever been called a Dorothy before. To bad you&#039;re so sour about your life, I&#039;ve never considered suicide, perhaps you should. Life is what you make it, and I&#039;ve made mine to my satisfaction. Give it a try.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gene, I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever been called a Dorothy before. To bad you&#8217;re so sour about your life, I&#8217;ve never considered suicide, perhaps you should. Life is what you make it, and I&#8217;ve made mine to my satisfaction. Give it a try.</p>
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		<title>By: gillie</title>
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		<dc:creator>gillie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wish I had a &quot;bi-dar&quot;

blech</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish I had a &#8220;bi-dar&#8221;</p>
<p>blech</p>
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		<title>By: Gene in Pennsylvania</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gene in Pennsylvania</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You Dorothys are really over the rainbow here. If you are right about us all finding our own true loves......I hate to bring it up, but why all the depression and suicides in the community?
http://thewizardofoz.warnerbros.com/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You Dorothys are really over the rainbow here. If you are right about us all finding our own true loves&#8230;&#8230;I hate to bring it up, but why all the depression and suicides in the community?<br />
<a href="http://thewizardofoz.warnerbros.com/" rel="nofollow">http://thewizardofoz.warnerbros.com/</a></p>
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		<title>By: John in Dublin Ca</title>
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		<dc:creator>John in Dublin Ca</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#10 Sonicfrog

My point exactly. It dosn&#039;t matter where you are, you can meet the man of your dreams when you least expect it, and usually do. Kurt, keep the faith!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#10 Sonicfrog</p>
<p>My point exactly. It dosn&#8217;t matter where you are, you can meet the man of your dreams when you least expect it, and usually do. Kurt, keep the faith!</p>
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		<title>By: PeeJ</title>
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		<dc:creator>PeeJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wait a minit.  You live in WeHo?  Isn&#039;t somebody going to the gym in WeHo all the evidence you need?  C&#039;mon, you can put your gaydar in the freezer for safe keeping when you&#039;re in WeHo.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wait a minit.  You live in WeHo?  Isn&#8217;t somebody going to the gym in WeHo all the evidence you need?  C&#8217;mon, you can put your gaydar in the freezer for safe keeping when you&#8217;re in WeHo.</p>
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		<title>By: Sonicfrog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sonicfrog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The trick is to stop looking. That&#039;s what I did, and that&#039;s when I found my mate.

I was not too keen on the bar scene either. I found most of the people there either brainless Peacocks, or sex hungry guys with no interest in a relationship at all. When I moved from San Diego to Fresno, one of the reasons was that I was sick of the bar scene there - it felt like a dead end. I had given on the love think so completely, I did the foolhardy thing and move from paradise to Fresno! So here I am in Fresno, a town that has only a few gay bars. After a few months, I had gotten sick of the shallow scene here, but there was nothing else better to do.  One night I was very bored and decided to go one of the bars that I usually don&#039;t go to, a leather-ish bar called the Red Lantern. It wasn&#039;t an official leather bar, but you would see it there often enough. Well, on the drive over, the voice in my head was telling me that this would be just like all the other nights, and I would be just as disappointed as ever, so I should just turn around and go home.  When I walked in, one guy immediately caught my eye - casually dressed, looked a bit bored, but MAN, he was hot! I started making small talk about the videos being shown of male dancers, and soon we started talking about philosophy or something. I don&#039;t remember exactly what we talked about, but it became apparent that, on top of the hotness, this one had a brain as well. He is the man who would end up being the Sonic Mate.  It will be 13 years in July, and he hasn&#039;t discarded me yet!

PS. Rule of thumb - if you find someone you like, what ever you do, DON&#039;T spawn on the first date. Makes the next date that much more exiting!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The trick is to stop looking. That&#8217;s what I did, and that&#8217;s when I found my mate.</p>
<p>I was not too keen on the bar scene either. I found most of the people there either brainless Peacocks, or sex hungry guys with no interest in a relationship at all. When I moved from San Diego to Fresno, one of the reasons was that I was sick of the bar scene there &#8211; it felt like a dead end. I had given on the love think so completely, I did the foolhardy thing and move from paradise to Fresno! So here I am in Fresno, a town that has only a few gay bars. After a few months, I had gotten sick of the shallow scene here, but there was nothing else better to do.  One night I was very bored and decided to go one of the bars that I usually don&#8217;t go to, a leather-ish bar called the Red Lantern. It wasn&#8217;t an official leather bar, but you would see it there often enough. Well, on the drive over, the voice in my head was telling me that this would be just like all the other nights, and I would be just as disappointed as ever, so I should just turn around and go home.  When I walked in, one guy immediately caught my eye &#8211; casually dressed, looked a bit bored, but MAN, he was hot! I started making small talk about the videos being shown of male dancers, and soon we started talking about philosophy or something. I don&#8217;t remember exactly what we talked about, but it became apparent that, on top of the hotness, this one had a brain as well. He is the man who would end up being the Sonic Mate.  It will be 13 years in July, and he hasn&#8217;t discarded me yet!</p>
<p>PS. Rule of thumb &#8211; if you find someone you like, what ever you do, DON&#8217;T spawn on the first date. Makes the next date that much more exiting!</p>
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		<title>By: Gene in Pennsylvania</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gene in Pennsylvania</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#3 Kurt   you nailed a lot of our challenges. It does seem hopeless most times. First of all if you start with the fact that only 2-8% of the population is gay. Subtract the women, the gay men already partnered up and the guys way too young, you are left with a very small pool of prospective men. I live in a rural part of Pennsylvania, not quite Amish country and you can see the challenge more clearly.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#3 Kurt   you nailed a lot of our challenges. It does seem hopeless most times. First of all if you start with the fact that only 2-8% of the population is gay. Subtract the women, the gay men already partnered up and the guys way too young, you are left with a very small pool of prospective men. I live in a rural part of Pennsylvania, not quite Amish country and you can see the challenge more clearly.</p>
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