So what is the main reason most of you are on here? General conversations or attempting to find like minds nearby to date?
I enjoy reading, laughing and responding to posts. So far, there are no members who live near me in Wenatchee, WA. I don't expect to find someone to date.
Every message I receive is from men who live thousands of miles away.
What she said. I'm still living in Songkhla, Thailand, so can't really expect to meet anyone yet. Besides, I've not once seen someone my age with my interests.
I wouldn't expect it either. conversing anonymously is the new norm.
Oh and its the rainbow one. They don't touch the ground?
How would you know you were standing in one? and what about the whole 'POT OF GOLD' thing?
I have met two other hikers who stood in a rainbow high in the mountains during a rainstorm. People don't believe them, either. Men lecture me on refracted light and insist it is impossible. Here's what happened:
At age 23 I was backpacking on Mt. Shuksan near Mt. Baker. We camped above the tree line at around 7,000' elevation. That evening we saw the sunset behind Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
The next day a massive storm blew in. Hail piled up like snowdrifts, washing ptarmigan birds downhill. ("PEEP! Peep... peep... pe...." ) Lightning struck around us. ("Here, you hold my ice axe." ) Pouring rain soaked us to the skin. The sun shone in a nearby valley.
And we stood in a rainbow. We could see the rainbow colors on each other's faces. I stuck out my arms and marveled at the colors on my arms. It only lasted a minute or two. We were not high. My hiking partner was a medical doctor.
Afterwards the sun steamed our backs as we slogged our way to the car.
This was a PEAK EXPERIENCE of my life.
Kathleen
@LiterateHiker Beautiful. I need to put something like that on my bucket list.
I came for the dating, but am finding I rather like the community.
Its kind of addictive isn't it?
Came here out of curiosity and stayed for the sound bunch of people. This is one of the few online groups I've come across where the conversation is almost always balanced, respectful and reflective.
Hopefully people more willing to discuss and is you both sincerely disagree, agree to disagree
I originally created a profile for dating, realized that was likely never going to happen, and am now basically here for conversation
I am here because I am not judged for being atheist. FB has so many religious fucks it drives me crazy. I have only 1 friend in fb who is an Athiest but she's in the closet about it.
I initially joined just to see what it was like, but the conversations on here seem more hopeful than finding a date so I am good with that. I know I am a trout in a catfish pond...lol
There is nothing wrong with catfish, they are fun to catch and eat. Catfish are common down south here in Arkansas, but I am originally from Washington State where the common fish was the trout. That is the main reason I use those two types. Now if I was saying I was a trout in with a pond of sucker fish then I could see someone taking offense...lol
I joined wistfully thinking 85% just for conversation, 15% hope to find someone who thinks like me and could participate in my life in more fun ways than just conversation. In reality, maybe 99% conversation and 1% possibility of dating. That's okay - the conversations and topics raised are probably more interesting than a date anyway!
Searching for a bastion of intelligent conversation in a sea of nonsense.
Perfect...
Intelligent conversation is getting harder and harder to find. .
But so is finding someone dateworthy
I originally joined to find Miss Right, but quickly found a community of people I like to just hang out with.
I’m just here. Not here for dating, not really here to conversate. I throw in 2¢ here and there, though.
I am here for both. But I would love to meet someone to share my life with. So far no like-minded takers.
Finding the perfect match in thoughts,physical attraction,with no personality clash is not easy to do,viewpoints,and politics are more sticking points. Yes, we are on this Earth but for a short time As one of the old sayings go, "Isn't it better to loved and lost than, better to not have loved at all"?
If dating is socializing, having fun, good conversations, sometimes leading to more, aren't we all on this site looking for like-minds for on-line dating, another word for socializing, just like the face-to-face kind? LLOL.
So that's why i'm here; to have fun, meet some great people, and learn some new stuff hopefully, without expectations or restrictions about possible futures.
Looking for locals for friendships and dating. Can't meet them in church! #cougar
I like people who have a sense of humor/irony and intelligent conversation.