sweet romance

in another half-baked post, i've been thinking about modern romance- how do men and women go about finding one another. it seems to me that our current system is pretty inadequate to the task at hand. I suppose dating works out well while one is in school- there is a good pool of available candidates with at least some overlapping interests- but once you hit the work world how do you find someone compatable?

I'm sure that this difficulty in finding the proverbial needle in the haystack is the source of much of the growth of internet dating services- find the "real" person, all in the comfort of your own pajamas!

while popular culture usually shows the "good" guy getting the girl in the end (or vice-versa) it also shows that there are a lot of people who feel the need to act other than themselves just to speak with their target audience, and too often the "bad boy" gets the girl, at least for a while. why is it that so many men choose to act like disrespectful, sexist jerks, and why do so many otherwise intelligent, attractive women choose to go for that act?

I have no answers, but would love to hear some feed back