Polls: Dating

Even these days racism is rampant and it might actually be increasing, our efforts to reduce racism are backfiring because we did not know how to do it right and now we have screwed up. Some of us are quite open with our racism but others keep a friendly exterior while holding hate within.

There was an Indian on Quora, and he shared his experience of racism in the United States, which was rather surprising to me. He went to find an apartment for himself and his white girlfriend, the estate agent showing him the apartments was a white woman as well. She showed him two apartments and said that there were no other apartments available. He came back home and told his girlfriend that there were only two apartments available and he liked neither, but his girlfriend understood what had actually happened. She went to the same estate agent and suddenly there were five apartments available in the same building.

It is a rather sad story, but it is reality and we have to deal with reality. Back to the original topic, the question, are you open to dating someone of a different race?

I was a christian and lived without any tattoos until late last year when I experienced a traumatic event that questioned my faith.

After that event, I thought I would get a small tattoo to commemorate and have since become addicted and gone through a drastic tattoo transformation. A lot of my tattoos are somewhat satanic and occult related.

I haven't dated for a while due to the whole COVID situation but I was wondering if being heavily inked would scare off potential matches? Or maybe even a turn on for some?

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The moment just before that first kiss! Such magic! Romance and the promise of new beginnings. . . it is just as sweet at age 65 as it was when I was 18 years old.

So, when should a guy kiss a girl? Should he ask permission first or just go for it and hope for the best?

I have dated a few women who were quite beautiful. One looked like Suzanne Somers in her "Three's Company" days.

She was much easier to look at, but not a better girlfriend than some of the others. I have dated a few women who were on the lower end of the scale. One of them was a great match in many, many ways, but was probably what most guys would rate a 3/10. Despite that, I was very happy with her and very attracted to her, but. . . she never fell in love with me and I eventually broke up with her.

I have learned that I can love someone who is not particularly pretty and, if I am in love, I will lust for them just as much as I would lust for a Hollywood star. There are still some women whose physical appearance would be an instant turn off but I would not hesitate to date a woman who was "average" or even "below average" if I thought her other qualities were good.

How far down the scale of 1-10 would you accept if the person's other qualities were "just what you were looking for?"

Note: If you want, you can respond and say what your TOP 2 most important & BOTTOM 2 least important GROUPS (Voting Options A, or B, or C, etc.) of qualities are that you look for in a man. Also, are there important qualities that I missed?

Reference article:
https://www.powerofpositivity.com/what-women-look-for-in-men/