Question for everyone

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Question for everyone
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Tue, 12-25-2007 - 1:38pm

I know this has been asked before somewhere on the site, but since there is a new year coming up next week I thought I would renew the thought.

Where do you go to meet people that are respectful and trustworthy? Or whatever? Things are changing so fast in our country as to morals and so forth that I get a little overwhelm with nutballs.

I wonder if it's a matter of where a person lives?

Appreciate any ideas you all may have or experienced.

Lou

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Tue, 12-25-2007 - 1:57pm
Where do you go to meet people that are respectful and trustworthy ?



PlentyOfFish (dot com). Or alternatively, CraigsList (dot com). You won't find more respectful, trustworthy and morally upstanding citizens elsewhere.
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Tue, 12-25-2007 - 3:06pm
LOLOL, here here, and while you are at it, al the rest of em -

mom_uk2socal - Mom to DS22, DS19, DD16

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Tue, 12-25-2007 - 3:39pm

Cool...I love questions like these.


Where do you go to meet people that are respectful and trustworthy?

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Registered: 10-14-2001
Tue, 12-25-2007 - 6:57pm

Hmmmm....my first thought to this would be thus:


I think higher quality people can be found at charity fundraisers for one.

Soliel
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Wed, 12-26-2007 - 12:34pm

We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
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Wed, 12-26-2007 - 12:58pm

Yep, I agree w/this concept also.

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Wed, 12-26-2007 - 12:59pm

All the things you mentioned are evidence of some "good morals" for lack of a better word.


And I agree with you, since we all are different in our values, we will want to go to different places where our values will "match" with others.


So maybe it would be a good idea for the original poster to make her own list of where she would find people she would simply like.


Soleil


Soliel
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Wed, 12-26-2007 - 1:09pm

So maybe it would be a good idea for the original poster to make her own list of where she would find people she would simply like.


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Yep. Be careful however. I started with a different state as item #1! LoL But you were right, surround yourself by the kind of people you enjoy and respect . .

We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
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Registered: 08-25-2004
Wed, 12-26-2007 - 5:24pm

I thank all of you for your excellent replies.

Where have I been? I wanted to give back to our society so for two years I worked as an auxiliary volunteer (chaplain services) in the Emergency department for our local hospital. Holy moly...did I think much of dating? Not really. One puts it into the back of the mind when your helping people out of an ambulance, going to check out the helicopter, trying to help the RN with a patient who is bleeding to death, someone going into shock, dealing with the families who have lost a loved one. Then there's the guy who dropped died in front of my desk in the triage area. Holy cow...no date there! Not funny really.

Wonderful experience all in all, but the other volunteers are very much older than me. Nothing there. And the paid staff always appeared to be in a hierarchy. Not their fault, they are very busy.
Just thought you might want to know about these things just in case anyone was thinking about doing 'time' in an ER.

I volunteered for our church which is huge but it didn't work out very well because there are too many people who have made the sanctuary of the church into a click. That was it for me. Tried other denominations that were very interesting but ended up fruitcake on the platter. So be careful.

And, last but not least, my official dating list on the other 'things.'

School (mostly women), Seminars, music concert, Blind date, workplace, gym, local bookstore, museums.

What's left within reason that I can afford?

Charities and political fundraisers I might give it a go. I haven't made up my mind what nutball, oh, I mean politician I'm going to vote for yet.

Once again, thanks everyone and keep on thinking of other ways to socialize.

P.S. I agree with some of you that we need to be cautious with humans.

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Wed, 12-26-2007 - 7:07pm
I've had good luck with Match.com.