Single men-women ratio

[temazepam]

Originally Posted by SandyCo

Ratios are a silly way to measure your chances of finding a mate. When you take away the day laborers, men over 60 years old, gay men, plus the men who are still living their mom's basement, the numbers look quite different.

The day laborers and 60+ men are the only ones who check me out. FML.
Gay ones don't for obvious reasons (too bad, because they're the hot ones!). And most homes in my area don't have basements, so I never deal with that last category.

[JohnG72]

Originally Posted by temazepam

I agree. Seems like even if there are enough available men out there, they're mostly the scraps that nobody wants. Not some diamond in the rough who went unnoticed, but Mr. Wrong entirely.

Lol. If you think the problem is that most men are scraps, maybe you should take a look in the mirror

[yamota]

It's not just a case of single women finding mr. right, these days I think they just settle for mr. you'll do

[Tex?Il?]

Originally Posted by temazepam

I agree. Seems like even if there are enough available men out there, they're mostly the scraps that nobody wants. Not some diamond in the rough who went unnoticed, but Mr. Wrong entirely.

I think Ronnie might be referring more to the gay population. Although I could be wrong.

BTW: I agree with the other comment to your post. Do you actually give "a diamond in the rough" a second look?

That is important these days considering the economy. For example: The economy might be slowly recovering, but there are still highly qualified/experienced, hard working, skilled, talented people that are not currently earning their potential simply due to the economy.

They WILL in time live to their potential career and income wise, as long as the don't give up, but if they are only making $25,000 at the very current moment (supplemented by savings and zero interest loans from family), but in a year, will be making $50,000+ after accepting an offer, then you missed on out on a great guy because he was earning pennies when you met him.

Of course everything else being equal looks, personality, etc.

[Wing Feathers]

Originally Posted by temazepam

I agree. Seems like even if there are enough available men out there, they're mostly the scraps that nobody wants. Not some diamond in the rough who went unnoticed, but Mr. Wrong entirely.

I am starting to wonder what your qualifications are Please list them so we may help. Otherwise, this is morphing into another man-hate discussion.

Originally Posted by Tex?Il?

. . . then you missed on out on a great guy because he was earning pennies when you met him. . .

I actually had a girl stone-cold pull out of a relationship once she saw my car. It was too expensive for her tastes (she must have been an Occupier and never told me). You just can't please everyone... which is why I asked the OP to explain her criteria. Maybe well-to-do men turn her off.

[Tex?Il?]

Originally Posted by Wing Feathers

I actually had a girl stone-cold pull out of a relationship once she saw my car. It was too expensive for her tastes (she must have been an Occupier and never told me). You just can't please everyone... which is why I asked the OP to explain her criteria. Maybe well-to-do men turn her off.

Wow! Interesting story! A little bit of the opposite of what you might normally hear about LA! Was she cute?

That makes me feel better with my Subaru Forester at 200,000 miles!

[yamota]

Originally Posted by readymade

Basically. Half Irish, half Armenian.

Does that make a difference in dating in LA?

single white girls are a rare commodity especially in certain parts of LA. I remember being in a chinese restaurant on vermont near LACC and they had one white bus girl taking orders in the back, but the rest of the staff were Mexicans and asians and I can remember they were always flirting with her and eyeing her from head to toe even though there were other pretty Mexican and asian girls around.
But that was a few years ago, I think though lately the area is being gentrified. I was in Koreatown last month visiting a friend and this volkswagen pulls up with two white people in it, a male and a female. At this point I'm thinking uh-oh, these folks are lost. I bet one of them will pull out a map any second now.
But then the female passenger gets out, and kisses her boyfriend and proceeds to go inside the condominium building, right there on westmoreland near Wilshire and I'm like "Wha? She lives *here*?" so I'm thinking maybe she's one of those actress types from out of town looking to get her big Hollywood break.

[Dunbar42]

On the show The Layover they did one in LA they said it was pretty much unheard of to see white people and/or tourists in Koreatown 4-5 years ago. Apparently now it's fairly common.