Hi Steve,

A couple comments:

1. Could your rapid and over the top praise around the first date be serving you for some feeling of inadequacy? In other words, are you making yourself feel better by proclaiming her wonderful-ness?

2. If you are seeking a woman who does not have kids, with online dating, can you state this?

“The saga continues. I think I am creating situations for myself where I set myself up to fail with women that I meet.”

“There is pretty much no chance of me finding a woman without them.”

In my case, if I were doing online dating, for example, I would say “non-smoker.” I would not then meet up with a smoker and then wonder why I’m not happy and failing to find a good match.

Does this make sense?

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