A friend and I were talking the other day about how I only ever have first dates, I never get a second date, well almost never. So today I was talking with him about an up-coming date for this weekend and I began to wonder just how many first dates I've had. Now this is really only in the past year, because before this I wasn't really concerned about how long I had been single and hadn't been trying to date. Hmm, thinking back now, .... ...... I'm at about 12. One a month and of them only one has been followed by a second date. I find this amazing for myself for a couple reasons. First I'm very out going but very shy around a woman that I like, and 12 different dates (people) is more in one year than I've had my entire life before. The other amazing thing is that of the twelve only one had enough mutual attraction to produce a second date. What am I a leper? I don't think I'm picky, granted I would like the other person to be attractive, but attractive to me is not Hollywood attractive.

So I guess I wonder, how many tries do I need before I find someone that is compatible for two and more dates and on to a real relationship. So far I'm not even really one for twelve, because the one person that I had more than two dates with didn't go very far beyond that (for reasons of personal beliefs). To me it seems that most people find someone compatible within 7 to 10 people, but how far do I have to go, I don't know.