Picnics in the Great Smoky Mountains or in your neck of the woods is a great way of getting to know one another.
What is wrong with the old fashioned peanut butter and jelly lunch on a red and white checked tablecloth or an old quilted throw nestled under a shade tree in a secluded spot.
The art of courting is so far removed from our society that it is a lost art.
What is wrong with front porch sitting? A glass of lemonade and some light music drifting out the door .
What happened to long strolls in the park and conversations that lasted for hours on a park bench ? Flowers fresh cut from along the gentlemen's walkway and tied up with a string and ritually given before any date.
Where's the socials? People who interact with other people in social atmospheres have a tendency to be healthier and happier.
When did the saloon and bar room take the place of coconut cakes and fried chicken at the Saturday social.
Anyone in the dating scene finds it easy to sit behind a screen and browse significant others in multitudes.
The experience in online dating is definitely lacking in every way.
We make more of our love connections in our social settings, such as work and daily routine that does not include our home or computer screen.
You would be amazed at the people who do not and will not venture out into our society to even participate and even if they do it is at a minimum.
Lets talk about the dating junkies on all the free and pay sites who just want to sit back and have computer interaction and are perfectly happy with it, I want to regurgitate when I run across one.
Those computer screen lovers even bring dysfunction and drama to the table before you lay eyes on them if you ever do.
Tragic break-ups online are mind boggling.
Are we so desensitized and desperate we sacrifice human interaction for a sliver of anything.
The shopping for photo's on dating sites seem like an endless search and god forbid if you don't post a picture because someone will assume you look like the hump back of Notre Dame or his Bride.
Attraction is a must ,but comes in all variety's.
Jane Hathaway loved Jethro .
Julia Roberts loved Lyle Lovett.
Thelma Lou loved Barney.
What is a picture really going to tell you? Anyone who has ever approached a relationship superficially will tell you horror stories about the hottest man or woman they have ever seen and dated.
We were just talking about Bonnie and Clyde and other famous couples who still live on in our media and everyday life.
I have archives on the subject.
I remember the days I laid on the blanket under the stars after picking a handful of grapes growing from my vines and watching the night sky entertain me.
Life seemed so simple without the rush of technology that was supposed to make things easier in our lives.
Look at the single masses in the online dating world.
Online dating services are a huge business, filled with masses of people looking for a simple e-mail with the words I'm interested.
If these services are so great then why is their bank account growing and yours is emptying a little every month.
Free date sites make money off of you and lots of it, if you have not figured that out already.
If I had a cavity I would go to a dentist and expect some results, maybe not so immediate but gradually.
If I had cockroaches I'd call an exterminator like Vexcon and pray Ricky's ex wife didn't answer my call because I have a few things I'd like to say to her.
Those people get things done the hard way and do it right the first time or have a plan of execution in sight.
The mother of that Vexcon bunch is a real Matchmaker with great insight, let her into an online dating service to match make a few matches and you would see a result.
You pay Vexcon for a service and you get it.
It should be the same in any service.
I had a young guy who was helping me design my page looking at one of my ads that were to appear on Google and he said you need to be careful advertising a social networking site in your title because your site doesn't operate anything like a social networking site.
"I said excuse me, but my site is the original social networking variety.
" I told him," it so happened our singles prayed together, walked together and ate dinner together as well as traveled together and met up often to just plain socialize".
"You can't get anymore social than that.
" I told him.
We will bring the jelly to the picnic and you bring the ants.