I think the odds are against young working people meeting in real life. In an aging society, there aren’t likely to be many members of the opposite sex around in your everyday life or workplace. Once you look for the same ethnicity and religion, the odds get worse. You also don’t want to poison the well.

I also found in my single days that clubs and churches were frustrating and difficult. Single attractive women rarely showed up. (Attractive and attached women were more likely to show, in line …

I was raised in the hills. sadly no longer live there. there was a concerted effort by the fed gov and corporate America to destroy the economy there. Do you notice how every bridge and stretch of road there is named after a local private or corporal who died in the GWOT? there is sure no reciprocity from the government for their sacrifices.