Men looking for women

Sam, a 34-year-old, down-to-earth professional man seeks to meet you for friendship and ultimate companionship if you're a staunch catholic single lady aged between 28 and 35, beautiful, charismatic, open-minded, tidy, trustworthy and hard-working Medical, legal or finance professinals are encouraged but all shall be responded to. Send your brief to...

It's a testament to the effect the blog is having on me that I was actually startled when I saw this ad in a lonely hearts column this past weekend. True, I can relate to a lot of what the guy is saying [I'm not too keen on tidyness] but this would have to be a really last resort, in the attempt to escape the impending companionship of 50 cats. [I don't particularly like pets even]

Meeting people can be tricky though. Busy lives and more focus on the individual rather than the community mean opportunities of finding a mate or companion or whatever are diminished. Where can a guy meet women. Church? These new establishments have loads of potential. Work. Woe unto you if you aren't in a gender-balanced [or imbalanced in your favour] profession/department/organisation. Bars. Not sure how many long term [longer than 2 weeks] relationships are borne here, but the setting/environment/alcohol/attire? makes this whole business a tad easier. And exciting. A couple of people have told me about networking. Attending events, fora, enrolling in clubs or other social institutions or gatherings. There's the brave new world of the Internet. I remember being at a cyber cafe and it hitting me the number of women [then and before] who were on sites searching out men. White men? [what else are you meant to do as you wait for your inbox to be rendered]

The way I figure though, there's a woman for every man. [several if you live in Nairobi] It just depends on what you want or are looking for. Or what you think you're looking for anyway. [It's the women who choose you, not the other way round] If you don't have a checklist of must haves [there's another guy who wanted a woman who 'Must be a smoker'. Hilariously and refreshingly open given the typical ads in this section] or don't subscribe to some utopian notions concerning the fairer sex, you should be set.