# So, about this odd 'dating' custom that you Earthlings have... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 14, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-about-this-odd-dating-custom-that-you-earthlings-have/517526 "2009-11-14T04:18:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-about-this-odd-dating-custom-that-you-earthlings-have/517526/61 "2009-12-08T04:28:59Z")
There is some serious “gold” material in this thread, one could write a book almost. Most of the nails have already been hit on the head. My first few ideas seem to have already been addressed. **SoaT** is out there and making contact. My advice it to try often, no matter the result. The worst response you can get is a no, or a bit worse if she’s mean. Collect data, repeat, but not in a continuous loop, get a good feeling for how women react to your approach, and then modify it to minimize negative effects. You have a type (you certainly have a niche), your type (hopefully) congregates somewhere, at least occasionally. Find that place, meet women… It might be a co-op, a bookstore, yoga thingy, Del Taco, grocery store, local College campus… You want a woman, she wants a man. Neither of you should care about the texture of dish towels until waaay later. In the mean time, have fun. There’s always time for talk about intellectuality later, this isn’t a job interview, now or ever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-about-this-odd-dating-custom-that-you-earthlings-have/517526.md?page=3)