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When I was actively dating (before marriage)...... 18-33
When I first arrived in Asia, I had a period where I chased just about anything in a skirt, I had just been sent to the Philippines for a long-term assignment. There were just SO MANY beautiful women there. So I dated a lot of "arm candy" types, but wasn't finding anyone that I wanted to put a ring on. Once I outgrew that stage of my life I began to look more for quality. So I dated less as the barely legal ones (although very cute) had little to no clue about life (maturity). It seemed as though all that was important to them was what I could provide status wise and what my financial status could provide for them.
At about the same time I gave up on the younger crowd I started paying a lot more attention to the people surrounding me and what their ultimate intensions/values actually were. I found my forever (wife) when she was 'recommended' (by an ex-girlfriend) as someone I should take to dinner. So I asked her out ... she was 28 at the time and we just meshed so well.
When I first arrived in Asia, I had a period where I chased just about anything in a skirt, I had just been sent to the Philippines for a long-term assignment. There were just SO MANY beautiful women there. So I dated a lot of "arm candy" types, but wasn't finding anyone that I wanted to put a ring on. Once I outgrew that stage of my life I began to look more for quality. So I dated less as the barely legal ones (although very cute) had little to no clue about life (maturity). It seemed as though all that was important to them was what I could provide status wise and what my financial status could provide for them.
At about the same time I gave up on the younger crowd I started paying a lot more attention to the people surrounding me and what their ultimate intensions/values actually were. I found my forever (wife) when she was 'recommended' (by an ex-girlfriend) as someone I should take to dinner. So I asked her out ... she was 28 at the time and we just meshed so well.
