In Any Relationship, Getting Started Is Always The Hardest Part

In any project getting started is always the hard part. Don't you agree.? This website is about starting relationships. Friendships are relationships. Getting started is half the battle. In Stephen Covey's book , he says we should" Begin with the end in mind". I think I know what I am looking for my end to be. We want to meet some people that we like to spend time with, hang out, be friends while nude. I understand that that is not everyone's desired end. That is OK . If Someone else is here for some other reason, that is OK with me. It is just not what we are looking for. I have no interest in chatting with someone a thousand miles away. We want to meet local people that may be interested in riding our motorcycles to the Catfish Festival in Crescent City or maybe the Fantasy Fest in Key West. Those things are fun but they are usually more fun with a couple of couples doing them together. Here is the paradox and the problem and the solution. Everyone here does not want the same thing. Hence we hear the laments that there are a bunch of gypsies tramps and thieves and liars on this site. What we need to learn is how to find the ones that are looking for what we are looking for and the ones that are looking for something else. Separate the wheat from the chaff if that makes sense. Here is how we ferret out the truth from the yarns . Ask questions. May I use an example from somewhere else. I have an antique motorcycle for sale right now. It is advertised on Facebook. Someone sent me message asking me to send them a picture of the VIN number . I am not joking. Here is what I know from a lifetime of selling stuff. They will not buy that bike without coming to look at it. My reply was, " Come look at it. Do you want to buy it?" If he is a potential buyer, he will call me. If he is one of the gypsies tramps thieves liars and fakers, we will not hear from him. Now we know. It is the same way here. You see an post . " WE WANT TO MEET LIKE MINDED PEOPLE". Is that true? Find out by inviting them to meet you . Suggest a time , a place, What happens next? You make a date to meet OR you find out they are not looking for what you are looking for. So if they say," Can you send pix?" Reply ," Can we meet at wherever next Friday?" If they are not interested in meeting and we are not interested in chatting and sendings pix lets both move on. The only way to know is to ask for a meeting if that is why you are here. Start to ask, "Can we get together questions?". Good news or bad news, you will learn what you need to know. Try it!