The Dating Game - G-man

[contestant1]

I can't elaborate on anything Contestants 2 and 3 have said so well because I haven't really had any problems relating to men in that fashion. If men and women understood everything about each other and how the other works, there would be no mystery and the mystery is what makes it good. I'm sure if there were something my man did not understand about me, I could explain it in three strokes- er- steps or more....

[G-man]

Very nice... I had to go back and re-read that after coming across the word strokes... you did that intentionally to get me to review it didn't you? Sneaky...

Wow, those are some really well thought out and insightful responses... this is going to be tough. I don't suppose I can talk the game show host into turning this into more of a Fifth Wheel sorta' thing or The Bachelor where I can go out on a date with all three contestants at the same time is there?

Okay, let's see... I need to penetrate a bit deeper here... So tell me, Ladies... describe to me your idea of the "perfect" date... where there are no limitations, whatsoever... we've got all the time in the world, we have no jobs to return to on Monday morning, and money is no object... where would we go and what would we do? Also, please explain why you would consider this to be your idea of the perfect date?

[contestant2]

Assuming the date starts on Friday night, we should have enough time if we take Monday off as well.

I think I've dealt with the word "perfect" already. If things went perfectly we'd have a lifetime to complete the date and not enough time to describe it. I'll have to settle for choosing some sequences of events that would be pleasing.

I'd love to be taken to a jet with no idea where we were going, I like spontaniety and want to know I can trust the man I am with. I love art galleries and opera but I also like jumping on a bus and seeing if I can get a stranger to talk to me. I like going to a pub with a live band and drinking with the regulars or going to club and dancing on the stage with the wall vibrating behind me and a well muscled leg to slide down.

But it doesn't matter where you are if you don't like the company. The best date is one where you never want it to end. Someone that you want to explore every inch of and who I'm not afraid to have examine every part of me. So I'd let you take me anywhere and if things went right, I'd let you take every part of me. That's a date that never ends and the time you are apart makes the time when you are together even better.

[G-man]

Wow... very nice, Contestant #2. I'm ready! Let's go!

[contestant3]

good conversation, laughter, being together. not so much as to where it is or what it cost....its more about the enjoyment of the company of the other..that being said i love excitement and fun...whatever made the date happy and he enjoyed and WANTED me there to experience it with him would do it for me...I'm up to pretty much anything...

[G-man]

Well said Contestant #3! I agree with you entirely. You're my kinda' woman.

[contestant1]

A good time is what you make of it and I've had fun in some pretty unexpected places. It's about who you're with, not necessarily where you are. That said, I think a private picnic up in the hills with cheese and champagne and good conversation followed by a night on the town....if we got that far...would be perfect.

[G-man]

Wow, this is going to be tough... very well said Contestant #1 I really like that...

Okay, thinking back to a time, (which may not be all that long ago for some of you) in which you felt was the happiest time of your life... describe that period and tell me if you believe that you'll ever reach that level of happiness again?

[contestant2]

I try to stay in a mellow state of happiness, taking pleasure in simple things and not focusing on expectations. Still, I would have to say the happiest, most serene moment I've had so far was when I was handed my child the day she was born. I have had many moments of happiness like that since but I don't compare them as if there is some marker to be beat. There were lots of things about giving birth that were unpleasant but it was probably, so far, the most significant single event that changed my life for the better. Each accomplishment or moment has its own feeling, unique and valuable. If I look to time periods of happiness instead of moments, it is more complex. Sometimes an extended period of happiness is superficial. I don't see it as something that happens to me. It is something I need to know how to find for myself.

[G-man]

That's very beautiful, Contestant #2. Very nice.