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9/10th of a man is not good enough.
According to the Census Bureau’s recently released 2005 American Community Survey, the District has the lowest — read, worst — ratio of single men to single women in the nation. For every 100 single women in Washington, there are only 93.4 men. That’s just over nine-tenths of a man for every woman. Now, if you’ve been single for as long as I have in this town, nine-tenths of a man is starting to sound pretty good…
One might think that this news would depress me. I can now rebut the theories that I must be too picky, too wrapped up in work, too busy watching HGTV to meet my future husband. Until they start busing men in from North Dakota, that’s my story, and I’m sticking to it….
Actually, based on my hands-on scientific research in the Washington area (going on blind dates since the halcyon days of the Clinton administration’s first term), the numbers may be worse.
The Census Bureau did not account for gay men. Doing so — considering the number of times my single girlfriends and I have been set up on a date only to find out later the guy is gay — probably would bring the figure down to, say, .73 men for every woman (my single sister believes it’s more like .5), making our situation even tougher.
I know how hard it is because I’ve tried it all: blind dates, group dates, speed dates. Young/old; short/tall; liberal/conservative; Yankees fans/Red Sox fans. I’ve been to Spices so many times for the casual sushi dinner date that I’m beginning to think it’s my own “Groundhog Day.” I tried an online date but ended that when it became apparent that the guy searched my property records to find out where I lived. I even went out on a blind date with a guy from the suburbs, but he showed up for our date hung over after drinking all day at an amusement park. But then again, I am picky…
Yes, the census figures have given me new hope. Whereas I used to think I was not trying hard enough or had become bitter, cynical and exacting, I now know the truth: It’s not me, it’s demography. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go work on my blackjack skills. Nevada, here I come!
An oldie but a goodie, via Washington Post, circa 2006
Reblogged in the hope that KMM will add her 2 cents to this take on the DC dating scene.
Source: kathychoi
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Reblogged in the hope that KMM will add her 2 cents to this take on the DC dating scene.
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