I know you have posted about enjoying interacting with women but have no interest in "closing the deal." I can relate to that - it is a "safe" way to interact w/o taking emotional risks.
Do you think that perhaps you romanticize the concept/definition of a women into an intangible abstraction to distance yourself from the "reality" of a woman?
I am asking b/c I tend to "objectify" men when I am trying to distance myself from the reality of getting involved with one in the "real world."
I know that since I made a decision to re-enter the dating world, I am trying to see each individual man (that involves an emotional risk) as a real individual and person - much like what I do at work.