Ditto on the pony tail. A vastly underappreciated element of Teh Sexee.
At the risk of seeming a hopeless romantic,
Once in a while, Two people meet. Seemingly for no reason, They just pass on the street. Suddenly thunder, showers everywhere. Who can explain the thunder and rain? But there's something in the air.
I think there's trying-too-hard to be attended to, as well. Instead of "I can't, because...", "I can't, because...", "I can't, because...", why not reframe the question in terms of How -- "How might I...?"
Is there a Parents Without Partners chapter near you?
Is there a yoga studio with child care? (You might not meet men there, but you would likely meet women who know men.)
Is there a [___] team organized by the hospital? Leukemia Team-in-Training, bowling, skee-ball?
How constructions are usually much more productive than Why constructions, at least in my experience. Why questions seldom have answers. How questions at least impose order on chaos.
