Dating Is Like a Vegas Buffet

A Vegas buffet is all about sampling as many different types of food as possible, and then going back to stock up on those dishes you liked the best. Essentially, a buffet is an economical way to figure out exactly what type of food you want to eat and then getting as much of that food as you possibly can eat. Similarly, dating allows you to "try" many different types of guys (black, white, asian, hippie, metro, techno geek, etc). And when you find the type you like, you go back for more (AKA marriage).

Like anything in life, there is a distinct strategy to getting your money's worth at the buffet. There are low end dishes (salad with iceburg lettuce) and high end dishes (juicy prime rib). When you first step up to the buffet, you're usually met with the salad section first. But you don't want to fill up on the salad because all that does is take up space that could otherwise be used for the good expensive meat. So you take just a few bites, enough to give you an idea of what that particular salad variation tastes like.

This accomplishes two things - first, it takes up very little room so the majority of your plate can be dedicated to more succulent dishes. Second, it keeps you from filling up on something that you really don't want.

Similarly filling-yet-useless, is the bread you get at a restaurant before you've even placed your order. You end up eating half the basket not because you actually want the bread or think it's tasty. You eat it because it happens to be right there in front of you. By the time your actual meal arrives, you're already so full that you can't enjoy it.

Boys are like bread. When you're in a dating dryspell (i.e. hungry for dinner), its more than tempting to date the most readily available person (i.e. eat the entire basket of bread).

Don't do it!

Not only is this not going to be satisfying (bread vs succulent steak), its also going to prevent you from getting to the person that you should be dating (too full on bread to enjoy your expensive dinner). You'll be so preoccupied trying fit a square peg into a round hole (trying to make it work with the wrong guy) that you'll miss out on meeting the guy you should be with.

Never sacrifice what you want most for what's in front of you right now. In other words, don't fill up on the bread because there's a tasty piece of meat waiting for you, if you only have the patience to wait for it to get to the table ;-)