[SolidSnake84]

I'm a little late to post for this, but i have good advice to give, or at least i think it's good and maybe it could help you.

It's important to be patient and keep your spirits up when you are in the "waiting" period of finding that "right" girl that you will marry. Like someone else said, treating each relationship like she could be marriage material helps a lot.

I have also attempted the friends with benefits thing, and while casual sex was nice, it was too risky because inevitably feelings develop with that sort of thing.

Before i got with my wife, I dated a girl in 2002. Way back in the day. It had a lot of potential, and i thought that she could be marriage material. Long story short, she cheated on me. I attempted to rebound, and attempted a friends with benefits type deal in 2003, but i was shot mentally and was just playing with fire that feelings wouldn't develop. So it ended. I was in dating exile for almost 2 years. I couldnt get anything going and thought about hanging it up.

Then after almost 3 years of nothing, i met my wife out of nowhere and just hit it off amazingly. Things have been seamless ever since. It's really true what they say, you will absolutley know when you find "the one". So don't give up buddy....your wife could be right around the corner