LOL, Perna...Yeah, that 8 hour drive was filled with thoughts of "why did I do this!?!!!" and way too much trouble. I'm lazy too! Since he was a long distance trucker, he had been thru my area, and I had met him, shown him my home, gone to dinner, etc. After the long drive to Ky, he was thru my area again and I met him at the truckstop to go to dinner. The restaurants are limited, so we went to Applebees. They seated us at one of those high tables right in the center of things, where he proceeded to be extremely abusive to the waitress. She kept looking at me like "Why are you with this fella?!?" He also, at the high table, kept reaching over and pawing me, at which I shrank back. That did it for me.

I agree with you, Perna. A work situation, classes you attend, maybe even church, seems a more realistic way to meet someone and get to know them gradually.
Patty