Elite Singles

  I'm sitting here with the boys watching the hockey game and a commercial for Elite Singles keeps coming on. What qualifies you to be "elite"? According to the ad it means you are looking for love with someone who is highly educated. Hmmm does that mean I have to be as well?

  Can someone who barely scraped through high school ever be happy with someone who is a doctor? How about someone in retail and a forensic accountant? Do people with a certain level of education need to be with someone who is their "intellectual equal"? I don't think so. As the old phrase goes....you love who you love.

  I know lots of very smart people. Those who are book smart and others who are street smart. Neither hold the monopoly on happiness. No amount of education will stop a relationship train wreck from happening. 

  A good relationship is based on what we have in common with our significant other. Values, interests, goals. It's imperative  to have similar ideas on money, children, religion and politics. And you must like them. Really like them. If you have most of those then you should be ok. Whether you can speak three languages or quote Shakespeare is irrelevant.

  Find love. Whether it's on line, through friends or at a club. Do yourself a favor though and don't rule anyone out based on superficial things. You never know who your soulmate is. Or what they do for a living. 

  Ang