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C-dub wrote:I don't want to be a pessimist, but what if this woman is not the ONE? Then you have an EX that knows you have a gun and a CHL.

You may not want to be a pessimist, but it seems that you are.

I had a number of dates with women that turned out not be "the one," and I mostly never heard from them again. One dated another friend of mine. (That didn't work out either. Her parents were picky.)

Since courtship is pretty much up to the individual in 21st century America, it is essential to determine early on that you are not associating with a nut case, criminal, drama queen (emo , as they call it nowadays), alcoholic, drug addict, etc.

I thank my lucky stars that all that business is decades in the past for me.

- Jim

Keith B wrote:This is very sound advice.

Thank you.

I should have added (here I go again with direct advice) do not hand her a .357 Magnum revolver or .40 S&W pistol for the first time. Use a .22 handgun or rifle. I am very fond of the rifle as a starter. It is much easier to shoot, quiet (for a firearm), and more difficult to get into an unsafe situation.

Oldgringo wrote:I think that I had a date once. It was a long time ago and I just don't remember if we talked about guns or football or what.

Ask Mrs. Old Gringo. She probably remembers. Unless the date was with someone else and you had an arranged marriage.

- Jim

sixline wrote:I have been "dating" a girl for a little while (so I know her moderately well) ...

You haven't taken her shooting yet?

The offer to go to the range is either going to end the relationship or lead down the primrose path to ownership of pink AR-15s, etc.

- Jim