Tonight I googled "rural dating." Here are the top four hits: Farmers Only "City Folks Just Don't Get It" Farmers Dating Site That's literally what it's called. Farmers Dating site. Something's happening with their punctuation. I feel like it should be "Farmers' Dating Site." Or maybe "Farmers: Dating Site." POF Apparently there are quite a few rural Manitobans who use Plenty of Fish to find other people from rural Manitoba. They have user names like "truckinfarmer" and "backroadslegit" and "RomanticFishingGuy." I guess "RomanticFisherman" was taken. BTW, Plenty of Fish is currently trying to rebrand itself as "POF." Say that out loud, Marketing Team. Actually, introduce yourself that way: "Hi, I'm on the POF Marketing Team." It just sounds weird, dude. Country Passions While I like the name better (so sexy!), it looks like this site was made in 1998 with Angelfire. By someone who doesn't know how to code HTML. (In the spirit of transparency: I don't know how to code HTML.) There are a few more, similar sites (partners4farmers.com and muddymatches.co.uk among them) and a couple of articles about Farmers Only. But excepting POF, all of these hits are for people who prefer a "rural" or "country" lifestyle. It makes sense, but if you're a frequent reader, you know that's not really what I was looking for. So next I tried searching "young professionals rural dating," and I got this: Just kidding! I got nothing. Nothing relevant, anyway. I shouldn't be surprised. I read everything I stumble upon about online dating. I know the magical internet hasn't created a solution to my particular quandary yet. But all I want is an answer to this question: How does one date when work you love takes you to a small town with few prospects for a more intimate, man-woman (in my case) kind of love. Work is awesome, and I'm lucky to get to do work that I both find meaningful and genuinely enjoy. But longer-term romantic entanglement continues to elude me.
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