Dating services and foreign women

I watched one of those "how to get a girlfriend" type shows - the kind that takes someone who can't get a date and educates them on what they are doing wrong.
The single thing that had the biggest effect was getting the guy to sit at a table outside a cafe and telling him to smile gently at passing women - and if they hold eye contact to say "Hello".
That was all: just smile and maybe say "Hello".It made an astonishing difference.Edited by Panda, : No reason given.

I realise that you are using a metaphor - but to continue it: there is no actual tunnel.
Open your front door; look outside: it is a wide open world full of good and bad (and indifferent) things.As someone who has gone from being unemployed and homeless to having a well-paid job and living in a large 4 bedroom house, I have seen there is very little that is "written in stone" when it comes to a person's life.
I know it is a clich, but the world is your oyster (or maybe some other kind of bivalve mollusc).
There is definitely not a fixed tunnel-like route through life.{abe}Obviously, this post is no where near as good as DWise's post.FEY:
Would it be ok for me to recommend DWise's reply for post of the month?
This is a personal subject, so I am not sure I should just "shout it from the roof tops"...Edited by Panda, : No reason given.

Hey...it is my first attempt at being considerate. Give me some leeway!