i so don't get it

Had dinner with a female companion at 1918-1920's (Zang Toi i think) cafe last night, great pasta. There was a young waiter boy who couldn't stop smiling at me the entire dinner, maybe the sadness in my hair and shoulder are very attractive.

"Women need variety in fashion, men need variety in their partners." DK, Sep 14.

I'm starting to think it's all very wrong, men and women are born so different and yet all of us (ok, some of us) want to be with an opposite sex? Men and women appreciate different things, we think so differently...we communicate differently, the list is endless.

So there, romance is all about overcoming these challenges? Then what? You failed one person, you hop on to the next one and be wistful? Then another...another one, still hopeful, try again, nah, try again.

Is that it? We have to keep trying until we find one least challenging and then we tie it all down with a golden band round our anxious finger and called it a day?

You tell me.