Okay. I'm fumbling here. Do you date the safe ones or take chances? Where do you meet people? Have you had friends set you up before?

Yours truly honestly does not know how to just casually date. I don't know what the rules are. I don't know the traditions here. I jump from serious relationship to serious relationship.

Be my Dear Abby. How the hell do I do this? :)

-- Lisa (lanichols@yahoo.com), November 18, 1999

Answers

Advice, huh? Dating is like the high dive. Um, that's all I've got. Oh, wait: don't meet people in dark or deserted places. Cemeteries are bad ideas. Trust me on this one.

-- James. (scary_puck@hotmail.com), November 18, 1999.