First off Welcome sc8868! much advice to be had here.
Spoomonkey said it best on another thread; he talked about putting yourself at the masters feet, to learn here. I think we found our single guy master!!
to Thrax
Wow, Thrax! That has to be one of THE most comprehensive and spot on posts RE single males that I have seen on here to date.
Just had to give you props!! I think you pretty much covered it all