"Oh Jim, you take me too seriously."
No - I am just replying to what I read in your initial posting. There were no 'smiley faces' in that, and it is (as you well know) difficult to tell by reading if/when someone is joking - or being serious - if they do not have some sort of 'just joking' type of words (or emoticons) in their posts. (...and my post was also partly based on reading some the 'can't get a girlfriend' posts I've read on this forum)
So - never mind.
(Actually - you remind me of some people I know 'in real life' who make a statement as fact - and when I call B.S. on it - all they can come up with is "I was just joking."- which I consider a very poor response.)
Regards,
Jim TX