Dating can be a mine field. This may seem an extreme metaphor but just think about it. What makes a mine field so dangerous is that you are walking or driving through a seemingly open and safe area and then suddenly, so quickly that you don't even realise a mine has gone off.
Dating is like that. You are walking or driving along one day thinking that everything is safe and open and then it all explodes. Either the explosion is a relationship falling apart or it is the many bad dates we have to go on before we find a good one.
Really dating is like a mine field because you never know what you might get or what might happen. If you are using a dating service, for instance you are lesbian dating with Parship, you will fill in a questionnaire about yourself and your interests.
Then other women with similar interests will be put in contact with you. Each of those women is a potential partner or a potential disaster.
But this is also, of course the fun of dating – the unexpected, never knowing who you might meet. This makes dating exciting and dynamic and the end result is that you are looking for a partner to have fun with and who will share their life with you.