In the movie "A Few Good Men", Jack Nicholson said, "you couldn't handle the truth". What are the pros and cons of dating? This is Dr. Paul, author of "Boomer Girls - A Boomer Woman's Guide to Men and Dating" and host of Ask Dr. Paul. Can you handle the truth? What are the pros and cons of dating? You can stand in front of the mirror and ask yourself, "should I date on one hand or should I not date on the other"? What are the advantages of dating? I think you have to define dating. The pros of dating mean that you are going out and being involved with other people. No matter what that dating scenario may be, even if it's going with someone to a club, or going with someone to a gathering or an event, it's not so much a one-on-one as it is a socially acceptable event for you to go to. That's on the pro side. On the con side, and I know this happens and I understand that, we tend to not tell ourselves the truth. Can you handle the truth? And the truth is, I like to go out, I like to go to a restaurant, I like to go to a movie, I like to do whatever, but I don't particular want to get involved with someone. I just want to kind of date. I want to kind of find someone that may ultimately be interesting. So that type of dating, general dating, is a point where you may have that contradictory statement come up. Is this what I really want to do? Only you can answer that. But when you do answer that, just do yourself one favor, be able to handle the truth about the pro and the con and know the truth about yourself. This is Dr. Paul. May your fantasies of today be your realities of tomorrow.