Can I be a role model if I don't have a family?

Morning Iyengar yoga with Miss Loli since no friend wanted to go hiking this morning despite the gorgeous weather in HK - 25C, sunny, not too humid. Anyway, we had breakfast at 兰芳园 prior to the class and was lamenting how few female executives there are in the company that could be our role models.... That made me started to wonder if I could qualify as one if I'm merely successful in my career without a family? Am I considered a failure through the lens of the traditionalists?

Many friends, associates (whose opinion I didn't seek!) commented that I'm too picky, therefore no date, no boyfriend... I used to just give my standard reply of "No la, I'm not that picky. Others just don't find me attractive." I would like to change that now - Yes, I am picky! Why shouldn't I be? Time is one of the most precious commodity we own, at our disposal. Why wouldn't I be discreet in how I wish to spend my time?

Whilst I'm not apologetic for being careful in my considerations for a date / bf, I did come home and started doing something that I've been resisting - looking for a dating service. Friends and family have encouraged me to try this in the past and I was skeptical, but now I'm intrigued as to whether this type of service can really cater for a fairly atypical profile like me. Came across this article while googling around:

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http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/3/1/1/1287967/1.html

Been trying at least one new experience every year for last few years (think it's fear of aging that's driving this, but that's for another blog) - learning to ski, bungee jump, buy a property, live in a new city, etc. My new experience for 2011 is going to be using dating service, wish me luck!