BA, just buy a turtle. They're easy to get along with, don't care if you take them out anywhere, don't care when you come home, if you feed them or change their water.They never want to discuss the relationship. And even if you forget to turn on their basking lamp (which they do really care about)they just forgive and pretend it's on anyway! Hey, and just think of all the coin you'll be saving on dinner dates. Instead toss a dead cricket into the tank every so often and you're good. What's not to love here?
Ellie - Glad you're getting the princess treatment this time around! It's good to be cherished. Keep that bar high!
Wii - I'll let GG come back and tell her story with the car guy. We had a good chat last night, and let's just say she's contemplating writing a book about these dating experiences. I get to add a chapter.
You had me with the turtle until we got to the dead cricket part. Yuck! I think I'll stick with my adorable Siamese who likes snuggling with me. She only likes Miller moths when they are in season...
Kat - Such a complicated topic. My XH treated me well for almost all of my marriage and better than average post-D. But there was that part while I waited for him to figure out if he was in or out that's murky. It kind of allowed me to keep myself in a place where I didn't feel I could ask for more with new guys. You know?
I don't know how it got that way, but I think I conditioned myself to accept crappy actions (or at a minimum, not what I would like to accept) as the norm. Now that I'm over 50, I find myself bored and tired by that kind of crap. I mean, if any guy EVER sent me a text when I was 25 that said, "Wanna come over and svck my *#@#?" I'd have punched him in the face. (Yes, that was a text I received after one of my dates back in April before I started regularly posting here again.) Seriously??? I did answer him back though, "Sorry. I'm busy. Not interested."
And from what BA just wrote about the legs, and the bed shot, it sounds like BOTH genders have thrown good sense out the window and are just behaving badly. What's up with that? Why do they lower themselves that way? My guess is they got badly burned and just don't care anymore. Well, I do. And it's readily apparent that you folks do too.
Kat - Regarding your prediction for BA: My D19 and I have met some of the nicest people on planes. In fact, I'm now disappointed when the person who sits next to me isn't someone totally cool. When D19 flew back to Rochester last month, she talked to a dad of someone her age who was going home for his high school reunion and to do some fishing with his buddies. She said she gave up her nap (she had a 6 am flight out of Denver) because he was such a fabulous conversationalist. And she sat next to him on both legs through the layover.
Besides, way back when, I met the now XBF of my BFF on a plane back to DC. He grew up down the street from her and had a major crush on her as kids. I put them back in touch, and they dated for 2 years. I'm still really proud of that feat. I LOVE divine timing!
OK, time to deal with some big work issues that are dogging me today. Is there a full moon or something? Everyone seems so edgy lately...
Betsey
"There are only 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
OK, I'm totally laughing. I woke up this morning thinking this, and it brought that Geico commercial with the camel into focus. I think that one is brilliant, and it totally cracks me up...
"There are only 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
Hey Wonka, you forgot to mention my stuffed frog! Btw GG, levity aside, I'm sorry it didn't work out. You seemed very excited about this guy. Onwards and upwards though!
about the types of pictures people post: my theory is there is a large group of people who are just looking for a quick hook-up so their pictures let everyone know what they're selling. its like a secret handshake.
and i think nows the time to be very picky, but with an open mind, if thats possible.
where would settling get you?
"In a ham and eggs breakfast, the hen is involved, but the pig is committed".
Okay...guys...did the deed and signed up on the online dating service. Reading some screen names and the first lines makes me want to run for the hills. Here's some samples from this site:
Dangerous [seriously?! is that your screen name?] "looking for friends"
Good luck, bud!
There's other first lines that makes me think the world has gone mad.
"Very LONELY, need TLC"
"don't just yet know what I want"
"Looking for someone to please..." this person is 61 years old
Ugh! And Kat said that online dating is a "full-time" job. If this is what I'm seeing, then I'll never earn a living this way.
And Kat said that online dating is a "full-time" job. If this is what I'm seeing, then I'll never earn a living this way.