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 ocean_lover5

Joined: 11/2/2008
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so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/13/2009 6:57:54 PM
by CHOICE..how does that sound?! ...pretty simple huh
 mandakay

Joined: 3/4/2009
Msg: 1477
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Posted: 3/13/2009 6:59:26 PM

I'd like to get married but only if having kids was a possibility. That would exclude a women my age.
Not necessarily. you're 38. it's not as though women of the same age are died up. Sheesh.
 WomanInProgress

Joined: 10/16/2005
Msg: 1478
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Posted: 3/13/2009 7:10:42 PM
^^^You missed the paragraph previous where he stated he was 45. Must be another "whoopsie" on the year to date entry.
 aomsin

Joined: 12/6/2008
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Posted: 3/13/2009 8:29:48 PM
I also had answer that question but am not 30 yet, I am 27 almost 28 in nex few month, sometime I think because we still not enough with the single life and sometime we are not ready for the relationship about that and some they have so many reason for they stay single, then don't to worry about that , just be yourself and grab some happy to your life first.

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 mandakay

Joined: 3/4/2009
Msg: 1480
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Posted: 3/13/2009 8:35:39 PM
You missed the paragraph previous where he stated he was 45. Must be another "whoopsie" on the year to date entry


Oops. I just read his profile and skimmed the pity party paragraph. Gotta love honesty.
 hirpit

Joined: 2/27/2009
Msg: 1481
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Posted: 3/13/2009 9:50:33 PM
Because I am not ready to be miserable yet is usually my answer. I dont have the mental maturity.

My friends and family know not to ask that question. I am truly happy with my singledom (don't even think that is a word). Before you ask why I am here; looking for someone to share my life and be miserable with .
 wastingtyme

Joined: 3/1/2009
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so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/14/2009 3:49:22 AM
Yes, i am 45, the date is wrong in my profile and it won't let me change it. Not much point in stating the wrong age on purpose: Anyone dating me is sure going to know as I look every bit of 45. To prove I am 45, I will just ignore the pity party remark, as i have met you before.

At 45, they are all dried out or are past the whole kid thing. Even if I was 38, most of the women here that are near 38, state that they have kids and don't want more. I know because I search for women in the 38-45 age bracket.
 Fifi47

Joined: 8/19/2004
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so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/14/2009 4:50:16 AM
Find a woman who is 35-40 who has not been married and does not have children. That seems simple enough to me, although a lot of men (even the ones who have not been married) seem to prefer divorced women.
 fra59e

Joined: 6/4/2005
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Posted: 3/14/2009 10:26:06 AM
" ... a lot of men (even the ones who have not been married) seem to prefer divorced women."

Divorced women - so long as they are not bitter - are more likely to be realists. They have learned what human beings are actually like, including themselves. This makes them more likely to be able to build a solid relationship with a real life flesh and blood person.

Women who have never been married are all too often living in a dream world. They cling to the fairytale fantasy that there is "one man", a "mister right," out there awaiting them, and when he "finds her" then her life will be a garden of roses forever after. This is the "cinderella fantasy," the dream of a child. Perhaps it comes from television shows in which the happy ending is always achieved and usually in no more than 28 minutes.

A woman who holds that fantasy of the ideal man who exists not for himself but to fulfill "her needs" is not likely to be able to build a real relationship until she gets over it. That may require her first marriage, a kind of growing up process. That first one is her "training wheels' marriage.

A woman who imagines that there is "the right one" out there waiting for her puts on the real life men she encounters an impossible burden. It is more than any real human being can be expected to fulfill. No real man can possibly be all that she dreams about, and only an immature fool will even try to satisfy her by accepting a role in her dream.

If that's where she is coming from, her first marriage will fail for sure because no real man can possibly live up to her absurd expectations. No matter if he's a saint he can only disappoint her and if he's a dumb as she is he will feel inadequate when it's really her unreal expectations that are the problem, her problem made his problem too so why is it a surprise when he wants out as soon as he sees what's happening?.

That's why the divorced woman offers a better prospect for the men she meets. Her feet are on the ground, and she has learned to live in reality, not in children's fantasies. She has grown up and is ready to give and receive love instead of "falling into" it.
 Fifi47

Joined: 8/19/2004
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Posted: 3/14/2009 10:36:22 AM
Your comments are insulting to women who have not been married and possibly to divorced women. What does being single have to do with being grown up and ready to give and receive love? Seems as if a lot of people fall in love with someone instead of loving someone, maybe we who have not been married knew we needed to love instead of being in love and were mature and grown up enough to know the difference.
 sunshine0626

Joined: 12/22/2008
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Posted: 3/14/2009 3:20:10 PM
I get asked "why are you still single" by guys a lot. I think they're trying to figure out what's "wrong" with me.

There's nothing wrong with me, per se. I just refuse to continue dating men who lie, cheat, are too needy, smell funny, have bad habits I can't live with or who I think won't be good around my kids. I've been married and divorced and don't want to do it again just to end up divorced....again.

I want to be sure the person I'm spending my time with, getting to know and hoping to introduce to my kids one day is someone I can see myself with long-term.

It's just a matter of not finding the right person. It's pretty simple.
 bebe_doll

Joined: 3/20/2008
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Posted: 3/14/2009 11:07:43 PM
If I knew why I was still single, I wouldn't be here! AND NEITHER WOULD YOU!
 mike919293949596

Joined: 2/2/2009
Msg: 1488
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Posted: 3/15/2009 1:32:42 AM
My mail order Russian bride hasn't come in yet.It's been awhile.
She's probably stuck on an island somewhere like Tom Hanks in Castaway.

Before that I was single because my roomates kept stealing my girlfriend and somehow puncturing her.She never talks about it.
 KrashLanded

Joined: 8/27/2007
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so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/15/2009 6:15:11 AM
There are way too many people in relationships who shouldn't be. They aren't happy, or they stumble from one straight into the next. So why is that the standard to which we should all aspire lol.

I purposely put a halt to dating so that I could learn to be 100% happy by myself. It's taken 3 years - but now I feel ready to share my life with another person in a balanced and mature way if it should happen. And if it doesn't, I'm perfectly ok with that too.

So my answer to the question 'why are you still single?' is simple too - I say I'm single because I won't just settle for anybody.
 fra59e

Joined: 6/4/2005
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Posted: 3/15/2009 9:27:39 AM
Now, THERE'S a sane person. At peace with herself. When somebody gets together with her and both share her attitude, there will likely be a relationship that is rewarding for both.



... now I feel ready to share my life with another person in a balanced and mature way if it should happen. And if it doesn't, I'm perfectly ok with that too.


FACT: You are your own best friend, you are NOT incomplete without a mate, and others do NOT exist to fill your needs. If you feel empty alone, you will feel empty with another. How do I know? Been there, done that.
 Fifi47

Joined: 8/19/2004
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Posted: 3/15/2009 9:37:21 AM
If he does not mind dating a woman who is separated. Many men would not find her to be at peace with herself, and the relationship would not be rewarding if they viewed marriage to an available woman as a goal. I know many women who are at peace with themselves, are balanced and mature, but since they have not been married, how can this be true, since divorced women are the ones who are balanced and mature and know how to love another person? (being sarcastic)
 fra59e

Joined: 6/4/2005
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Posted: 3/15/2009 9:56:09 AM
FIFI47 sounds like a serene secure female I would like to meet, maybe in another life. Seems she's not scared to throw out a bit of sarcasm. I think she would be fun to know.
 Katze

Joined: 12/13/2008
Msg: 1493
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Posted: 3/15/2009 11:26:43 AM
Because the modern American man rather drools over a fake centerfold picture or propositions women for one-night stands, than to take the time to meet somebody real.

The modern American man is always too busy and puts any activity, like laundry or working out, above spending time with a real woman.

The modern American man complains that women on here are too fat, are divorced, have saggy boobs ... but forget that they themselves are also getting older, lose their hair, and have had past relationships that obviously went sour for a reason.

And as a modern American woman, I rather drool over a fake centerfold picture than meeting an old fool close to retirement that tries to look hip on a Harley.

And as a modern American woman, I'm too busy to play games, or wonder if my so-called boyfriends is really working on a Friday night, or humping some woman that thinks he's her boyfriend, too.

So in short, I blame it on the modern American men. Proof me wrong!
 outofthedesert

Joined: 6/3/2008
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Posted: 3/15/2009 2:13:27 PM

Proof me wrong!


took you up on it..................can't prove you wrong, just proof your error.

People become jaded and as time goes by, ususally for olders-- there is no bio clock ticking or we don't want the man with the small children who is now divorced by his trophy wife. The tall girls are usually ignored by the taller men in favor of the petite women. The shorter men are normally bypassed by the petite woman in favor of the very tall man. The grass is always greener in the other pasture.
 CosmicMisfitJon

Joined: 3/8/2009
Msg: 1495
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Posted: 3/15/2009 2:58:29 PM
Because I tend to be a misfit and I can't conform to society and pretend to be someone I'm not. I've had crushes and infatuations with women before but they never seem interested in me in that way. I realize I'm not the "greatest catch" for most women but I do have my strengths that would appeal to some, and it's against my nature to "lower my standards" and "settle" for anyone...why do other people do that? I guess it's because they can't deal with being alone. Also I'm not comfortable with emotional closeness...I would much rather prefer an active social life with many cool fun people, than a relationship being my main focus socially. I think people tend to think, "Oh, by this age you are supposed to be married and it's bad to be different" or whatever. However it does get frustrating when most people my age sette down into mediocre lives and I still have all this energy to do wild fun things, if I could find a way to afford it. The best Summer I ever had was when I followed The Grateful Dead. Life sholdn't be the same one-size-fits-all plan, it should be many choices you make to fit your specific needs.
 KrashLanded

Joined: 8/27/2007
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Posted: 3/15/2009 5:06:09 PM
Marriage isn't something that everybody seeks.

I cannot think of one benefit that being legally married to another man would bring me. It may have worked 200 years ago, but it's as plain as day that being married today isn't successful for most people.

So if I'm never going to marry again, my legal status is irrelevant. On the other hand, pursuing somebody just because they aren't married seems off as well. There are many very divorced people (in the legal sense) who are not ready to be in a new relationship. That little piece of paper does not a healthy person make.
 komodo

Joined: 5/27/2005
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Posted: 3/16/2009 3:02:01 PM
Because I've lost the filter between my brain and my mouth and they don't make suitable replacement parts anymore for the 1965 model.
 outofthedesert

Joined: 6/3/2008
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Posted: 3/16/2009 3:24:34 PM
But those older models tend to run better than the younger ones.........
 ArmsOfSteel

Joined: 3/23/2008
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Posted: 3/16/2009 3:56:28 PM
LMAO, I'm single, no kids and that gave me the opportunity to go back to school and finish what I started when I first started college, but I'm in a predominately female career choice, OT, and all of my female classmates are trying to get me married. So no worries mate, you are not alone, lol.
 SouthernPatriot

Joined: 7/30/2008
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Posted: 3/16/2009 4:07:52 PM

so, why are you still single?

Why do we exist?
Why is the sky blue and the grass green?
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a toosie-roll tootsie-pop?

Some of life's great mysteries!
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