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| | Men over 55!Page 5 of 23 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23) | I'm over 55 and never married, but have done more in my life that most people only
dream about!(fantasy)
I have been all over the world, flown in excess of 48,000 feet , a member of the Mach Busters club.
Flown several world war two aircraft as pilot in command, the latest a 4 engine B-17 bomber.
Flown past mach one in an F-104 Starfighter.
Flown from coast to coast to coast in an open cabin aircraft, and seen America from an average of 3,000 feet at about 90 to 100 miles per hour!
My next reality?
To fly into space aboard a craft like Spaceship Two operated by Virgin Galactic . | |
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| Men over 55!
Posted: 12/28/2009 4:00:03 AM |
My next reality?
To fly into space aboard a craft like Spaceship Two operated by Virgin Galactic .
Now talk about romance nothing like two people in love being in orbit together!!
Gotta wonder what it is like when your floating.. lol
thecatsmeoww | |
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Posted: 12/28/2009 12:19:49 PM | You wouldn't believe the waiting list this outfit ( Virgin Galactic) has!
If you're interested, check this out. Put Spaceship Two into your browser, or put
Space tourism in your browser.
It is a very real thing and flights for the ordinary public will eventually become available. | |
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| Men over 55!
Posted: 12/28/2009 12:28:40 PM | | An old song comes to mind..."Fly me to the moon...." | |
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Posted: 12/28/2009 2:11:32 PM | But I like people within my age range of five years no more.
Increase the age range to six or seven years, that is my thoughts (and hopes and desires) EXACTLY.
However ...
... they don't seem to have much interest in me. Boo hoo, right?
No, not boo hoo. Just a sad reality.
However #2 ...
... there ARE women who have proven themselves to be delighted with to talking with me.
A couple months ago, I decided (FINALLY!!, sometimes I'm a little slow) to attempt to strike up a conversation with most any attractive woman within conversation range who looked even remotely like she might be interested. Results so far: Of probably more than a hundred attempts, just one past age 50 seemed delighted (and she was probably 70 and certainly married), all else above 50 made no effort to maintain any conversation. On the other hand, women from early 40's down to and including what turned out to be a 19 year old girl (pardon the non-PC) were almost uniformly delighted for the conversation. The conversations were in bookstores, on city buses/subways, grocery lines, sidewalks, newstands, parks, Starbuck's, deli's, pubs, etc. In no case did I buy a woman anything nor did any woman suggest I buy her something. The conversations were lively and interesting, and often sexual, sometimes quite detailed and enthusiastically personal. They were definitely two-sided conversations.
What might one make of that? Hold out until one is 70 years old, and then look for a married woman?
Scott McNealy, a phrase-monger of renown and a founder of Sun Microsystems, said, "One has to put one's wood behind a sharp arrowhead, and take aim at a valid target."
Ladies, if you want to catch Nimrod The Great Hunter ya gotta be seen. | |
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| Men over 55!
Posted: 12/28/2009 6:10:26 PM | | I'm new to this site and all I ask is don't act like you're 17 years old! If there's no match, say so, if you're going to call, do it - we're all big girls who have been catapulted out of our comfort zones!! If you change your mind, that's OK. Just send a quick e-mail that states your intentions (or lack thereof), So many men say that they are good communicators - so communicate. Everyone is relatively anonymous so what do you have to lose?!?!??!!? | |
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| Men over 55!
Posted: 12/29/2009 12:48:35 AM | I doubt any women give men the opportunity to prove different after 55 ,, well not on these sites anyway   | |
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Posted: 12/29/2009 1:29:32 AM | I'm not sure what that means...fantasy? Dating scene?
People must have a human connection or they wither. My "fantasy" is someone to
connect with, talk to, do things with, back up and rely upon... that seems to be a fairly
"fantastic" order, I'll agree, because for some reason hearts seem to hardening in this country. | |
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| Men over 55!
Posted: 12/29/2009 1:56:28 AM |
Results so far: Of probably more than a hundred attempts, just one past age 50 seemed delighted (and she was probably 70 and certainly married), all else above 50 made no effort to maintain any conversation. On the other hand, women from early 40's down to and including what turned out to be a 19 year old girl (pardon the non-PC) were almost uniformly delighted for the conversation.
How do you know the one past the age of 50 was probably 70 and certainly married???????
You just eliminated someone without confirming that to be a fact?
Now as for the rest making no effort to maintain any conversation people want to meet. If you email to long you simply lose them. You might be surprised how many will just want to email and never do make plans to meet you. One has to invest their time with those that do.
As you stated..
Scott McNealy, a phrase-monger of renown and a founder of Sun Microsystems, said, "One has to put one's wood behind a sharp arrowhead, and take aim at a valid target."
thecatsmeoww | |
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| Men over 55!
Posted: 12/29/2009 2:09:29 AM | It is very true for me. My true fantasy woman is perfect for me. I know she is not real but she sure is fun to be with ??? | |
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| Men over 55!
Posted: 12/29/2009 6:25:29 AM |
Results so far: Of probably more than a hundred attempts, just one past age 50 seemed delighted (and she was probably 70 and certainly married), all else above 50 made no effort to maintain any conversation. On the other hand, women from early 40's down to and including what turned out to be a 19 year old girl (pardon the non-PC) were almost uniformly delighted for the conversation. How do you know the one past the age of 50 was probably 70 and certainly married??????? You just eliminated someone without confirming that to be a fact?
She was wearing a wedding ring, she spoke of her husband, and she spoke of her grandchildren in their 20's. Sometimes I notice things other people don't.
If you email to long you simply lose them.
My direct experience was quite the opposite when early in my career I wrote measured* advertising for a living. In measured advertising, a good one-page letter sold, a good two-page letter sold more, and a good four-page letter sold better yet. In the world of measured* advertising, the refrain was, "The more you tell, the more you sell."
In my days when I often saw candidates resumes, THE best resume I ever saw -- BAR NONE -- was 20 pages long.
* measured advertising counts the direct orders from a specific advertising piece and compares it to a "control" piece of advertising. Did you ever wonder why direct mail advertising sent to men is on gray paper, while that sent to women is on a lite rose paper? Did you know that blue handwriting on a letter (sometimes reddish pink on a ladies letter) increases "pull" by about 20% compared to black handwriting (which is lower cost to print)?
The only bad writing is boring writing.
Wanna know how to improve one's writing almost immediately? Write specifically towards your reader, the reader you see sitting there reading your rittin. And leave the "I, I, I" ego at the door. The reader cares about the reader, duh!, and will read volumes about him/herself. | |
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Posted: 12/29/2009 11:21:09 PM | I've decide ~ I like them ALL!
everyone of them got something to show and teach you. I have dated a wide age span, ~
and of course ~ now days 34 to 36 being the lower end ~ much less often. ~ and 62 the top ~so far.
A fresh 55 is a nice age ! with lots of varity.
You need to be able to not be afraid to "go with what you got" ~
I was down on Parde Island one year and didn't know very many people there. I met up with this young lady that was cooking at a resturant. ~ She'd lived there on the island for years and I thought she'd be fun and show me around. and she did. We had a great time! ~ As we was going into this one night spot, she says to me, "Now these people are not use to seeing my run with an older man". Which got me to thinking, ~ People wasn't use to seeing me with an over- weight girl with only two front teeth, so I guess we were even.
So ~ like I say, don't be afraid of going with what you got. I'm 60 now, and not really liking it all that much but I've got something to show you but if your not interest for whatever reason, fine with me. I've only got the time and money for interested parties only and my "project girl" days are over.
I'll provide the funny and you can provide the pretty,
Dance | |
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| Men over 55!
Posted: 12/30/2009 4:24:32 PM |
I've decide ~ I like them ALL!
I was thinking that this is a good decision but then I thought it's not really a decision so much as an attitude, and you have a good one.
It's not easy to have a good attitude but it's essential.
I can talk the talk but I can't walk the walk right now. At least I know this.
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| Men over 55!
Posted: 12/31/2009 5:22:31 AM | | As a guy wellover 55, believe me, we really are into the dating scene, and often have few limits too ! | |
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| Men over 55!
Posted: 12/31/2009 5:59:57 AM |
She was wearing a wedding ring, she spoke of her husband, and she spoke of her grandchildren in their 20's. Sometimes I notice things other people don't.
Okay thought you were speaking about someone you were emailing with online.. Not someone you met in the course of your day.
But will still stand by the emailing too long.. Better to meet sooner than later..
thecatsmeoww | |
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Posted: 1/3/2010 4:17:18 AM | kk
No I don't think so. You have the rest of your life to date. You never know when you will meet someone. Anyway that what I believe and thats a real fantasy!!!... | |
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Posted: 1/8/2010 4:54:05 PM | I see hope! everywhere I look.
and you should too!
It's all about attitude and your desires.
How much are you willing to invest in commitment of self with "no guarantees "?
Are you going to live it or just watch it unfold in others.
Better loved and lost then never loved at all.
Dance | |
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| Men over 55!
Posted: 1/8/2010 5:12:19 PM | ^^^^^^^...ww is being analytical with his theory re., writing skills, or lack of them.
...for sure sending a witty, intelligent msg., is a great start and for me will guarantee at least a perusal of the profile of the sender...
...but if his profile doesn't attract me, either picture or words, no matter how good the "sell" is i'm not buying...
...and for all that, when you do finally meet the success of that meeting will depend on whether there is a physical attraction, or not...
...this is one time when words are immaterial... | |
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| Men over 55!
Posted: 1/8/2010 6:38:10 PM | But will still stand by the emailing too long.. Better to meet sooner than later..
Maybe that's an introvert/extrovert split, and should stand: those that don't mind meeting fast, should go ahead and do it. For me, constantly meeting peeps that aren't going to work out takes a toll on my attitude. . . . I'd rather get it to the place via email and phone, that we're *both* positively *anxious* to meet each other. Rather than starting with "good enough" and hoping that a face to face will kick it up to "Boy Howdy". . . .
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Posted: 1/9/2010 8:54:49 AM | thinking of statements made in the prior post #119 , makes me think about the "speed dating" we sometime hear of.
I think that I'd enjoy something like that , or at least experience it a few times. I know what I'm looking for when I see it and most willing to accept rejection that might well be my reward for playing. You surely don't want to waste time on people that's not interested in you.
At my age & experience I could weed through a bunch of "potentials" very quickly.
However this "speed dating" seems to target a younger crowd. Think about the possibilities of going one on one for 5 minutes with say 10 persons in one evening.
Maybe I just like people ~ but some are really special and bring out the best in me and some the worst and I know it very quickly.
Dance | |
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| Men over 55!
Posted: 1/9/2010 9:02:08 AM |
However this "speed dating" seems to target a younger crowd. Think about the possibilities of going one on one for 5 minutes with say 10 persons in one evening.
Indeed I do not think that many over 50 go in for speed dating..Perhaps because dating today is far faster than they expect anyhow and in a sense they feel like they are already do that.
thecatsmeoww | |
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Posted: 1/9/2010 9:21:54 AM | Dance, I think we all experienced "speed dating" in our younger years (or maybe even now, lol!); it's called: going to a party. . . . You stand there, someone asks you to dance, and you do, talking, and by the end of the dance you both know whether you wish a second one or not. If not, you ask someone else to dance/accept someone else's offer of a dance. Just takes a bit longer via email, IMHO.
Because of where I live, the opportunity to go to parties nearby and meet any number of new people at one go simply doesn't exist anymore for me. As I've said elsewhere, and many times, grin, I've met both of the bachelors in the county ten years ago. So for me, it's PoF or nuttin'. . . . On the up side, PoF has worked very well for me. Indeed.
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Posted: 1/9/2010 11:23:48 AM | .
his is true, then I only have a few years left as a datable commodity! lol....Is this really true???
Considering your age now; I checked your profile, you have more than a few years to go, although considering your marital status.......not sure why you're asking. NOMB
But to answer the question;
Only if a man let's it.
There are a few caveats; at least in my opinion.
A man should stay active. Romantic walks, dancing, snuggling, etc, etc are fine, but remember the old saw; move it or lose it1
Motorcycles. What is it with "men of a certain age" and motorcycles. Not that they aren't fun. I love a good road trip, but defining oneself by having one would limit my interest. Same goes for the sports cars, boats, yadda yadda. Unless, of course you're looking for a high maintenance "princess."
You are less likely to attract the hot young babes, unless owhat you want is one who is impressed by the aformentioned toys.
Being 56, active, fit, and fairly attractive, (or at least, so I'm told) I will tell you, that I'm looking for the someone who is at least close to the same.
So that makes you too young for me.
Good luck, young man. 
Ginny
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Posted: 1/9/2010 12:42:58 PM | Men over 55 .. for a lady that age who has been meeting people for four years I can share some insite... One there are some nice guys out there but I do have to say.. Many don't want to think about sex , some that is all they want and no more , many lie about the age they really are ohhh they turn up for a date and they are old.
Many have nothing the ex wife got it all and the one's who have a home are scared your going to take it.
The new guys to dateing have forgotten the manor's and blert out what they are thinking.. ie: Im a tit man.. ... I ran so quick it wasn't funny...or do you want to f u c k
So Im questioning myself here I am 55 full of life loving life I don't take drugs or smoke anything I dring a glass of wine but never on my own , I have my own home I don't want to resque anyone looking for a guy who is looking for a girl to have a relationship with MEANING THIS ... I want a guy to do stuff with enjoy playing walking all the stuff your doing maybe sleep at his house a couple times a week maybe sleep at my house couple times a week... who knows
It feels like the guys are very scared and just want a lay..... or they cant do anything in that quarter and the just want to be friends.... Im very much a live and would love to let my passion flow.. Some of us don't want one night stands.. To me it looks like that is what the guys is after.... I have only been in my home town a year, I was in another city so my experiance is based on both places... | |
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Posted: 1/9/2010 2:15:14 PM | I believe more than a few wish they were equipped with a way to turn back their odometer, and some think it's possible with certain meds, but I think it's not much different than their younger counterparts in that some people (gender non-specific) seek "relationships" that seem to fill the bill for them. not all are seeking the same type of "relationship", some seek the 24hr or less variety, some seek "dating only", some seek dating to lead to a ltr or marriage.
perhaps the nature of the post-divorced beast lends itself to some to want to "make up for lost time". for the perpetually single that are now past the so-called conventional marriage-age bracket, some may never be willing to give up their single-life. period.
I don't see "age" or gender as a determining factor in the dating habits of anyone.  | |
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