hollyxpopx, good luck with your romantic search.
Hopefully the two guys are comporting themselves like gentlemen!
It is certainly a big world out there. Be careful.

a "rhymes with flo"

Shakti, I'm sure you won't. I didn't have to when I did mine.

Glad that mod deleted himself.

And oddly enough, when I was an anatomy and physiology tutor in college, it was usually men that came in for tutoring. I beat out a bunch of guys when I was chosen as "Student of the Year" by the biology dept. faculty.

the Mod who deleted your post was probably a man

shakti, you mean to say you'r discounting OUR relationship last year?? Consigning it to a mere "fling" or "forgettable"?? I'm crushed. Et tu, Brute?

I'm sorry I couldn't live up to your Sylvester Stallone ideal, but I think it's time you formed a new vision of the "ideal man". I don't think there are many Stallones out there, especially in small town Alberta (although "Rambo First Blood" WAS flimed in the small town of Hope, B.C.).

I must be an odd ball about this. It would never occur to me to even ask about something like "when was the last relationship you had" of someone, as though they were a loaf of stale bread.

"I need MORE of your time," my boyfriends always insisted during finals week.

When you meet Ms. Right, you'll have plenty to talk about, and if not, the silences won't be awkward. All will feel natural.

You did the right thing but most likely this gal is not for you.

Wow I'm a little surprised at you.

I'm not slagging Goenka's vipassana teachings, like I said there's no sangha that I can see. That's my personal observation and my opinion, you can take it for what it's worth, i.e. not much.

The lineages go back one person at a time all the way to the Buddha. Did you know that?

As far as I can tell Lama Ole is the real deal.

I'm not impressed with your behaviour here.

Again, I'm not so sure the OP was asking for a "solution"-he was trying to find out whether he has peers who have feelings/ live their lives similar to his.

I'm not sure what the expereince is like of Vipassana Meditation, but it sounds similar to my journey of following the ten comandmants while seeking God's compassion. I hear that through isolation, meditation, contemplation and seeking good things there is a very human expereince that transforms and enlightens. Does Vipassana meditation do that, or is it that it brings an awareness in a different way? It sounds interesting.

My understanding of Vipassna Meditation is it is sitting quietly and just being aware of your breathing.

People only use phones the way they do now simply because they can do everything you needed a dozen devices to do 20 years ago.

my preference is to make a unilateral decision to hide my OWN profile. By taking the initiative to share that (and expose a bit of vulnerability), she has typically done likewise.

I've had orgasms that were so good that I LAUGHED after which I attribute to a sudden release of a large amount of endorphins .

The main thing is to realise relationships sometime just dont work out

Personally, I like women that aren't all that well off. That just means to me, they will be more dependent on you and therefore more loyal. That may sound bad, but hey, I'm being honest.

I always appreciate ladies who are deciding to further their education later in life - it's a sign of real moxy to decide to get that degree- especially if they have kids in tow as well. The nasty part about higher education is that it is truly beyond goddamned expensive nowadays. A person can go bankrupt just off the textbook purchase bill alone.

Even worse is those massive loans don't go away. You can defer payment for a while, but after graduation it can sometimes take 25 years to pay the damned thing off. In the U.S., even if you file for bankruptcy protection from your debts, you don't get any loan relief from educational loans - they follow you around until you die or they die.

My point is that some financial obligations are not as clearly obvious as others. Before writing someone off as 'cheap' or 'broke', you may want to look a little deeper to see how they got there. Some just don't want to talk about it, but that's their choice, and then you gotta deal with it accordingly.

So what do you do if you suspect someone catfishing?

yes, and many other scholars before him. Its common knowledge. I liked the P75 project - where you can actually see old copies of manuscripts on line

Its common knowledge.

I am just glad Rick could curb his mental problems while talking with the gov!

You can aspire to drunkenly post in dating forums ..!

I have a friend who is also on POF and every time we get together he shows me his latest collection of pix on his phone....

...I don't think it's to impress me as much as it is to stroke his own insecure ego, to reassure himself that now that he's turned the big 40 he can still get attractive women to send him not only pix but close up body shots.

I usually ask why doesn't he just pick one and make a go of it, but he doesn't respect them. I think he's waiting for one who actually won't send him body shots. It's hard for him because he's tall, handsome with a full head of hair so it's like that saying " absolute power corrupts absolutely "

I asked shakti for nude pics & she complied right away without any fuss. Unfortunately the pics were of Sylvester Stallone... (what were you doing with pics like that anyway, shakti?)

There are websites, where men will publicly shame, or 'out' females from online dating sites who have 'done someone wrong' in thier opinion.

He wanted you for his "spank bank" Likely wouldn't be able to do the job in person. I think some guys get too addicted to porn etc, so the real thing loses interest or is too intimidating.

Look I am not here to split hairs with the Forum community, they can keep their closed minded opinions and hypothesis' to themselves regarding my business, suggestions, and methods on here.

Exactly you replied to me...now say that to a woman and make sure you actually notice something the other 100 idiots that complimented on her looks didn't and be playful about it. They most likely will answer just like you did, you will start getting some of those bites you are looking for.

Wow, so now asking for photos of you is a crime... lol, what's the next offense gonna be? Most of the women I meet want to immediately take a photo of me. Who cares? It's just a photo. The funny part here is you dug the dude and wanted to do him yet run away because he wants a photo and you want to get naked with him. Yeah, that makes a whole lot of sense... lmao

So perhaps you weren't being weirded-out by the guy himself. Maybe he was being followed by a spirit of some kind who knew that he wasn't "long for this world", so to speak. I'm suggesting that you sensed the presence of this spirit.