On bachelorhood

[pawngal]

OK, I've MIA for a few hours. Went to the range, should be a great place to meet guys, not I was the only person there. Blew threw 150 rounds of 38s and 357s. Gotta love the flash coming out the ports shooting the .357s. Stopped at a local watering hole for a beer, downer, 2 drunk women and 2 guys playing pool.
Personally, I think a lot of my problem finding a man I want to spend time with is that I scare them! My likes are so much like theirs that they are intimidated by me. But I will not "tone down" the real me. But..... I am equally comfortable at a $150 per person wine dinner. I am equally comfortable in jeans and cowboy boots as I am in heels and the "little black dress", what ever the occasion calls for. Meeting a man at church is probably not an option as I have quite a colored past. I have no desire to put up with a slob or someone wanting a nanny or nursemaid. I did the nursemaid thing with my late husband for 7 years and have no desire for that at this stage in my life. I want to live life at its fullest and enjoy whatever comes down the pike, with someone special.
Yes, I do have a checklist and no luck fullfilling the wants.

Am I expecting too much? I guess so but I don't want to just settle for somebody.

 

[pawngal]

Pawngal. Lets discuss that list one more time. Everyone on here is trustworthy. But get out the Webster and read trustworthy, over and over. Then read the antinyms. Nontrustworthy. I already see you might need it.

Please explain. Yes, I do have a list.

 

[venomballistics]

OK, I've MIA for a few hours. Went to the range, should be a great place to meet guys, not I was the only person there. Blew threw 150 rounds of 38s and 357s. Gotta love the flash coming out the ports shooting the .357s. Stopped at a local watering hole for a beer, downer, 2 drunk women and 2 guys playing pool.
Personally, I think a lot of my problem finding a man I want to spend time with is that I scare them! My likes are so much like theirs that they are intimidated by me. But I will not "tone down" the real me. But..... I am equally comfortable at a $150 per person wine dinner. I am equally comfortable in jeans and cowboy boots as I am in heels and the "little black dress", what ever the occasion calls for. Meeting a man at church is probably not an option as I have quite a colored past. I have no desire to put up with a slob or someone wanting a nanny or nursemaid. I did the nursemaid thing with my late husband for 7 years and have no desire for that at this stage in my life. I want to live life at its fullest and enjoy whatever comes down the pike, with someone special.
Yes, I do have a checklist and no luck fullfilling the wants.

Am I expecting too much? I guess so but I don't want to just settle for somebody.

from a bar, yup, way off paper.
General rule, go to places you actually like.
If you get your self connected up, you will be seeing that place a lot.

 

[LVSteve]

OK, I've MIA for a few hours. Went to the range, should be a great place to meet guys, not I was the only person there. Blew threw 150 rounds of 38s and 357s. Gotta love the flash coming out the ports shooting the .357s. Stopped at a local watering hole for a beer, downer, 2 drunk women and 2 guys playing pool.
Personally, I think a lot of my problem finding a man I want to spend time with is that I scare them! My likes are so much like theirs that they are intimidated by me. But I will not "tone down" the real me. But..... I am equally comfortable at a $150 per person wine dinner. I am equally comfortable in jeans and cowboy boots as I am in heels and the "little black dress", what ever the occasion calls for. Meeting a man at church is probably not an option as I have quite a colored past. I have no desire to put up with a slob or someone wanting a nanny or nursemaid. I did the nursemaid thing with my late husband for 7 years and have no desire for that at this stage in my life. I want to live life at its fullest and enjoy whatever comes down the pike, with someone special.
Yes, I do have a checklist and no luck fullfilling the wants.

Am I expecting too much? I guess so but I don't want to just settle for somebody.

You shouldn't even try to "tone down". Once past a certain age we are what we are. I have always been a kid hostile zone. I'm plumbed for them, just not wired or programmed that way. You may guess how well this was received by most women and you can also assume that some believed they could change me. Yeah, see how well that worked.

Nice to read that you are comfortable in jeans or dressed to the nines. Works for me every time when a woman is comfortable regardless of how she is dressed.

Good idea having a checklist. When I was online dating I thought the girls who put up a checklist were great. Certainly made my life easier.

 

[M E Morrison]

OK, I've MIA for a few hours. Went to the range, should be a great place to meet guys, not I was the only person there. Blew threw 150 rounds of 38s and 357s. Gotta love the flash coming out the ports shooting the .357s. Stopped at a local watering hole for a beer, downer, 2 drunk women and 2 guys playing pool.
Personally, I think a lot of my problem finding a man I want to spend time with is that I scare them! My likes are so much like theirs that they are intimidated by me. But I will not "tone down" the real me. But..... I am equally comfortable at a $150 per person wine dinner. I am equally comfortable in jeans and cowboy boots as I am in heels and the "little black dress", what ever the occasion calls for. Meeting a man at church is probably not an option as I have quite a colored past. I have no desire to put up with a slob or someone wanting a nanny or nursemaid. I did the nursemaid thing with my late husband for 7 years and have no desire for that at this stage in my life. I want to live life at its fullest and enjoy whatever comes down the pike, with someone special.
Yes, I do have a checklist and no luck fullfilling the wants.

Am I expecting too much? I guess so but I don't want to just settle for somebody.

If church isn't your thing, check out other places/events that you are interested in. Having similar likes is important - at least to me & I suspect most other men.

 

[Bekeart]

I think it is a riot.

Knew a fellow in Chicago (long long ago)
that had bought NEW metal doggie bowls for soup and stew.

Bekeart

 

[labworm]

Who knows, maybe a month from now, we will receive a announcement here at the forum, from the lucky two.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ-NsRzEBs0[/ame]

 

[4011]

Call me

Attention Mods, this not a solicitation, only asking for ideas

You guys are saying almost all single women are nuts.

How does a reasonably attractive, semi-retired, healthy, active, financially secure, not looking for marriage lady find a gentleman with similar attributes?

817-886-2345. Texas.

 

[pawngal]

817-886-2345. Texas.

IF that is your phone number anyone viewing this can get your name and address for 99cents or maybe free.

 

[4011]

I didn't fall off that turnip truck Mam! Only posted as a funny.Saw a cousin at her mothers funeral this week. She like me has had problems with relationships. She is quite attractive. I told her lets just move to Arkansas she says why? I says then we could date! She got sorta red and her brother sorta gasped.

 

[pawngal]

I didn't fall off that turnip truck Mam! Only posted as a funny.

OK, but it is somebody's phone number, not cool.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

I have learned that if you leave my books, stock portfolio, beer steins, chess sets, computer software (games) and guns and accessories alone, give me one night a week to run with the boys and I will work like a dog earning money, and change diapers, wipe little kids butts, clean up kids vomit, clean up after pets, scrub toilets, cook, garden, do minor repairs, stay up with sick kids, argue with fussy teenage kids, run errands (including feminine hygiene products) and "emergency Starbucks or chocolate", take out the garbage, wash dishes, commute 2-4 hours a day, and give massages. I do not do laundry, wash windows or dust. What is this bachelor thing that you speak of?

 

[CO_Kid]

Some of y'all are making me feel lucky. Since I started dating at 15, I've only been single maybe 6 months. My wife is my high school sweetheart, she waited for me while I was in college for 2 years, then I got my first police job and we got married a month after she turned 18 and moved to Virginia from PA. Been with her ever since including a move to CO.

Can't imagine life without her.

 

[Cdog]

I've been married most of my life. Obviously not very good at it though.

Marriage and the high cost of ending them has left me a bit jaded about ever trying again.

At 55 I'm proud for all those that have made marriage work. While I can't say that I'm there, I'm also very understanding of those that have sworn off ever doing it again.

Bach'n it simply ain't that bad!

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Ah, the good old days...laying amidst my own filth, a blanket of trash bags and Wall Street Journals...a scattering of empty beer and whiskey bottles... faithful pee jug at the ready... J frame .38 strapped to a teddy bear to cuddle with.

Smoking cigarettes in the shower. Eating cold slop out of cans cut open with a knife.

One door held onto my car with glass filament strapping tape. Being able to answer the question "Are those bullet holes?" with a shrug and an "I don't know, probably".

Waking up when mice crawl on you.

Shooting mice in the living room, because the landlord said to.

Cracked and peeling lead based paint, plenty of asbestos, mystery stains on the wall...

Seeing the drug dealers out front, the tranny working girls, the rednecks that cook meth, the weird guy who buried a dead monkey in his yard....

The simple joys of living in a partially condemned crack house in the drug corridor of a decaying midwestern city.

Miss Lancing do ya?

 

[yaktamer]

Last week I was downtown and noticed this old guy sitting on a bus bench sobbing. I walked over and asked him what was wrong.

He says, "I'm 80 years old. I'm married to a gorgeous woman, age 35. She's a former model and a real knockout. She cooks, cleans and takes care of me. She's kind and funny. We make love twice a day. She loves me for me, not for my money, because I really don't have any."

I say, "That sounds fantastic. But with that kind of a life, why are you crying?"

He says, "I can't remember where I live!"

 

[yaktamer]

Heard that joke from I guy I met on his 80th birthday. He says, "I may be 80, but I have a Trophy Wife. She's only 72."

 

[yaktamer]

I've only been married once. We just hit the 20 year mark. I've always wanted to introduce my spouse to people as "my current wife," but never had the courage.

 

[Cdog]

I'll introduce them as a potential future ex-wife.

 

[arjay]

Last week I was downtown and noticed this old guy sitting on a bus bench sobbing. I walked over and asked him what was wrong.

He says, "I'm 80 years old. I'm married to a gorgeous woman, age 35. She's a former model and a real knockout. She cooks, cleans and takes care of me. She's kind and funny. We make love twice a day. She loves me for me, not for my money, because I really don't have any."

I say, "That sounds fantastic. But with that kind of a life, why are you crying?"

He says, "I can't remember where I live!"

Several years ago I was riding a chairlift with an old man who was wearing a small oxygen tank.His view was that it was better to die up there than home on the couch.When we got to the top he told me that he had Alzheimer's.He woke up every morning with an ******** but he couldn't remember what it was for [emoji23]