Posted on 06/12/2025 9:43:38 AM PDT by Vigilanteman
My daughters have gifted me a six month subscription for a popular dating site for Father's Day.
My wife of 39 years (their mother) died over two years ago and I went through successful cancer treatment last year and in now in remission. I mentioned to my daughters that I might be open to meeting someone now given that the numerical odds are in my favor and my sweet wife waiting in heaven would want me to be happy for the next twenty years or so of my life.
They are also going to introduce me to some of their contacts who might be open to a pity date. Of course (being good daughters) they asked if I would consider anyone outside my race, religion, etc. I told them that the one and only turn-off would be liberals.
My life's experience is that it is generally easier to get someone to change one's religion, cultural outlook or almost anything other than extreme political views. Liberals come with an entitlement mentality. At best, they would be a waste of time and dinner money. At worst, they would have divorce rape on their minds . . . pretend to love you in order to steal half of what you have worked a lifetime to earn.
I am realistic enough to understand that finding someone like my late wife would be impossible. She was kind, caring, conservative and had a big heart. I loved her dearly and deeply. We raised three highly successful children who have blessed us with wonderful grandchildren. But I would far rather spend the rest of my life alone than get romantically involved with a liberal leftist lunatic with divorce rape on her mind.
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She dresses like a teenager. Like others and I have mentioned, she looks like Keith Richards in drag.
I been married to a liberal women for 35 years. The rest of her family borders on ignorant liberals. The only highlight with my in-laws was they were mocking Bush Jr. and I told them if Hitler was a Democrat they would vote for him. My wife’s family is Jewish and I’m a Jew. They didn’t talk to me for ten years.
At your peril, sir.
“Or just accurate?”
Yes... The two things that must be absolute in a partner, Religion and Politics. Nothing else will matter much at all and can be compromised.
Lucky you
[she looks like Keith Richards]
LOL
All things being equal, if you don’t already see a lot of positive signs that are making you very curious or interested in her, I wouldn’t take the risk.
Are you being mean?
Allow me to sound mean....
Liberal women are usually liberal for a reason. They are selfish and petty and untrustworthy. They will sometimes treat you well at first but for their own reasons. They wear a good mask until they ‘get their hooks into you’ and they know you’ll have a hard time breaking ties. They will often take a “what have you done for me lately” attitude about relationships, rather than look at it as a mutual partnership, and if you do break up, it will NEVER be amicable.
Widow here for almost 4 years. I’m “one and done.” No more marriages for me. He had 2 sons from his first marriage when he & I got married. Then we adopted our daughter from Russia when she was just 8 Mos old (we had tried in vitro at Walter Reed & finally gave up). I had to deal with his ex the entire time we were married and even now cuz of grandkids. I’m not taking on any more families. I was a caregiver to my husband for 8 yrs. And during that time our parents also became ill and passed—and I helped take care of all of them. I’m done. I turn 70 in a few months and I’m content to just go it on my own, visiting kids & friends as I can. I recently got a small poodle and she’s my companion. I keep busy with church, my dog, my condo, my favorite books, music & TV shows, my gym, my own schedule. Be careful diving into the dating pool. It’s not like when we were younger!
Not unkind, and also very logical.
“take off all your clothes, stand before a full length mirror and ask yourself “Am I date ready?””
Outstanding advice for men of any age.
Under no freakin’ circumstances!!
You’d be out of your mind to date a leftist. And you’d be certifiably insane to marry one or have one move in. And honestly, outside your religion and race has big challenges.
If you are a male over 50, you have a very wide field to choose from. They are far more numerous than eligible men of that age.
Choose slowly... and be mindful of her adult children and her past.
You can easily cause yourself destruction.
And not to be indelicate, but daughters choose a date for their father quite differently than he would. They are highly emotion driven. It could be useful that they would not work to oppose a relationship they arranged... but women will wanna saddle you with someone THEY think is awesome. When you don’t agree, it’s your fault.
Take it for what it’s worth.
I am dating one and we have one rule, no political talk. A year in so far and more good than bad. It works about 95% of the time. Every once and while she lets a stupid talking point slip or says Trump is a felon etc... and I just ignore it and smile and change the subject with an answer like I prefer to talk about other stuff.
We have other things that we like to do and stay busy with those. I already know this is nothing permanent as far as marriage (and she does too for the most part and we are both mid 60’s and have been through the ringer with an exe), but it works for now.
“Just pick a woman you don’t know and give her half of your stuff. It will save you the court costs and lawyers fees.”
And quite possibly save you a murder rap!
Word of advice.
Both keep your own places.
Even if you are sleeping together at one or the other’s 365 .
Depends if any potential sex with the liberal women is worth it, in the long run it won’t be but in the short run it might be fun and worth because that might be all she wants is a friend with benefits, for a long term relationship stay away from the liberal women
“My daughters have gifted me a six month subscription for a popular dating site for Father’s Day.”
Cancel it and just go about your everyday life. Be patient and serendipity will work it’s magic.
I don’t want anymore girlfriends. I’m happy being alone.
Absolutely.
No, you’re being sane.
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