At only 69 and in very good health, I decided to look at on=line dating.
I have decided I will remain single, and likely, celibate to the end.
NO WAY am I saddling myself up with the likes of the women I saw on-line.
Ladies, I may be overrating myself, but I will spend my money and my time alone, with my dog.
Good plan.
Let life flow instead of trying to make it happen. One day a good woman might unexpectedly appear in your life - you will know it, and so will your dog. Keep us posted, even if it takes years.
Correct. Been single now for 35 years and am emotionally stable, a far cry from marriage to a harpie.
Take a trip to Bangkok around Valentines day every year. This to will pass.
C19fan, I’m a widow after 35 years marriage to same VERY handsome, wonderful husband. I have zero interest in finding another. No one could compare. Same as you I’ll remain celibate to the end and find my own way. When you’ve been married to your soulmate/best friend who you’ve known since the age of 15, how could that be replaced anyway? I’m only 56 and know I’m not hideous, (and have been told by a number of folks I am still attractive and should have no problem finding a man), but that matters not to me.
The woman having trouble finding a man needs to find herself and her own self worth first. Otherwise she’d just be a clinger and make any man, and herself miserable.
What turned you off?
Good post tahoe! Theres is little reason to go “ find” someone. If God doesn’t bring that person into your life, then she doesn’t need to be there. Unless she has a nice yacht and a showroom condition classic muscle car collection she wants
you to take care of. then maybe. . . I’d need to see pics of the cars and the yacht
I am sorry to hear of your loss. I was widowed just before 9-11 and spent years alone. Online dating sites only reminded me of how special she had been, and I made no effort to search for someone new.
Then the Lord moved mountains, and I met someone I already knew in the Army chain of command. She had recently been freed of the years-long burden of caring for her infirm father. She was within weeks of being the same age as my late wife would have been, and ready for a new relationship.
Long story short, we have been married for nearly a decade now.
May the Lord bless you in like manner, FRiend.
Doing estate planning my attny, about 80yo with a stellar reputation in the area of estate and divorce, told me what ever you do at your age(65 at the time) “Do Not Get Married” !
The reasons were all quite simple and most center around health and wealth, mine not hers.
Bottom line was she gets sick I own it and it could clean me out, financially. Do not do it.
He said live together sure but thats it, nothing legally.
That’s my plan if, God forbid, something should happen to my wife.
Ladies, I may be overrating myself, but I will spend my money and my time alone, with my dog.
We didn’t meet on line, but my husband and I were 51 and 50, respectfully, when we met. We felt like a couple of teenagers! I’m 68 now, and a lot of the time, we STILL feel like teenagers! I had told God that I wasn’t going to go around looking for a man, that if He wanted me to have one, He’d have to bring one to me. I had never been attracted to anyone the 7 years I was divorced, and the first time my husband to be, walked into my workplace, I knew he was the one! And he had recently recommitted his life to the LORD, and had asked God for a good woman. Age is just a number. “Trust in the Lord and do good, and he will bring it to pass!”