"God, talk about the death of romance. Whatever happened to finding one true love? I am pleased to say, it does happen." Greetings, Mate! Good to know you're still 'angin' about!
I found a true love many years ago. She passed away and I was devastated. Now, I would like to find a decent woman to love and marry, but am in no hurry. I am not impressed with the calibre of most of the women I meet, unfortunatwly.
It is actually somewhat amusing at this point. I mean, I was your stereotypical ugly duckling when I was young, but age has changed Me to the point where I am often asked if I will do some modeling (not attempting to sound vain here, merely expressing a point). Even when I was young I was more interested in marriage than a one-night stand, and moreso these days. Now all the women who would not even give Me a second glance those days are quite interested, and I have to shake My head at their antics. Too, I knew some of the blokes they were involved with (the ones I know from back then), and I must say I was not impressed with their choices.
Now they have several children, have let themselves go downhill, and have gone through several other partners since then. That, or I still recall their Feminist rantings when they were younger. Pardon My reluctance, but I believe I have reason to doubt their decision-making abilities at this point.
I know from experience that women get angry when you tell them you are not interested in any committed relationship which involves prior children. I am thinking of a specific incident where it was a casual introduction with a group of freinds. As we talked and I found she had a child from a previous relationship, I was trying to not appear too interested. Since it was a group of friends, we ate chatted about life. In the end as we were all parting company and the young lady left, the girlfriend of the my friend who arranged the introduction ask how I liked her. When I told her, I was not interested because she had a kid, she said I was being selfish. No I just did not want someone else's mistake even if it meant not pursuing what seemed like an otherwise nice woman. She was polite but obviously upset at my opinion. My long time freind knew my opinion but his girlfreind assumed the nice lady's personality would have won me over. In the end, I did not see my freind again until he broke up with his girlfriend.
Being a single mom means you are a mother first and a girlfriend 112th on the priority scale. Not with my life not with my money. I will make my own "mistakes" before I take care of someone elses.