Hot. Sane. Single. Pick two. I love that one!

A red flag from my dating days:
Walk her back to her car. Look inside. If it looks like she is piloting a dumpster on wheels, run away!

^^^^^ Truth!!!

I told the other half, that if we split, I am living like a nomad or a hobbit.

We split a few years back, (I was in my 40s then) and I started looking around.. It was painful..

I have been listening to my younger soldiers who are in their 20s, and it is depressing, and horrifying let alone my friends who in their 40's and 50's and it is downright dreadful, depressing, maddening, etc..

I think working nights at the Medical Examiners Office in Charlotte spoiled me. After working from 9pm to 7am (or later), I was too tired, and just wanted to work out an relax. Plus, I spent all night working with, talking too or interviewing Officers, Doctors, Nurses, Medics, families, etc..

Sooo, by 7am I had my fill. Plus we were severely short handed and working 6 days a week.

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Originally posted by ltbarber:
Hot. Sane. Single. Pick two. I love that one!

I hit the trifecta the second time around. Saturday we will celebrate our 39th anniversary.

I wouldn't even consider it!!!


I am on a retirement group on FB. A woman complained that her husband of 28 years told her that he would be retiring on his 65th birthday. Evenn though she was medically disabled she felt that his money contributions hadn't eqaulled what she had brought to the marriage so he had to keep working. All the women on the group encouraged her to divorce him or put him on an allowance. When I pointed out that a man would be crucified for taking the same stance my comments were deleted by a mod.

As Chris Rock observed only women, children and dogs are loved unconditionally. Men are only loved when they provide!!

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Originally posted by Ronin101:
I wouldn't even consider it!!!


I am on a retirement group on FB. A woman complained that her husband of 28 years told her that he would be retiring on his 65th birthday. Evenn though she was medically disabled she felt that his money contributions hadn't eqaulled what she had brought to the marriage so he had to keep working. All the women on the group encouraged her to divorce him or put him on an allowance. When I pointed out that a man would be crucified for taking the same stance my comments were deleted by a mod.

As Chris Rock observed only women, children and dogs are loved unconditionally. Men are only loved when they provide!!

Better not to be married at all than to be married to a woman like that.

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Originally posted by Ronin101:
I am on a retirement group on FB. A woman complained that her husband of 28 years told her that he would be retiring on his 65th birthday. Evenn though she was medically disabled she felt that his money contributions hadn't eqaulled what she had brought to the marriage so he had to keep working. All the women on the group encouraged her to divorce him or put him on an allowance. When I pointed out that a man would be crucified for taking the same stance my comments were deleted by a mod.

Oh yes, the double standard. A wondrous thing isn’t it? My favorite is “his” money is “our” money but “her” money is “her” money.

The feminists got out of control and so many narratives have been made and vomited out ad nauseam. And the majority believe it. Women will say they can do ANYTHING a man can do. Yet I never see a bunch of female construction workers on the side of the road here in the TX heat. I watched a video recently where a man is talking to a panel of women and he said fine if y’all are equal you should have to be volunteered for the draft. Not front line positions but administrative etc. Each woman argued against that. Each giving bullshit reasoning. Today is almost like seeing 2 lawyers going at each other yet one side always wins. Many men have woken up to this fact and just checked out. I’m not on social media apps, only YT, and from what I read and hear, a LOT of women on the social medias bitching and moaning about “where are the men?” They’ve checked out honey. They are tired of the double standards and your bullshit. Your delusional requirement list, men just said no and enough. So go buy yourself a new vibrator!

My lady turned me onto a Facebook group, Gen X Singles. It’s not so much a dating app as a commiseration page with lots of bitching about millennials and boomers. It gets to be quite entertaining at times. After seeing so many posts by ladies of, “Why can’t I find a decent man?” one dude made the post asking women, “What do you bring to the table?”

Literally hundreds of responses followed. Lots of responses of, “How dare you ask!” Other responses stating you can’t put a value on love. Lots of sexist responses as well which quickly spiraled downward. Was interesting to watch practical based responses from men vs. emotional responses from women.

My wife of 42 years passed away almost 3 years ago from cancer. I had 7 different ladies approach me and I had no interest in any of them. Then one day I asked a girl I've known for 15 years out to dinner, she was widowed 7 years ago. I figured it would be nice for both of us to go eat once in a while, concerts and movies occasionally. We really hit it off and have been seeing each other for almost a year. Don't give up, there are some crazy ones and there are still some good ones. I was happy before we started dating, but much happier now with someone to be by myside.

I stumbled across this YouTube poster, I have concluded that she must be the greatest find a man could have.
I find her advice , mostly to women, to be spot on.
Check her out, her perspectives on female/male relationships is right on, she is also very easy on the eyes.
Her YouTube shorts I find the most enjoyable.

https://www.youtube.com/@FlourishwithLaurin

Be a tad selfish, a guy gots to know the game. If contemplating something official, set the prenup on the table.

I’m somewhat overrun, but there are strings attached. I’m trying to work on being more of an ass-dude. I’ll also add that I don’t lie. Then my dog is 500% loyal & committed. We all know porn is free.

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Originally posted by 2000Z-71:
After seeing so many posts by ladies of, “Why can’t I find a decent man?”

I'd be interested in your own "rant" response if it is anything like some of the posts you've put here.

Here are four things I didn't expect dating in my late 40/early 50s.

Meet someone online and decide to go out on a date. Either before the date or during the date get hit up for paying for her kids' baby sitter for the evening. At first, I thought it was an anomaly but last time I tried on-line dating 1/3 hit me up before date and 2/3 hit me up during date.

Meet someone online and decide to go out on a date. Confirm the date via text at noon on the day of the date, but then that evening getting stood up. Never been stood up on a date as a teenager, twenties, or early thirties. In my late 40/early 50s, it's happened 4 times. See 2 paragraphs below for 1 of the reasons.

I had also misjudged the millennial women asking me out phenomenon. I assumed they didn't respect millennial men for generally being beta males, but more likely higher priority was looking for older, more financially stable man to gold dig.

Meet someone online and decide to go out on a date. They actually show up on the date and their phone looks like it was on the front line in Ukraine. Of course, a phone with multiple screen breaks is unreliable so occasionally contacted from their kids' phone since theirs isn't working. About the 3rd date, get hit up with "will you buy me a new phone so we can reliably communicate?"

Now, I'm looking in person (ie not online) and for financially stable.

There is a lot of truth in this:

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Originally posted by sourdough44:
Be a tad selfish, a guy gots to know the game.

Dating should not be a "game", and if it is...count me out.

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Originally posted by ltbarber:
Hot. Sane. Single. Pick two. I love that one!

I hit the trifecta the second time around. Saturday we will celebrate our 39th anniversary.

39 years ago, the rules were different, sport.

There was a reason the Grinch was happy enough living alone on a mountain with his dog.

I'm in my 50s and work in an environment where there are a lot of single, but divorced women who always have kids. That would be schools. And you have to be careful and realize that most of these women are just looking for extra help with all of the extra things they have to do because they have kids and no present husband.

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Originally posted by 2000Z-71:
After seeing so many posts by ladies of, “Why can’t I find a decent man?”

I'd be interested in your own "rant" response if it is anything like some of the posts you've put here.

I seldom post or respond in that forum. For me it is entertainment and a way of making me thankful of what I currently have. Every now and then I will shit post there when something is completely ridiculous.

There was one post made by a woman asking the men what one thing attracted them to a woman, she went on and on about not objectifying women and being intellectual and emotionally mature, etc. it was absolutely ridiculous so I was forced to answer with one word.

Boobs.