Great posts here! The books referenced go for the audience. Men don’t read that stuff except for laughs.
I was married for twenty years. The spouse broke the contract, and now I’m single. I don’t think of myself or categorize myself as “divorced.”
I have physical custody of the two children, mid-teens. I told a woman I was recently dating that either of my children were welcome to live with me if s/he became sick, disabled etc. She said they would have to live in a long term care center or some such place.
I said “no way” and “adios.”
I’ve also been told recently by several women that revealing on a dating profile that I’m raising my kids is a bad idea. I was kind of surprised when I first heard it because I thought it showed maturity, responsibility, love etc. Boy, was I wrong.
I think, and it’s obviously just based on the past few years, that women get more mercenary as they approach mid forties.
But, of course, I don’t care what men get like as they ripen. I have no control group upon which to draw such a conclusion.
However, I was smart enough not to include any discussion of my considerable wealth on the dating profile.
Dating is not much fun. Stress and waste of money. I always am expected to pay.
But, getting half of what you worked for stolen by the person who breached the marriage contract is less fun.
Now, I’m feeling really isolated: (this is funny in a way) Last weekend I went to edisharmony, filled out the personality profile, and got a message that I had “no matches.” Out of millions!
I guess I could have told them that from the beginning. I guess all the good women are either married or gay.
