I wish I was too. Have a great time and have a drink or 2 or 3 for me!

I'm sure you did

Lots of food at Joe's? Who would have ever expected that!!!

Have a pepper for me

Short or bald. I don't have a reason except that it is what I am attracted to.

I understand your concern but I started emailing with a man from here who had no pic. He gave me his phone number and asked me to text him so he could send me a picture. I did and he turned out to be a nice looking guy. We dated for 3 months and are still friends but the 2 hour distance and our work schedules made dating tough. So I would not rule someone out just because they have no picture posted.

Have fun everyone! i wish I was going to be there

I'm just waiting to see which week in September that my sister will be on vacation and then I am booking my flight. I am hoping I get to meet my Texas friends.

Happy Mother's Day Carol

Happy Mother's Day to all my awesome Lady Friends here. I hope you have a wonderful day!

fingers crossed and a prayer for good luck!

Love that feeling!!! Congrats on whatever is making you smile!

Betty we don't need tutors we need men to practice our homework on--you know--victims.

Hi Betty

I definitely think I need these classes!

I want to go to school with you!

Chloe, when I mention life experience it has nothing to do with maturity but where a person is in their life. Someone your age may be more open to dating in any age group---I was at your age. At 55, I do not want to raise any children. Mine are 20 and 27. I did the sports and school parent volunteering. Now it is time for me. I work fulltime so someone older who is retired may not like that I am not available to do the things he wants at any given moment.

I like being with someone who was a teenager in the 70's. Who went to see Bruce Springsteen in concert in Jersey before he was the Boss. Who remembers the day President Kennedy was shot. I am not putting down being young. I love spending time with my sons and their friends. I just don't want to date anyone who I could have given birth to. It's just a choice for me because I know where I am happiest.

The point I was trying to make to Cheerup and MG was that neither of them have been in a long term relationship with someone much older or much younger that lasted. Therefore how can they preach to anyone what they have no personal experience in doing.

I would like to hear from someone who has been in an older/younger relationship that has lasted over 15 years and that they felt age was never a factor.

just tell the kids you wanted to make sure they were still fresh

I think we should just agree that only the two people involved are the ones' whose opinion matters. For this 55 yr old it is 50 to 60 give or take a year. Thanks for the debate fellas. I did enjoy it

Absolutely. However, the original statement made it sound like anyone who was not for dating much older or much younger was being negative. My question to you and Cheer up would be how many successful relationships have you experienced yourselves with someone much older or much younger? You asked for examples from me of why it may not work so now I ask the two of you to provide me with examples that it does.

Exactly. So when I say that yes I would not date someone much younger or much older it is based on life experience and not because I am narrow minded or a stick in the mud. So just as I would never say that no one should date older or younger, you and cheer cannot say that because someone chooses not too they are not open minded.

I totally agree that we all get to choose. Afterall, I did choose older. I am just trying to point out that age is not the only factor. Wanting a family and financial stability play a major part if you are looking for a lifetime partner. If you are looking for causual dating than age will never be a major factor