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I agree with you on that point, although I have only new friendships on this site. Everyone has been very kind to me and thank you all for that!

I just broke up with a guy 7 yrs younger who was immature and irresponsible, the one before him was 17 yrs older and a whiner.
My grandparents are what I try to keep in mind when it comes to age difference. He was born in 1896 and she was born in 1924. When she married a man 28 yrs her senior her whole family told her she was crazy and she would spend her golden years alone. But they were in love and had 6 kids together, the last born when he was almost 60. (just an interesting fact, he was born on his dad's 60th birthday) Anyway she died at 51 and he lived another 21 yrs alone still loving only her.
So try to keep an open mind to age, it's only a number and you never know who might fill your heart with happiness or how long you will be here to enjoy it.

I have not given up! Been lied to, beat up and cheated on by the men in the past. I have tried to learn from every mistake I've made including the men I've chosen. I know there are good men out there and I know I have a big heart and considerate nature that one day a decent guy will appreciate instead of take advantage of!

I still wear the first earrings I ever bought myself back in 1987 and last week I realized the teeshirt I wore to work was one that my ex-mother-in-law bought me while we were shopping for my wedding in 1991. I take really good care of my stuff since I can't afford new very often. I still have many of my childhood board games with all of the pieces and most of the instructions in their boxes still neatly on a bookshelf, too.

I feel a special connection to the Blue Ridge and Great Smokey Mountains where me Cherokee ancestors came from, too bad the job market down there is so lousy.

Good Luck!

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Thank you for the reminder that time will help. Wonder if I'll ever feel like celebrating the 4th again? My neice and possibly the exboyfriend she stole from me had that baby girl early Sunday morning. Hurting so bad again I just wanna curl up in a ball and die. I don't think it's his, don't think my niece matters to him either. He's wanted a baby for so long, and she just wants someone to take care of her, she doesn't love him either. They are only using each other. They will figure it out about each other someday, but it doesn't make me feel any better. I was still thrown away because I'm broken and can't have babies. At least my new great-niece is healthy and she's beautiful, just wonder how long til I can get past this pain and if I'll get to know her someday. How much time to heal this wound???

my life sucks!

I'm so with you there, I've never had any money to throw around and never even pictured myself that way. I just want to find someone with a good work ethic and the maturity to be able to prioritize how the money we work so hard to earn should be spent. I never desired to be rich, but it would be nice not to have to struggle so hard because toys and tattoos are more important than doctor bills for instance. I guess I will be better off single for now, but I'm not giving up on men. I know there are good ones out there. My dad was out there once, my cousin found a really great guy, my best friend from high school is one of them but we just don't look at each other that way. Many of the guys on here are wonderful but too far away to be in a relationship with.
Atlantis, I'm so sorry that you've had experiences that have made you so leery of women, but don't give up. I know it's hard to find a place to meet the right person. I'm not much of a drinker and only meet drunks and womanizers in bars anyway so I'm still trying to figure out where to go to make a connection with a nice guy here in the midwest. Sounds like you are too close to the big city to find anyone without greed as a mindset. Just know that there are a lot of people out there just like us that are also hoping to find someone deserving and worthy of sharing a happy life. They don't know where to find us either, but if you keep a positive outlook it will happen. You're a good looking guy but it will make things harder for you if your cynicism is the first thing that great girl encounters.

I totally get that! He was good looking without being out of reach, sweet and charming with a great sense of humor and downhome wisdom. A man that made mistakes but would eventually realize it and be humble enough to appologize and learn from them. And he could sing. Yep, Andy was a keeper.

Hi! So many new faces, hope you all enjoy mingling. The best way to reveal yourselves and find out what others are truly like is to come talk in the forums. Hope to see you all there!

I have a new favorite, kind of expesive, near the Lindts and such at Walmart. Hageland's Dark Chocolate with Pear and Almond Slivers, tastes like a fine desert from an upscale restaurant! $4 a large bar but I can make it last a week.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Dove Dark Chocolates
Heath Bar
Butterfinger
KitKats
York Peppermint Patties
Mounds
Raisinettes
Circus Peanuts
Jelly Orange Slices (only if they're fresh)
Jumbo Jelly Beans from the Walkarusa Dime Store! A local phenomenon, literally the largest jelly beans produced and an Easter tradition, the commercials for them mean spring is coming around here!

my favorite saying NOT to live by...
School Free Drug Zone

Night owl, I work 2nd shift and prefer doing my shopping at 24 hr places like Kroger, Meijer, or Walmart when the aisles are empty and the parking is so much better and you don't wait in the check out lane for forever, and the employees there then are more fun and have time to actually be helpful.
I've dealt with insomnia for a long time, rarely get any rem sleep so I'm a slow starter when I do get up.

painful

I know what you mean, I've only blocked out those looking for intimate encounters to keep the creeps away, but hope in the process I don't miss out on some wonderful piece of advise or perspective from any of the other gals on here just trying to be friendly. I was hoping to block all those guys from little Asian nations that you know are just pulling some kind of scam, but it's the whole world or within a 150 mile radius and I've already met so many great people from all over this nation and Canada and even one from Scotland that I guess I'll have to deal with the scammers individually.

mine was taken on Memorial Day, but it's probably the only one you're ever gonna get, unless Santa brings me a computer for Christmas.
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So the lonliness was getting to me last night. I've rethought my position on random boinking and have decided I can wait for that special guy to come along. I'm worth it!