I second that vote.

Santa you better be listening. I have been a really good girl this year. lol

I like the cute icons but a few legit pics on the profile are cool too. Especially the ones with the great smiles. Just love the happy people.

Glad your happy! Not my thing now but have known a time that was true for me. When you feel that way you are better off following your instinct.

Napping in the corner of my garden.

I only wish I could do some pretty graphics but I would like to wish a Very Happy Birthday for the Princess who will turn 88 in a little more than 24 hours.

She makes me think of a lot of you folks on Mingle. Gutsy, tough, making her own way in the world. I wish more would know her and be inspired by her. If you did would probably make you think you were lucky to be following the trail she, and others like her, opened up for many.

Happy Birthday !!! And many more. Hope you make it as long as the Princess who turns 88 the next day.

Well I hope all this romance luck rubs off on the rest of us. Happy for you that have hit Cupid's jack pot.

I have to admidt that I am ten times more likely to talk to someone of the opposite sex if someone I know introduces them. While I would find matchmaking "high school" I have no problem giving the friend of a friend a chance to make their own impression.

If that person is friendly, but not too pushy, maybe offers a card with a phone or personal email I will get in contact. If they give their work card I might think they are trying to hustle work.

I prefer the email because it is less intrusive and I can respond at my convienence. I am not a phone person and the whole text thing is just too abbreviated. If I get a hang up call with out a voice mail, or a cheezy one, I block the number immediately as someone too juvinile.

While I can understand a guy not wanting to immediately give someone a home number but a guy that gives me a work number I figure is either showing off for his co-workers or hiding his social life from another woman. I am not about to leave a message or explain to a receptionist why I am calling.

As far as people talking to me in public places a grocery store would be very low on my list. My mind is tallying what I have bought, formatting menues, and usually in a rush. I certainly don't want someone trying to make time while I am at the check out handleing money or cards. If you are so helpless that you can't read a cook book; even if it is a premise, it comes off as lame.

I would much rather someone talk to me when I am doing something more leisurely or hung waiting. DMV comes to mind but there are many times when you have to que up for customer service.

A personal favorite of mine for talking to someone new is a community fair or volunteer event.

Fourth of July has always been lucky for me. Met nice people. Ate great food. Enjoyed the skyworks. Hope it holds true this year. Hope all the Mingle folks have a great holiday.

I think it can be possible to be very attracted and begin to have leanings toward love but definition would require actually meeting and spending time together. How a person represents themselves in writing and on the phone is different than what they are like day to day. Kind of like drinking koolaid instead of juice. You get the sweetness and a little flavor but not the real deal.

I think if love exists and gets a little time to mature and least set some sort of foundation then it should be able to weather most things. Some relationships just get hit so hard with so much they can't overcome. A lot of times things tend to snowball.

I find the POF forums are not as interesting, And I tend to think the format here is better. POF keeps pushing the upgrade like I am going to waste money on that. NOT! At least here it seems like people care about each other.

Good profile; one typo but format is interesting. Might want to find a picture with a little better lighting and a shirt you would wear on a date.

I thought a lot about this question over the years.

You loose a beloved spouse you wonder if you can get through it again if you dare love again.

I also feel it is unfair to a person to make them choose between their work and their family. Most people with dangerous jobs care alot about what their family sacrifices but even trying the best they can it is very difficult so they don't need any added guilt.

What I try to factor in is my husband did not die doing a dangerous job he had many years; he died from flu and a defective heater.

You never know how life is going to go. A car accident, crime, cancer, or a latent birth defect the later which would have killed my spouse only a few years later had he not died otherwise. You can't see the future. You can just live in the present and enjoy it for the gift that it is.

LOL Get Used to it? I bet you get hooked on it! With the right guy it is real easy to do. Have a blast!

Hope it works! Thanks!!! Details details going to be a big shindig?

Who can lite my fire, make ice cubes, and melt my heart. Oh and likes to be spoiled rotten.

My pics span fifteen years but I can still wear all the clothes so the hair changes and obviously you will age but not bad for a grandma of five who is behind the camera more than in front of it. I tend to share more photos with people I actually date.

LOL well I don't think I would grill someone for a luandry list of answers on line or even in first dates. That would be pretty crazy in itself; but if you are dateing sooner or later you are going to pick up bits and pieces in general conversation. You will see things when you start being in their environment. What gets most people in trouble is ignoreing the little signs. That and getting in too deep too quick. Nobody wants to admidt they have gotten involved with a wacko and try to rationalize away or excuse little stuff.

I don't know if dates are flakeing out on introduction but it does make a good case for making the first date somewhere very public but where alcohol is not going to be served.