Living Single
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Am I the ONLY single person on this site??
And I'm not complaining about it. This pretty much sums it up ^^^
Marriage and especially kids were never a priority for me and I've stayed single by choice. Dated, had my share of fun when I was younger and now I just feel...settled. In a good way.
I've been single for nearly 9 years and i'd be lying if I said I wasn't lonely, I think about my first girlfriend (the only girl I ever really loved) a lot. In fact, I can't reread Under the Dome because Norrie Calvert reminds me of her.
I was reading about him and his studies recently in a book called 'Supernature' by Lyall Watson, which is very good. I was listening to guy who went over to America recently to look at the eclipse and he said it was real weird because the temperature dropped suddenly and animals started acting disturbed.
Watch enough true crime programs and it will cure you from ever being in any relationship again!
I hope everything is going better that before. I hope your painting is going good. I met this lady at the Salvation Army who volunteers there putting up clothes.
Steven, huh?
OK, my friend, you are right.
With everything.
Have a nice weekend.
My keyboard apparently has an irregular pH balance.
One thing about being single, you worry less about the conventions of society. Especially when it comes to wardrobe and dietary restraints.
I dated a Dutch lawyer for 7 years. He spoke better German than I did. I must've gone to at least 200 films with that man.
In the movie He's Just Not That Into you, one of the characters says . "You're a **** if you date a girl for too long and don't marry her."
In the end, I ghosted him. Then I went to art school.
In the movie He's Just Not That Into you, one of the characters says . "You're a **** if you date a girl for too long and don't marry her."
In the end, I ghosted him. Then I went to art school.
Am I the ONLY single person on this site??
And I'm not complaining about it. This pretty much sums it up ^^^
Marriage and especially kids were never a priority for me and I've stayed single by choice. Dated, had my share of fun when I was younger and now I just feel...settled. In a good way.
No, you aren't. I was married for 8 years and managed to father a couple of awesome sons in the process. In early 2013, the ex wife told me that she was ready to end it. I was in full agreement. We'd just reached a point where we were constantly fighting, with very few "good" days. Ironically, the day she told me she was done was one of the good ones. Anyway, early summer of 2014, I met a lady online and we "dated" about a month and a half. I ended that one. There were 2 reasons. One, we lived about 2 hours from each other and I worked about 3 hours from her (I was commuting about an hour everyday at the time). Two, she was, to put it bluntly, crazy. I know, I know...all guys say women are crazy, but in this case it was all too true. She once pulled a sword on me. And would call me late at night having screaming fits. I just couldn't deal with all that at that point in my life. Fast forward to October 2014. I met (once again online) a beautiful, wonderful, smart, funny lady. We ended up in a serious relationship for nearly 2 years. I was head over heels. Last September, she came to me and told me that she wanted to break up because she felt like we were in different places in our lives. She wasn't wrong. I'd already read the writing on the wall. We still remain friends and she even came to my mom's funeral in March and sat with me. After she and I split up, I had a brief rebound fling with an old high school friend, but it wasn't anything serious and it fizzled out. I've been unattached ever since. I kinda dig it. Do I get lonely sometimes? Sure. But...there's just something liberating about not having to "check in" with someone and doing pretty much what you want, when you want without having to coordinate with a significant other. Anyway...that's my story.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
No kidding! I sleep diagonally most of the time - it's a big adjustment when Andy gets home at Christmas time
The difference between men & women. 
So close to real life, it hurts to watch.
So close to real life, it hurts to watch.
The difference between men & women.
One of the hardest things I had to accept after I finished university and started dating more regularly was that a lot of the men in my life were just players. They would flit from one woman to the next without a second thought. Women don't operate that way. We're emotional creatures who develop attachments, no matter how brief the relationship was. We have feelings. They don't just dissipate overnight. Those feelings can linger for months or years after the end of a relationship.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Just reach over and pull out the G-D nail!The difference between men & women.
(Sorry - I think I'm just "a guy" at heart)
Some men are this way, and some women are this way. You can't lump everyone into these categories.
I've mellowed some but in my early twenties, on first dates, I'd morph into a version of Richard Lewis. The nerves brought out my inner Jew, I don't know, I just couldn't stop talking. 
Sorry Doc, I'm not understanding the reference "my inner Jew"?I've mellowed some but in my early twenties, on first dates, I'd morph into a version of Richard Lewis. The nerves brought out my inner Jew, I don't know, I just couldn't stop talking.
It's a joke. My aunt is Jewish and we've always joked that I'm her real son because of certain stereotypical traits...Things that Lewis talks about in his classic standup.
Whenever someone I know loses their spouse, I am secretly thinking "at least you were married." I have trouble feeling empathy for those people because I am permanently alone. Just being honest.
Very true. Some men couldn’t and wouldn’t be players even if they were capable of doing do. It’s all about that one right person.