Lonely1: Wow! Those are broad strokes of the brush. The first time we meet someone they look their best and are on their best behaviour. Time shows who they really are. We market our best selves. We know how to show a 9 when we are only a 6.
I think any couple who has been together for a few years will admit that they had to hurdle mountains to get where they are at, even if it means bailing with thimbles.
Lonely1: I waited and wondered when ‘a woman’ would take this position. Apart from the fact that this is sometimes a sign that a woman wants her freedom from the relationship, hint, hint, that was not the way she operated at the start of the relationship.
You certainly don’t know what conditions I am referring to, but one easy example would be having a drawn out discussion in a restaurant, while we are eating, with a man she met earlier in the day.
Now I am not a wimp, and I have an idea of when I am no longer needed and can happily move on to the next, but disrespect is disrespect. It should not be tolerated
And FYI: the man was not sitting and eating with us. He just happened to be passing by.
Another funny con is that she likes to lecture me on ‘the more upscale ways of proper etiquette’
Lonely1: Pardon me for saying this, but how long should a typical relationship last, given that the warts will start popping up after about two years?
Many of us don’t know how to act in a relationship once we are satiated and awake in bed the morning after.
I guess that's a pretty good question--I don't know the answer. I really do understand that some find a better life having a "mate". It could be suggested that I am just like the fabled fox griping about the grapes being sour, after all, but I really do believe (and I've been around the block) that my particular life is far, far better being lived in solitude. I miss companionship, and all the naughty stuff, too, but overall I am extremely content with a life lived by myself. Perhaps if I met the right cowboy (ha ha) I could change my mind, but it just doesn't seem to be in the cards so I can easily accept that. Life is really really good here on the coast, and I don't want it stirred up, I guess. Do you understand? Much of my younger life was SO hard, I am determined to successfully make my middle age special and wonderful, and too many people have screwed me up so I don't want anybody.
rohaan: I guess that's a pretty good question--I don't know the answer. I really do understand that some find a better life having a "mate". It could be suggested that I am just like the fabled fox griping about the grapes being sour, after all, but I really do believe (and I've been around the block) that my particular life is far, far better being lived in solitude. I miss companionship, and all the naughty stuff, too, but overall I am extremely content with a life lived by myself. Perhaps if I met the right cowboy (ha ha) I could change my mind, but it just doesn't seem to be in the cards so I can easily accept that. Life is really really good here on the coast, and I don't want it stirred up, I guess. Do you understand? Much of my younger life was SO hard, I am determined to successfully make my middle age special and wonderful, and too many people have screwed me up so I don't want anybody.
Kinda like: No relationship is better than a bad relationship?
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I think any couple who has been together for a few years will admit that they had to hurdle mountains to get where they are at, even if it means bailing with thimbles.
Not enough bang for the buck---no pun intended.