I usually just ignore them as well, but I'm tired tonight, have a sore throat and working to many hours... he was just the icing on the cake and got torched for his trouble.
I have a lot of young guy friends and adore them, and have had my share of younger lovers which can be great fun.... but this one was on about life partners, completing each others souls... yada, yada, yada... Do I look desperate and wealthy???
I don't know about the rest of you women over 40 but I am so fed up with twenty something guys contacting me. This one said he was interested in someone who was straight with her opinion... possibly a mistake when contacting me.
So the following was my reply... what do you think.... to harsh?
Well you said you wanted someone straight in their opinions, be careful what you ask for because sometimes you get it.
Did you not read the age parameters on my profile, I'm willing to give a year or two in either direction, but you're not even close. What could we possibly have in common? I have a daughter just a few years younger then you are, I have been married, divorced, a single parent, a successful business owner and have traveled all over the world.
I am single because it is difficult to find a man who matches me in education, life experience sense of humor and maturity. I am looking for a partner not someone else to take care of and teach. Please don't insult my intelligence and that of other "older" women by thinking that because you are young we will be flattered by your attention.
When I first started traveling I began in Europe and did everything right to begin with... One credit card, one form of Id and a small amount of cash in a travel wallet around my neck, another set of the same in my bag, and another set in my backpack so that if something got stolen I would have 2 backups. Well after 10 months of traveling around Europe and nothing bad happening I got lazy and had all my stuff, id, credit cards, cash in my bag.
I arrived in Barcelona airport and was just getting ready to take the skywalk across to the train when I was shoved to the ground and my bag stolen... all of my stuff gone as well as my camera with about 200 photos that I hadn't had a chance to download. I was devastated! A friend wired me some cash and I spent a couple of hours trying to get a hotel room, but most wouldn't allow me to book because I had no passport or identification even though I had a report from the police station. I spent one night in Barcelona and then booked an overnight train back to my friends in Italy who took such good care of me and helped me replace all my missing stuff.
It's strange... you become so comfortable and then something like that happens and you feel so vulnerable all of a sudden. I missed traveling through Spain and Portugal in order to rebuild my confidence with the love and affection of the people I had met in Italy and then left for Thailand and the rest of my world journey. I spent another 2 years traveling and while I did have some unusual experiences, nothing bad like that ever happened again.
I'm the same Jan... I completely trust my gut instinct when it comes to people, it saved my life when I was 9 years old and it's allowed my to go into compromising or scary situations with confidence. So many of the experiences I had while traveling involved trusting people, I met a man on the bus in PNG and wound up living with a tribe in the jungle for two weeks, but I knew I could trust him and am so happy to have had that experience!
Time, as everyone said and also having a fulfilling life without him... keep yourself busy and active enjoy the company of friends and don't give yourself the time to think about and miss him.
The book I give most often as a gift and really love is The Alchemist by Paul Cohello followed closely by The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde... after that there are soooo many, I'm a reading fanatic!
The Time Travelers Wife The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns by the same author, I forget the name The Glass Palace Every thing by Ann Rice, Margaret Atwood, Carl Hyacinth and Patricia Cromwell The Red Tent
I don't remember the exact joke but it was posted on a thread called the most tasteless or crude jokes... so while again I found it in poor taste, it did fit the category and I know the poster didn't mean to be insensitive... I think he just got a bit carried away.
Hey Breezee, I remember the "joke" you were referring to... it was in poor taste but some people seem to find it easier to deal with things by making jokes. As I said I feel it was in poor taste, but I don't let things like that affect me, everyone deals with things in their own way...
I went through that when I first started... but kept posting. Figured I just had to pay my dues and allow people the chance to get to know me.
I'm glad I stuck it out even though there were times that I could look at a page in the forums and see 7 threads I had killed and thought that everyone was conspiring behind my back to not talk to me and it payed off, I've met some great friends here!
RE: Question for Women...
He needs to get over himself... sounds like he's a legend in his own mind!