Not being able to meet a good man doesn´t have anything to do with being a single parent. Women without children, or those whose children have left home, encounter the same difficulties.
My children have long flown the nest, but I found it impossible to date seriously because of my work. Fortunately I did meet someone eventually, we are both workaholics , so don´t lose hope.
I have to leave Murcia for the UK or Russia during July and August because it´s too hot for me. I do live in the city centre though, so it´s much more intense. Most of the Spanish inhabitants leave for their holiday homes on the coast for a couple of months where it´s a bit more bearable.
I´m still rather childlike about Christmas, I love it.
I live in a different country from my family, but we always together for Christmas.
This year I´m spending Christmas eve and day at my son´s house in the UK with his fiancee and my daughter. The rest of the week with my parents, until New Year when I return to Spain to spend the festivities, which last until 6th January, with my Spanish partner and friends.
I have I believe, but in real life not here, just as I always thought would happen to be honest. However, good luck to everybody who is searching here.
Personally, I prefer intelligent men, and would not really be happy with someone who has a low IQ, or couldn´t converse with me on an equal basis. However, a high IQ does not always equate with being a good person, or partner, at the end of the day.
I don´t particularly like profile pics with children, but I don´t think women.... or men.... post them to gain points, they are simply proud of their kids I believe.
Why do you think a pigs nose will attract a potential mate?
I love Christmas. I´ll be spending the traditionally Brit Christmas with my grown up kids and family in the UK, then returning to Spain to celebrate another one, completely different with my partner and friends.
Maybe not, but at least the OP is being honest. I´m sure there are others in the same situation here who haven´t been so open.
It´s too simplistic to say get a divorce or separate, there are actually valid reasons why this may not be an option.
I don´t know for sure what the OP (or anybody here incidentally)is really looking for or why, and when I was in a tired marriage we separated. I´m just saying that that nobody should judge just because something doesn´t meet with the "norm".
Have to agree. Nobody can put their lives on hold for that long, three years is a long long time. Virtually impossible I would say.
It´s been said countless times before, but LDR´s can only succeed if the initial meeting is quick, successful, and one or the other is willing to relocate. Not easy for many people.
I wasn´t taking a dig at you either, just offering my personal perspective on the matter as you did.
I also wasn´t suggesting that people should go out every night, I certainly don´t, but it is much more satisfying chatting with "real" people, and I would hazard a guess that the majority of people think the same including you, otherwise why are people seeking a significant other? To continue chatting here?
I know that you too have travelled, and I agree that the learning process is ongoing and can never be fully accomplished, but I find that the cultural discussions here more often than not display sheer ignorance, and a distinct lack of respect, so I stand my by previous comments.
It´s also true that some people are unable to have a social life in the real world for reasons you mentioned, I´m quite aware of that. However, and tough as it may sound, I´ve never sought a relationship with those kinds of restraints. Perhaps that´s why online dating would never have worked for me, and that, to be sure, is something I´ve always been aware of.
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RE: Dating
Not being able to meet a good man doesn´t have anything to do with being a single parent. Women without children, or those whose children have left home, encounter the same difficulties.My children have long flown the nest, but I found it impossible to date seriously because of my work. Fortunately I did meet someone eventually, we are both workaholics