yes i agree . . dont know whats going on in hawaii but it sure aint happening here in nz . . . but then apparently we have a man drought here . . . so many more attractive women than men . . of all ages
my belief is that if we want our partner to change something for us then all we can do is ask and as you say raina, if they care enough and want to make the change all well and good.
if not, then we have to ask ourselves 'do i love this person enough to live with them the way they are right now?'
i hear a lot of women say that their partners have so much potential . . "if only they would get their act together".
its futile to fall in love with 'potential'. you have to accept someone with all their faults . . if you cant then its time to let go and move on . . no matter how much you care about them.
at the risk of losing all credibility on here . . .i happen to know three different people, (all very sane and down to earth) who have seen "UFO's" recently. in fact just before i saw this thread i was thinking about starting one asking if anyone else had seen anything recently.
hmmmm . . this is an interesting one for me . . . i'm quite tall for a woman, 5'9" and for some reason short guys seem to be really attracted to me, and after falling in love with someone a long time ago who was only 5'4" and having a great relationship with him its made me kinda not too concerned with the outward appearances which i think is what puts a lot of women off going with someone shorter.
anyway since that first one i've actually gone out with several shorter guys.
now heres the really interesting bit . . invariably they have made much better lovers . . . short guys are so much better in bed. and i have a friend that says exactly the same thing.
and i think nicole kidman might know what i'm talking about too. . her men always seem to be shorter .
ask ten different people and you are likely to get ten differnt answers . . love means so many different things to people.
and there have been many terrible things done in the name of love.
at this point in history very few people are evolved enough to love one another . . just because we have strong feelings for someone doesnt mean its love.
i believe the closest we come to it is a mothers love for her child. and even that is not always the case . . some mothers cant stand their children.
the only problem with the deals and cruises you speak of is that they're all twin share . . . you can pay a single supplament but that almost doubles the cost . .
and someone was saying something about lots of sinlge men on cruiseboats . . . mmmm . . . i'd love to know which one hes talking about . . single men rarely go on cruises . . .
if you dont mind hooking up with someone you dont know very well there are websites for finding travel partners.
good luck bella . . i have the same problem as you and altho i dont mind travelling alone it does get a little lonely and expensive at times.
you could try going to an out of the way backpackers for a while . . somewhere by a beach on the coromadel . . . if you stay around long enough you usually meet other people.
there used to be a really good backpackers on great barrier island. cant remeber the name of it now but i'm sure you'll find it on google. great barrier is beautiful and a cool place to chill out for a while.
RE: men age better than women
yes i agree . . dont know whats going on in hawaii but it sure aint happening here in nz . . . but then apparently we have a man drought here . . . so many more attractive women than men . . of all ages