OK, I just got some good advice on mine and made some changes tonight, so I'll see if I can help you.
1. I would not put in your profile about having a disability. Just about wanting to be accepted for you (we all want that so everyone can relate). I would tell a woman about it early on if she seems sincere. Honestly, if someone likes you for you, that won't matter, but get them there first.
2. I would also take out the part about wanting someone to relocate to you. If it gets that serious, she probably will anyway. I know you're being honest, but that's too much in the profile for "in the beginning".
3. I would add the part about "I don't drink, I don't do drugs and I don't cheat."
4. Talk on the Forums. It's fun and you meet great people. Seems to me that the success stories I've seen on here met that way and became friends first.
5. Update. If you've been on here for 6 years, then it's been more than 3 yrs since you lost your wife to cancer.
Hope I've helped...and hope making some of these changes helps you. And see what others suggest after reviewing your profile. I think it's awfully brave to come on and ask.
I know what you mean about mothers not letting you underfoot...and so yes, I let my sons cook with me if they want. My mother just dried out meatloaf and pork chops...overcooked them, I guess. Otherwise, I loved her cooking, and she's still the one I call if I have questions! That she has the patience for, go figure!
Our wind speeds were slightly less than that, and I'm very grateful for surviving w/o damage. No electric here for 4 hours, but there are places nearby (just down the road) that still don't have any.
I was driving home last night after I dropped my sons off with their father, and saw fire in some tree branches above me with a transformer right next to it. Called 911 to report it, and they answered just as the transformer blew. The area below that is where there isn't any power.
Ironically, while my side of the street had no power-across the street, down the street, and the street behind me did. If I ever move, I'm checking out the powerline grid! I want to be in one of the places that keeps power!
I've had to mow mine three times...and I guess I'm getting ready for a fourth. I agree with you about the price of gas.
Haven't gotten much rain most of the summer here, either. Towns 10 mins away will get it, but not me. One day I was horribly teased...got (literally) 5 drops on my windshield on the way home and thought Mama Nature was going to water my gardens...and then it rained no more for weeks!
I say, go for doing the recording then...but ask him to pay you for it and make sure that you get credit and royalties. That part should be a business deal.
Thank you. I just copied that and pasted into an email to myself, with a note that it was from you. Much obliged! My late husband was a great cook, but I never got to learn much from him because he didn't like having anyone in the kitchen. Same with my mother. Only one who really taught me was my second husband...many years ago.
White Castle is a burger joint with the smallest burgers in the world, literally about 8 of them to make a McDonald's hamburger size...25 cents a piece, but McD's would still be cheaper.
Oops...my misunderstanding. I'm learning to like cooking, even if it's just for me.
When I was younger I used to be a whiz at packaged food in a pot with a veggie added. Lipton Noodles & Sauce or Rice & Sauce with tuna added or Hamburger Helper with peas...now, I can't eat any of that stuff 'cuz I can't have any dairy, and I'm learning how much those packaged things cause cancer. So, learning to like to cook for just me.
Now, that's something that I love if it's cooked right, and my mother couldn't cook it right. (That and pork chops, the only two things she dried out and made me hate growing up.) I've never really learned to make meatloaf yet.
Oh, gods, no! I stopped using sites I have to pay for b/c it was a waste of my money since that's all I got there. Don't bother! Everyone who's real and looking should find this site! It's the best I've found 'cuz at least there are the forums and we can have fun.
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I can't take spicy food.
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That would be the other option, to state the disability. It might not be a turn-off to some.And NMG had a point...that if you've had dates, you're not doing all that bad. Just hang in there. When it's meant to be, it will be.
Updating and keeping things fresh is a good idea, though.