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If you have quit looking for your special someone/soulmate, how old were you?
What are the reasons you quit?
Are you a loner by nature or have a large social circle?
I use to work with a lady in her 50’s who use to tell me I would quit looking for a husband one day. We both had a similar taste in men and were attracted to the bad boys, which we all know do not bring happily ever after. I will be 41 soon and I think I finally understand what she means. If my current relationship ends, I am done. I don’t know what I would do for socializing or if I would just become more married to work I go places alone a lot now. Or just with my dog.
I started losing interest in dating in my early 30s, after my 20s were full of dating men who had explosive tempers or ran hot and cold. Love bombing in the early stages of a relationship then disappearing altogether. Pressuring me to have sex early on and if I did or didn't, they wouldn't call me again either way. That's why I have no sympathy for men who come here complaining they can't find casual sex.
I'm so glad women have the option to freeze their eggs now which can extend their fertility. This will remove some of the desperation to partner up before they are ready to. It will even out the playing field for women, giving them more advantages so they don't have to settle or rush because of a ticking biological clock.
Never had much. There's not a lot of point playing the game if you don't see much value in the prize.
No truer words have been spoken.
Dating is fun and interesting when you're YOUNG. Once you get past the Big Three-Oh, it's a glorified stepping stone to marriage. I'm 36 now. And what will my marriage be like? Same as lots of men's. Being screamed at over trivial crap like saying "good morning" in the wrong tone, having my entire shot glass collection thrown out, living as a prisoner in my own home because my wife isn't a fun-loving type, getting the silent treatment for 3 days for forgetting to buy milk on the way home, and sleeping on the couch for not giving the right answer to the "do I look fat?" question.
If that's a prize, then my name is Donald Trump.
Last edited by MillennialUrbanist; 10-21-2019 at 04:30 PM..
Now, at 50. Too old to have what I've always wanted, and sick of the games and serial daters who don't want a relationship.
I never understood serial dating when the person doesn't want a relationship. What's the point? Same thing with head games; I'm not talking about little misunderstandings, which I don't consider to be game-playing; I'm talking about people who deliberately play games, psychological warfare. I did not feel safe around a lot of people I dated, I'm talking about emotionally safe. Sometimes from date number one.
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