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View Poll Results: Do you know anyone over 45 who have never dated?
Yes, it is very common 3 7.32%
No, unless they are mentally ill, we have needs! 28 68.29%
How would I know? 10 24.39%
Voters: 41. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 11-21-2016, 08:42 PM
 
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That is going to be me! I have a medical condition, and no sane woman will want to be with me. I'm too disgusted with my body to ever want to share it with someone else anyway.
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Old 11-22-2016, 08:37 AM
 
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Just because you want something doesn't mean you will get it. There are plenty of instances in life where we don't get what we want no matter how hard we work for it. There are no guarantees in life when it comes to dating and relationships.
There certainly are instances where we can't get what we want. My response, though, was about giving yourself a chance to get what you want. It's an annoying cliche (most infinitely true cliches are annoying) but the one guarantee of failure is not trying. Anything close to that, like polluting your efforts with extra self doubt and self recrimination, is really a form of giving up.
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Old 11-22-2016, 11:46 AM
 
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There certainly are instances where we can't get what we want. My response, though, was about giving yourself a chance to get what you want. It's an annoying cliche (most infinitely true cliches are annoying) but the one guarantee of failure is not trying. Anything close to that, like polluting your efforts with extra self doubt and self recrimination, is really a form of giving up.
Constant failure will do that to you. A person is lying to themselves if they say it doesn't this is why I rather offer words of encouragement when I can to people instead of trying to tear them down like so many do here. It seems that people assume that either someone has never tried before or have never actually tried with a positive attitude.

If a person has done nothing but fail then how can they feel good about themselves?

Quite frankly I don't look down on someone who is 46 and have never dated so I don't look at it as some big deal. There are far worse people in this world.
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Old 11-22-2016, 06:32 PM
 
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There certainly are instances where we can't get what we want. My response, though, was about giving yourself a chance to get what you want. It's an annoying cliche (most infinitely true cliches are annoying) but the one guarantee of failure is not trying. Anything close to that, like polluting your efforts with extra self doubt and self recrimination, is really a form of giving up.
Then there are those, like myself, Who know it just won't work out.
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Old 11-22-2016, 06:50 PM
 
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That is going to be me! I have a medical condition, and no sane woman will want to be with me. I'm too disgusted with my body to ever want to share it with someone else anyway.
What is your condition? What is it about your body that makes you disgusted?
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Old 11-22-2016, 10:49 PM
 
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Success breeds confidence, most people will agree with that and it's extremely difficult to be confident if you have little to no experience, that's why I hate how women have to be attracted to a man's confidence so damn much
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