Replies to '12/07 Love Smart, Part 2'

Blueangel777 

If your life is as happy as that message of yours... hmmm maybe that's  why your 51, not married and never been married.... 

Loosen up and 51 isn't DEAD.... You could meet a FABULOUS woman there are plenty of 51 year old single women out there... !!! 

BLUEANGEL777 I read your post and I saw my potential future in it. I'm 31 instead of 51. My real name is Karen, and I think I saw somewhere that that is your name. I also use a series of number 7's in my username on certain websites.  

Some people obviously didn't get the dire tone of your post, but I did.  One person who reponded to your equally angry reply to the woman who suggested meeting men at your childs daycare didn't get your post. When you replied "NO KIDS!!!" he simply said it was like when someone suggests you get a dog to attract potential mates. He never realized the desperation in the post from a woman who is way past the point where she can have a family of her own.  Likewise when someone else replied to this post of yours they thought you were a MAN! Since when has having a graduate degree EVER been a hinderance to a mans ability to get married? But if you were a young woman getting yours back in the 1970's or early 80's a lot of men wouldn't have a stable enough ego to take you on. What man would even be this angry about never being married at 51 when they are the ones that control the course of a relationships and  especially marriage proposals. ONLY a woman would, 

I want to say THANK YOU for posting this message. I know it must have been dificult. I know several women around your age that have been without a partner for a long time or have never been married.   The ones I know always show themselves to be in good spirits.  If that is not how they really are and they are angry about it I wouldn't have enough evidence to draw that conclusion.  But your post opened my eyesand it should open other young womens eyes. We women in our 30's especially have a few "battle scars".   Most of our friends have been married for several years, and are having kids. We have been through enough bad relationships to be worn out and cynical. We have started having to answer the "why aren't you married" questions and some of our closest friends and family look down upon us.  Some of us have given up. We wear right hand rings and go to the movies alone. But I won't give up, and you have helped inspire me. Forgive me but I don't want to be that bitter 51 year old who maybe could have done something when she was 31 and didn't because ! 

P.S. Maybe you should consider adopting or fostering a child.