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August 30, 2005, 2:59 pm PDT

Hi Hercules

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     I am 35 and I am a single male. I would love to have a special lady and get married, especially soon so that I can start a family. But it is so hard to find the someone special. All the right ladies for me are already married or have boyfriends. It is also hard to know where to find someone. I mean, I don't go to bars, the only parties I go to are family reunions. I tried a dating service and I had  really bad experience so I would not go that route again. If I don't find a special lady soon, I will be too old raise a family. It is just so frustrating not knowing where to meet nice single ladies. I am sick of being alone and I would love a lady to love and get married soon so we can share both the good and bad times together (and before it is too late to start a family). 

It can be a tough dating world out there.  I was in the same situation - all my friends were married, no single friends my age, work for a small company and not into the bars.  There really didn't seem to be a lot of options out there for me. 

 

So, I tried online dating through Yahoo.  Yes, I did go out on about 5 or 6 dates before I met the man I have been dating for the last 5 months (5 months today actually). We talked on IM on a Monday, on the phone on Tuesday, had our first date on Wednesday and have been together since.  I liked Yahoo because you could "hide" your profile and just look.  This way you weren't getting messages from people you knew you had no interest in.  It really put me more in control. 

 

No matter how you meet someone - it's rare that the person you meet first is going to be "the one".  It's going to take trial and error and realizing that dating is exactly that - dating.  It's getting to know people and finding out if you are compatible and if you want to pursue it further. 

 

Don't give up.  Good luck! 

 
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September 5, 2005, 6:28 pm PDT

Tired of Being Single

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     I am 35 and I am a single male. I would love to have a special lady and get married, especially soon so that I can start a family. But it is so hard to find the someone special. All the right ladies for me are already married or have boyfriends. It is also hard to know where to find someone. I mean, I don't go to bars, the only parties I go to are family reunions. I tried a dating service and I had  really bad experience so I would not go that route again. If I don't find a special lady soon, I will be too old raise a family. It is just so frustrating not knowing where to meet nice single ladies. I am sick of being alone and I would love a lady to love and get married soon so we can share both the good and bad times together (and before it is too late to start a family). 

Wouldn't we all love to have that special someone? if you are that lonely you need to get out and meet girls or try online dating again.
 
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July 1, 2006, 4:46 pm PDT

Tired of Being Single

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     I am 35 and I am a single male. I would love to have a special lady and get married, especially soon so that I can start a family. But it is so hard to find the someone special. All the right ladies for me are already married or have boyfriends. It is also hard to know where to find someone. I mean, I don't go to bars, the only parties I go to are family reunions. I tried a dating service and I had  really bad experience so I would not go that route again. If I don't find a special lady soon, I will be too old raise a family. It is just so frustrating not knowing where to meet nice single ladies. I am sick of being alone and I would love a lady to love and get married soon so we can share both the good and bad times together (and before it is too late to start a family). 

Sorry to hear about your bad online dating experience. I know several people that have had a lot of luck with online dating. Of course there are going to be some wackos out there but you can weed through those. 

  

Another thing you might try is single cruises, there are two different types that I know about. If you live near the water many cities have "dinner cruises", you just out on a cruise for an evening around a harbor or bay and have dinner. Everyone on board is single. 

  

I have also had friends that had luck with the single cruises, cruise lines will a 3-5 day cruise around the Caribbean for example and everyone is single. 

  

If you like playing sports, join a rec league in your area, if you like to read, join a book club in your area (one where you actually meet and discuss the book). A lot of book stores host book clubs you can find them on the book stores' web site. If you like watching sports buy season tickets to a local team and it doesn't have to be a professional team it can be single or double A. Usually when you have season tickets, it's season tickets holders that sit around you so you'll see the same people at the game. 

 


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