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September 9, 2006, 5:16 am PDT

Dating After 40

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new topic-hmmm.  Dating after 40? Nonexistent.  Anyone else having any luck?

I was SO happy to see this new board-YYYAAAYYYY!!!!!    I have  not had  good luck-And I am struggling not to settle for less- I  don't feel very good about meself when I settle- I am getting my dignity and integrety back-  100%-

Good -great-topic-Will be back!!!

 
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September 9, 2006, 6:52 am PDT

great topic!!!!

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new topic-hmmm.  Dating after 40? Nonexistent.  Anyone else having any luck?

i was happy to see this topic i am over 40 and have been dating a wonderful lady for a couple of years .but she wont commit to anything  i get excuses constantly. we had a chance to go on the dr.phil show and she wouldnt talk to the producer so that ended that. she has had bad luck in the past and wont move on as she is scared what do i do next?i have alot of time in this relationship and want this lady to be my wife and let me take care of her. she tells me i love her like shes never been loved before, thats where i am at my whits end any ideas?
 
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September 13, 2006, 5:09 pm PDT

When you really know who you are and what you want in your life, you'll meet more than you can date! They're out there, just be choosy!

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new topic-hmmm.  Dating after 40? Nonexistent.  Anyone else having any luck?

I started dating my significant other when I was almost 44 and he was almost 50. We are still together and now I'm 46 and he's almost 52. We still have our ups and downs, we still don't live together, but at least the discussion of it in the future is not off the table. We love each other immensely, but there are still some "issues". Mainly, I have young children 5 and 10 at home and the rest of our kids are all grown up and moved out. Neither one of us talk marriage at all because I'm just not convinced that it's necessary to maintaining a life-long committed relationship. I'm not opposed to marriage, just opposed to jumping into it because it's what is expected after a period of time. I don't have a need at this point to be married, I certainly love him more than I loved any of my ex husbands, (I've had 3....but don't judge!) but marriage again? I don't know. Maybe if I was dying and needed the medical insurance. Hey! Just being realistic. Good Luck. There are some great ones out there, just don't settle.
 
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July 5, 2007, 6:50 am PDT

Dating After 40

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new topic-hmmm.  Dating after 40? Nonexistent.  Anyone else having any luck?

 I have a question.  My boyfriend and I are both 55 yrs. old and have agreed to only see each other  for the past year and a half.  Last week he tells me what a woman he worked with many years ago called him and asked him to go out for drinks with her one night after work.  (She works a few blocks from his office and he says he sees her sometimes at conferences or she calls now and then) He worked with her 13 yrs. ago.  He agreed to go and it was just going to be the two of them (none of the other co-workers).  I was very upset over this and it lasted the entire week.  He knew how upset I was but he went anyway.  I was going to be a block away but he never invited me to stop in and say hello or meet with them.  I thought this was strange.  I also thought it was strange because I never Heard of this woman before. I asked what she wanted and he said "just to Catch up"  Cathching up lasted from 5pm until 8:30pm  My boyfriend said I should not have gotten upset over this and I am not to put restirctions of him.  Was I wrong to be upset?  Isn't this a date?
 
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September 19, 2007, 4:25 pm PDT

Dating After 40

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new topic-hmmm.  Dating after 40? Nonexistent.  Anyone else having any luck?

Dating over 40 can happen...I'm in my 40's and recently met someone, we've been dating for 6 months and going strong....

 
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September 9, 2008, 3:56 pm PDT

Dating After 40

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new topic-hmmm.  Dating after 40? Nonexistent.  Anyone else having any luck?

I am 44 and on match. com right know and having  no luck on finding mr right.
 
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September 19, 2008, 1:47 pm PDT

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new topic-hmmm.  Dating after 40? Nonexistent.  Anyone else having any luck?


I haven't been on a date in a very long time. There is nothing wrong with me except that I don't find there are many options other than internet dating. Plus, I think at 40 most people are in bed at 8pm.
 
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December 25, 2008, 2:54 pm PST

dating after 40

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new topic-hmmm.  Dating after 40? Nonexistent.  Anyone else having any luck?

I have not had any luck dating over 40.  I have trust issues with men.  I also have trust issues with the internet dating sites. I live in a town with half seniors and half college students.  My married gal friends rarely do anything with me unless I think of something.  I need help
 
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January 31, 2009, 12:59 pm PST

Dating after 40 has not been that hard....

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new topic-hmmm.  Dating after 40? Nonexistent.  Anyone else having any luck?

My experience has not been that hard to find a date...it has been hard to find someone that wasn't just looking for a "casual" relationship however...some men were bold enough to tell me they were married and just looking for a little "fun."  I have been dating for the last 6 yrs and I will be 43 in May...am told I look like I'm in my 30's and take very good care of myself...I have a strong personality and am very outgoing.  I am a professional woman who sits on many Boards in my local community and love to socialize....
 
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April 7, 2009, 11:22 pm PDT

No luck

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new topic-hmmm.  Dating after 40? Nonexistent.  Anyone else having any luck?

I have not been on here too long but most that I have seen have been divorced 2-5 years and still having trouble.  I chuckled because I have had trouble for the past 15 years, lol.  I laugh because this is not a new problem it has been this way a long time.  My dry run has been due to having to raise my two children without the help from my ex,  finishing college, and working fulltime to support them while trying to stay focused on their needs.  For me the option of dating didn't really become an option until I reached 40 but now I find myself asking where do I start, where do I go, and how do I avoid repeating what happened in my other marriage.  I would have thought that it would have been easy to find someone, but most of the people that are my age and interesting to me I find that they are either already married or in a relationship.  I have the worst luck, married men or men that just want a roll in the hay seem to love to approach me, and this is so not the kind of person that I am.  I firmly hold on to the thought that God has my perfect mate out there for me but that we just have not met yet.  I do know that the bar scene does not hold the attraction that  it did when I was 18 so where do you go to find single people?  Online, maybe but I spend enough time on the computer as it is with work and that just doesn't appeal to me.  Plus I have tried it twice and both times have been a bomb.  Church, work, friends, are other ways to meet people but nothing has panned out.  I even joined a bowling league, lol, to try to meet a guy that was doing something that he loved it turned out that the single guys were joining with their girl friends so I was the odd ball.  I have run out of ideas of where I should look but the odd thing is I see people that have been successful.  When I ask them where did they meet they may say church, happy hour after work, thru friends, work and these are all the things that I have tried too.  So this leads me to ask myself what am I doing differently.  Sometimes I wonder if it is body language, am I unconciously sending out an unapproachable message?  Who would you even ask what kind of body language you are emitting?  So many questions and not many answers but to answer the question of this blog, no I am not having any better luck than you are.  : (

 


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