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MrsDan, Try seeing if he is up to a phone conversation maybe. Some are not good at text/written communication but maybe over a real conversation may be more personable. Worth a try at least.

Oh boy! Yes, the laugh was the right approach! Where do they come up with these things! They are obviously not freaked out about stuff like that! Smile and carry on mom! It's all you can do!

I saw those too! Just love them!

So happy for you Grace. I'm so glad she is understanding and supportive with you. You deserve nothing less.

I so conpletely understand this, practically word for word except his boss showed up at my door... Biggest hugs to you and your kids.

Hello fellow online daters, hopeful daters, and funny story sharers and seekers! I have good news and bad news.... First the bad news...4 dates and done. Too bizarre to even try to explain in a public forum, so I won't go there. Good news...I will probably will be able to share funny stories again! Not sure when though. Can't handle getting back on the sites quite yet. We shall see! I do hope to be making you all laugh and smile again soon though!

I have no words MS..... Completely incomprehensible. You did the right thing. You do not need that negativity and plain ignorance in your life. I'm just so sorry you had to go through that.

Very similar experience with my first relationship post widowhood. He wasn't sure if I would cry and he kept asking if I was ok.

Hahahaha!!!!! Love your reply! Some of these guys just boggle my mind! Good luck with your 5 day countdown! My latest update... Date 3 for me tomorrow, with my gentleman from last week, if I don't get a work call in the morning...☺ The "real" date is still scheduled for this Saturday night but we have not been able to wait till then! I'm actually a little tiny bit sad I don't have any funny stories to share in this update. Maybe, just maybe, there won't be anymore for a while! 😉

Rob, I'm sorry to hear the first lady is not working out. If it takes too much work, this early on, to create a mutual desire for both, then it is not worth your time, or hers. I know you were hopeful. Kissing should just happen and should not be tricky. It should just be awesome! As for the married lady, way too common on these sites. So many married men contact me. Some openly, some only admit after I prod a bit. The man I met last night told me he met someone, a doctor, who could only see him Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. She eventually fessed up that she was married. Your minimal messager....well I have one of those right now and we actually met for a coffee last week. In person he talked up a storm though. Now we are back to short texts. Still wondering if he is interested or not. Rob, tell that monster to take a hike!! It will happen. That Rob T magic will work! Explore other options that you may not have before. Someone that is interesting but maybe not your usual type. You never know. I took this approach and am chatting with a few right now. I met another gentleman yesterday and I was pleasantly surprised. We shall see what happens next. He asked me on a "real" date and I accepted. Mark, re the punctuation, you are so right. I read that last line as she can't have any meeting with Rob, not that she had a meeting! My minimal texter also does not use punctuation and as short as his messages are, there are times I have to double check what he is trying to actually say. Tracey, I am glad that at least some of these stories make you laugh. I was just telling a friend from here that, in a way, this is part of why I post some if these crazy stories. We all need a good laugh once in a while!

Patience MrsDan. I know it's not easy. If it's something you want, keep trying. There are others out there. Don't limit yourself to this one experience only. I was getting very frustrated as well. In the last few days I took a new approach to this crazy on line stuff. Instead of looking for just the right one, which wasn't coming anytime soon, I decided to just be social and meet new men that seem interesting. I'm trying not to put pressure on myself or on them. If a spark comes from it, then bonus! If not, hopefully I have made a new friend. It's so hard to be single when everyone else in my circles is married. I figure it's good to make new single friends to expand my circles. Not sure if this helps you in anyway, but I just wanted to offer some support and understanding your way. Yeah, it sucks. ..

Happy birthday!!! Yup, they do suck!

Love this CW! 😊 We were very much like you. We were grand hosts, lots of amazing food, and we did it together. It's been just past 3 years and I still have yet to try again on my own. Thank you for sharing and giving me some inspiration!

Sure does....

Hugs Rob.... She knows and she's proud...

Such good news Maureen!!!!

Yup!

Hahahaha Nonesuch! Today's prospect...... 35 year old music composer for Hollywood films, making $1,000,000 a year, messages me...."What's cookin' good lookin'!" 😀😀😀😀😀

Completely expresses what my first dating experience was at a year out. I was very secretive thinking it was better for everyone else and I did end up ending that first relationship. Now, at 3 years out, I am ready to try again and this time let people who care about me know. Just my experience. Only you will know what you will be comfortable with.

Got to love those cut and pastes! The best ones are identical in not only words, but spacing and punctuation as well! Some are days, weeks or months later.... I know I have been on line dating too long when.... ....I get the identitcal message from the same guy, who I do reply to, and then hear crickets back, twice, about a year apart...why would I think a year later he would reply? ....I see the same men, with the same pics, 2 years later....

Big hugs to you SB.... It really is imbedded in our being...it just flows and maybe for a purpose. I feel him more sometimes during these cries. Almost like maybe he is crying with me, letting me know he is missing us too.

Vent away.....getting it out, in many ways, is therapeutic, especially a good cry. We do get it. We all miss that hug that says everything will be ok. My younger two are in grade 6, I have 6 more years until they graduate. Very daunting for sure, not because we don't love and cherish our kids but because the solo thing is so overwhelming at times. No one to turn to and say I need a break, do you mind taking over for a bit? The on line dating "poof" factor is so normal sadly. I had a nice potential conversation going on over a couple days, we both wanted to talk on the phone, then poof! It has nothing to do with you at all. The right one won't go poof. We just need to be patient I guess. I'm so sorry to hear about the student and the accident. In many ways I think we go into a kind protection mode when we hear things like this and think thank goodness it's not affecting my kids too directly. Just know we get it....

I poked around a new site that is supposed to be popular in my area. I have no pics up, no bio written, only my stats are up. Received this message.... "You have a cutie smile, looking so gorgeous, alluring, charming still doesn't express how adorable You look. Good afternoon pretty" Cut and paste much?????

Big hugs to you...

I so glad this resonated with many of you. I first thought that it was meant for the end of a bad relationship. In some ways I am now realizing that it is also meant for trying to find someone for a new relationship.