Damn, Wii! I still want that cappuccino maker! LOL, that's just too funny.
Clay, I have actually removed all my profiles less than a month after I post them. Match, eharmony, howaboutwe and ourtime have all had my disappearing act. Of course, I already told you that I've never really been committed to the cause. Truth be told, I actually don't love dating. I'm an Aries girl, and horribly independent. I really can't see that changing any time soon. Say in the next 45 years. Even in my younger days, I went for long spells without having a BF. I just don't like being bogged down.
So, don't feel bad for doing that. It's okay to be on cruise control!
I wouldn't bet on me if I were you. The older I get, the more independent I seem to get. I love my own space. And now that I have had a taste of what that looks like without one of my 2 kids it's even more attractive. I love her, but...
... she has a horrible habit of leaving a bunch of dirty dishes in the sink and next to the sink. I've asked her every day since she's been home not to do that. I hate coming downstairs to see a dirty and messy kitchen. It doesn't start my day off very nicely. Today I did them because I was annoyed as hell. I might have to kill her.
So it's not looking hopeful for me, bud. Bet on another horse that will actually bring you prize money.
Betsey
"There are only 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
My new guy came with me to a band practice this weekend. Afterwards he came with us to the pizza place where we usually hang out after practice. Highlight of the evening? My tall handsome new guy telling my bandmates that I was the "best woman he'd ever been with".
APPLAUSE APPLAUSE!!! This is such a lovely thing to hear. GOOD for you!
At last, a guy smart enough to "get" you.
M: 57 H: 60 M: 35 yrs S30,D28,D19 H off to Alaska 2006 Recon 7/07- 8/08 *2016* X = "ALASKA 2.0" GROUND HOG DAY I File D 10/16 OW DIV 2/26/2018 X marries OW 5/2016
I have a brother and a sister who met their spouses online. They began dating and within just a few weeks stopped using the service. My brother at first felt ripped off b/c he paid a fortune, and I think he imagined he'd date 4 or 5 models, have great sex and then meet Mrs Right...
instead he met Mrs Right, right away.
My sister met her guy within the first 4 or 5 dates, and that was that.
Gineen, I had 3 kids in 12 years, (which is the same amount of time my mom had NINE kids...)
Our youngest came along when I was in my late 30s. She a lot younger than her siblings but Gineen, they are all close. Seriously.
Yeah, The pregnancy was not much harder than the first one, (my first pregnancy was when I was in law school and it sukked.) The last pregancy was harder in that my back hurt more but the point is, I don't know why you have the age thing... maybe If I understood the reason. IF it's b/c you assume Gabby won't really have a companion, I have to say "not so fast."
The siblings can be close even if they're not that close in age. I'm one of 9 kids as I said. I'm one of 4 sisters. My oldest sister and my youngest sister are also very close, and they are 10 years apart.
It's not all about how we got along in/before elementary school. My older sister did a lot of babysitting us. I don't think she "played" so much as read to me, or took splinters out of my finger (and she's a nurse now) and she was 6 years older. I recall her telling me I felt "more like a friend than a little sister", when I turned 17. We are siblings for life and we hang out a lot. We have for decades so it's just not that big a deal if they don't play much together their first 3 years...
Today, My older kids (3 years apart) help each other in their social lives and careers b/c they're both in film, and they help their little sister as she navigates high school, and she admires them. They laugh a lot together.
You never know. Try not to limit yourself yet. My mom began having kids at your age...and she had NINE...she didn't stop til she was 45
and my grandmother thought she was in menopause at the age of 51, only to learn she was expecting her ninth, who is now my favorite aunt.
It happens, and it can be quite loving. My brother is 57 and his wife had a baby last year (she is 51.) Yes that is older!
He has a daughter who just graduated from college, and a daughter who just learned to walk. I'm happy he's getting a second chance. Maybe this time he'll be around for this daughter. He quit smoking b/c he says he'd like to be at her high school graduation. FWIW, The older sister LOVES the little one.
now, Am I suggesting you wait 2 decades? NO, but give yourself more than an arbitrary timeline, if that's what it is.
when I was pregnant with my last one, the OB asked me about amnio and that the odds of a problem with the baby were 3=4 times higher at "my advanced age". I said "like how high?" And she said "up to 1 in 400...from 1 in 2000"...
Maybe I'm nuts, but I'll take those odds.
Kudos Betsey and Gineen, your time will come.
Hang in there ladies....the good times are coming.
M: 57 H: 60 M: 35 yrs S30,D28,D19 H off to Alaska 2006 Recon 7/07- 8/08 *2016* X = "ALASKA 2.0" GROUND HOG DAY I File D 10/16 OW DIV 2/26/2018 X marries OW 5/2016
Betsey
