Yesterday I went to an Inter County Baseball League game and watched our team win. I love this league. It's a bunch of guys who play for free. They're Canadian guys who've played in the majors, minors, college etc and just love the game. They all have regular jobs but play at least three games per week. This league was actually a huge rival of the majors during WWII....it's been around forever. The teams are all from Southern Ontario. They play good ball and in Toronto you can watch them for free! I go down with my camera and get some great stuff....IMHO anyway lol. Today I'm meeting my best friend for lunch. I'll be interested to here his progress with the Chinese lady he's been dating...it's been over 2 months and she still won't let him kiss her lol Been there, done that. I told him it may be time to tell her that intercultural dating means compromise and not just him bending to her norms and culture. Fun stuff...or not. Anyway, it's a long weekend here. Enjoy your week everyone.
Wwll, my daughters should be in Macau now. They'll be home in another week. It still makes me a little sad...I should be with them. When we were a family we'd all be there and enjoying the experience together. Now, they're off with their Mom and I'm this pathetic old single guy trying to entice women online to have coffee with me...something went horribly wrong! But, what is is. Tonight I'm going to the Jays game with my Mom and brother. Tomorrow I'll be going to church and then out with a friend for dinner. Life goes on...and for the most part, it is good.
I understand exactly how you feel. Except you aren't a pathetic old guy. You are a guy wanting to share your life with someone. It's bittersweet when your kids get to have awesome experiences and you aren't a part of them when you kind of "should" be. I think that'll always sting me a little. And you are doing exactly what you should. filling your time with family and friends and enjoying it. That's what I do, it certainly makes life good.
Your observations of your friend's dating life is very telling. Cultural differences can be very confusing to say the least. I'm sure it takes a great deal of patience to make it work without it becoming incredibly frustrating.
Have you heard back from your coffee date? She sounded very promising. Reminded me of how Josh & I began.
Is Church Lady the one whose boyfriend told you not to contact her any more? If so - then that has to be the most confusing of all. But maybe I've got them mixed up.
The basketball sounds fun. Hope you had a great weekend!
Well Barb, he's had the cultural differences conversation and she says she needs more time. He can't even hold her hand (OMG) and personally, I don't see the fit here but he likes the food lol. I give my advice and snippets from my experience. The rest is up to him. My coffee date messaged me and said "thanks for trying with me but I don't think I'm going to waste any more of your time. I hope you find the person you are looking for" OK, whatever. She had real concerns about dating and relationships with the type of work schedule she had. Although I liked her and would go out with her again I'm not a fan of having to work hard to get to the hard work of a relationship lol so c'est la vie! As for Church Lady, no she's not AM. My best friend, my children and Agnes all think I should be dating her lol. My best friend thinks that asking me to lead the hymn sing with her in front of the whole church was rather "intimate". She and I have a strange relationship which I'm not gonna push any further at this point. She's a pretty awesome little Filipina who has a real zest for life, learning, and God. She makes me smile and has an air of joyfullness about her. She's also pretty independent and takes care of her own sh!t...and my daughters like her As for basketball...it was baseball lol!!!! Thx for checking in on me. Happy cottaging!
Thanks G, I have those little pangs sometimes. I remember all the times we went to HK together as a family...those days when I thought my life and future were all set. Loss should feel sad but it shouldn't control our lives. I get out there and do my thing...I bounce back, just like you. Something always happens to bring back my smile...when Church Lady asked me to sing with her...I smiled. It's often the little things that mean so much.
I got a message from a lady who's photo I'd commented on. It was obviously meant for someone else. I replied "Uh, I think you messaged the wrong guy...but I'm still available. My weekend was fine thanks" She responded "Lol :)" and I replied again "Don't wait too long 'cuz I'm going fast lol. Have a nice day" WTH lol.
OK, no response from the nurse...but she keeps checking out my profile...maybe I should msg her a photo of my veins lol. As for the lady who msg'd me by mistake, we've sent five or six msgs each and I thought things were going swimmingly lol. Her last message was telling me a bit about herself and it ended with "by the way, thank you for your time and it was nice talking to you" Huh? What's that mean? My "you can replace her in a day" guy says move on. So I sent her a msg just saying that if she'd like to chat again just let me know and if not, all the best...."but then you'll have to come up with your new nickname on your own lol" She asked me earlier " Could you come up with something better than Tortoise Lady lol"...y'know, slow but sure ha ha. I doubt I'll hear from her again.
