"As for the timing when I begin to date again, thanks for your perspective. I think the right approach is to start slowly, tasting a lot of the wares out there, and make good choices. There's more I could say but probably not here."
"A woman's sex drive is always strongest when she wants a man, or wants a child with a man. A woman's sex drive usually (not always) wanes after having children. Male LBS are always susceptible to this trap."
"Stay-at-home moms tend to let things go."
Look Tom we can all do better. I hope this sheds some light on what happened and how you can improve in the future.
Well, I got your Irish up and you must have spent an hour doing your homework!
You've not proven I hate women. But you've proven I have opinions, sometimes blunt ones. For that, yes, I am guilty!
For your information: Quote #1 came from a friend who separated a number of years ago, around age 55. Would you be overreacting the same way -- screaming at women "Misandry"!! -- if a cougar friend of yours talked about picking up younger men ("e.g., sampling the wares") at a pickup bar? Of course not! You'd claim she was exercising her sexual freedom. Quote #2 is my personal experience; maybe I shouldn't have generalized it but other friends made the same observation and ... sheesh, I've written a lot of words here! Quote #3 is from my own ex-spouse! She made the comment about herself and some of her friends, also SAHMs. It's common sense; the act of staying home with children, especially three of them, and managing them full-time, is a sacrificial act. You would expect people to invest less time in themselves.
Call me blunt, call me un-PC, or whatever. I use colorful language. None of that makes me hateful toward women. And I have never bowed to, or cowed to, the language police.
[P.S.: Sorry, I just stereotyped the Irish with my colorful language.]
