I tried the online dating site... it seemed promising until I actually met someone in real life. Online connections are deceiving. You can have the greatest conversations, text for hours and when you meet there's no chemistry, either on one or both sides. Most of the people on those sites say they want to meet someone with similar values, interests etc, and build on a friendship, but I think that what they really want is instant chemistry. Thesse days I don't know how else to do it though. Bars suck. I work from home too so the interaction is really minimized right there.

As for divorced people getting together with other divorced people, I get the feeling that it's more difficult for a divorced to meet and start a relationship with someone who is not in the same boat. Who wants all that baggage from someone else? Am I wrong?

I've noticed in my area - which is like a suburb outside of St. Louis - it seems that if your divorced you get back out there and it's like high school all over again. Everyone knows everyone and suddenly a decent size metro area turns into a drama filled "high school" type situation.

So I find it hard to meet people too... :ohwell:

Actually Carl, in my opinion, I would rather date someone that has never been married than someone divorced. Only for purely selfish reasons though

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if the guy has never been married, there is no ex-wife to deal with, and there's a good chance he doesn't have kids, which means no custody schedules to work around.

i said purely selfish reasons!

@CarolAnn, that's the reason I put my personal life on hold for six years. I decided to wait until my kids were older before introducing a lot of people into their lives. It was a little lonely at times, but it was well worth the relationship that I had/have with my kids.