Single People

I'm newly single too and yes, people still meet in bars but online seems to be a good way to meet as well. Good luck while on the hunt :-)

I'm so not into online dating...I want my guy "if he exist in this life" to meet me in person first..Falling for my online persona then rejecting me for my look in real life should not happen again to me..

met my future blokey on line xx sorry xxx

Online dating has been my best pal... you can find whatever you want there and you dont have to waste your time with your friends setting you up with who THEY think would be a good match. Also, I don't drink and won't be around alcohol, so going to bars was not an option for me. I'm a mom with small kids and finding time to randomly meet a guy just somewhere out in the world wasnt working. It seems I only go to the grocery store or hardware store or whatever store when all the senior citizens are out doing their bidding before the sunsets & they have to get to bed LOL (I kid, but still)... so, since I wasn't primed for an octogenarian, I did the online thing.

Also there are no men online in my part of the country....it's pitiful out west.

Dating sucks! Make sure you buy a helmet and a mouth guard.

Enjoy!

How true is this?? hahahaha

I prefer to meet people through friends or online. The last random guy I met in a bar told me he didn't work because he gets a crazy check. :noway:

I just started dating after 15 months of being single after my divorce. I am also a single mom to two teenage boys and meeting new people is really difficult. I am trying online dating .... I have had some good experiences and some not so good. Its still fun to get back out there.

Good luck

I don't like the idea of meeting people at bars.. You're better off meeting people at places where alcohol isn't affecting judgement.

Just go out, have fun, get involved in activities.. Meet people through friends or common interests.


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I have little to nothing...wait, no...I have nothing to add that is positive lol.

I'm a single Dad as well (with custody), few friends left (being a single Dad doesn't leave a lot of time to maintain friendships really)...and online is really my only option for meeting people.

Again, not a lot positive to say to that lol.

I'm so not into online dating...I want my guy "if he exist in this life" to meet me in person first..Falling for my online persona then rejecting me for my look in real life should not happen again to me..

I wish I had that option.

Its rare you find a guy that is a single dad. Congrats!!

Aww, thanks!

We're not as rare a breed as people believe, really. Maybe that's a myth perpetuated by the fact that whenever you see a guy in the grocery store, or anywhere else really...with kids, you assume he's married and his wife is at work or home.

I once went through the same checkout line, with the same incredibly cute checkout girl...for three months straight to get to know her. Every time, she'd smile and talk to my daughter (who was at the time 3yrs old). We'd joke a little, she'd tell me Cheyann was 'sooooo cute!!!', and 'she's lucky to have such a great Dad!!'. Finally I thought the time was right, so I said...'Hey, I've been thinking...maybe we could go catch a movie or dinner some night? You seem really great and I'd like to get to know you better.'

The look on her face was priceless. She sputtered about seven times, then popped off with 'I freakin' knew it! Look...I don't date married men, go find some bimbo who does!'

I just stood there dumbfounded. I then looked her straight in the face, held up my left hand with no ring and no ring mark, and said 'I'm not married, I've had custody of my daughter since she was 11mos old. Have a nice day.'

I didn't go through her line again, but two weeks later...she approached me in the produce section, apologized, and told me that she'd been talking with all of her friends that work there, and they'd all decided that I was 'that guy' that doesn't wear a ring so he can use his kid to pull women. Apparently, EVERY guy without a ring on, with a kid...is that guy. We did end up going out, and dated for a few months, at which point I found out that even though she lived in her OWN apartment (her mother and sister moved down from Washington with her 3wks after we started dating), had her OWN car, and a freaking ID that let her get into bars...she was only 17.

Yes, this dating story has a double punchline.

Anyway, her explanation also clarified why anytime I talk to ANY woman at a grocery store, they go gaga over my kids, then run whenever I try to talk to them about anything else.

I gave up loooong ago.

I have little to nothing...wait, no...I have nothing to add that is positive lol.

I'm a single Dad as well (with custody), few friends left (being a single Dad doesn't leave a lot of time to maintain friendships really)...and online is really my only option for meeting people.

Again, not a lot positive to say to that lol.

I'm so not into online dating...I want my guy "if he exist in this life" to meet me in person first..Falling for my online persona then rejecting me for my look in real life should not happen again to me..

I wish I had that option.

Its rare you find a guy that is a single dad. Congrats!!

Aww, thanks!

We're not as rare a breed as people believe, really. Maybe that's a myth perpetuated by the fact that whenever you see a guy in the grocery store, or anywhere else really...with kids, you assume he's married and his wife is at work or home.

I once went through the same checkout line, with the same incredibly cute checkout girl...for three months straight to get to know her. Every time, she'd smile and talk to my daughter (who was at the time 3yrs old). We'd joke a little, she'd tell me Cheyann was 'sooooo cute!!!', and 'she's lucky to have such a great Dad!!'. Finally I thought the time was right, so I said...'Hey, I've been thinking...maybe we could go catch a movie or dinner some night? You seem really great and I'd like to get to know you better.'

The look on her face was priceless. She sputtered about seven times, then popped off with 'I freakin' knew it! Look...I don't date married men, go find some bimbo who does!'

I just stood there dumbfounded. I then looked her straight in the face, held up my left hand with no ring and no ring mark, and said 'I'm not married, I've had custody of my daughter since she was 11mos old. Have a nice day.'

I didn't go through her line again, but two weeks later...she approached me in the produce section, apologized, and told me that she'd been talking with all of her friends that work there, and they'd all decided that I was 'that guy' that doesn't wear a ring so he can use his kid to pull women. Apparently, EVERY guy without a ring on, with a kid...is that guy. We did end up going out, and dated for a few months, at which point I found out that even though she lived in her OWN apartment (her mother and sister moved down from Washington with her 3wks after we started dating), had her OWN car, and a freaking ID that let her get into bars...she was only 17.

Yes, this dating story has a double punchline.

Anyway, her explanation also clarified why anytime I talk to ANY woman at a grocery store, they go gaga over my kids, then run whenever I try to talk to them about anything else.

I gave up loooong ago.

That stinks. My ex was a "single dad" but then I found out the kid lived with his Mom and he saw him about once a month. Ummmmm not quite the impression he first gave off lol.

My ex husband was a single father with custody when I met him. He hasn't been quite as good spending time with mine and his kids as he was his his other kids even though we're on good terms and don't live that far away from each other. Makes me sad for my kids.

O not true the last two guy Iwent out with ahd kids. I wanted to date guys with kids because I misscarried 3 years ago and have no kids of my own. No guys my age want to have more kids, and the ones that heve them get terrified because they had horrible exes. So they fall in love and the freak out and run.....

I have little to nothing...wait, no...I have nothing to add that is positive lol.

I'm a single Dad as well (with custody), few friends left (being a single Dad doesn't leave a lot of time to maintain friendships really)...and online is really my only option for meeting people.

Again, not a lot positive to say to that lol.

I'm so not into online dating...I want my guy "if he exist in this life" to meet me in person first..Falling for my online persona then rejecting me for my look in real life should not happen again to me..

I wish I had that option.

Its rare you find a guy that is a single dad. Congrats!!

Aww, thanks!

We're not as rare a breed as people believe, really. Maybe that's a myth perpetuated by the fact that whenever you see a guy in the grocery store, or anywhere else really...with kids, you assume he's married and his wife is at work or home.

I once went through the same checkout line, with the same incredibly cute checkout girl...for three months straight to get to know her. Every time, she'd smile and talk to my daughter (who was at the time 3yrs old). We'd joke a little, she'd tell me Cheyann was 'sooooo cute!!!', and 'she's lucky to have such a great Dad!!'. Finally I thought the time was right, so I said...'Hey, I've been thinking...maybe we could go catch a movie or dinner some night? You seem really great and I'd like to get to know you better.'

The look on her face was priceless. She sputtered about seven times, then popped off with 'I freakin' knew it! Look...I don't date married men, go find some bimbo who does!'

I just stood there dumbfounded. I then looked her straight in the face, held up my left hand with no ring and no ring mark, and said 'I'm not married, I've had custody of my daughter since she was 11mos old. Have a nice day.'

I didn't go through her line again, but two weeks later...she approached me in the produce section, apologized, and told me that she'd been talking with all of her friends that work there, and they'd all decided that I was 'that guy' that doesn't wear a ring so he can use his kid to pull women. Apparently, EVERY guy without a ring on, with a kid...is that guy. We did end up going out, and dated for a few months, at which point I found out that even though she lived in her OWN apartment (her mother and sister moved down from Washington with her 3wks after we started dating), had her OWN car, and a freaking ID that let her get into bars...she was only 17.

Yes, this dating story has a double punchline.

Anyway, her explanation also clarified why anytime I talk to ANY woman at a grocery store, they go gaga over my kids, then run whenever I try to talk to them about anything else.

I gave up loooong ago.

I prefer to meet people through friends or online. The last random guy I met in a bar told me he didn't work because he gets a crazy check. :noway:

:laugh:

Nobody has pubes anymore.

LMAO!