I think I would relive my life, but not change anything....
I would be able to appreciate the little things a little more, appreciate the feelings I had when I felt like I was loved or remember that I have the ability to love someone, maybe appreciate my children a little more when they were babies, appreciate and know that after a long term relationship has ended,its not the end of my world and it will be okay, I will be okay and realize how strong I really am
I have learned a great deal because of the good experiences and have learned the most from the bad, and those experiences have made me the person I am today.
No regrets, no grudges. I have learned to live each day with a certain amount of passion; for myself and for my children.

Hate to say this, but when I am feeling in anyway besides my normal happy self, my mother always tells me to "suck it up",lol. Lonely nights are difficult, I am in the same boat and have been for awhile now,but tomorrow is a better day, and since you feel like that towards a woman, maybe its not time yet, wait until you can see all the neg. things for the next day instead of five years, the only thing that keeps me going through the lonely nights is to know that eventually my "some day" will come, some day I will find a man who can truly appreciate me, some day I will love a man the way he should be loved, and some day you will have a woman who will accept you for the person you are and not for what you can give.
Just to share a few thoughts with you since I cannot sleep once again,lol. I hope the rest of your night goes well,

I may not be a man, but what I think a man wants would be for a woman to make him feel free. In my opinion, a woman should make her man feel like a man, and when a woman makes her man feel like he has freedom, then why would he look anywhere else, freedom to be himself, freedom to explore the life that he wants and when he has that freedom in a serious relationship, most likely he will want to share that freedom with the woman he is with.

Am I off base? or is there some truth to it?

I rarely spank my kids, but I do spank them, not nearly as much as us kids got spanked,lol.
I try to give my children a choice and they know the consequences of their actions up front, the only time I have spanked them without question is when they endanger themselves and/or others, but, they wont ride thier bikes in the street anymore,haha!
In a way, I want my kids to suffer the consequences of thier actions, I do not feel like it is my place to protect them all the time (to an extent), they need to learn to succeed, to fail, to learn from their mistakes.
they also are not allowed to watch tv, eat junk food, and/or drink soda,lol....they are the only kids that I know of that will choose cucumbers over ice cream for dessert,lol. I must say I have great kids, but I am biased, I do think there is a time and place for spankings, just like a time and place for a child to make thier own decisions and to learn for themselves what is right and what is wrong.

Nice pics, they look good as they are....can I add a saying to your list....?
"Love doesnt make the world go around, it makes the ride worthwhile."
This is the one I live by

I think it is summed up in just a few words what women want,or at least what I want....a good boy with bad boy tendencies.

-a respectful man, who will love us for us, but can be spontaneous at the same time, or how excited they make us feel about ourselves and the world around us
-the reason why I think we fall for guys that we know we cant have is because of the chase, if I do this or that, or if I convince him that I am better or that I am the best, then he will pick me.
-has anyone ever got that person in the end, then after they belonged to us, it wasnt fun anymore and they turned out to be something that we really didnt want, we just thought we did.

For me- I dated a guy for four years, found out almost four years into it that he was already married, the next guy, was going through a divorce, (didnt leave his wife), the next guy, going through a divorce, a very recent divorce, was emotionally unavailable, So, why we go for the guys we cant have, who knows, but I must say, the ride was definitely worth it.

Hi everyone, my name is Melinda, I am single parent of three great kids and have been for almost five years(holy cow!!) I have recently had some weekends to myself, and guess what...I dont have much of a life,lol. I have met a number of men, that were great men, but they were not emotionally available. I am tired of games and tired of hearing that I would make the perfect wife someday and/or I am the most wonderful woman in the world, and I am such a great friend (which are all good things,lol). I am ready to start my life(a couple of weekends out of the month, of course,lol)and have someone just for me. I am a happy person,I love to laugh, I love to dance, Im a little fiesty and I am 'one of the guys' and am a rational person (as much as a woman can be) The only thing else that I can say is I live in Montana(so camping, fishing, outdoors is a must, just learned how to play poker and I am huge Charger fan.