The more information that gets posted, the worse it sounds. Hopefully you do move on to find a better fit for you, not one still hung up on her ex...

We are only getting half of the story, but it was a suggestion more to get the shock value to get his role back...lol The PC method would probably to tell him to go to counseling and all that, but that is not a quick fix. The kids seeing their dad lose it and spank everyone (the mom would only get it if she tried to step in to stop him). At least the push over role he is in should stop...whether they stay together or not is a different story...lol

Maybe that is why he struck me as a tv cowboy, they edited out the real stuff...lol Most horses are trained in different ways, like a trail horse is probably not use to having a rope swinging around but you would not want to use a roping horse on unstable ground usually.

My aunt has horses so I grew up around them. There are pictures of all us kids being in a saddle probably before we could walk...lol But I left that life years ago it seems like. My mom still has a bunch of the rodeo stuff, I kept a couple of the belt buckles I won but when I moved away it was not part of my life any more. Not that I miss shoveling out the stalls or anything though...lol

OK, since there is such a collective of smart women in this thread...What would be the right thing for a guy to say that wants to tell you something but does not want you to think he is interested in you. Help us dumb guys out here with the magic words that make everything right...lol

To me, Terry was a TV cowboy where the new guy seem to be an actual cowboy. All Terry's horses were well trained but there was one that the new guy was breaking in and it bucked him off. He got kicked pretty good on film and he got back up and kept tracking. Then later, probably at the end of the show, he pulled his shirt up to see all the bruised ribs he was riding with...lol

Maybe look at what you would do if it was one of your ex's wanting to meet. Usually ex's are an ex for a reason and you do have to trust your new partner.

Personally, if an ex wanted to meet up (and for some reason I agreed) then I would want to bring my new girlfriend with me. Then there is no doubt in what is happening in this meeting. Hopefully she would do the same. But if I felt that there was a problem, then I would have to speak up and let her know that it is making me feel jealous/insecure and I do not like feeling like that.

If you want the last season with the new tracker you will see less of it, that was one of the problems with the new guy was he was not as cooperative with the film crew I guess. He wanted it done in just that one day. So even if the public liked him, he would have probably been gone because of the film crew problems.

Like lately I have been watching the Australian version of Survivor. I wonder how much of a show like that has to have reshot scenes or whatever...lol

So you do not consider the Army a branch?...lol The shirt she has on looks like the old BDU they had when I was still in, so they look like military shirt (not salvation army shirt)...just relaxed on the regulations. I hear they can walk around with hands in their pockets and boots not shined with the new regs so who knows...lol So that part is not the red flag part for me...just the rest of the profile...lol

Yeah, what he said...lol

You have let her take over as the head of the household. If she is at home with the kids, she should be using you as the disciplinary figure ("Just wait until your dad gets home!") if she wants to be the kind parent that they run over. But it sounds like you gave up your power, so if you want your kids to be raised with respect then you need to take back the power. How you do this is what you need to figure out...

Now we can offer suggestions, but remember that you are taking advice from people who are not in a relationship...lol.
Here is what I would try, when you get home and they are all there and acting up, warn them that you have had enough an the next person that acts up is getting a spanking. So either your wife will sit back and let you take over or she will step in like you say. Be prepared, she is the one that sounds like she needs a spanking as well...lol I am not saying beat your wife, just bend her over your knee for a spanking in view of the kids. This will show them that you are serious and should calm things down for a while. But it probably will not be a one time fix, if it does work, they will always be pushing the line and you have to be there to push back. Parents are suppose to be parents, kids have enough friends...

You forgot to fill out the About section...

Maybe he is counting the contraction words as two words? Maybe the extras twos he was using to count that high were ticklish so they were hard to keep track of them...lol

I have never been on the woman's side (except a few times when I am mistaken for a woman because of the hair...lol) but like most guys there is a confidence thing. Some guys never get over it, some guys over compensate, but guys on the internet I think feel safer...or there might have been some liquid courage involved there...lol

I can see why a normal guy would write that, but then there are plenty of Ehmad's out there to knock the good guys down a peg or two...lol

Maybe he just wants to talk to you but he wants to be up front so there is no confusion or leading on?

He might also be fishing, like when someone says how ugly they are but they really want others to tell them how good they look, maybe he is hoping that you say that you travel near him?

Maybe he got cold feet while writing to you, so he is turning himself down before you turn him down?

I am sure there are other reasons but they all seem to be a lack of confidence on his part that I would guess, nothing to get pissed off about...lol Although I do not even get pissed off with all the scammers and fake profiles on here, it is just part of the online world that we have to deal with to be here I guess...

Scammer seem to want the easy/quick return on their time and effort. But there is also the old fashion gold diggers still out there looking for their sugar daddy to support them...lol

It is there for me...

https://mingle2.com/search/whos_online

Yeah, that is why I was trying to ask about the relationship part also. From the other threads it seems that a lot of people think a long distance relationship can be with someone that they meet online but never in person. To me that is more of a pen-pal and not something I would consider a relationship...at least not a one like I am thinking of as a typically relationship. So if it is just a pen-pal type relationship then there should be a lot less problems with the distance...lol

There are a bunch of threads on here about this topic if you wanted to read through some of them. But to me it never seems to last.
First off, let me clarify that to be in a long distance relationship to me means that you have met in person but live in different cities that are a ways away. If you have to think about stopping at gas stations or getting on a plane to see each other then I would call that long distance. I do not consider just talking online to be a relationship, that is more of a pen-pal thing.

Now I say it does not work because you are not able to spend enough time together to have a close relationship. Even if you were together for a long time and one had to move away, it seems like either jealousy or just a simple disconnect happens. But that is just me...

I am beginning to think that this site is being run on the scammers that pay, that is why the site lets SOOOO many stay on here...lol What is a couple bucks to a scammer if it makes them a lot more?

It is best to do the nudge (but you only get 5 a day) or the best option is just to send them a message. Likes usually have your profile picture blurred out and letters missing from your name so it is hard to get back with that person.