Hmmmm...you guys say "a drunk wench" like it's a bad thing or sumpin'-sumpin'.

*hic*...Nope, no...*hic*...rum here...*hic*

*CRAP*...I haven't noticed.


Perhaps that newish-poster has me blocked, just like this wench-of-a-poster "mlrd" that I've been reading so much about, but have never seen.


Either that, or my new-found scrolling skills are now operating in overdrive.

Nahhhh...you had six other people responding within your thread, and you didn't pay them a whit of difference...skipped right passed the six of them, to *get at* me a second time, as a matter of fact.


Factually-speaking, of course.

~double swoon~

That's a lot of stuff to address, so I'm only going to comment on the "50+ Year-old [Self-induced/Forced] Isolation" aspect of it.

It's natural that it would be harder to meet others as we get older; while school-aged, it was EASY to meet people: we were surrounded by single, same-aged, all-sharing-the-same-goals-and-activities people, all day long.

We move on to college, and it's pretty much the same. Then, we graduate and go our separate ways, meeting new people (with a common cause) where we work, spending our free time with other people with free time (mostly singles) and we pair up. We then begin building a life, raising children, attending their school/sports functions...all with similarly-minded people, at the same point in our lives.

Then, we divorce/separate. We retire. We move. At 50+, we find ourselves in A New Place, literally and/or figuratively. And none of the old built-in avenues for meeting similarly-minded, similarly-aged, similarly-living people exist.

And, we never learned A New Way TO meet people.


You're 50+, *alone*, and in a new place. You're going to HAVE to find a new way to meet real people, in real life. What interests you? Take a class in it at the local college, join a club for it, search your local Meet-up site for the activity...~voila~...access to others who are similarly-minded, who WILL be a good match for you


or know someone who IS.

"Forced isolation" is a choice...and one that we re-choose every single minute of every single day we find *good* reasons
why It Just Is.



Best of luck to you...

Heigh!!!

Whotheheck is this "mlrd" I keep reading all about?!? I wanna *meet* her!!!

*GASP* Has she got me blocked?!?

Actually, my questions have already been answered, resoundingly.


The answers were found in the gaping silences and repeated quoting of my questions, to deliberately NOT address them but to instead raise other *issues*.


In any event, my point's been made, so there's no need for me to continue to kick the dead elephant in the room.

I read it; it's very articulate and makes very valid points.


I've stated numerous times that in my 36 years as a voting adult, I refuse to current-POTUS bash, regardless of their party.

While I realize it's my Constitutional and SCOTUS'-sanctioned right TO do so, I also refuse to do anything disrespectful to the U.S. flag - ANother symbol of US and U.S.



Sad that someone who doesn't have a vested interest in the outcome gets it, when so many of US and U.S. who DO,


don't.


Thanks for sharing it.

Oh.

So, the 2014 midterm election results, in which the conservatives/Republicans assumed majority control of Congress, were as fraudulent as the 2008 and 2012 general elections.


Got it. So, these results are to be as dismissed as those results.


Thank you for the honest and valid reply.

This site is where we go to get a bored wedding?!?

This - given all the rest of the not-quite-ready-for-prime-time-Ebonics -


was just *weigh 2 preshus*.



Thank you for your wise words, and...good luck *wit dat*!!!

Oh. Apparently, Professor BeachSpeak WAS grading class, as it was he who introduced the lesson that he used "getting at" as an English language colloquialism.


Danged Mr. Merriam and Mr. Webster...making people who actually understand the books they've written so "smart" and virtually such a pain in the arse for others while communicating online utilizing the written word.

Don't know if it's the biggest swing, but it IS the largest Republican segment in Congress since WWII.


But, again, I ask (and, again, everyone ignores): since the citizens have now spoken and 'made a statement',


what about the statement made in 2008 and especially in 2012 that so many of you were so willing to ignore? Why does THIS "the citizens have spoken" carry more weight/validity than when "the citizens [had] spoken" back then?


They're honest and valid questions...feel free to squirm in your seats as much as you like, but they DO (eventually) deserve honest and valid answers.

Nahhhh...I'm not *saying* that, at all.

Someone in the thread mentioned that older women should be "as fit" as older men are, thus giving US the green light to develop paunches, too. THAT'S what I wrote.

A "strange nation"? Nahhhh...only about half of the US is "strange", but the condition appears to NOT be confined to our boundaries.



Thanks for noticing my post!!!

Apparently, the "scroll" button was created for much the same reason as the "block" button was.

I'm *known* for *causing* online "escalations".



It's a talent, really.

But that's NOT what I said...nor even what I wrote.


I DID type "typically", "while online", and "little or no"...three very important qualifiers, which change completely what you believe you saw me say...or type.


It is FROM my online and public *conversations* with men, while in the forums, that I'm able to make MY observation, from my point of view.

Is there someone else's point of view you'd like me to use while making my future posts?




My money's on you'll be further assisting me in better proving my point than I was already able to do, all on my own.

Oh.


In that case, I've been known to "noodle" an instrument, when my heart's not really been in it.


Most times, I prefer to play an instrument with great flair, fervor, and enthusiasm, though.