I did have a lady i met with before this surgery last June. We really had a nice meeting and a very good day in Central Park. She was from the Newengland Countries. Her Father was very ill at the time,so she had that issue plus a resent divorce, then work related issues. Then her Father passed at the end of June,flying home to take care of that,then her new job she was concentrating on. We were talking of connecting again but she is a Very Professional Lady struggling to achieve her statis in her profession. Im not the one to push for a relationship and have called twice leaving my concern for her situation! Just moving on in life letting her resolve her problems-without being one myself.She knows she has a friend to talk to if needed,not another pushy Man thinking of himself! As i think this of All my Friends here on Mingle! Set an example not another problem for others! But thank you for remembering missy. I'm still A Very Eligible Bachelor!(Will)

Graywolf55:

I am sorry about what you are going through with your lady but I am most impressed that you aren't pushing. I will cross my fingers for you that the two of you will get back together. You are one of the few decent men that I have met. Its too bad the man today in court lacked any class. He had the odasity to say "Hi Gorgeous" to me while I was in a full court room and in my uniform. Why do men think its alright to show so much disrespect for a woman; especially when she is in uniform?

Only if they are as fit as us and not couch potatoes!! Most are overweight and lazy or smokers who can not function out of the house. OK ladies fire back,as most older men are the same I know

Yep. I dated three guys in one summer and after a short bike ride of only 1 kilometre; they almost had a heart attack and I never saw them again. I wanted to do a 40 km bike ride but I guess that is not enough as according to you I am not as fit as a man.

Paunches are now perfectly acceptable on us older women, too, these days???


Who knew?!?


Another pint of Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream for me, it IS, then!!!

Yep. I dated three guys in one summer and after a short bike ride of only 1 kilometre; they almost had a heart attack and I never saw them again. I wanted to do a 40 km bike ride but I guess that is not enough as according to you I am not as fit as a man.


Serves them right for trying to be macho and prove they were better than a woman. I don't mind a woman having the advantage, married and stayed married to one who was far more intelligent and better educated than me. Nope if challenged I'd have merely told you take a hike. Though I guess you'd have probably done just that and challenged me to keep up into the bargain.

Are you saying they were previously only accepted on the young before. What a strange nation you must be.

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!!!

Isn't that the truth. The majority of men in my age have that beer gut or as I say look like they are six months pregnant. And they have the nerve to knock women? Oh the irony. LOL

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!!!


Knew what you were saying but I just can't resist being cheeky. In my nature and at my age I doubt I'll change.

I'd rephrase as "should only be as fit as", at least that way we might be in with a chance of catching them

Serves them right for trying to be macho and prove they were better than a woman. I don't mind a woman having the advantage, married and stayed married to one who was far more intelligent and better educated than me. Nope if challenged I'd have merely told you take a hike. Though I guess you'd have probably done just that and challenged me to keep up into the bargain.


I think you misunderstood. I love to go bike riding. It wasn't about challenging a man; it was about recreation. They insisted on going bike riding with me but found out it was too hard on their body. I never would have ended the relationship over it and I would have gladly just ridden bike by myself if they didn't want to ride with me; no hard feelings.

Just me being cheeky again. Must learn how to post AND do those smiley things. In defence that is multi-tasking and i am a bloke after all.

Any cheeky comments about skirts and I'll kick your butt, even if you can probably take me.

A lot of misunderstanding here, I am fit and want a fit lady to do things with in the outdoors, workout up to 6 nites a week and ride a fat tire bike the 7 miles to the gym to be able to climb trees, bike where I want and climb in and out of the steep banks on the Alaskan rivers to fish, just want someone who can also do just that...OK maybe not climb trees with me....but you get the idea. Most fit people only want the same!!! Another fit person. Age slows us down unless we work at it very hard, and so does weight. Have no formula but heavier must be younger to keep up, am I wrong???

You are a bad boy.

Just took a sneaky peek at you profile and WOW. Incredibly sexy and looks like there would never be a dull moment with you around. And you say men don't want a serious relationship with you?????? The men over there must be blind and stupid. I almost feel like emigrating and it would take a lot to get me out of Scotland. Just go out there and grab the first passing man you fancy, I doubt they'd mind that resistance is futile.

You are kind but men aren't attracted to me. I was just listening to the radio while at work and they had a talk show about how here in Calgary; the older men want younger women. I live in a city full of oilmen and they like the eye candy on thier arms. Fact is I figured that out years ago and its only now that it has come to the attention of the media? I have too many things against me which in effect makes me undatable and unattractive but I am not feeling sorry for myself. I like to think of the upside that being single; it does free me up to work with my community. I don't claim to change the world but I would like to think I can some small changesin my neighborhood. I am up to my eyeballs with shiftwork, court cases, home renos, working a youth program, helping our Veterans, and our homeless. I usually put in 18 hour days so not a lot of time to socialize.

Just starting here and personally i have a rule if they were not alive and can remember watching men land on the moon i would not be interested

Kindness doesn't come in to. If it doesn't sound insulting to use the term, you definitely qualify as eye candy with the added bonuses of having substance and being areal woman.
If my mate turned up with some gorgeous 30 year old bimbo on his arm and you were on mine I know who I reckon got the better part of the deal. (just to be clear, not him)

You might need to work on your work/life balance mind you. a fella could be forgiven for forgetting he actually had a partner. But then if you are happy doing what you do it's hard to contemplate a change. It's that wee trick of trying to look onto the future and knowing where you'd rather be and if you aren't, is/was it worth it.

Well, thank you but I discovered years ago I wasn't considered attractive. I tried numberous dating sites, joined dozens of clubs; even hung around military groups but I think after a while you realize it wasn't meant to be. I look at that it could be worse. I could be in a relationship and be very unhappy or worse yet abused. I have dear friends and family that truly care about me so I consider myself very blessed to have them in my life.