I think it just boil down to try or not try!  Life is not easy and it does have its risk but we could not just sit down and wait for someone or the right one to come and knock at our door.  If you get burn, too bad just learn from the mistakes and just keep living.  Stop analysing and making excuses just go out there and do something about. Go overseas, try cannoeing, learn bakery give your time to others, whatever, but do something. It works!!! Cheers everyone.

PS. My artisan breads are improving. 

I reckon the big problem is the focus on 'Mr Right' and 'the checklist'.  The journalist hack who first came up with those should be flogged with her own rolled up checklist (it would be long enough).  Sure 'Mr Right' is useful for thousands of pulp article and daytime talk shows, especially on changing your man. 

It is frivolous and takes away from meeting men on equal terms and accepting them as they are.  At its worst and all but the few very well off high status men encounter this often, are the constant rejections on first contact without even giving them the time of day.

What man hasn't been put off by that? 

To all the ladies in this thread I have something you need to look at. Adam is someone I believe gives the right help snd advice to both men and women. Since the thread has gone way off track I would like to bring it back to the original post.

Please look at the presentation there sure it is also a sales site. The information in the presentation alone is worth the view

www.rightmanonline.com

Enjoy

Adam was that lucky guy who found Eve.

He said out of mirth that there was only two balls on earth and he had them.

It is getting worse.  Over the years there has been a rising tide of Cougars at the yachtie.  All are in the thirties and forties range, and I don't mean birth year.  You can go to the bar without getting a nice smile and that includes when you are there for Saturday lunch with a femme in tow.

'Cougar' is unfair because all that I have met are well educated, have good jobs and are seeking good company, enjoyable outings and safety.  They are avoiding the predictably dreadful boorish types they meet at popular social venues. They are good company for day and weekend trips.  Good conversation, broad interests, no nasty habits or baggage (doesn't mean they have not had let-downs, they chose to rise above them) and fit in with our group.

There is something a very ugly going on in society where good women are so disrespected, and that includes by other women.  Could it be that the feminists got it wrong with their 'slut walks' and emulating the very worst they saw in men (truth is that very few men were ever the 'pigs'  feminists imagine them to be) and now all women are treated according to the offensive raunch behaviour of the few (well I hope it is the few)?

Having read through this whole thread, I feel that my views posted three days ago say it all. There are as many people and aspirations for a partner out there as there are stars in the sky, well figuratively speaking. Everybody is unique, and everybody has her or his aspirations for a partner. The permutations and combinations are incredibly huge, even in a nation with about 21 million people. So it comes down to what we are each individually looking for and the level of our aspirations. Hilary, you say that you are a 'nice looking, slim, normal and genuine lady' but is that all you are looking for in the opposite sex? Would any nice looking, slim, normal and genuine man suit your requirements, or is there more in your specification that you are not letting on? If such a simple specification in a male is all you are looking for, at least publicly, then I think you are doomed to disappointment.

I  always  take  life  with  a  grain  of  salt  a  slice  of  lemon  and  Tequila;   What  a  lovely  surprise  to  finally  descover  how  lonely  being  alone  can  be..//..

A store that sells new husbands has opened in New York City , where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates: You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value of the products increase as the shopper ascends the flights. The shopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building! So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads:

 Floor 1- These men Have Jobs
She is intrigued, but continues to the second floor, where the sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men Have Jobs and Love Kids.
'That's nice,' she thinks, 'but I want more.'
So she continues upward. The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are Extremely Good Looking.
'Wow,' she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking and Help With Housework.
'Oh, mercy me!' she exclaims, 'I can hardly stand it!'
Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads: Floor 5 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, Help with Housework, and Have a Strong Romantic Streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor, where the sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.
PLEASE NOTE:
To avoid gender bias charges, the store's owner opened aNew Wives store just across the street.
The first floor has wives that love sex.
The second floor has wives that love sex and have money and like beer.
The third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors have never been visited.

Well done Davey, that about says it all!

Found a note today.  Wife says that things have gone dreadfully wrong.  She is at her mother's.

Puzzled, I looked in the fridge to find the light on and VB cold.  The stupid bitch must have had a nightmare.