Dude, don’t judge.
Waves!
Could be worse… two years with The Bestest Boyfriend left me unable to stand Metallica for over 10 years. Talk about an overdose. And whomever wrote “Nothing else matters” should be condemned to a very-short lifetime castrating grown-up boars (in case anybody still had doubts: I’m cheering for the boar).
Woo pig sooie(yea I am from Arkansas)
Yeppers. 
If anything ever happened to my wife, God forbid, I’d definitely not be aiming at the lower end of the age/2 + 7 range. I’d hate to be making references all the time to stuff that happened after I was out of college, and didn’t ring a bell with her because she wasn’t born yet.
I was listening to a song earlier this evening. In it, the young woman was bemoaning her undying lust for a jerk. But she still had the lust. It does go both ways. I’ve been guilty.:smack:
I’ve wasted time looking at Italian cars online. Dreaming of winning the lottery. Then, the guys will notice. Or notice the cars at least, LOL. BTW, there’s actually a few of us females who pay attention to cars. I might not make it to Cars and Coffee every month, and I might not be driving anything interesting now, but I play with cars when I can. I’m a flag marshal.
Nm
I’ve been at the curling club most of the day. If you were there and I missed you, sorry 'bout that.
Noyt ho was that amazing hottiwho captained the team5e from Northbrook, Illinois?
I think it’s curious that there have been several ‘they won’t get my references’ posts.
How important is that, really?
Anyone here have a wonderful, age-appropriate partner who doesn’t (or didn’t, initially) get your references?
I know that I have said, or referenced, plenty of things that my wife who is 6 years younger than me didn’t get. Vice-versa. She grew up interested in different stuff than I did…one of the things I love about us is that we ‘trade’ those things.
I wouldn’t swap my wife for a car. Even a really nice one. But if she decided to leave me for a guy with a nice car (won’t happen) I don’t see myself using the trusty formula. I think that yeah, it’s fun to have a lot of stuff in common with someone…but how it feels to be together trumps that.
So if someone my age feels happy dating someone who is (age/2), I don’t care. Ditto older. Know yourself, and be happy.
I would guess that “gets my references” is shorthand for “understands the context of my life.” I’m not sure that I could really have a romantic connection with someone who didn’t have a perspective formed by decades of experience as an adult, including having priorities and points of view shift in ways you didn’t expect.
A big “hello!” to you guys, too!
You’re all in places pretty far from me, but it’s encouraging to know you exist at all. Thank you!
Very well put. My thoughts exactly.
I’m 28 and I notice women in their 40’ies all the time. They don’t seem to notice me that often, though. Lowest for me would be 20, very much dependent on the maturity of the girl. According to age/2+7, that would be inappropriate, I guess?
Soooooo true!:mad:
I posted this on Facebook, but what the hell:
There’s always a song. Heard this on our way to church. Never much liked it, but it brought tears to my eyes because the day before my birthday (great timing, Wife) I lost the greatest friend ever. Can’t replace her, exactly, but I’d like to half-fill that hole in my heart.
You are so sweet to remember her like that. Maybe the fates intervened and put your birthday and her day of death forever linked. Back to back, so to speak!
:pats back:
Go get out back there, man. It’s probably strange, and you might not find what you’re looking for immediately, but I don’t think you’ll regret it. It sucks even worse also being lonely.
I’m looking, and chronicling my search here. Wife hated how I was so open in public about everything. She was very private, and was pissed when I went to AA in the town next door. “I know people there!” “And Mardi and Ed live down the street. So what?”
ETA: Drooling over Jay Leno’s Honda S600. 1964, totally age-appropriate. Youtube is my friend.
Ain’t no use hiding your light under a barrel, let it shine, dude!!