| 2/23/2008 9:39:05 PM |
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sitkarains
Sitka, AK
age: 47 online now!
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Are we so bored we now have to find this to gripe about on the forums..
I put an age on my profile, I was getting more hits for the younger crowd of 18-25. While I won't judge a person and their preference I also am not interested in dating someone younger than my children.
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| 2/23/2008 9:44:04 PM |
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belladreams
Binghamton, NY
age: 37
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THANK YOU RAINS, we have ourselves a winner!!!!!!!! YAYYYYYYYYY... she all answered our questions. Never date anyone younger than your children. wohooooooo you go girl!!
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| 2/23/2008 9:48:00 PM |
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knittinkitten
Lady Lake, FL
age: 71
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taurok...you better not delete your profile....I enjoy reading all your posts. I often lurk and don't post because I haven't gotten used to some of the bashing yet.....
Krupa: Sweetie, I'm 71, not 72.....how many times do I have to tell ya? And, yes, we certainly do have some great conversations....and I wouldn't give them up for the world.
bella, can you explain to me why it matters so much to YOU what age ANYONE else is looking for?
I would think that your time would be better spent toning down some of your attitude so that more of our gentlemen would be interested in getting to know you. Your posts, to me, all seem to sound like you're ready to fight.....and, I KNOW the men are not interested in THAT.
I have set my profile so that I am free to correspond with anyone who wishes to respectfully correspond with me. Because of my posting in the forums, there is a wide age range that seems to enjoy messaging me and I, in turn enjoy interacting with them. As far as dates are concerned, if I set my age range any nearer to my actual age, I'd probably never have any one contact me. I'm not sure there's anyone else on here that IS in my age range? I date men in several age ranges. It's not the age, it's the maturity level, and common interests. It matters not to me what age others have on their profiles, I'm too busy just minding my own business and letting others live.
Just my thoughts.
KK
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| 2/23/2008 9:51:40 PM |
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aniceguy4you2lv
Visalia, CA
age: 43
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Bella
I have dated a couple of women that were in my daughters age range, I knew that it would not last going in but we had fun together and enjoied each others company. One of them met her husband thru me while we were dating. I am smart enough to know that while I might be good for a fling no 20 something woman would be staying for the long haul.
Just for the record I am still very close with both of them and do not regret it at all. I am godfather to the new baby of the second one.
No I never went looking for them it just happened.
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| 2/23/2008 9:53:53 PM |
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aniceguy4you2lv
Visalia, CA
age: 43
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Kitten
GREAT ANSWER!!! (The part about setting your profile to be able to talk to people)
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| 2/23/2008 10:41:14 PM |
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knittinkitten
Lady Lake, FL
age: 71
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Thanks...your post, above mine was very good, too....
KK
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| 2/24/2008 5:38:19 AM |
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coppermare
Grady, AL
age: 48
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KK you are a very cool person, oh that we should listen and learn from the wiser generations before us. To bad we don't learn it soon enough!! I for one will be listening to you sweet lady
As for the question: That use to really bother me when I first came online and I wouldnt even respond to a guy that had that. Now I think it's pretty much just guys being guys, you know LAZY, NOT PAYING ATTENTION, and just click click. I have a 21 year old daughter and the thought just turned my stomach along with a a childhood past having to do with that. She use to have a profile online and the same guy would email me and her and it WAS NOT just to chat. It would be pretty explicit! Yes, she was 20 then not 18 but I'm sorry I cannot IMAGINE her father emailing her for a date, nor would he handle the fact some guy twice her age ask her on a date!! 
I to have friends male and female in their 20's, we have great conversations and laughs but we don't go out together. Tried that with my kids and their friends and just felt very out of place. Wrong music, wrong crowd blah blah..they just don't have the same life experiences behind them or are at a different stage in their life than me to have things in common.  It's true I can have some great chats with "youngins" lol but it usually doenst last long except to give them advice, I end up the "everyone's mom/dear abby"
I've been on both sides of this coin sort of. I was married to a man 13 years my senior. They said it would never work, it lasted 21 years! But I went through all the "bad things" like people thinking he was our kids grandfather, dirty looks, him not having the same past in common (thats hard to explain but will elaborate if needed).
As for me and younger men? Sorry I just can't get by that age difference. It's just me and I don't judge others by it and I'm feeling pretty stupid because I do like sex and the older guys seem to be having issues at their age but guess I'm just SOL...
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| 2/24/2008 5:50:20 AM |
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differentsrqguy
Sarasota, FL
age: 43
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if you give a broad range, it means you're flexible.......duh
it's a DATING site, not "who wants to be MARRIED"......
It's not eHarmony either....with those 29 dimensions of 'compatiblility'.....duh
[Edited 2/24/2008 5:52:28 AM]
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| 2/24/2008 5:53:29 AM |
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jw9t69
Medical Lake, WA
age: 38 online now!
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I set my age range at the maximum because I am also looking for friends to chat with.I am not just looking for a date or a hookup.
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| 2/24/2008 6:00:27 AM |
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coppermare
Grady, AL
age: 48
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LMAO..EHARMONY?? They told me "we are very sorry, but we pride ourselves on making matches and at this time feel we cannot help you"
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| 2/24/2008 6:03:16 AM |
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wolffdream
Billerica, MA
age: 57
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taurok Your frustration may lead you to delete your profile (and that's sad) but....
PLEASE PLEASE don't even think about leaving this site, we'll miss you.
Please keep posting there are many here that love and appreciate your gifts.
don't let the BS get to you.. your better than that....
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| 2/24/2008 6:33:18 AM |
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ge0ge0
Tallahassee, FL
age: 41 online now!
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If I may get technical for a moment. Some sites will automagically use what you set your age preference to be in all of your searches. You don't know that till you notice closely that there aren't anyone 18 or 60 anywhere near you in the whole dating site? So for me it's just assurance that any search I may conduct is NOT filtered in any way unless I filter it manually.
Besides 18 year olds and 90 year olds need love too, why limit your options for a date on Friday night? 
[Edited 2/24/2008 6:35:52 AM]
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| 2/24/2008 6:37:02 AM |
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knittinkitten
Lady Lake, FL
age: 71
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Have you all noticed that we're doing very well on discussing the "age question"? It's important that we understand that we all have our own feelings about this....and, we are entitled to them. No one can be forced into dating someone in an age bracket that gives them discomfort. It's the compatibility of the two people who are involved, and it's for them to decide.
Now, what DOES make me sad is that Taurok has made his profile invisible and it tells me that I must be a friend to contact him. Unfortunately, I didn't get the chance to do so. Is there anyone who IS listed as a "friend" who can message him and let him know I tried to reach him....I would appreciate that...I wanted to give him encouragement.
Keep your posts coming.....I'm definitely interested in various points of view regarding the compatibility of the different age brackets....and, also, your reaction to being contacted by younger...OR older...as a result of what you're posting in the forums.
KK
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| 2/24/2008 6:59:16 AM |
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srt8mark
Quartzsite, AZ
age: 57
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I have found that as a 57yr old that I am unable to Email or IM or send a wink to any woman who's preference is younger than that. I seems to me that you ladies protect yourselves in that way.
My ex is 11 yrs younger than I am. I was 29 when we met and we were together 29 years
[Edited 2/24/2008 7:22:35 AM]
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| 2/24/2008 7:06:15 AM |
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grneyedluvr
Waverly, NY
age: 42
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seems like such the jealous double standard from some of these women. they want to be the "cougar" and play with little boys, but when a guy want to find a young woman whos attractive and still has an open mind sexually, its a sin. if the older woman werent so stubborn on what they want, or what theyre gonna get no matter what and be damned if they dont, then most of us would still be attracted to them. till they lighten up ill pick younger and flexible.
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