tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942522681264332044.post6023453380340811126..comments2023-03-30T10:05:13.911+01:00Comments on Living the simple life I want: Feeling lostMoonwaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16018956740090192993noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942522681264332044.post-65009218003377378292010-12-09T21:46:43.719+00:002010-12-09T21:46:43.719+00:00I think it is normal to want to find someone to sp...I think it is normal to want to find someone to spend your life with. I have a number of single female friends who are quite happy with their lives, some of them even happy with their work but while they enjoy being on their own for the most part they have also admitted at one point or another that they would like a man (well, one of them would like a woman) around and to be in a romantic relationship. I suspect we are just hardwired that way. I honestly wouldn't know how to go about meeting a guy at this point in my life (obviously I don't have to, but had I not met the Mister in high school & had him pursue me enthusastically 10 years later who knows what my relationship status right now would be) because I couldn't be bothered to hang around in a bar either. It seems as though it is getting harder and harder to meet people in person these days - but on the other hand I've had a number of friend find happiness through online dating. I guess you just have to do whatever you feel comfortable with.melaniehttp://www.meli-mello.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942522681264332044.post-46799215752758198502010-11-29T19:00:52.726+00:002010-11-29T19:00:52.726+00:00Hi Sheila, nope. Age-wise not too far away at all...Hi Sheila, nope. Age-wise not too far away at all but no man has also meant no children (I have 8 nieces and nephews not to mention lots of honorary nieces and nephews so I know it's a hard enough job even with a partner! Sometimes life dictates that's the way it's gotta be but I've never really understood women who choose to have a baby on their own). It's lovely to hear that what I wrote made you feel not so alone. It sounds like you've been through a lot. I know that finding the world of simple/gentle living blogs and exploring from there has helped me enourmously.<br /><br />Mags: daunting is the right word for it. It seems like the older I get the more fussy I feel like I am about the kind of guy I want. Which doesn't quite sound the way I mean it. But it's just that the older I get, the more I feel like (some of the time anyway) I am getting to be the sort of person I want to be, developing interests that are likely to stay with me for a long time and so on. And so the chances of finding someone to match with all of that seem slighter. Or something.Moonwaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16018956740090192993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942522681264332044.post-14385975428922419922010-11-23T14:06:47.441+00:002010-11-23T14:06:47.441+00:00I've come to the conclusion that, for most peo...I've come to the conclusion that, for most people, life is about having a family to call your own (whether that includes kids or not). <br />Seems like you need to be taking active steps to find that Prince. Now there's a daunting challenge, but so worth the journey.<br />Work - like in life, we have to put up with all sorts of people we don't get on with. We just have to do the best we can. They'll always be there, whether we move jobs or not.<br />There's my tuppence worth!<br />Hope it works out.Magsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942522681264332044.post-29429948552211850512010-11-21T22:07:07.936+00:002010-11-21T22:07:07.936+00:00Wow!!! My thoughts EXACTLY!!! Are you a 43 year ol...Wow!!! My thoughts EXACTLY!!! Are you a 43 year old female, almost finished raising children (last one 19), trying to figure out who you are in this time of your life? Oh sorry, that's me! (ha! ha!) I can so relate to everything you wrote. Wanting that other half, thinking that this is not where I want to be. Thanks for allowing me to not feel so alone in my quest for the simple life and happily ever after. ps the word verification to send this message is SCRUCKD. FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12556156671964240874noreply@blogger.com