5 things GOOD about dating "again"

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5 things GOOD about dating "again"
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Thu, 01-25-2007 - 8:29pm

1. You get to take time for yourself and be who you really want to be.

2. All the good ones are not taken - and now you can really see who is good and who is not. When we are young and out of school we are all the same. But age does different things for different people - and now you get to see how they turned out ahead of time.

3. You have the rest of your life to find a mate. It doesn't have to be tomorrow or next week. No pressure!

4. You have a clean slate to really find the man of your dreams and someone that into you. Don't waste it!

5. You are going to get strong on your own.

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Registered: 02-08-2006
Thu, 01-25-2007 - 8:50pm

I can't agree enough with this post! I'm also loving that i fit it, it fits me, i'm living it. i guess i'm ready to be dating, and happy with myself. Knowing that I KNOW these things makes me feel like I must be doing something right!

Moody, happy tonight with life in general


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Registered: 11-03-2003
Thu, 01-25-2007 - 10:23pm

But age does different things for different people - and now you get to see how they turned out ahead of time.


That's a bit of wisdom I hadn't considered before.

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Registered: 01-25-2007
Fri, 01-26-2007 - 12:13am
I think you got it right on!!
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Registered: 11-20-2003
Fri, 01-26-2007 - 3:27am

Couldn't agree more! Dating as a single mum really enables you to weed the rotten ones out early on, and pick only the good ones.

I found it really daunting getting back into the dating world after my divorce, thinking noone would want to know me because I had children and that would be too much of a responsibility for any man. It was well worth waiting for the one who saw my children as part of me, and wanted to be part of us all, rather than seeing my kids as some sort of burden.

Like you said, Judy, there ARE good ones out there.

Clem xx

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Fri, 01-26-2007 - 9:51am
Couldn't agree more!