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February Roll Call
| Fri, 02-16-2007 - 12:22pm |
Ok, I know it's mid-February, but we haven't done one of these in a long time...
Please respond with the following:
- Name
- Location
- How long have you been doing OLD for?
- Experience of OLD so far.
Cheers!


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Hi Kerry,
I'm glad to share my experience, this is Judy in Greensboro, NC, I'm in my mid 50's and have been doing OLD for a little over a year. Being out of a 23 year marriage for over 2 years before doing OLD and no relationships since that time, I had no idea what to expect. Needless to say my expectations were way too high...I thought I could do OLD and meet the man of my dreams easily....LOL! Men lied about their age, who they were, ghosted on me, you know the story. I'm so thankful for this message board, I learned that it wasn't "me" but this happens to all of us gals doing OLD. I did the "too much email" and "too many phone calls" game, got emotionally involved with men I had never met and then was crushed when I met them and it was all a BIG lie.
There are so many great woman willing to share their stories and offer constructive advice. Many times I just wanted to give up but by reading the posts from these great women I learned about "unrealistic" expectations and to put my safety above my emotions.
I want to especially thank Rebecca for sharing her experiences. I have followed her post and she has been an inspiration to me! She has been so terrific in sharing her relationship with Carols, she gives me hope! Thanks to all the great women that share their life on this board!
Judy
Hi - Rebecca from RI.
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Well, I'm Annie in St. Louis, MO. I've been doing OLD off & on since the birth of the WWW in 1992!
In that time, I had 3 serious relationships start from OLD, one of which was almost a marriage. I have a little better luck meeting guys IRL now after dropping 100 pounds, but I still have OLD dates. I'm either getting more selective as I get into my mid-30s or I'm just too comfortable in my singledom.
My most interesting OLD date was with a guy I had only emailed with & saw his picture. It was Seinfeldian in that he had a FEMALE's voice when we met for dinner. Total turn off, which was bad since he was totally into me. It was just creepy. In fact, I wonder is he was actually a transgender.
Who knows!
Name: Mark
Location: Portland, Oregon - the Rose City
OLD length: ever since I got divorced 6 years ago
OLD experience: I have made and been in about 5 romantic relationships from OLD and made about 8 or so friendships from OLD.
I have used craigslist, matchmaker, match, yahoo, friendster, and myspace with varying degrees of success. I even made a couple of in person friendships from iVillage.
Mark
((hugs)) Judy!
Arent the "in person" iV freindships the BEST? I have met SO many.
I'm Stacey and I've been on this board for almost 3 years now.
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