Recent content by ToFarAwayTimes

That was a very sweet story, Ruby. Very happy for you and your husband. Thank you for sharing.

Susan, your last two posts have accused me of stalking someone I have not contacted or attempted to see in 17 years :rolleyes:, and incorrectly implying that I am only interested in hearing "what happened to me". I'm not here to get into belligerent back and forths with users, so please, be...

Vagabond, thanks for your mostly? thoughtful post. I'm just going to make one general reply, since I don't know how much time, if any, I will have to revisit this thread since not many other people shared their own personal stories. The last actions I took in life with this woman were: 1...

Yes, that's fair. But you should acknowledge that it's one option and you would advise against that option ... here's why. Instead, the posts all reacted like it was the only option, you're crazy! how dare you! blah blah blah.... I mean I just had someone accuse me of being a stalker even...

No, you don't see how it reads, respectfully. If you go back and read the actual OP you quoted, I listed an entire menu of options I could possibly take. From A to Z. You and others picked out one specifically that you did not like as though it was the only choice I considered and then trashed...

Yes, I belong on that list because I haven't contacted or attempted to see someone in over 17 years. Good one! :rolleyes: You have been projecting your experience as though it applies to every single other person out there. That's been 90% of the replies in this thread. Projection. Even Mrs...

See this is another good, critical post, not projection. I haven't mentioned the morality because, surprisingly, nobody asked about it or brought it up. Really I think it's the only debatable point. I made excuses all these years for not contacting her. She blocked me and disappeared. Even if...

Men need to be 'won' too. There are all kinds of stories. Here's one I read in the news recently: https://www.rd.com/article/veteran-found-long-lost-love-after-75-years/ This doctor had done research on thousands of long lost love couples over the years. https://www.lostlovers.com/ There...

Like what? I never said that at all. If you're asking, I would say the average woman has average desirability. Some more, some less. Same goes for men. Sure. Some live happily ever after. Some are more or less happy and take the good with the bad. Some are miserable, but they rationalize...

But it is. A not very desirable single woman has few, if any, suitors. She will take pretty much whatever she can get. A desirable single woman, as Miss Buxom BB was when she was 18, has many suitors, but at least you know she's looking for at least one. A married woman with no children in an...

Here's the thing. The love I'm talking about was so profound, I cannot just settle for any random woman who happens to be merely acceptable and maybe likes the same food as me. I'm not that kind of man. I'm past that stage of my life. I tried that with my ex-girlfriend, who I love and is a very...

Spun Silver, thanks for your thoughtful post. The good news is that I'm more than capable of withstanding an all-out assault by the FSU user base, however my intention with this thread was for other people to share their experiences, if they had any, good or bad, like Mrs. Japanfan and Susan1...

As with Mrs. Japanfan, thank you for sharing your story.

We are really getting a crowd in this thread now. That's why therapists are overrated. You overpay for one person's opinion, when instead you can post about your life with strangers on an internet forum, and get MANY different opinions. And it's free too, except for a little embarrassment. :)

She did mean to block me completely out of her life, but as hanca said: Young adults aren't always the best with communication. She must have thought I wasn't interested. Or I did something to upset her that I can't possibly imagine what it was. We were best friends for two years, then she...