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re: Dating as a 40 Year Old Man, How Realistic is it?
Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:18 am to Bjorn Cyborg
Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:18 am to Bjorn Cyborg
Al Bundy...
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Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:21 am to Chicageaux85
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Double it up by picking up a weekend gig at a Women's shoe store.
Al Bundy really cleaned up with the ladies.
Dream job if you're a foot guy, I guess.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:46 am to Longhorn Actual
So how "fit" are you guys talking about?
late 40s widower here. Haven't gotten over the hump of losing my wife, may never, but I do hate being alone. 4 kids -- so far from alone now, but someday I need to start dating I guess.
6-1 220# athletic dad bod. Are y'all saying you need to be ripped? or just not have shite hanging over your belt. I'm a "he looks like he works out but also likes tacos" guy. Money and social status a non issue
late 40s widower here. Haven't gotten over the hump of losing my wife, may never, but I do hate being alone. 4 kids -- so far from alone now, but someday I need to start dating I guess.
6-1 220# athletic dad bod. Are y'all saying you need to be ripped? or just not have shite hanging over your belt. I'm a "he looks like he works out but also likes tacos" guy. Money and social status a non issue
Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:57 am to NorthEnd
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So how "fit" are you guys talking about?
6-1 220# athletic dad bod. Are y'all saying you need to be ripped? or just not have shite hanging over your belt. I'm a "he looks like he works out but also likes tacos" guy. Money and social status a non issue
It's a question with no definitive answer other than,
"Less ripped than the next guy who has less money/social status."
"More ripped than the next guy who has more money/higher social status."
"At least as, or preferably more, ripped than the next guy who has equal money/social status."
Posted on 4/16/24 at 11:07 am to TheMountaineer
Gym and nice restaurant/hotel bars would be the key places to hit.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 11:19 am to Bjorn Cyborg
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a dude who works at a craft store or a women's shoe shop?
Posted on 4/16/24 at 11:22 am to NorthEnd
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So how "fit" are you guys talking about?
Depends on your goals. If you're looking to smash 20-somethings, then you're going to need to be shredded. If you're looking for a relationship with a 40+ woman, then it's less important. I'd say just have a little muscle and a flat stomach, even if the abs aren't visible. The 40+ women, while they still want a fit, attractive man, look more closely at financial stability than 6-pack abs. Aside from the aesthetics, they want a man who gives the general appearance of good health so they'll know he'll be around a long time to pay the bills.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 11:29 am to TheMountaineer
Honestly, its not realistic at all. And the further you go past 40 pushes just that much further. 20s are the best years, by far.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 11:29 am to NorthEnd
I think it’s easy for people to get caught up in their heads
Just be normal, don’t be fat, and be confident. And don’t accept bad behavior. Anecdotally, it appears women have a hard time finding partners these days, because everyone from college age girls to 40 year old women will show interest.
Just be normal, don’t be fat, and be confident. And don’t accept bad behavior. Anecdotally, it appears women have a hard time finding partners these days, because everyone from college age girls to 40 year old women will show interest.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 11:32 am to Longhorn Actual
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Not necessarily. They're out there
I got back into the dating game at 35 after being married for 13 years. It was rough. A couple of friends of mine were in similar situations and were all over the dating apps. The amount of drama and shite that would go down was popcorn worthy.
So I stayed off those, focused on building my business and going to the gym. Even being in construction and fire/ems, I'd quit doing a lot of the work I did when I was younger. I met my wife after we'd both completed a Tough Mudder. I was 36 and she had just turned 31. Our second date was a spartan race. She was in GREAT shape, never married, high school teacher that also trains horses, owned her own house, masters degree with no student loan debt, all her vehicles paid off. Neither of us had kids. We bought a ranch property a couple years ago and have a 19 month old daughter now.
There's no way I would have pulled that unicorn if I hadn't taken the time to get myself right after my divorce.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 11:33 am to GatorPA84
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Go to the gym and chat up the fit cutie in the squat rack..
And then be labeled a #gymcreep and kicked out of your gym for making her “uncomfortable “.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 11:45 am to chrome_daddy
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pickleball
My company is doing a huge lighting project for pickleball courts at a resort right now. Those courts are packed with milfs all day long. It's like target but with tennis skirts. I go by to check on the job every chance I get
Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:09 pm to BK Lounge
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is this true, and happening as often as people think ?
Yes. I've been in fire/ems since 2001. As someone else said, it's not just doctors. Dropping off a patient at an ER and doing the paperwork maybe takes 10 minutes. I've handled the transfer and report for lots of guys to sneak a nurse into an empty room. He's back in the rig by the time I'm done. Some guys would have 2-3 nurses on different shifts that they'd hook up with. Some of them were hooking up with the same nurses. Buncha hoes
I have a good friend that's a male flight attendant. Same kinda stories. Only thing that's different is the place it goes down.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:20 pm to stuckintexas
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My company is doing a huge lighting project for pickleball courts at a resort right now. Those courts are packed with milfs all day long. It's like target but with tennis skirts. I go by to check on the job every chance I get
Women always take the easiest route/path of least resistance. Pickleball is less strenuous than tennis, but they still get to sport their new ALO gear.
Most importantly, they get to wear it the rest of the afternoon, to the grocery store, etc., to make the statement that "I hang out at the country club all day while you lesser bitches are at work."
Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:25 pm to Ric Flair
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With social media/iPhones/me too I think it has died down a bit
Nah, I'd say the opposite from what I've seen. There was a guy from another station filling in on shift with us. The same nurse sent a snap to him and a guy on shift at my station thinking they were in different places. They were sitting right next to each other and both their phones went off at the same time. Those camera phones just sped up the "we're gonna hook up later" process. I can't tell you how many hours have been spent comparing pics girls would send.
New EMTs/Medics/Nurses are just fresh meat to see who could get to them first.
This post was edited on 4/16/24 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:29 pm to Lima Whiskey
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because everyone from college age girls
Where is this happening??
Posted on 4/16/24 at 1:05 pm to TheMountaineer
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Dating as a 40 Year Old Man, How Realistic is it?
Dating is a waste of time past 30. Just get hookers at that point.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 1:28 pm to Spaceman Spiff
All these old boys sure are looking for the right younger woman. America, right? To each his own.
Me: I just want a beautiful but star-crossed woman roughly my age who loves art and music and lives in the Marigny. An achingly beautiful, soft-skinned, barefoot Danish girl who climbs trees and rides horses and loves dogs and old people and great books and the bible and wants above all else to be a good girl for her man and be the PEACE he needs. I just want to breathe that woman in. But then, I'm a hopeless romantic swimming in a sea of sharks.
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Me: I just want a beautiful but star-crossed woman roughly my age who loves art and music and lives in the Marigny. An achingly beautiful, soft-skinned, barefoot Danish girl who climbs trees and rides horses and loves dogs and old people and great books and the bible and wants above all else to be a good girl for her man and be the PEACE he needs. I just want to breathe that woman in. But then, I'm a hopeless romantic swimming in a sea of sharks.
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Posted on 4/16/24 at 1:56 pm to Lsupimp
Get you a Latina around your age. They are fiercely loyal
Posted on 4/16/24 at 2:26 pm to ronricks
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You are 100% correct about Covid impacting the dating scene people don't go out as much and when they do they are glued to their iPhone etc.
People were glued to their phones before Covid, but the social dynamics has changed since Covid and I don't get it. It seems like there is a lot more bullshite you have to worry about and maybe people have realized you can find ways to entertain yourself for cheaper at home than to have to go out all the time, but it is weird how there is this pre-covid/post-covid change.
When things first shut down and everyone thought it was going to be for about a month at first, if that was the case I don't think it would have had an impact on people, but when it started to become clear that it could be a long time, I think it started to break people by the end of summer, maybe earlier.
I remember that summer just wanting shite to get back to normal. And then when things started to open up, it wasn't really "normal". There were limitations on how many people could be in a place.
But it seemed like that would have made dating somewhat easier. A lot of people shacked up, a lot of people should have been good and horny.
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