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Hello Ladies
I am new to the DWD idea. I was in a relationship for one year and he was still looking while dating me. I have to give it to him he never said we were just dating each other. But he felt bad when he was looking and he felt guilty. So i told him to go ahead and look and leave me out of it. Then he asked if i could be his best friend.
Well of course i can, i leave it up to him to come to me and i don't get bent out of shape when he has other dates. I have joined a new gym and have a personal trainer so i keep busy with that. I also have other friends and leave for the weekends a couple times a month. He says that on his 55th birthday in may he is going to make up his mind as to what he wants to do and who he wants to do it with.
well the lose is his not mine. I wish you all luck and blessings. I am growning up fast even at the young age of 50. Hurray for Us!

Hello everyone,
I am new to this site, and I look forward to some great advise from the other ladies out there. I am perplexed. I met a professor at my college and we were instantly attracted to each other. (He was not my instructor). We are both 50 years old. After deep eye gazing had occurred on two different occasions, I was smitten. I started bringing him home baked cookies, blushes and smiles. I soon followed up with a note that gave my name, phone number and a "one liner" that read: If you are interested call me. After two days he did, however; I missed the call. I saw him a few days later and told him I was sorry I missed his call. He said he was always looking for new "friends". He
said he would give me a call but never did. I continued to go and visit him at school two nights a week for appr. 20 minutes each time.
Everything was going smooth and we both disclosed that we were in other relationships that we were not happy with. His was dating someone and I am living with someone. After a few weeks I expressed that I would enjoy spending some time alone with him. He agreed and because of an extremely busy schedule, ask me to be patient with him and we would get together. Weeks passed and valentines day rolled around. I shopped for just the right card. I found one that I thought "was not mushy". It stated how I felt I had met a person that I wanted to get to know better. I gave it to him and kissed him on the cheek. That's when things started to change. He stopped coming to our regular meeting place and I felt I was being avoided. When I would try and talk with him in passing he would go into detail about his heavy workload and still ask for my patience. Spring break rolled around and I ask if he would have time then. Another excuse.
Weeks passed and I finally said to him, friendly, "Do you want to go out with me or not? He informed me that he would have to make a decision in regards to that. I stayed away for two weeks and he then informed me during our next meeting that he had "No" desire for a mate. He did go into detail about needing rest and that he wasn't even taking calls from friends because NO-One seemed to understand that he just doesn't have time to socialize. He expressed that once rested, he may see things differently. For the sake of slimming this down I have had to leave out some details. I am heartbroken and devastated. I don"t know what I did wrong. I have been advised to stay away and not contact him. Any advise out there would be appreciated! Thanks page for this site.

Hello everyone,
Allow me to be candid from the very start. I am a man, who, some time ago, signed up for Paige's newsletters out of interest and curiosity, to see if her advice made any sense from my perspective, and with hopes to gain some insight into the female perspective. I am not the enemy, nor am I intending to thwart or undermine your activities here. My dating skills are deplorable, for a variety of reasons which I will not bore you with at this time. I am a member here on this website as a result of a recent personal invitation from Paige, so I do not imagine that I am in any manner being devious. I will be glad to answer reasonable questions to the best of my feeble ability, or to join a thread should anyone invite me to participate. In the mean time, I will generally be a tacit observer.

Greetings everyone,

I was married for 16 years (pretty much my whole adult life). When i got divorced 3 years ago, dating was a complete mystery to me and I did not know what to do or how to act. Less than four months from reading "Dating without Drama" I am currently seeing someone and enjoying myself. I have learned not to treat dating like I would my work (loved that chapter). I can't thank Paige enough and look forward to being involved in this community.

Hi All
first time I have ever posted or put anything in a forum but willing to give it a try. I am a bit lost at the moment I am a forty something woman who has been left heartbroken after a 3 year relationship has ended.
I have never been married or have children of my own and I have been involved with a divorced man who has two teenage daughters. the eldest 17 lives with him. She treats him badly and interfered with the time we spent together.
On the whole we got on ok but there were times that she was quite unpleasant to me.
I have been reading Paige's book and whilst not ready to get back out there, have done a lot of looking at me.
I was wondering if any one has any insight into how I acn move on from this.
I felt that I was a good partner loving, supportive,able to compromise and understanding of some rather large difficulties at times and on some level still found lacking.
It would appear most likely that in my age group I am going to find myself dating someone in similar circumstances and I don't know if there is any point or if I am up for it.
I don't want to find myself competing for attention and I don't want to be alone. How does anyone deal with this?
In other areas of my life I am good.
I have a good job which I do well.
I have lots of friends who are very supportive and a good family.
But in this area of my life I seem to suck.