Gyps,
I'm certainly NOT saying that all older women are bitter and/or cynical. I was simply repeating what older men have told me they believe about women their age (which is why they look for 20-somethings).
For myself, I see myself as being fairly good-natured with occasional bouts of the blues, and it just happens to be that during those times of deeper thinking that I take to written words, often here on CC. The funny thing is that in real life, everyone calls me "bouncy" and "happy all the time" while online, people probably think I'm the grim reaper.
It's because this is the only actual time I get to talk, which is why I love writing. In everyday life or in conversations, I wind up doing 85% of the listening.
I do, however, find myself wanting to keep in touch with everyone who says they've written to a "future someone" in their lives, whether a spouse or a child, which I think is extremely sweet.
However, when I was 26, I believed very much that God was telling me I was going to have a child. Four children, in fact, and what to name them. I was EXTREMELY excited and had 2 well-meaning church members even "confirm" what I believed God had told me. But it never came to pass. Yup, I know all about Sarah and Abraham but now that I'm in my 40's, the desire has passed.
I would, however, really like to hear and learn from the people who DO get it right--who hear from God accurately and they find that spouse and have the babies God has told them about. Someday, I'd love to know them in the future and hear their story in reverse, because when we're sitting and talking over coffee and watching their kids playing in the yard, I'm sure they could teach me a lot about what they heard from God and how to REALLY hear from Him.