...That's therapy session 1
Sweet, when's sessIon 2?
...Seriously, though, I do understand Catherder's point. Many of the women I know are raising kids by themselves with no help from the father (not all, but the majority I know personally) and that certainly doesn't help their outlook much.
<CLEARS THROAT LOUDLY>
...No wonder all of us are single. The women are all angry. And the men are all... Well. (Just kidding. NOT MEANING to lump everyone in the same boat, honest!!!)
oh, never mind, guess you covered me with that part there.
I am clearly in some more rare and lonely boat... but at least I know how to Wakeboard!
If I were to date again (and I am somehow more comfortable with that notion after my last meeting with my lawyer), I'd be like many of yall and care more about whether or not someone has their life together than how many rings i could count after I sawed them in half. (JK, yall I'm way more Dexter's Lab than Dexter)
vs.
Factors for me definitely include, but are not limited to: how prepared they are to deal with the insta-fam (love my kids, it IS a deal breaker, thought I will stand with you when it comes to us vs. them drama, because they must accept you, also), what sort of end stage health issues will each of us likely have to deal with and how will the other react, how likely are they to wake up one day and decide that they missed out on being "young, wild, and free" and decide to go after that without me (not going down
That road again..btw, that song is a great way to put me in a bad mood and either clam up or go on a tirade), how comfortable are the both of us with not getting the references the other makes (because no one gets all my references & the other way about), yadda yadda yadda...
I'll be 36 this year, and if I were dating (which I am Clearly not ready to do), I'd possibly not think twice about someone in their 40's, but would have to scrutinize more thoroughly someone in their 20's.
For the right person, there is always more flexibility on certain details like age.