As An "Older" Single, What Advice Would You Give to Younger Singles?

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taggerung

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Don’t fall into the trap of limiting yourself to dating only people within your church. You don’t catch king salmon in stock ponds.
 

Jewel5712

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Don’t fall into the trap of limiting yourself to dating only people within your church. You don’t catch king salmon in stock ponds.
Good way to find "like minded" christians though..i would LOVE to find a single man my age in church but a lot of men only go to church if theyre married..
 
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Don’t fall into the trap of limiting yourself to dating only people within your church. You don’t catch king salmon in stock ponds.
Hi! OMGosh, I had no idea u were back and I made a unicorn avatar! How weird is that??! :D
 
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In a wrap: Have standards, develop your self worth, focus on God's will exclusively at all costs.

It never ceases to amaze me how many adult women, allow themselves to be used and abused by men and then lament in despair and confusion about why it all came to be. In what should be a dating/getting to know you period, when there is no formal commitment involved;

"yes i'll sleep with you"
"yes i'll spending years (years of no formal commitment being made, picking up after his responsibilities) raising your children from another/other women"
"yes i'll be a doormat"
"yes i'll be used and abused"
"No I haven't bothered to see if you're a serious believer and committed your life to Christ"
"Yes I'll live with you / sleep with you / raise your children from someone else / pay your bills / it doesn't matter that you have no steady job / don't contribute / don't treat me with respect / haven't got marriage on the cards / - I will waste months / years of my life, and then when I see you leaving / find you with other women / wait for you to decide we're not compatible, I turn around and ask 'why' with a broken mind, body and spirit."


A person could be wonderful and do almost all the right things, but it doesn't take long to know from the Lord whether this is the right person according to His Will you are to be betrothed too. Rather than let that time slip away from you being devoted to someone who is not going to marry you and using you for their own agenda, it is up to you take initiative "This does not meet my expectations" and depart on your own accord instead of giving yourself and your life away.

Having self esteem, knowing you're the prize, not jumping like a dog to a bone each time he looks your way for attention, having expectations and standards of honesty, respect and commitment and following through with these are key in preventing bad experiences and attracting the right person according to God's will into your life.
 

VincentG

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a old rule was to never give your key of your apartment to your GF...I think thats so not until you know the relationship is serious or from what I remember you might have another gal in there and don't want her to walk in. either way I don't know how it applies today that we are christians now.
 

Jewel5712

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a old rule was to never give your key of your apartment to your GF...I think thats so not until you know the relationship is serious or from what I remember you might have another gal in there and don't want her to walk in. either way I don't know how it applies today that we are christians now.
No key to bf or gf til married especially at MY house since most clothes go off right after work..lol (clothes r over rated!) lol probably tmi..sorrry...:(
 

VincentG

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No key to bf or gf til married especially at MY house since most clothes go off right after work..lol (clothes r over rated!) lol probably tmi..sorrry...:(
same as me i.ve been in my shorts all day..
 

Jewel5712

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same as me i.ve been in my shorts all day..
Hot n overcast here again..gonna rain and my allergies r feelin it!

Hows your day going vinny? I have fridays off from work n its kinda dead on cc most of the day til the ones "across the pond" chime on in..lol
 

VincentG

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No key to bf or gf til married especially at MY house since most clothes go off right after work..lol (clothes r over rated!) lol probably tmi..sorrry...:(
I was looking at one of your post abd you kinda a newbie to ..I thought you been here for year with as many posts you have.
 

VincentG

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Hot n overcast here again..gonna rain and my allergies r feelin it!

Hows your day going vinny? I have fridays off from work n its kinda dead on cc most of the day til the ones "across the pond" chime on in..lol
other than being here bored..I expect that I will be here tomorrow the next day friday thru the week end up until wednesday then its goodbye vinny for awhile.