Sarcasm goes unnoticed...

Actually, I do consider myself a very stubborn a$$hole. I just don't try to be.

As a guy, I know that single "mothers" don't scare me off. Actually all the women I've dated in the past few years have been single moms. Might be because I'm getting older and looking for a woman who knows how to care for other people, good mothers have to have that ability.

I think it is more the fact that it is hard to "date" a single mom, especially if they have their kids all the time.

As for the thinking it won't happen to you, I think everybody has that feeling at some point in your life. I've been engaged twice and I know after the second broke things off with me I felt like I would never meet the "one". But, I have dated since then, and even though they didn't work out I know that the chance is still there and I have learned through experience that it will happen when you least expect it to. I would have to say the best way to overcome the thoughts/feelings that are involved try and do stuff that gets your mind off it. Hit the gym, go for a run, spend time with your kids and enjoy them while they are young. It's all a matter of doing what you need to do to be happy with you. I'm very codependent, but I've been single since October and really I haven't been looking too hard for another relationship. I've been focused on getting back into excellent shape and getting my career where I want it to be.

Just stay strong, focus on you, and let the other stuff come when it comes. Lord knows, trying to force something just creates more stress in life.

Cause Nice Guys Finish Last. Hell, Green Day laid it out pretty straight for everybody years ago.

I feel ya man. I've thought about becoming one of the ********, but ya know, it's just not me...

At least I don't have to worry about spending my money on a woman.

Actually I don't fall into any of your generic categories, none of which describe anything less than inconsiderate men. Not all men are ********. I'm being one now, because it's another woman's pathetic cop-out.

Oh cut it with the categorical ****. Women can be put into categories too, but I won't delve into lowering myself to that. Human beings are more complex than most people would want to believe, and just because you've met the worst of a gender doesn't mean you can lump all of the gender into 3 categories.

Let's put it this way. The reason you can't find men outside of those three categories is because the ones that are outside those bounds are already taken, not looking, or don't want to waste their time with people who hold such a narrowminded view.

In no win situations, I feel it is best to do nothing.

You give in to her, she will feel right, and where will the giving in stop.

You don't give in to her, she will still feel right, and be pissed that you didn't give her what she wanted.

Either way you're in the dog house until her emotions calm down, which depends on how much it effected her.

I say, drop the subject and go on like it's no big deal. Eventually, she will calm down about it...

I would highly recommend pulling the bow out on her birthday though. That might just qwell the issue all together, but don't do it before then. Stand your ground.

Hope it works out for you.

I wouldn't spend more than 15 on a meal for myself, so it would follow suit that if she wants a meal that costs more than 15 she's too crazy for me to date...

Now if every woman thought like you... lol

first alcoholic beverage: 15/Narragansett(brand) just a sip...
first beer I finished: 18/Budweiser
first favorite hard alcohol: Vodka(straight)
first blackout: freshman year of college, everclear and koolaid

first car: 1984 Olds Omega (The BEAST)
first car on a payment plan: 2010 Mustang V6 Premium Package

Almost 30... first fiancee long since out of my life...

first kiss: 15
first sex: 19
first degree: 24
first enlistment: 25
first deployment: 26
first pre-fabricated family: 27
first serious move out of my home state: 28
first tooth pulled: 29

lol, did the woohoo...

I'm actually glad I waited until 19. It meant a lot more at that point. Now if she hadn't cheated on me, life might be different...

Why shouldn't I be here?

19 years old, with my first fiancee...

Old enough to die for your country, old enough to have a say in it's politics...

Personally I think that the drinking age should follow suit.

I like living alone because if I decide I just don't want to clean the place today, I can say f*** it and nobody will tell me otherwise.

Overrated? HELL NO

Done for the wrong reasons? Occasionally

Pleasurable? Actually scientifically, it is actually pretty painful. If it wasn't for the chemicals your body produced when you got aroused, it would feel like getting an indian burn. OUCH

7 guys walk into a bar.

#7 needs to find a new group of friends.