It sounds like you have judged them and decided that what they are doing is bad. If they are to be liberated, they should be able to make that choice for themselves and not have their decisions judged by others who have no idea what brings them pleasure or fulfillment in this life.

Hmmm, tells you how out of date I am. I don't have a sound alert for email. I get around to it when I get around to it.

Yeah, if I had the money and was willing to lose it in case the person was a scam. That is a risk I would often be willing to take. So far I haven't been scammed.

All depends. I have gone to meet someone for the first time and stayed in their house. A lot of it depends on how well you think you can control the situation. Oh, and how risk willing you are. I am fairly risk willing, i.e., I'll take the chance I am going to wake up in a hotel bathtub covered in ice with a note taped to my chest that I am missing a kidney.

Embrace it, rejoice in it, and drive on. Don't make that big of a deal over it. Its just something you enjoy, not some miraculous holy change your life kinda thing.

Not really, but I'll sit here and listen while you tell me what is making you feel down. And, I'm drinking beer by the way. If you want some, its nice and cold.

Driving a truck for bailing hay. I was 5 years old and stood on the seat of the truck steering it around the field while it was running in granny gear. The men were out back loading the hay.

Marriage is irrelevant once your kids are raised. A relationship is something that exists independent of marriage. You can be married without a relationship; you can have a relationship with out a marriage. And yes, I believe there is a point to a relationship.

Its like logs on a fire. Too close, and it can't get oxygen and burn. Too far apart and there isn't enough heat. A relationship has to be the right distance apart, and that distances changes with time. Its a like a dance, coming closer then backing away.

What does it matter? That is something you can cover when you start talking to someone. Don't sweat the click of a button.

Marriage is primarily an economic institution. Most of the legal relationships between a couple exist whether or not they get married. If you ever sign a joint tax return, you'll have to get divorced to go back to filing single, whether you were ever married.

It could happen to any of us if the circumstances were right.

Whether it is a lockdown or not varies State by State. Some states have it for 96 hours instead of 72. If you feel like you are drowning and need the help, don't worry about whether you get locked down. Your pets will survive just fine for 3 or 4 days. You might not.

I lost a very good friend to depression. I almost lost another, but she found timely help that included a lockdown. Depression isn't something that most people can deal with on their own; they need to seek help.

No. If I have a crush, I tell them.

Only a sick twisted repressive mind would think there was anything wrong with that.

Bottom line is I wouldn't marry someone I was incompatible with. And dramatically different views on money and credit would certainly qualify as incompatible.

I have the freedom to relocate nearly anywhere in the world, which I would have thought would make it easier for me. *sigh*

If they were a perfect match in every way but their perspective on the way they spend/save/handle their money, they wouldn't be a perfect match. I can see being in a relationship with them, but marriage??? Hell no. Marriage is almost entirely an economic partnership.

I suspect there are plenty of people who love online dating, so much they have no intention of doing the real thing. Online dating is safe and sterile. You can shut it off and walk away any time you like. Real life dating is messy. And its a lot harder to shut off and walk away from.

Email, chat, webcams, phones, will never substitute for real life, at least for me. I cherish the soft embrace of a woman. I crave the feeling of someone enthusiatically engulfing me with a whole body hug. Touch is so incredibly important to me.

Its not the person who is the boat anchor, its the difference on views of life. Two people, both with bad credit for the same sort of reasons, could get along swimmingly.

There are many reasons for why a person has bad credit, and most of them involve a difference in perspective on life from people with lots of money and good credit.