Based on the post, I suspect that his profession is also 'fake'...mental health. Hmmmm.

That, Navy, is a very hard way to learn...I am sorry you had to suffer physical abuse; I am sorry you still suffer...Emotional abuse is equally as bad...sometimes worse...

Thanks Leigh. When I am feeling my worse; I just have to be thankful that its only pain and that I didn't end up in a wheelchair or worse dead. Overall; I can't really complain as life is so precious to me.

Ladies please.I have been on this site and other sites to find the "ONE"and yet I have Failed.1 I have two kids who live with me.Even thou they are 14 and 12 and can take care of themselves and me.They can cook,clean brush thier own teeth,have 140 IQ's.I am independant and have been in karate most of my life,I'm 54 and very active,still go to school,I'm starting to volenteer at the Veterens hospital a few hours a week to do my part.I'm a former Marine,and yet I'm not good enough for you.This really pisses me off.My last girlfriend was 24.We broke up a couple of months ago.I put her thru her last year of college,Talked her into trying to go into the Air Force.Remodeled her house.For Free.Yet being a nice guy is like a sickness.What do you all want?Someone who will treat you as a queen or someone who will fool around on you and when you find out beats the hell out of you?????

Good for you!!! Best way! Put it behind you and move on to better things..I never want to become cynical...Peeps are good until they "prove to me" otherwise...It's what works for me.....Life is very precious and must not be wasted on that which we cannot change! Luv you girl!!

In your profile you said:

I guess you can say I have no baggage.

But your post above says quite the opposite. You are obviously hurt and angry because you adopted a 24 year old girl and she flew the coup.

My advice would be (if you asked me) to not think you can buy love or a wife. Try someone closer to your own age. Don't say you are 33 if you are 54.

You ask what women want, and I have said this before. We want strong, confident, grownup, responsible men. We want to be treated as people and as human beings, not as property, not as pets, not as sex objects, not as slaves.

Be honest, be real, and get rid of your baggage. And remember, most women are smarter than you.

Well JeannieB I certainly do like the sound of your last sentence!!! And said with true conviction too!!

Absolutely agreed and thanks again. Luv you right back as you are one classy lady.

I am really tired of hearing guys like you whine, stating that they are nice guys, and especially hate the reference to being treated like a queen. I met two or three proclaimed "nice guys" and they were the most abusive.

Ladies please.I have been on this site and other sites to find the "ONE"and yet I have Failed.1 I have two kids who live with me.Even thou they are 14 and 12 and can take care of themselves and me.They can cook,clean brush thier own teeth,have 140 IQ's.I am independant and have been in karate most of my life,I'm 54 and very active,still go to school,I'm starting to volenteer at the Veterens hospital a few hours a week to do my part.I'm a former Marine,and yet I'm not good enough for you.This really pisses me off.My last girlfriend was 24.We broke up a couple of months ago.I put her thru her last year of college,Talked her into trying to go into the Air Force.Remodeled her house.For Free.Yet being a nice guy is like a sickness.What do you all want?Someone who will treat you as a queen or someone who will fool around on you and when you find out beats the hell out of you?????

I am sure that there are genuine nice guys who have been abused by women who pretend to be nice ladies.

Oh, I have no doubt that this happens; its certainly not a one way street.

Believe me I know.

That is not a whine BTW

Believe me I know.

Give me her name I will kick her butt.

Ladies please.I have been on this site and other sites to find the "ONE"and yet I have Failed.1 I have two kids who live with me.Even thou they are 14 and 12 and can take care of themselves and me.They can cook,clean brush thier own teeth,have 140 IQ's.I am independant and have been in karate most of my life,I'm 54 and very active,still go to school,I'm starting to volenteer at the Veterens hospital a few hours a week to do my part.I'm a former Marine,and yet I'm not good enough for you.This really pisses me off.My last girlfriend was 24.We broke up a couple of months ago.I put her thru her last year of college,Talked her into trying to go into the Air Force.Remodeled her house.For Free.Yet being a nice guy is like a sickness.What do you all want?Someone who will treat you as a queen or someone who will fool around on you and when you find out beats the hell out of you?????

No; you don't strike me as the whiny type. I was referring more to all the threads I have read on here about why women don't like nice guys and how we all want abusers. Having been the victim of abuse; I find this offensive when someone makes such an insensitive remark like that. This guy struck me as just another guy that was frustrated and is making the same generalization. Interestingly; I read a book about why men love b-tches and this book was written with input from men. To sum it up; no man wants a clingy woman that is nothing more than a doormat. She stands her ground and doesn't come running to him when he wants her. I think the same can be said about women not wanting that in a guy. A man or woman can be nice without proclaiming it to the world; just need to be yourself but also don't let others push you around. Do you want me to kick the woman's butt? I am a big strong gal.