Single!!!

“Especially after reading the marriage thread, and then the one with all the lines, I felt I had to post the damn good news that I am totally single once more, and couldn't be happier- Nothing wrong with the married life, don't get me wrong, it's cool that so many people have found someone that they're happy with, like Geo and his divorce lawyers. J/K :)”

“You'll regret it. Just ask Walkindude. At first he though divorcing his wife was the best thing he ever did. But soon he started missing her and has been carrying a torch ever since.”

“hmm...i have hiked and camped with the dude, he's spent a couple of days at my home, went swimmin and paddling...and not once did i see him carrying a torch...we sure could have used it one frozen time up at shining rocks.....he must leave it at home when he goes backpacking and stuff....”

“I'm telling you om the Dude fessed up around the campfire last year. Said he realized too late that he left the only woman who could make him happy. Said he wished we were like Ireland where you can't get a divorce.”

“That's sick.”

“The bride is my best friend, my best hiking partner, my best advisor, and one of the nicest people I've ever met. We met on a train going into Nice, France in 1979, and we've never parted. Without her I would be totally and completely lost. I was married once before from 1969-72. That was just an error on both of our parts...it ended most amicably.

Today we fly to Dallas to get a niece married off. I hope she is as happy as we have been.”

“it's really hard to swim with a torch....”

“3mph = lizzy2?? Liking to raise a little hell-type troll with untruths?”

“Single, wanting to believe, but thinking it might be best to get on with life.

Leaving relationships, even when they are moribund, creates a definite emotional void. It takes at least three or four years to get completely over it. Even then, some don't. Others are over it immediately. Go figure.

Am I happy with single life? Sometimes yes and sometimes no. But after all the wars I've been through, it will be hard to ever trust again, and trust is one of the foundation stones of a good healthy relationship.

But, like Judy Tenuta says, "It could happen!"”

“Not to you Geobeater.”

“Thanks ULTRAPinhead!”

“UltraPaker, your other half must be a saint!”

“I enjoy long walks on the beach, and watching the sun set beneath the ocean waves, I would like . . .

ohh... oops, isn't this the personal ad section of TT?

sorry”

“If the sun set beneath the ocean waves, wouldn't it go out???”

“No it would just boil the ocean away.”

“Do you think by "long walks on the beach" they mean The Lost Coast Trail, in the rain?”

“I really wanted my marriage to work... especially since my kids were still in the house. I didn't want a divorce at all, but looking back, over all, I have to say: "It is better to have loved and lost, than to have spent my whole damned life with her!"”

“Amen Ped, Amen! Losing was such sweet sorrow.”

“OK, so I've said it before.
"I really wanted my marriage to work... especially since my kids were still in the house. I didn't want a divorce at all, but looking back, over all, I have to say: "It is better to have loved and lost, than to have spent my whole damned life with her!""
pedxing
10:29:37 AM
10/11/02


pedxing, you bring up an interesting point. How many people have stayed married for the kids when they should have gotten out.

At a company I use to work for the Mfg. Eng told me that when his last kid moved away to college it was the first time in yrs that he had been alone with his wife. The first thing he asked her was "who are you", she replied with the same question, they were divorced in 6 months and both of them are very happy and realized that they had stayed together just for the kids.”

“Just for the record, I think my first post was misleading- I have never been married. Engaged, yes, but realized later that I need to be a lot more sure about who I want to spend the rest of my life with. When a marriage is a good one, It's the best thing in the world. When it's a bad one, it's the worst.”

“What happened corporal, did she run off and leave you at the altar after you hit your chin on it and fell down?”

“Ewker, it is so dumb to stay together for the kids. When I was 16 and my little sis was 15, we actually got together and told our parents to their faces, "If you guys are staying together because of us, you're screwing us up more. Get a divorce already." Life was much better after and I have much better relationships w/ both of them.”

“I ain't seen my wife for two or three years, I'm a happily married man.

-Duane Allman”

“No, her pops repaired sidewalks for a living, it was like a whole Montague/Capulet relationship. plus we had our own differences. I'm a Cancer, which means I'm a trusting and caring individual, and she was a #&%!$. Those two signs just don't get along.”

“LOL @ Corp!”

“CN sounds like a charter member of my Don't Marry A B!tch Club. Congratulations on making the correct decision!”

“I hear ya Corporal... I broke up with a woman for religious reasons once.




She thought she was God and I disagreed”

“Gawd, I wondered what happened to her after the divorce!”

“lol@donman!”

“Funny this should come up now... but....I separated just three weeks ago...Geo your not the only one with those problems, I stayed married to her for 19 years because of the kids and I dont regret it as I know they would have been much worse off if we separated earlier. I dont believe she will be reasonable for the divorce so I just simply decided to leave everything behind and start over.(knowing her,she will try to contest it :D)

oddly enough, like walking dude I know that after 19 years and 3 children I will miss her in a way, but then many prisoners after being tortured and mistreated for long periods of time also miss their captors. Even a bad relationship has its memories and the bad things are forgotten much more quickly then the good ones.

unfortunaly I also lost a dear and close friend of mine, she was a k-6/2 - 500 aopen with a full linux install. (sniff) I will miss the old gal. I am currently dating around to replace her tho as I know I need to get over her loss. I have considered a few of the really younger ladies of gen 64 set but They seem a bit to snooty for me. maybe a petite middle aged gal is more my style these days.perhaps wiser and more tolerant of my deviant computing habits :}




soooooo... Hey NG! If I showed up with a dozen roses and a box of KY would you consider going out with me? (I dunno maybe the roses are too much?)”

“There's nothing worse than running from one dead-end relationship into another. Even dating can be a drag.

Spend some time focusing on your needs and where you want to head. There are a lot of issues to deal with after separating from a long-term relationship, and you will find that it is not easy. Seek out your friends when you need emotional support, and you will need emotional support. Let go of negative feelings; they're like hot potatoes.

What I learned was that I had spent so much time basing my value on what SHE thought of me that I had neglected to really know myself and assess my value to me. Those emotional strings, positive or negative, are not always easy to break.

Good luck to ya.”

“I hear ya, but this has been a long time coming and I plan ahead for most things... I sortta know what I want But I know it takes time... In the mean time Im thinking AT....”

“AT is good. It's been a haven for me.”

“Dirty, I will now add you to my list of nastiest pick-up lines. Thanks.”

“ROLFLMAO!!!!!”

“Now ya know why he's separated Newgie!”

“Hint: Lose the part about the KY for the first couple dates at least.”

“Awwwww, now ya went and broke his poor achy breaky heart.”

“NAWWWW.... geo she didnt say no... she just wants to date a few times first... :) Its the flowers,dinner,dancing thing women seem to like to have before you take them to the orgy.

round trip airfare.....750
dozen roses.............75
dinner for two ........100
date with fun attractive young lady...

PRICELESS

@}------------------”

“Spoken like a true Dirty Old Man. I can see I have much to learn before achieving dirty old mandom.”

“It truly is an art geo and requires a vivid imagination. It is a shame this is only a fantasy as NG wont come out to the east side... If she did she would spend the first two weeks just going out to dinner with everyone :Poor girl would leave here fat as a pig and never having seen a trail! Worse once she does get back everyone will say "she was such a nice girl before..."”

“Knowing what little I know about our newgie, she would break a record number of hearts and the suicide rate amoung young single men would go through the roof.

Better she stays in Montana.”

“Recommended Reading

Not that you need any schooling in that regard... Far from it, LOL”

“LOL, I think DOM can use that one.”

“Tilt, I just noticed you are an astronomer? I have a friend who is an astronomer with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory out in New Mexico.

He was assigned for a few years to their facility in Greenbank, WV. I would go down to see him during camping trips and had the run of the place. I was there for the dedication of the new Greenbank Telescope a couple of summers ago.

Joe's line of work is star formation. He explained it all to me once, and I actually understood about half of it. Interesting stuff.

The GBT is really huge. They're still doing shakedown on it.”

“Oh yeah... Greeenbank's an historic spot. It was really strange how the the original structure collapsed like that... I forget what caused it.

When it was reported in "Sky & Telescope", the file photo they used was a group shot of about 30 researchers posed under the telescope. S&T commented wryly that if the failure had occured at that moment, there would have been lots of openings for up-and-coming radio astronomers.

I saw something pretty funny just last night. I was cruising through the channels before nodding off and there was a (new?) Bon Jovi video... shot out in the desert using the Very Large Array as the backdrop for Some reason, LOL”

“That was the 300-footer that collapsed. It was a monster, but the new GBT is larger and fully steerable.

The old one collapsed in the remnants of a hurricane if I remember correctly. That left the 140-foot job as the main scope. It was being used by SETI last I heard. Joe took me into the room where the main ball bearing for that dish is located. That is one huge ball bearing.

Since the GBT is still in shakedown they do not even begin to know what its full capabilities are, but they have made a few nice finds with it in the process.

The GBT, when elevated just right, really dominates that mountain valley. If you were driving along and had no idea what to expect, it would be one shocking surprise.”

“Way Cool!

<G>”

“So what is your specialty and background?”

“Oh, I'm Strictly Amateur (I know just enough to be dangerous), but it's a great excuse to stumble around in the dark and freeze my ass off, <G>. Originally, it's what got me into camping and on into Backpacking.

I went back to school a few years ago and got a BS in Computer Science... but I did wrangle a programming internship at Goddard Space Flight Center back in '95 (talk about being a kid in a candy store).

What this has to do with being single, I don't know. Except for the Geek Factor, LOLOL”