I guess I missed it, but hold your chin up high and keep smiling

I always believed that sometimes when sparrows fall out of the sky in great numbers, god was simply thinning the bird population.

Seriously, I do understand. Met a woman on social media recently that said we could text and get to know each other. (Why would texting mean you know someone?) She must have needed this textng and finally said we had been in contact for 2 weeks. That was a lie. I told her I could not use my phone at work and her last reply to me was "I give up." Apparently she wanted me to miss work and simply take off to be with her someplace. I'm not the fool that does that.

I've had potential mates lately, but unless you lie to confirm to their fantasies of the perfect man, they eventually lose interest. If you DO lie, you have to live it, and then it's still eventually found out.
I've lived alone for going on four years now and I'm not even sure I'd WANT another mate at this point.
Loneliness and boredom, perhaps? Still working on that one.

And that's a good thing.

Well, I'm 48, relatively poor and single and I simply don't care much about it. I became too comfortable with my situation and now it's me the greatest obstacle to get back in a relationship. Add that to a problem trusting people. Just do your best with what you have and don't care about the rest. People will criticise you either way.

I am single and loving it. Just imagine, nobody to compromise with, nobody that you have to say how much that dress costs, nobody who you have to cook for, nobody who wants a cup of coffee, etc, etc.