I'm going to go along with him on this. He nailed it right.

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04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
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I don't know that you can change your personality. You can bury it deep but not sure about a total change. You can impress me on a job interview but can you keep it up for the long haul?

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99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

For a man who says he doesn't care about what others think, you seem to be hell bent on trying to make her think well enough about you to want to spend time with you. Which way do you want it? If you don't care what I think about you, why would you think that I would want bother to work something out with you?

We all do care on some level or at least have to care if we want to proceed. If I had an employee like you, I'd have tossed you a long time ago. If you don't care what I think about you, you are more likely to be doing what you want and not what I want you to do. I'm more willing to put up with employee faults than the same fault in a spouse. One person I see 40 hrs a week. The other I see daily. You do the math. Men can date younger because it is socially more acceptable. You are seen as being virile enough for a younger woman. IOW you gain some admiration from your peers. Like it or not, women are not in that same category. My wife will not want to go to important functions with a slob for instance any more than I do. So, either get used to being alone because of the way you are and hope for a miracle or keep grumbling about it to no avail.

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99 E300 Turbodiesel
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05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

I'll be 50 and July. And I don't feel a day older than 70.

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Hello???? Seriously? Do you think this might be part of the problem? I suspect that age was far less of a mitigating factor than you would like us to believe.

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Anyone who has to lie on an internet dating site, and then ask for relationship advice on a car forum couldn't get laid in a womans prison with a handfull of pardons, much less attract a worthwhile mate. Get used to being lonely and bitter spdrun- it is your destiny.

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A friend of mine, a guy who is 63, went through all of this after his second wife left him. Sometimes having a wife who is 20 years younger than you works out, sometimes it doesn't.

So I told him he should consider his strengths and his weaknesses and just be 100% honest. So he listed his strengths, which consist of a few million in real estate, a ranch in south Texas, an Estate type home in the Dallas area, a University degree and an income of about $35,000 a month from other investments.

He said he would explain his negatives in person after the third date. He figured his negatives would be apparent to anyone by that time, and so far a few women have found his 'negatives' to be among his positives. (If you know what I mean and I think you do.)

So far he has not had any trouble with getting responses, but just to cover his bets he also invested in a film production company.

If you want to meet women with a very, uh, progressive outlook on life that is the best way he has ever found. When people ask him what he does for a living he just tells them he is a Film Producer.

And so far that seems to be working well for him.

Liars meet liars and are surprised.

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Unscientific experiment -- most of the people who bother responding to me claim to be same age or slightly older (range: 32-42) anyway. Maybe there's no need to lie after all.

I haven't actually had the cojones to meet any randoms for a drink/coffee yet, but I guess it's not really less safe than meeting a new client or someone whom I'm buying/selling equipment from.

In other words lie like a rug?

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Heh. You're kidding, right?

Yes well after all you are after their equipment as well it seems. You want to close the sale? Really though perhaps you are not projecting well or projecting some thing or in a way the opposite sex do not like or comprehend. Pursuit of the randoms might help you learn. Ask them for their opinions for example.

Humour of the spontainiouis type is good but you almost have to have it in your soul. Some components of human nature have to be learnt as well. It does take time and effort. Remember it is much like a dog chasing car tires. It is a lot of fun or should be until you get your teeth into the tires. I used to tell them that I was not easy but have made exceptions from time to time.

True. My slight concern is that they may turn out to be Charles Manson with a "borrowed" profile pic. Though Manson would probably have used pictures of his teenaged followers, not 30 somethings, if the intarwebz had existed in 1969.

"Safe" really isn't your concern and you know it.

Your issue is that insecure feeling that you get when you meet a new woman.

The only way out is to do it without any expectations whatsoever. Women are classic for planning the marriage prior to meeting on the first date, and when it doesn't work out, they're outraged.

Just try to go out with a bunch of them on random lunch or dinner dates until it becomes second nature for you. If you cannot be relaxed and engaging and are constantly self-conscious, they'll smell it a mile away and run for the hills.

Like anything else, it takes practice.