| Nearly 40, never married, and dating - feeling frustrated | Poor me! | Feeling frustrated becomes time to change something |
| I spent most of my 20s and early 30s focusing on work | Excuse for current situation | Foreshadowing |
| and traveling a lot | I'm a busy interesting person | Lots of people can manage work, travel, and a host of other responsibilities on top of it; no excuse |
| I was open to love | as long as I want it, it should come to me, right? | Passive attitude again...expects to just be given things |
| Due to looking for someone within my religion, my options have been extremely limited | there's so few Alpha religious choir boys for me! | but wait, if she lacks options, why does she act so picky? |
| I've dated outside of it, but it just works better when I'm with someone of the same beliefs | I'm a princess and I dersve perfect | again, no perspective to change herself. She places the burden on the world to meet her need. Notice up to this point there is no mention of anything she brings to a potential relationship |
| But now I'm nearly 40 and have never been married | the WALL is approaching! | it's already over for her...she is just not willing to realize it due to my biological clock, and I feel like the window has narrowed even further |
| Over the last few years, I've had some really good and bad relationships that haven't worked out for various reasons | it's not me, it's something or someone else! | assuming she's been dating since age 16, and she's a good branch swinger, she could have had ~20 years of "dating experience" by now. With some self reflection, should it be so hard for her to keep a relationship? |
| I feel like some guys don't even consider dating me because the want to have a family | why do I get less attention now than when I did at 22? | the lessons she is learning at ~38/39 she should have learned at 26/27. But she was * busy* |
| I would really like a family too but feel like it may not get to happen now, and that fact makes me really sad. :( | why don't I get what what I want? Wah! | "may not get to happen"...again no mention of what she is doing to change her situation |
| Right now it feels like my only option may be guys much much older than I am. | Why doesn't Chad want me? | no explanation needed for the "nearly 40s" spinster |
| Bonus comment: I'll take another break. The holidays can be brutal but there's still much fun to be had. :) | oh well, the carousel is still fun! | some people never change |
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