Reply #14: I doubt you'll be alone forever, what with having such an excellent perspective and all.

[Richard Steele]

I'm pushing 40 now, and starting to look like I'm 65...

But I had about 15 years where I was generally considered
to be a pretty attractive man, and I moved in some circles
where I actually had to turn down a lot of offers of cheap,
meaningless "hook up" sex.

I've turned down more women than I've slept with, and I've
gone years at a time between lovers...

Because I could never "be with" anyone I didn't actually LIKE,
and want to spend time with.

So when I finally met "the one", all the waiting was worth it,
and I had very little in my past to be ashamed of.


Bear in mind- just 100 years ago, lots of "gentlemen" aged 35 were
VIRGINS who had never been on a date. They were expected to focus
upon a white-collar career, to work 80 hours a week until they
were appointed a "junior partner" in their Company, before their
financial future was secure enough to start taking a few hours a week
to go looking for a wife.