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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I suppose I do find myself thinking about my friends or relatives who are still single who are around my age or a bit younger or older (late 30s to early 40s) and think I know better about what they should be doing / should have been doing if they wanted to get married.  Some problems I "see:"

1)  Living out in the boonies (exurbs) during those crucial "need to meet people" years -- 20s, 30s

2)  Never going out -- spending much of their time doing fuddy-duddy, housewifely things:  planting flowers, tinkering in their home, baking, etc.

3) Same as #2 above, but hanging out at home with their cats

4)  Having a career which has severely limited possibilities for meeting male coworkers, mixing and mingling with colleagues who are male.  Sorry, but I put teachers in this mix.  I have seen too many females friends and relatives of mine who are teachers who have a really hard time breaking out of the "teacher happy hour, PTA Auction Night, tutoring" Bermuda Triangle of Socializing.[/quote]

About #2:  I LOVE doing fuddy duddy stuff- gardening, baking, decorating my house, you name it.  I think my single friends think I am a nut but it makes me happy, much happier than bar hopping or whatever.[/quote]

I can be just as much as a fuddy-duddy as anyone, don't get me wrong, but if you want to meet someone to date and/or get married, you have to have a time for fuddy-duddy things and you have to have times where get out there.  No one's going to magically intuit that you are in your house, dabbling away, and think, "I must meet her!  Show me the way to the wife of my dreams!"  You gotta get out of the house for Prince Charming to find you.  [/quote]

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