WWhen did you decide you no longer wanted to date broken men/women?

[Fanfare690]

How old were you and what were your thoughts

[Chazmatazz269]

Mid thirties, i think. I had established a long term relationship at the time, but i was getting pretty weary of the games women play. So when that relationship ended in my early forties, i dabbled in dating long enough to realize nothing had changed. I went about developing some habits and crafting a profile that were meant to help weed out the players and the hurt women who hurt men. I discovered that that was the only kind of women i attracted. Ell oh ell! I quit dating.
You know that old saying, “You’ll find love when you stop looking for it”? It’s true.
I was still on FB at the time and some woman who also went to my high skool friended me out of the blue. Then she hooked me up with her friend that she thought would like me. I was leery, but the friend was extremely attractive and her profile didn’t send up any red flags. So we went out. We had a great year and i got the feeling she might be “the one”. Then we stumbled upon some major differences in parenting techniques. But they were her kids, so i had no place to suggest anything to her. I broke it off and i haven’t dated since.

[Fanfare690]

Well damn. I thought this was going to be a good comment. I'm sorry that happened to you...

[Anonymous]

Around 40. I was raised that all women are "ladies". Programming that took me far too long to unlearn. I foolishly believed that any "broken woman" as you called it, were just women that had a lot of bad circumstances. It never occurred to me that they were just really bad people.

[avery58]

After a relationship with a guy with a broken past

[Fanfare690]

Lesson learned. I love it

[nl171]

Never figured that one out

[NathanDavis]

I never did that in the first place

[eagle1951]

when i found the right woman

[Anonymous]

I cannot afford being that picky yet.