I have many concerns unfortunately

I don't have a violent temper, am just fed up with being taken for granted and won't stand for it anymore. Sorry you feel that way

I've don't have a history of violence either and haven't been violent in the past. There is only so much a person can take and I can't anymore

Have tried a few long distance relationships on various apps that I have paid for. Including uk ones. Am not going to bother with women anymore, they're all the same in my 57 years experience. F**k em. I'd rather be on my own now

I know exactly what you mean about women. Ive found a bicycle to be more reliable.

I knew a few in my younger days

women --or bikes ? or is it the same thing ?

Never went to bed with an ugly women, woke up with a few though

i never rode an ugly bicycle.

I'd like to think you giving up on women will only be temporary and before very long you will get back up on that horse and ride it again, if you don't you will miss out on a great deal of fun?

I was 54yrs when I parted from my wife after 36yrs of marriage, after around 6 months on my own this was starting to get to me at this time I did not even know there was such a thing as on line dating until my neighbour told me about it, I did not even have a computer at home at the time, a few days later I had a new Laptop and linked up to his service, before very long I was meeting some local ladies from my own area and even had a couple of longer term relationships lasting some months, unfortunately both of these women were Bi-polar running hot and cold whenever the mood takes them, both of them were 50 plus years and gone through the Mean O' Pause.

Later I was to join another dating site Russian Euro, from then it just got better, I started meeting Foreign women residing in UK and also a few women from eastern Europe, Romania, Bulgaria and Poland, all these women were a world apart from the fire breathing Dragons in UK, I would get them cheap return tickets with Ryanair for around £75 and fly them over, these women were in their mid to late 40's, I then met a woman from Italy she was a Filipina aged 48yrs (I was now aged 60) she had lived in Italy for 25yrs and had a good business there and it was with her I made my first trip over to the Philippines, she had a Condo in Manila and a car there in which her brother would drive us around, then we went down to her main house in Mindanao she also had a car there and her BIL would drive us in that one, at this time she was building an apartment block of 4 stories, later she turned this into a Hotel, anyway that trip was a big culture shock to me, we were surrounded by her extended family 24/7 she hired in a Karaoke machine for a week and this would start at 5.30am and go on for most of the day, when I finished with her I was to visit a few women in PH, retiring at aged 62 I then went to live there with a women who had been an OFW in Japan for 20yrs, she had a farmhouse on around 5 acres, but she was flat stony broke, I lived with her for a year spending a few million pesos getting her out of debt and upgrading her Farmhouse, I gave up on her and returned to UK and decided to GIVE UP on women, fortunately I never did give up my house in Scotland.

Some months go by this was during winter time and I was at a loose end I returned to Mactan Cebu to spend 3 months in a Guitar workshop there learning how to make Guitars, thinking I would go back to UK with my new skills and set up a workshop at home, however my Dancing head was in need of some stimulation and during this time I was meeting up with the ladies, one young woman was chasing me she was 32yrs of age and 31yrs my junior in the beginning I tried to resist her but my DH was to prevail so we got together and eventually she ended up Pregnant she had engineered this, anyway I stuck by her and we set up home together eventually I was to build a house for her and our Son, he is now 6yrs of age, as soon as this house was finished I returned home to my house in Scotland, this was requiring a lot of maintenance added to that a Tenant had caused a fire in a bedroom, I had been gone for 15 months and returned to PH 2 months ago, shortly after I had booked my flight to come here and still in UK I was to find out my woman was having and affair with the Pinoy BF, I am here in this house I built as I am writing this returning back home to Scotland in 10 days time I am now 71yrs of age and perhaps I should now consider giving up on women? but I have still to convince my Dancing head of this.

Of course I do have some regrets and sometimes I do wish I had done things differently? but overall the experience has been great, from the age of 54 up until I was 70 I really whooped it up and had the time of my life, spending my children's inheritance on wine women and song in the process, as far as I'm concerned my Bucket List is now complete and I do have some great memories to look back on.

Mr Goku1, I strongly suggest to you that you can be missing out on so much fun and to get back up on that Horse and start Riding again, maybe you should have a go with the women from eastern Europe, the flights over to there will be reasonably cheap and fast compared to traveling over to PH.

Take a break from the dating scene and do some soul-searching.
Get back in the saddle one day when you feel refreshed and you may be pleasantly surprised.

Blimey. How is it possible for grown adults to get so emotional over online dating with a girl you've never met, half your age and the other side of the globe? At least meet the girl first before you start thinking you are falling in love.

The woman's son was half the OP's age????

I doubt it matters anymore!!

I was also reading the other recent threads here about overly complicated scenarios and have got myself a bit mixed up as this chap had 2 threads! But my point remains. I cannot understand why grown adults get so emotionally invested in purely online romances. Play the field. It c an be 99% guaranteed that the lady here hasn't put all her eggs into one basket in dedicating herself to this guy. Assuming she's from a typical Filipino background and needs to support her family, of course she needs to maximise her own opportunities.

IMHO it's often loneliness... it's a bit like depression... not a lot of fun.

"Overly complicated scenarios".
I agree..too many..all made up.

Or the want of a maid,housekeeper and in many cases a trinket on the arm.

I am here in Phils for a short holiday during this time I have met two US guys, one has only been here 3 months got married, now separated and soon to leave the country, what fool would not leave the marriage out for at least two years or perhaps not even marry at all?

The other one was even more strange I met this couple two weeks ago the man had been in the country for 10 weeks and I was given an invite to their wedding on the 22nd of this month, they have ordered 5 pigs to eat at their wedding celebration 1 pig can be good for 100 persons, the man is small and slim maybe 65 to 70kgs and around 60yrs but the wife to be is a big fat Fecker of around 85kg and around 40yrs plus? she leads him along like he is a retard, which he may be? when you look into this mans eyes you can see the lights are on but no one is at home? however this may well work out, not too large an age gap, about the same level of IQ and he has this extra large playground which he will enjoy?

I never did find out but I do wonder if these guys have either been married multiple times (this is not uncommon with men from US) or perhaps never been married before either way they are both Cupid Stunts.

I must admit my own relationship here has not worked out that well we have and age gap of 31yrs, I thought us having a son together and building her a nice house would be enough for her, but her young Puzzy was biting her leg and she has a secret BF he is new on the scene we have been together for 7.5yrs and our son is now 6yrs, I had been back in my home country for an extended time when this all happened.