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re: mid 30s and tired / burned out...

Posted on 6/2/14 at 8:56 pm to
Posted by Luke
1113 Chartres Street, NOLA
Member since Nov 2004
13419 posts
Posted on 6/2/14 at 8:56 pm to
Lost the wife about five years ago due to an illness, no kids... just an extremely demanding career and complete disgust over dating... women are 90% nuts
Posted by CurDog
Member since Jan 2007
28082 posts
Posted on 6/2/14 at 8:57 pm to
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Lost the wife about five years ago due to an illness

sorry to hear that


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women are 90% nuts


woman are 110% nuts
Posted by ZacAttack
The Land Mass
Member since Oct 2012
6416 posts
Posted on 6/2/14 at 8:59 pm to
Gotta find that work/life balance. Work less, play more, bitches be crazy, is my life motto.
Posted by dawgfan1979
Red hills of Jawja
Member since Jul 2010
6431 posts
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:00 pm to
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Lost the wife about five years ago due to an illness, no kids... just an extremely demanding career and complete disgust over dating... women are 90% nuts



Sorry to hear.

It gets better..I promise
Posted by TheDrunkenTigah
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
17334 posts
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:00 pm to
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Lost the wife about five years ago due to an illness, no kids... just an extremely demanding career and complete disgust over dating... women are 90% nuts


That sucks man. Since you shouldn't have much financial burden as a single guy I'd say look at getting a less demanding job and then find some hobbies you really like. Volunteering is a pretty rewarding way to get outside your usual circle and maybe meet a chick who isn't bat-shite.
Posted by Tiger n Miami AU83
Miami
Member since Oct 2007
45656 posts
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:03 pm to
I'm sorta where you are, but I gave up dating to make life easier. Being in a relationship is draining to me. I keep my going out to the weekends, get laid, but don't try to date. I don't always get laid, but I do enough to keep me happy.

That is just what I have discovered works for me at this point in my life. My career has been steadily progressing along with income. That is important to me for future security. Me enjoying myself and life is more important and I like to have fun above all else. However, I just find women when it comes to the relationship part to be draining and stressful. Plus I'm selffish and still enjoy strange tail.
Posted by Isabelle
Member since Jul 2012
2726 posts
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:05 pm to
My daughter is available.
Posted by Mike da Tigah
Bravo Romeo Lima Alpha
Member since Feb 2005
58963 posts
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:05 pm to
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Lost the wife about five years ago due to an illness, no kids... just an extremely demanding career and complete disgust over dating... women are 90% nuts


No, they're 100% nuts. It's just how much nuts can you take that's the question.

My suggestion to you though Luke would be to forget the nonsense and focus your attention on an interest or hobby that gives you purpose for living. Forget the nonsense for a little bit and get some renewed focus. Work is a MF for most of us and we all get in a rut. That's not unique to you. You just need to shift gears and shake it up.

Posted by lsu480
Downtown Scottsdale
Member since Oct 2007
92877 posts
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:15 pm to
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Lost the wife about five years ago due to an illness, no kids... just an extremely demanding career and complete disgust over dating... women are 90% nuts



frick. You need to do something drastic or you are going to stay miserable.
Posted by makinskrilla
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jun 2009
9728 posts
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:18 pm to
woman are 100% nuts, btw
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
47538 posts
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:27 pm to
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. just an extremely demanding career and complete disgust over dating... women are 90% nuts

You need some NSA pussy and a drug fueled weekend getaway. Vegas. Do you.
Posted by MMauler
Member since Jun 2013
19216 posts
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:40 pm to
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... women are 90% nuts


There's your problem -- you give women WAY too much credit!
Posted by Lloyd Christmas
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
4283 posts
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:13 pm to
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complete disgust over dating... women are 90% nuts


same boat. I quit a few years ago. Single women in their 30's are damaged and broken looking for any guy to be their sperm donor. OT poor, so no money to buy younger women.

I don't know what women think they are selling. Spending $400 a month to get sex, where I can achieve the same result with 10 minutes and the internet, without the bitching or hearing her stupid problems. I can use that $400 bucks a month to travel or get a new vehicle. Dating is a pretty terrible return on investment
Posted by Captain Rumbeard
Member since Jan 2014
4189 posts
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:24 pm to
I hit that wall the first time in my thirties. Affected my work, I was at the peak of my profession and I fricking hated it. No amount of money was worth it so i moved on. Ended up taking a job where I made decent money but was completely in control of my time. Raised my kids myself. Sailed a lot. Enjoyed life. But eventually that job was lost to a hurricane and some incompetent ownership and I found out that I'd just spent most of a decade painting myself into a corner career wise.

Just took a VP position at the age of 47 that's either my dream job or the death of me. Starts next week.

Long story short, life is what you live through. So live it.
Posted by CrimsonTideMD
Member since Dec 2010
6925 posts
Posted on 6/2/14 at 11:55 pm to
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Lost the wife about five years ago due to an illness


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Fellas im a highly educated professional that busts my arse 6 days ...just too damn tired from everything... work, gym, social life


Buddy, I just want to let you know that you're doing much better than you think you are. And I don't mean that to diminish the feelings that you shared. But if I lost my wife, I'd probably crawl in a hole and never come out.

It takes years to recover from a loss like one's spouse. That you have managed to continue to thrive in your career and maintain any resemblance of physical fitness and a social life is pretty damn impressive.

So keep trucking, man! Just put one foot in front of the other, every day, and you'll break through to the other side eventually.
Posted by uway
Member since Sep 2004
33109 posts
Posted on 6/3/14 at 10:59 am to
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Lost the wife about five years ago due to an illness, no kids... just an extremely demanding career and complete disgust over dating... women are 90% nuts


Sorry about your loss.
But you now have a great opportunity. Step 1 would be listening to the voice telling you something needs to change.
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