Family man seeks same
It seems that your approach to dating so far has a Goldilocks quality. You've tried dating people who you perceive are too old for children, you've dated people who are too young, and now, at 36, you are looking for someone who is just right.
Put the word out among your friend group and rewrite your profile on whatever online matching sites you use that you are a family oriented man, ready to have children with the right partner.
You might find (as I did at your age) that all of your peers seem to be taken.
If that is the case, if you want to get started on building your family, you can do so as a single man. Look into adoption, surrogacy, and fostering children. Also consider dating available men who are already dads. Being a stepparent is a unique challenge and joy.
Dear Amy: On occasion my wife and I will go out to dinner with two other couples. Since none of us drink, we always split the bill and tip evenly between us.
However, the last time we all went out one of the couples insisted on separate checks. When the checks came, the wife pulled out a gift card to obviously be applied to their bill.
Quite frankly my wife and I don't need a gift card contribution when we dine out, but I was appalled by her actions.
If my wife and I had a restaurant gift card, I would have applied it to the total bill -- or at least I'd have bought appetizers for the table!
If she did not want to share the gift card's value with us, then she should have saved it for when just she and her husband go to this restaurant alone.
What do you think?
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