JUST for DATING this guy sounds like a good one to me. Date him, enjoy the attention and the dinners etc. Heck my ex loved and loves baseball, constantly games live, on TV and he would record those to show endlessly. Now back to your friend. If he is good to you and you enjoy him and have fun, take a book to these games (I use to) and it'll be over before you know it. I never should have married this man, bad move. I ran out of books, LOL

JJ, Yes, I do believe we are both correct on why guys love sports.

But have you ever been with a guy who you really connect with? One guy I dated ages ago, was creative, fun....well, okay, creative and fun. But I could talk about hairstyles, decorating and we even made our Christmas wrapping paper together.......the only problem was he was a shoplifter. It was like dating a girlfriend.

I guess I am questioning whether to wait on someone who I do have more in common with and risk getting a cheater, or another slim shady, or overlook some things I don't like and respect and enjoy the things that are really more important.

Chatty, I will take your advice and just enjoy the dinner. He is more amusing when he's not around his sports friends.

Daisygirl

Daisygirl,
I think the standards you've set for yourself are excellent and I wouldn't lower them, if it were me. Think of it like this...if you've ever had a choice whether or not to buy that dress you just loved, or get the one that's "okay" simply because it was cheaper, and you bought the one that was cheaper... how satisfied were you with the decision you made? If you are like me, you would wear it, but every time you did, you thought about the one that you REALLY wanted. Thus, you were NEVER satisfied with the cheaper one and usually ended up letting it just hang in the closet, or give it away. Course when you go back to get the other one, its gone. eh?

I think about what Daddy always told me and that was, "you deserve the best if you BELIEVE you deserve the best."

I also think that you made a very wise decision by dropping the guy who shop-lifted. A person that will steal, will do anything and in my opinion, could NEVER be trusted.

Have I ever been with someone that we "connected?" Yes, once. I let him get away for the cheaper version. Sigh...

JJ


JJ

JJ, the most important qualities are integrity, honesty and decency and I know I would be miserable married to someone without those.

I also ended an engagement with a guy who lied about how many kids and ex-wives he had. That was also an indication of very poor character. Bye bye.

Daisygirl

Sorry, I can just picture the guy hanging inthe closet.

LOL! Dotsieeee made a funnnneeeee...

You go girl!

Daisygirl, you sound pretty wise to me. I can't imagine you needing advice on the dating issue. I say you would be a better candidate to give advice to the rest of us! Go Daisygirl!

JJ

She is the one dating after all isn't she. JJ and I may as well be hanging in our own closets, boo hoo!!!

Well, wouldn't it be nice if we could just hang a man in the closet and take him out when we wanted something repaired, or the trash taken out......and for a little romance?

I'm not really dating - I think I'm too crotchety to date anyone long term.

Daisygirl

I went to dinner last night with the sports guy. It was pleasant and we will do it again probably, but not this weekend because he has to go out of town for a baptism. I think he's over his previous relationship a little more and is not so assuming. When we started dating before, he had only been single for about 3 or 4 months. He basically replaced his ex's name with mine on his schedule of theatre, ballgames, dinners w/friends, etc.

You go girl....have a ball, why not?