Any Single Disney Men Out There?

[rer1972]

Hello! Recently single, with a cancelled Disney trip...and ready to mingle!

Just wanted to introduce myself in what appears to be the most popular thread in this particular forum. You'll most likely be seeing me around these parts a bit more often...

 

[DisneydaveCT]

I'm not totally sure WHAT I'd do on a first date. Since this dating thing is new to me,(widowed 2 1/2 years) i'm at a loss for ideas. I live in Boston, and there is plenty to do, but I'd have no clue where to start (that comes from being a terrible decision maker!!). So hopefully, the ball wouldn't be in my court for the first date! (subsequent dates would be a different story, by then I think the nervousness would subside and I could be creative )

A meeting at Disney sounds great! But wouldn't anybody be the least bit apprehensive meeting someone for the first time, wayyyyyyyyyyy out there (I act as if it's on the other side of the country, and truth be told, if I can fly to Vegas to meet folks, then I could certainly fly to Disney World ) But, my question is (and yes, I really do have one). What if the first meeting isn't all that great? Isn't a trip to Disney to meet one person, a little extreme for a first date? What if you don't "hit it off"?

Don't mind me, I'm rambling. I guess i'm just like a fish out of water, and outta the loop as to what goes on today. Ai yai yai, I gotta get out more!!

Goofy...my guess is that before you planned a meet at Disney, you would have spent plenty of time writing to each other and talking on the phone...probably hours on the phone.

Anyway, my guess is that you would each be confident in the prospects of the weekend being a good trip together before planning the trip. Or maybe you will be planning a meeting there when you are visiting there with family and friends...sneaking away for a romantic date with your new Disney Prince.

Or maybe, you will find someone who is not too far away where you can drive there some day for a nice day trip date to their town, or he to yours...

Just remember, where there is a will there is a way.

 

[Costumesaremylife]

Boston is full of fun things to do. You could go bowling, play pool, walk along newbury street (which is quite nice), go to a million different restaurants, go dancing, eat ice cream and walk in the common, go skating on the frog pond (winter only of course). There's also my favorite silly thing to do which is trivia night, they have it lots of restaurants and bars. It's fun and it gives you something to break the ice. If you win then you usually get free dinner.

 

[Disneyfan63]

Hi,

I'm meeting a special someone at WDW on December 7, 2006 who I met on another board and with whom I have been private-messaging since late July. She and I have even spoken on the phone a few times. I believe that we are both confident that our first face-to-face meeting will be fine. We appear to have a lot in common and should get along well. If we do not...well, I booked this trip in March, at about the same time that I joined Dismates, and anticipate having a blast anyway. A princess with whom to share it would be a bonus.

Jim

 

[CoasterAddict]

I must say, I really don't understand the appeal, but you guys keep asking for it, so here you go...

 

[Kimmielee]

I must say, I really don't understand the appeal, but you guys keep asking for it, so here you go...

Good one!

 

[CoasterAddict]

OK, where does the line the begin, and who is in the line?

Sorry, DDave, that's highly classified information. And all of us here are high class, right ladies?

 

[Kimmielee]

Sorry, DDave, that's highly classified information. And all of us here are high class, right ladies?

I can't answer that... it's highly classified information!

 

[Kimmielee]

The following is taken from The Orlando Sentinel on Saturday October 21, 2006 and might apply to some people here.

"Dear Abby: I am a 51-year-old woman dating a 39-year-old man. He is smart, funny, sexy, considerate and nice to me. I don’t see much of my relatives anymore because they were abusive, and it’s better if I don’t. However, I am worried about what they and my other friends will think.
Is the age difference too great to make a lasting relationship? What do I say to people who ask his age?
LONELY AND LOOKING FOR LIFE
Dear Lonely: As you’ve passed the half-century mark, the time has come to start living your own life and stop worrying about what other people “might” think. You and this man are adults. If you like each other and want to spend some time, or even a lifetime, together, it’s up to you. If anyone asks his age, tell them to ask him."

I think this makes a lot of sense. Any opinions?

I think it makes a lot of sense and was good advice. Are you dating an older woman CF?

 

[Goofy4Disney!]

Boston is full of fun things to do. You could go bowling, play pool, walk along newbury street (which is quite nice), go to a million different restaurants, go dancing, eat ice cream and walk in the common, go skating on the frog pond (winter only of course). There's also my favorite silly thing to do which is trivia night, they have it lots of restaurants and bars. It's fun and it gives you something to break the ice. If you win then you usually get free dinner.

What if we go skating, on the frog pond, and break the ice. Do we get free dinner? (I amuse myself way too much)

 

[rer1972]

I must say, I really don't understand the appeal, but you guys keep asking for it, so here you go...

 

[nightowlky]

The following is taken from The Orlando Sentinel on Saturday October 21, 2006 and might apply to some people here.

"Dear Abby: I am a 51-year-old woman dating a 39-year-old man. He is smart, funny, sexy, considerate and nice to me. I don’t see much of my relatives anymore because they were abusive, and it’s better if I don’t. However, I am worried about what they and my other friends will think.
Is the age difference too great to make a lasting relationship? What do I say to people who ask his age?
LONELY AND LOOKING FOR LIFE
Dear Lonely: As you’ve passed the half-century mark, the time has come to start living your own life and stop worrying about what other people “might” think. You and this man are adults. If you like each other and want to spend some time, or even a lifetime, together, it’s up to you. If anyone asks his age, tell them to ask him."

I think this makes a lot of sense. Any opinions?

12 years is nothing. My sister is 41 and my brother-in-law is 52. They're a great match!

 

[Kimmielee]

Do you mean that at this point you would actually let him leave?????

Letting him leave is going to be the hardest thing I've done in a long, long, time. However, deep down, by then, we'll know how to set the course for our future!

 

[Goofy4Disney!]

Goofy...my guess is that before you planned a meet at Disney, you would have spent plenty of time writing to each other and talking on the phone...probably hours on the phone.

Anyway, my guess is that you would each be confident in the prospects of the weekend being a good trip together before planning the trip. Or maybe you will be planning a meeting there when you are visiting there with family and friends...sneaking away for a romantic date with your new Disney Prince.

Or maybe, you will find someone who is not too far away where you can drive there some day for a nice day trip date to their town, or he to yours...

Just remember, where there is a will there is a way.

Hey! Who you callin' Goofy!!

But I agree, where there's a will there's a way. I've done the whole..."online/LDR/morphed into 24/7 rt relationship/marriage" thing. It works..when two people want it badly enough. And the way online dating etc. is today...meeting someone within driving distance is like having someone in your own backyard ...

Oh, and don't count out the hours on the phone TEXT messaging either..

 

[vital]

Hi,

I'm meeting a special someone at WDW on December 7, 2006 who I met on another board and with whom I have been private-messaging since late July. She and I have even spoken on the phone a few times. I believe that we are both confident that our first face-to-face meeting will be fine. We appear to have a lot in common and should get along well. If we do not...well, I booked this trip in March, at about the same time that I joined Dismates, and anticipate having a blast anyway. A princess with whom to share it would be a bonus.

Jim

YAY Tig! Good luck!

 

[katydidbug1]

Age differences have never bothered me. As long as its legal of course. If you have things in common with someone, why should it make a difference. Of course, like CinRell said, it is much more common to see an older man with a younger woman. But I say if you are happy, and he is younger, then good for you.

The following is taken from The Orlando Sentinel on Saturday October 21, 2006 and might apply to some people here.

"Dear Abby: I am a 51-year-old woman dating a 39-year-old man. He is smart, funny, sexy, considerate and nice to me. I don’t see much of my relatives anymore because they were abusive, and it’s better if I don’t. However, I am worried about what they and my other friends will think.
Is the age difference too great to make a lasting relationship? What do I say to people who ask his age?
LONELY AND LOOKING FOR LIFE
Dear Lonely: As you’ve passed the half-century mark, the time has come to start living your own life and stop worrying about what other people “might” think. You and this man are adults. If you like each other and want to spend some time, or even a lifetime, together, it’s up to you. If anyone asks his age, tell them to ask him."

I think this makes a lot of sense. Any opinions?

 

[vital]

I must say, I really don't understand the appeal, but you guys keep asking for it, so here you go...

I must get on chat more often to keep up with the inside jokes!

 

[vital]

Age differences have never bothered me. As long as its legal of course. If you have things in common with someone, why should it make a difference. Of course, like CinRell said, it is much more common to see an older man with a younger woman. But I say if you are happy, and he is younger, then good for you.

And if it doesn't work out, you can look back on all the fun you had! Sometimes you just have to come to the realization that it's not going to be forever so you might as well enjoy the right now. It's taken me about, oh, 35 years to realize that statement so I can say it with experience.

 

[i<3Disney]

Have fun, be happy, and if people want to waste time, sticking noses in your business...that's their problem

 

[Gina]

Hey! Who you callin' Goofy!!

But I agree, where there's a will there's a way. I've done the whole..."online/LDR/morphed into 24/7 rt relationship/marriage" thing. It works..when two people want it badly enough. And the way online dating etc. is today...meeting someone within driving distance is like having someone in your own backyard ...

Oh, and don't count out the hours on the phone TEXT messaging either..

But how do you decide within that first meeting, that this is "it"? Because you pretty much have to, if meeting up in the first place would require a whole huge lot of planning and such, and you know that there is no "let's get together Saturday night and go play bingo" in your joint future because of distance issues. What if you spent amazing hours on the phone with someone, really think that there is a connection, but you're faced with that distance thing?

There may be a way where's there a will in terms of the heart, but that doesn't have much effect on actual logistics. You would pretty much have to decide in that first meeting if you had a real future, a future solid enough for one person to uproot their lives. How do you decide that??

It just seems so futile to even get excited about, you know?