I have a guy who pciks up my farm equipmentto have it serviced. The first time he picked it up we were talking about my Veggie garden and he said he would help me. Uh!!! That's hard work.

The next time he told me how much he wanted a Kubota ZD 21 zero clearance lawnmower (witht he 5 foot mowing deck). He happened to be picking mine up for service at the time.

He really liked the tiller that attaches to my tractor. He's a really nice looking man but I am leery of saying too much to him. I get to see him one time a year. I don't know if he's hitting on me or just being nice. I think he just likes my farm equipment.

Trisha, I have a friend who owns her own farm. She has had several "suitors" who are more interested in the farm than they are her. Want to know how many acres she has, what she is planting, and is certain she needs their "help". One migrant worker said it all in a mouth full. "You need to get married so your husband can do the work and run the farm". She says she can almost see the calculator and spread sheets appear when they start showing interest in "her". If she wasn't willing and desiring to do the work--she would sell it and move to town.

It's an old story: remember Penelope from the Odyssey?

It's an old story: remember Penelope from the Odyssey?

LOL ! So, it's all about having the right TOYS? For us city dwellers, are we talking big screen TV. I should have bought that new car before the divorce.

When I owned one of our family bars I had a guy tell me I needed to let him move in with me and he could help run the bar. I knew his gf had just dumped him the night before and he was looking for a free ride. No, I wasn't interested.

When I became engaged to the ex an old boyfriend informed me he would marry me if I would get the marriage license. Yes, shorty's story is right on. No, I'm not paranoid. This is just what is available when men think they are really smart and you might be dumb. Not all men. Just the ones I run into. They like my truck too.

I beg to differ with ya on this one: "This is just what is available when men think they are really smart and you might be dumb." This IS what totally CLUELESS men think and are stupid enough to say! I am laughing my a** off. Lucky for me, Tom wasn't all that impressed with my tractor OR my big honkin' GMC 4x4 pickup with the 454 engine, either. I guess not -- his airplane weighs less than my horse, has a 6 litre engine and goes from zero to 60 in 5 seconds...almost straight up into the air! Nothing I have even comes close....

Kathi,
Does Tom have any relatives that are like him and somewhere around 60. The East Coast would be nice, but I'm willing to relocate---as soon as I finish this damned doctorate. Hey, life with Bob was sexless for the last 4 or 5 years because I gained too much weight and he already had tried on a size 4 to see how he liked her. LOL.

Tea4- I have a snowblower. It hasn't helped a bit.

Seriously though, I really don't have time to do a man justice unless I could pay him by the hour. I'll see if I can work one in the same year I have time for a dog. I have to stop working so much---someday.

KB

Tea4,
I almost fell off my chair laughing at your post: "For crying out loud....you mean all I have to do is buy a snowblower??? Think "used" will do? "
Give me a couple more winters here in cold Maryland, and when I move to Barbados I'll GIVE you my snowblower!

KillBob, the good news is, Tom DOES have a brother and he is 60! The bad news is, he is gay and in a relationship -- and he is NOTHING like Tom whatsoever! I'll keep my eyes and ears open for ya, though.Good to see your sense of humor is intact!

Shit! You could have raffled him off Kathi, lol! I work 2 days a week as a pharmacy tech (I'm retired but it's a fun job) and a customer came in yesterday that I always joke around with. Now I know both him and his significant other. So I ask him how he's doing and he says great (he's always up) even though he had this horrible injury to his arm. He said what keeps him going is loving life and sex. When he asked him how I was I told him about the divorce and was saying that it was weird at my age. He said, "Look out, sweetheart! Make sure you break in with the right one and you'll be purring like a kitten in no time! Newly divorced women are the BEST!" I was speechless and I don't think I've blushed like that in years. Guess for some guys you don't even need a snowblower or tractor, just be newly divorced. That's scary in a whole new way, you know?

jwalkr: You wrote "Guess for some guys you don't even need a snowblower or tractor, just be newly divorced. That's scary in a whole new way, you know?"
I don't know about scary...I would think it would make you feel very powerful and alluring! But I'm not so sure I agree with this guy's remark...a lot of newly divorced women are still feeling pretty down on themselves and might tend to appear "needy" or worse yet, "wounded" which to me, would scare the daylights out of a potential suitor.
That fellow's comment also rings a bit on the lewd side from where I sit -- like he assumes that all newly divorced women are so horny that they would jump into bed with the first guy who came along.
I didn't hide the fact that I was newly divorced and I shared openly with Tom the still raw feelings I had about the demise of my marriage. He had been divorced a few years longer than I had, but he shared his feelings openly, too. This was important, as they were major life events and a part of who we both are.
I was also very clear that I didn't want to be with "some guy" just so I wouldn't be alone -- that is "settling" -- something I have never done.
After 6 weeks of communicating through eHarmony, personal emails and phone calls, we chose a date upon which to meet in person for the first time. I recall being totally calm and not one bit nervous as I dressed and drove the 30 minutes to the restaurant we had decided on. There were absolutely NONE of those dreadful lulls in conversation, no awkwardness between us. After 5 hours (they were sweeping the floor, so they were obviously getting ready to close for the evening) we walked outside and talked for a little while longer.
I don't remember driving home (and I hadn't drunk anything alcoholic) but I did write a short entry in my Journal before going to bed. "Wow! My first date in over 30 years! I had a lovely evening fully engaged in conversation with this wonderful man named Tom. He is exactly as he represented himself in the past 6 weeks and exactly as I expected him to be. I had so much fun, I was unaware of the passing of time. When we said goodnight in the parking lot, he said (the obligatory?) "I'll be in touch." If nothing else, I know I have made a new friend."

The "toys" bit reminded me of a line from an Alice Cooper (yes, I know I have very bad musical taste) song Lost in America:

"So I'm looking for a girl with a gun and a job ( and house... with cable )"

Alice Cooper is bad taste?
Shame on you...

There are a lot of dirty jokes with "snow blower" running through my head.

Puter, if you saw the auger on my snowblower, all those dirty jokes would run screaming from your head!