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About Lynn Terry
I'm best known online for my Internet Marketing Blog and my Low Carb Diet blog (where I also talk about my fun travel adventures). But there is SO much more to me than work, food & travel. Which is why we're here. ;-) So let your hair down and let's have some REAL fun! *cheers*
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Lynn, you are so right! Life is too short and too precious to be wasted on bad relationships. I met my wonderful husband 36+ years ago and, despite everyone telling us to wait, we had a short, 6-month engagement and the rest is history. Yes, there have been some minor problems, but I can’t imagine being with anyone else. Good luck with dating and finding your someone special!!!
Thank you
And congratulations on a wonderful marriage!!
GOOD for YOU! It is great that you know exactly what you want (and don’t) from a relationship. The right person is out there, you just, obviously, haven’t met him yet.
I was married early in my late teens which was a disaster except for the son that resulted. Needless to say I was MUCH pickier the 2nd time around and Michael and I will celebrate our 34th wedding anniversary (after living together for 1-1/2 years because I refused to give up my independence until I was sure) next month.
Rest assured, that man is out there for you too… and when you celebrate your 34th anniversary you will still be a spry 73+! In the meantime, enjoy the journey!
Oh, I definitely intend to “enjoy the journey”
LOL. And I will be totally fine with remaining unmarried if I don’t meet someone I just can’t live without! Meanwhile I plan to make great friends, go on fun dates, and just LIVE my life. 
Hey Lynn,
Great video, (open and honest)
Good on you! I wish you the very best in finding your best relationship friend to fill your life with companionship, laughter and the joy of love.
There is no doubt that you will find him. You do deserve to have a life of sharing with that very special deserving someone.
On the other side of that coin, relationships need to be nurtured slowly, so take your time. I personally have found that the fun is really in the looking. Then, when that right someone appears you will be ready to capitalize on the opportunity.
I hope you are having an AWESOME waiting to have your socks rocked day!
smiles,
p.s. FYI, I got an email that you had posted this video. Thanks for all your (not fun) hard work on this theme change project.
You’re welcome – I sent that one out myself. I’ll get this thing worked out yet, lol.
And I agree – definitely taking my sweet time. Like I said in a previous video, I have other things I’m focused on at the moment anyway.
More power to you Lynn! Never settle for less than what you want or deserve, you end up losing yourself in the process.
Been there, so I agree!
*cheers*
Dating is a nightmare! I was a horrible dater. I picked the wrong guys and never had a relationship for more than a few years.
My first husband I met in high school. I married him in March of my senior year, and was divorced less than a year later. (He was 12 years old – big mistake!)
Second relationship was with a friend I had known through high school, and who helped me through my divorce. There was a situation that occurred and we realized we really weren’t going to get married.
Third relationship was with a guy who worked in the same field I did (Police/Fire Dispatcher). Moved in after only a month. We were together about 2 years and then he found someone else – who was a mutual friend. (This was after he helped me spend over $12k of my Police/Fire pension!)
Two years later, I met my current husband who I’ve been with for 24 years. We got married only a few months after we met. Unfortunately, we’ve grown apart and I’m not sure what course my life is going to take with him.
With all that said, I agree with you about the need to be very selective about potential partners. As you get older (spoken by someone who’s 51), you don’t want to waste time dinking around with someone that doesn’t fit what you want (and at this age, you have a pretty good idea what you want).
Question: Do you use online dating sites such as eHarmony (and some people are probably cringing at the thought of that)?
~C :}
Yup Yup – I have used online dating a few times in the past. Although I have to confess that I never made it through the 7 million questions and 14 hours it takes to sign up for eHarmony. LOL.
I haven’t had any luck at all with it lately. But I have met some nice people through online dating in the past. Two in the last four years, I think. Unfortunately most live close to an hour away, given my crazy location, lol…
I don’t have an issue with online dating sites. There is nowhere to meet people where I live, and given I work from home I don’t have the “work connection”…
GOOD FOR YOU! You’ve probably worked harder and longer than anyone I know to earn your lifestyle and independence, for yourself and also to provide wonderful opportunities for your children. You’re also now in a position to do what you want, when you want and with or without company! Jump on a plane to Europe for a month… Take a camping tour across the US and make money while you go… Hibernate on an island for a year… Relax on a mountaintop and write a book, sing to top of your lungs or dance in the rain until you fall down with silliness! You have the freedom and financial independence now to smell every rose along the journey! So do what you want – when you want – and love WHO you are every day!
Thank you Sherie.
The real issue is… I’ve been doing all of those things for years now. Alone. I’m still homebound for the most part for the next year or two, until Annie is ready to start college, but still – I have been out living my life and traveling all over and “living it up” the last few years.
Slim and I take our hikes and two mile walks down by the river. We even hike downriver and play in the water. I sing out loud! I’ve traveled all over and done so many things I’d never done before in my life. Which is all great!!
But I’m really craving interaction lately. I’d be happier just to have some friends to play cards with, grill out with, girl friends to travel with or go dancing with – anything really. I’ve had that in the past and I miss it terribly.
I’m not sure how else to meet people in my area besides “dating”. There is nothing for adults to do socially around here – a way to meet people. (Yes, I did try churches). Blah. At least NAMS is coming up in less than two weeks. It’s a great opportunity to be around cool folks for a few days.
Although, it would be super nice to have something 100% social, outside of work. 
This is an awesome advice! The genuine vlog Lynn put up here inspired me to respond in kind, so I took a walk in the woods of New Hampshire and put together this vlog for her:
http://youtu.be/X5qOBHUeXuE
Hi “MasterCoach” – great to meet you! My own accountability partner is in the process of putting out a detailed report on finding & working with AP’s. As for “matchmaking” in that department, we do that in my Private Brainstorming Group at http://www.clicknewz.com/members/
I really enjoyed your video reply!
Very interesting gadget, will definitely look that up. Obviously I was very young when I married, and still in my twenties when we separated. Since then I have learned so much about myself. Particularly in identifying the difference between head, heart & gut – or logic, emotion and intuition.
Thank you so much for taking the time to give such a personal and in-depth response. I enjoyed it, and it was nice to “get to know you.”