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Its the money, honey. They would have to pay somebody as well-qualified as you a lot more than the new graduate - the "overqualified" trap. And of course, people who are overqualified are usually older than the new graduates.

Docents are almost always volunteers. Years ago, I went to an orientation for the docent training program at the Marine Mammal Center in Marin. I was too busy to do the program at the time. But, now, actually, it looks like a possibility.

Now that I think about it, Ive had more than my share of these. The ones with the good-looking Asian guys are easy to spot - they are always the same. A few months ago, a guy approached me on A4A, just my type - handsome as fuck, black hair, hairy chest. He was supposedly an investor in a high-end restaurant in LA. It began to smell pretty quickly. He asked me if I had any pets and I said "cats." So, suddenly, he's got a cat. But he kept referring to the cat as "it." No pet lover would ever refer to their pet as "It." Then he sent me a photo of him cooking a steak - but the skillet was a cheesy teflon skillet like one you would buy in the grocery store - a guy like he was supposed to be would have the best cookware money could buy. And the cooktop was an electric burner on an old kitchen stove. Somebody like he was supposed to be would be cooking on a Wolff or Thermidor. The final straw was when he started sending me photos of him standing in front of a Ferrari. I have had several of these - they all seem to involve restaurants and devastatingly handsome men.

I was getting a lot of those on A4A. Terrific-looking Asian guys -- but they always ask what you do for a living. It followed such a pattern that I knew it had to be scam. Another one, I almost got sucked into - a very sexy Italian daddy in Socal volunteered to teach me how to trade crypto derivatives. We actually executed a couple small trades and I made $200 or so. Then he wanted me to up the ante to 2000.00 and I said no. He got mad at me, told me I had broken his heart, etc. etc.

My husband and I have just about decided to buy a house in a 55-plus community in the Sacramento Delta. The place is amazing - golf course, tennis, swimming pools, a beautiful clubhouse, fitness center, computer lab, library, etc. They take care of the yard and the landscaping. If you go away, they arrange for a pet sitter, and on and on. The houses themselves are beautiful. I have looked and looked and thought and thought and I can't find much in the way of a down-side.

Medicaid is subsidized health coverage for low-income families and individuals. Most, except for the low-income segment for which it is provided, would not qualify for it.

Your credit will probably be back up to 800+ in a few months, so I wouldn't fret. OTOH, you can dispute the credit report.

A muscled triathlete hit me up on a4a - wants me to worship him and give him head and edge him. I think I'm probably going to do it.

There's that edge - "Oh boy, will THEY be sorry." Schadenfreude is so unattractive.

A princess!!

You win some, you lose some. It just makes you human.

I have known two real models - one was a runway model for Armani and spent most of his time in Milan, and the other was actually more of an actor - lots of TV commercials and bit parts in B movies - both very attractive in different ways. Some of those Mr. Universe contestants were of the same caliber as those guys I knew. From what I know of modeling, the real models get picked up by agencies who see their potential. The wannabes go with agencies who will take anybody willing to pay their fees and then they start charging them for photographs, skin care products, modeling lessons, clothes, etc.

I am only going to say that I can't vote because I like them all. I am most familiar with Central Americans, but in my youth, I briefly had a Colombian boyfriend who was almost too much to handle. The city if repaving our street right now. One of the heavy equipment operators is Latino and completely dreamy, very friendly to chat with.

I like the double arm band. I wouldn't get one, though, because it is so popular. There is an incredibly sexy guy who has a bread-baking channel on youtube who has a chain tattoo on his noticeably thick wrist. I would like that but I have a skinny wrist, so maybe not.

As a matter of fact, there is nothing sexier than the tension of a little bit of tattoo peaking out from underneath the cuff of a starched dress shirt

Tribal tats are pretty yesterday.

Great hotels were ridiculously cheap here as well. Every couple weeks my husband and I took a couple days off in the middle of the week to cool our jets at one 4-star resort or another in the wine country. The weather was nice so lots of nice restaurants had outdoor seating.

If you are insisting on a strict definition of middle age, I suppose that is true. My understanding of middle age has been sort of "you know it when you see it," beginning somewhere around late 40s to early 50s and transitioning to old age maybe in the mid to late-60s.

Nah - they were middle-aged. My mother was in her mid-30s then and these ladies seemed older than her.

He left the forum because he felt unappreciated.

My autoimmune problem destroyed my libido - I've had nearly zero interest in sex for a couple years - I've been going without for months at a time and not missing it. I think it's changing though - I've been waking up with morning boners again and I've been able to get off twice in a day from time to time.

Right - It starts to get chilly and windy after August. Many years ago, I spent several weeks on Mykonos at this time of year - it was one of the nicest times of my life.

Thanks for pointing that out. We're really trying to cut way back on the single-use plastic. AVEDA used to have a wonderful bar soap but they stopped manufacturing it.

I have never understood how anybody can feel clean without a washcloth. I take showers, but I squirt body wash into the washcloth to lather up. If I don't use a washcloth, I start to get acne.

I took a prescription drug for awhile that made my skin extremely dry - so dry that I cut back to showering once a week. I washed my face and shaved, did a PTA bath and rubbed Neutrogena oil into my skin with a damp washcloth every day. I sort of looked forward to the ritual every morning, but I was glad when I was able to stop.