Hey, I am curious -- my friend L, who lives in Seattle, gave a D in Seattle my business card and he said he knew me!

Now, there are a couple of "me's" out there, including a former beauty queen and a chemist, so I'm trying to figure out if it was a Buffista or Buffista-adjecent D! Because, OMG, funny!

Profile addy good if you don't want to say on-board.

ETA: Figured it out, and yes, was a DH of a Buffista! Small world!

Aldo, o-a, looks good! I'd go for hardwood every time, but I have a deep love for hardwood floors.

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Hardwood is nice--I quite like my current setup, which is hardwood in kitchen/dining/living room, carpet in bedrooms and on stairs. Though hardwood stairs would be easier to sweep.

Yay Omnis! Fwiw, I am STRONGLY in favor of Not!Carpet as carpet gets dirty easily, absorbs odors, attracts dust mites and other allergens, and is harder to clean. I recommend something like Pergo (fake wood) -- looks great, easy to clean, and lasts forever.

I'd also vote for getting rid of the carpet. Really don't like carpet, personally.

For color inspiration, I'm going to once again pimp Design Seeds - [link] See what colors appeal to you.

My arms hurt. Elliptical plus arms lifting is painful. Ow.

Is it shitty that I'm not interested in a guy because he's sixteen years older than I am? Should I meet up with him anyway? How would I politely turn him down if not?

These are the questions of our dating lives...

My date from Monday (to whom I accidently dropped the name of this board, whoops, so if you're lurking, HI!) apparently didn't feel sparks either, so. On to the next, maybe gained a geeky friend. ::shrugs::

Is it shitty that I'm not interested in a guy because he's sixteen years older than I am? Should I meet up with him anyway?

It is what it is. There's no point forcing it if you know it's not going to happen.

That said, why not? What do you have to lose? (I mean, I actively go out of my way to avoid dealing with people, but I figure since you're looking for people to date, that doesn't apply.)

Eh, I'd take a look at the profile of someone that much older than me, but unless they were both hot and super interesting, I don't think so. There are very few 50 year olds who I'd be interested in. I feel like we'd be in very different places in life. I mean, by the time in their age, they'd be looking to retire (and unless they're mad rich and planning to have me retire then too...)

What do you have to lose?

A couple of hours of my life, and probably just postponing having to turn him down.

hot

Not really

super interesting

Boring profile, though he alludes to a creative profession.

Every time I reactivate my account, I think I'm going to respond to every one who messages me. And then... I get worn down and end up ignoring messages.

eta I responded "No. thank you. I appreciate the invitation, though."

Our neighbors, who have 5 and 8 year old kids, he just turned 59. (My mother is 62, for comparison.) I never would have guessed - I'd put him late 40s, yes, and he's all grey, but he's 20 years older than me but still feels like a peer. (And with a 5 year old to put through college, clearly never going to retire.)