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| Re: Travel companions | jimingram | hi young female 64 disgusted..let's chat.jameshingram@gmail.com |
| Seeking companion with RV | Young female-disguised as 64 | Considering chucking it all and hitting the road awhile. Never tried RVing. Seeking nice gentlman companion with RV and a desire to teach a roaming novice. I think I'm funny, usually sunny, affectionate, respectful of others space, curious to discover new people, places, and things. Perhaps we could meet a few times in Austin to see if it might work & lay out an agreement including an exit plan if it doesn't fit. Fairness to both. |
| Re: RVing Alone Is No Fun | Rita Thompson | I've been fulltiming for 4 years alone. It's better with a partner but fulltiming alone can still be a good life. I workcamp and make many friends and move on. I still keep up with my friends so now I have a collection of people I correspond with by email as well an making new friends along the way. Who knows? - maybe one day I'll find a new partner. |
| RE: We both have homes and RVs | gorgo1949 | Richard, I wondered how you and LOLA met, good advice, keep it up.
Bill |
| Re: My Valentine | Jack M | I agree that the loss of a spouse is not the end of your life. My wife died @ 58 but her sister, who is disabled and 18 years her junior and loves camping so we bought a 29 ft camper and camp every chance we get and love it. We live next door to each other in the off season, the companionship is wonderful. |
| He liked the wiggle | Pat | We met when I was working as waitress behind a Cunningham soda fountain, he liked the wiggle HA!! Been together since 1962. My advice is to keep looking and make the right decision, it may be too hard to reverse. Sharing is great I do the inside chores he does the outside of couse with me looking over his shoulder to make sure he does them right!! HA!!
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| Look for common interests | Rollin and Lois | We met threw a country music radio station date line. He left a message in my mail box. I returned his call the next day and he called that evening (Wed) and we talked for 2 1/2 hrs. We talked for 2 1/2 hrs on Thurs and met for dinner Friday night. He asked me to marry him on our 4th date and I say yes... That was in April and we got married in December and we have now been married 9 years and have loved every minute of it... Thanks to the dating bio we filled out and were matched to. We love to do all the same things and that makes our lives very fun. We have both had RV's all our lives, both raised our kids at the Colorado River camping, boating and dirt bike riding and had very similar back grounds growning up. My advice is to use a dating system that has your same interests. My was country music, dancing and the life style. Having things is common that you both like to do is everything in building a relationship. I am a travel agent so we love to do all kinds of traveling. We own a 36 ft 5th wheel trailer with a one ton GMC duley that we will full time in in 13 more months. We will be off to see the USA, Canada, Mexico and look for another place to live out of California.
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| Having someone to share makes it so much better | Tex I | I lost my first wife to cancer and Linda lost her husband to cancer 5 months later. After a few years we both joined "RETIRED SINGLES" and they got us together. Unknown to me I was at a campground 2 miles from her 3 weeks after she lost her husband and drove back and forth to AZ from Michigan for years before we met. We have been married 5yrs now on our way to forever. My advice would be never give up. Having someone to share the beauty of this nation with makes it so much better.
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| We both have homes and RVs | Sparky | Met my partner at a "Loners On Wheels" get together in North Carolina - she had just lost Hubby to cancer and was deciding whether to give up camping or stay the course. My girlfriend has a 30 ft fifth wheel and lives in North Carolina. When camping down there we take her 5er. When we camp in Va, or further north, we take my Motorhome and just drive the cars the 180 miles between us - this works very well. She has 2 dogs and 2 cats - so we mostly take her 5er. We both have homes and do see a lot of each other. We camped out 68 days in 2006. My advice to people looking for a partner: Several rv clubs have singles groups - good sam wants families - but singles are ignored. After losing a partner or spouse you are single. Hang in there you might just find the right person - DON'T give up.
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| Keep an open mind | Renee | I met my partner at a community dance. My advice to people looking for a partner: Keep an open mind. Give the other person a chance to express themselves. They are just as scared and cautious as you are. Stay hopeful. Other comments: Shared experiences build memories and a relationship. RVing is perfect for that.
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| Met my partner on the internet 10 years ago | Charlene | 10 years ago I registered with a partner matching site on the internet. I got a lot of unsuitable responses. But one day I heard from a very nice man who attracted my interest. We corresponded, later we made numerous trans-Atlantic phone calls, met in New York City (he was from Sweden and I from the US west coast and New York was in the middle) and dated every month or so. One year later we got married in Greece by the mayor of a small town. It can happen!! We now live together in the US. We bought an RV and have a wonderful lifestyle |
| Respect, appreciation and living life to it's fullest | Catherine | My first husband and I divorced. We just didn't get along. We never RVed but if we had it just wouldn't have worked. We couldn't get along in a 3000 squ. ft. house so how could we have survived in a small RV? My second husband and I (he was also married before) get along fine. We met at a friend's house and started dating. I think we'd both learned a lot from the failure of our first marriages. We live fulltime in a 32 ft. motorhome and get along fine. We argue sometimes but not often and it soon blows over. I think that the most important part of a relationship and especially with traveling companions living in a small space is respect for each other. I think you need to respect and appreciate each other's qualities, abilities and opinions. It helps if you have a similar value system and similar goals and are both trying to live life to it's fullest. RVing is a wonderful lifestyle but it's better with a partner and you need to get along and appreciate the things you share. |
| Met on the internet | Autumn | My husband and I met on the internet. We got to know each other through emails and later phone calls. Travel with him in our RV has added to our closeness since we have built up shared memories. We had enough in common to enable us to have a relationship, and enough differences to make it interesting. |
| Keep fulltiming whatever happens | Laura | My husband and I retired in 1995 and went fulltiming for about 6 months/year. We loved the lifestyle and eventually sold our house in 1998 and went fully fulltime. I would fly to my daughters house for a few days 2 or 3 times/year to see our kids and grandkids and sometimes my husband Jeff would come with me but usually he stayed behind at the coach. In 2003 in Atlanta he became sick and eventually died. I flew back to my daughters house for the funeral and a few days with the family and then went back to the coach. I was heartbroken and it took me a few weeks to decide to carry on fulltiming. My daughter wanted me to live with them but I decided I liked fulltiming too much and that I could do all of the driving and day to day operation of the coach. Earlier this year I met a man who was retired and fulltiming alone and we liked each other from the start. We got married in September and we sold his RV and moved into my RV together (it's newer and bigger). Life is good and fulltiming is the best. I now think I'll keep fulltiming whatever happens until I just can't do it any more. |