Sin é, ChiefOHara, each to their own

Been married twice, certainly not after doing it again!! Personally i think your friend a little odd. I don't know anyone that would introduce a stranger as 'single and wants to get married'! Scarey!

Yes, ultimately I want someone to live with, but I think that's now more to do with my age than anything else. I know from looking at a number of different dating sites over the last year or so that it's not uncommon amonst the guys to want to settle either the older they get.

I only want 1 thing ... a pet penguin

My nan, who was a wise old bird used to always say (now please bear in mind that she was of the generation that married before love)

"If you put a penny in a jar each time you have love in the first year of marriage and then take a penny out every time you have love in the subsequent years you will never empty the jar!"

love fades, look for your best friend too is what I always think!

Seems to me you're just unlucky and meet some wierd ones!

I was 19/20 the first time I told I guy I loved him and not because he'd said it first and I felt I ought to say it back. That was my 1st husband. My 2nd husband said it 1st and got upset when I wouldn't until I was sure. My last serious relationship, don't know who said it first, but we'd been going together about 5/6 months before either said 'i love you'. And the guy I'm seeing now has totally messed up my head 'cos after just over 2 and a half months I'm biting my tongue to stop myself from saying it

Perhaps you ought to stop seeing the women your mate Sam tries to pair you up with. Could well be her taste in women that's skewed!