Author Archives: lisa q

40s Singleness Grows Up!

40s Singlenss is now 20-forty.com! 20-forty is the new brainchild of yours truly and my beautiful eldest daughter, Kira. That’s right. Kira is the new partner.
You’ve read a couple of her guest posts here on 40s Singleness and now you will get to read even more of her wonderful writing on a regular basis. How [...]

China Revisited

It had been another long week. Issues with the girls, more mama drama than any girl should have to deal with and other assorted things had me pretty drained by the time Thursday night rolled around. G and I had planned to attend the opening jam session for the Smoky Hill River Festival which is [...]

Do Women Want a Man Like Daddy?

A couple of days ago, I was having a conversation with Kira about guys. It was one of those conversations when dating frustrations were flaring up. One of us made that typical statement about not understanding men. The other responded with the just as typical, “Men are so confusing.” Then she added, “Except Papa.” Ah [...]

A Shot at Love Spoiler?

In an interview at the Hollywood Premiere of The Love Guru, Tila Tequila claims responsibility for the lift of the gay marriage ban saying that she believes A Shot at Love was at least partially responsible for the Supreme Court’s decision because of the success of the MTV series. Not only that though, she may [...]

Online Dating 101-What NOT to Say in Your Profile

My Match subscription expired yesterday. Looking through profiles and thinking about the last 3 months of online dating, I decided not to renew, at least not for now. Why? Doing a search for men between 35-45 within 20 miles of Map Dot, brings up 4 pages of results. Yes, four. Of those four pages, I [...]

Wordless Wednesday Eye Candy

Want to be featured on Wordless Wednesday Eye Candy? Just email your picture to me and you too can be WWEC!*Note: I have no idea of the source of this pic. I received it in an email from a friend (yes, she is a good friend). If you have ownership of the picture, please email [...]

The "Mr. Big" Syndrome

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I came across a thread in the POF forums written by a dude who grew up the poor lil chubby guy none of the girls wanted anything to do with. Now that he has lost weight and gotten his career on track, women are flocking like flies to shit. He is feeling resentful and [...]

The Journey Continues…Taking My Hand Out of the Can

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Last week was a very long week. On Sunday we received word that Beautifulbabydaughter’s grandpa had died. I dropped everything and drove to Wichita to be with my girls. It turned into a very long, very emotional week culminating in driving to the small town I grew up in on Friday for the funeral. [...]

Women Are Swindled Out of Thousands Online

Thirteen women handed over money to this online con-man whom they met on Millionaire Match. When Paul Krueger arrived in court, he was worth $1.28. Yet this guy conned women out of tens of thousands of dollars. Apparently, the homeless man would whisk women off for weekends in Atlantic City all the while bilking them [...]

Is Cheating Forgivable?-Guest Post

*NOTE: Another guest post from my beautiful daughter, Kira W.
Wilkipedia Encyclopedia defines cheating as “an act of lying, deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition.” When you have been “cheated” on or by someone, especially your partner, it can feel like you world was just pulled out from beneath you. Everything you thought to be true, [...]