d0nnivain Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 My MIL is lonely. We'd all like to help her meet a nice guy because we're all sick of hearing how lonely she is & how awful men are. MIL does love to complain though so some of her "oh-woe-is-me" may be tied to her need to be the downtrodden center of attention. Anyway, we don't live in the same state so I can't really fix her up per se. She's had no luck with OLD (personally I think she's on the wrong site Match v. Our Time). She's not into the bar scene. According to her, all of her previously unattached girlfriends have recently become coupled up leaving her with nobody to go out with. She's a fun loving, beautiful, vivacious woman in her early 60s. I'd like to give her some concrete suggestions but am out of ideas. I suggested Speed Dating, MeetUp.com & volunteering at her local art museum because that is a passion of hers. They all got lukewarm responses at best. Does anybody have any other ideas?
Grumpybutfun Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Are you sure she doesn't want to spend her time left being selfish and doing what she wants? Sometimes we think we know what other people need and ignore what they want out of concern. Ask her what she wants, she might be perfectly content complaining, G
Author d0nnivain Posted February 20, 2014 Author Posted February 20, 2014 MIL means mother in law. Grumpybutfun -- from the moment I met her she asked me if I knew anyone. She's always saying that she wishes someone would introduce her to a nice guy. She calls me to do the "girl talk" thing after many of her dates. I'm only trying to come up with suggestions like "have you tried MeetUp.com?" rather than say going somewhere & doing something with her or introducing her to my friend "Joe." She may not take the initiative but I want to at least know I offered.
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