“Why would you stop reinventing yourself as you get older?” Is a great rsponse to my comments! You’re right - we’re constantly reinventing ourselves, even if we’re not aware of it. Even those who sit around not doing anything are reinventing themselves. Why? Because they had to go from Point A to Point B. Maybe they were active members of the community, meeting people and now all of a sudden they’re not doing anything.

That would be reinvesting, wouldn’t it? Vice versa holds true as well.

Just my take. I’ve always believed that if it’s meant for me to have a partner, well, then it’ll happen on God’s own time at the right place under the right circumstances. If not, well, then what can I say?

When people ask me, and they do, I usually say, “I’m taking a break right now!”

or

“Business is so good right now, I don’t have time.”

or

“Well, I’m not officially our of the market - so, if you run across someone really special, I’ll take a look at him.”

I am sure there are other responses. Any ideas out there?

I bet you got the cutest football player anyway with your great attitude - and it probably didn’t even matter to you!

I don’t have to write a article about “Here’s the New Girl Network” because you and your friends already have started it!

This is so encouraging to me and I am sure to everyone who read your message. Thanks!

Looks like you touched a nerve with the last few articles about “ole boy/girl” network!!! Way cool! I’ve been reading comments via automatic comment subscription and have found this discussion rather interesting!

Specifically, I’d like to say to LaRene that the forthcoming forum she is launching for people who want to correspond with other authors and get themselves published is a great idea and I, for one, am very interested in participating. Like a lot of people out there, I have a book waiting in the wings to give birth to. So, do let me know LaRene!

Your plans sound so wonderful! Cannot wait to hear more about them.

I really do believe that everyone has a book in them! So, you are on the right track!

I’m in a field that is very difficult to enter for man or woman. Being an author and publisher, you can really get on a rollercoaster. I’ve been in offices of the some of the top publishers and magazines in the field of books. Everyone I meet, has a book and want to know how to get started.

So I came up with the idea of recreating a forum where people can learn how to get published. There is another forum, where a reader can meet an author and talk to others about what they like to read. It hasn’t been launched yet. I hope it helps other.

Yeah, we do that. Let our friends down as soon as a man is in the picture. Let’s stop.

We need our women friends. They let us talk. On and on - and as I said in my article - even if we don’t come to a decision.

And they don’t hold it against us!

You hit it right with this comment!

“How far back have women had to compete for a man to survive and does that have an effect on our current issues amongst each other? Are we working our way through “Darwinism” and overcoming “survival instincts” in a more equally grounded world?”

I believe that this is the core of women competing. I hate to think how long it will take us to protect our own “entrance to the cave!”

I also concede that men have pressure on them to find a mate -but not as much as women have. An “extra man” at a party or any occasion is much more welcome than a single woman. And they are much more likely to be labeled as “just not finding the right one yet” than women who are somehow regarded as not being picked as a desirable mate.

It’s still a jungle out there for a single woman. But, it is changing slowly. I get more and more comments from my married women friends about how lucky I am that I don’t have to consult anyone if I want to buy something or paint my living room red!