I bought an old house on a subdividable block, and renovated the house a bit and started the subdivion process. This has been going on for over a year now. It's taken longer than it should have because it is the first time I have sub-divided, so I made mistakes along the way, and so did my surveyor, which meant I've had to go through some of the red tape twice.
Anyway I have buyer for the house now, his finance has been approved, but the sale can't settle until the two titles are issued (one existing land title becomes two new land titles).
It's frustrating; I have a man who wants to give me hundreds of thousands of dollars, and I want to take it from him (in exchange for a house of course) but neither of us is happy because the shire, the WAPC, LandCorp, and the bank are all dragging their feet with the paperwork.
Meanwhile, I am losing money on this property instead of making it.
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Pay for your own dinner
I went on a date a few nights ago, it was the second date, the first date had been a coffee date and it went OK, so I suggested we go out for dinner for a second date.
The food was good and I bought a bottle of wine which we both enjoyed. The conversation was alright, and I thought perhaps this woman might be worth seeing again although she did take a mobile phone call at the start of the meal which lasted 5 minutes and I thought that was a bit rude.
Anyway we finish the meal and we get ready to leave, and just as we are approaching the desk where the dinner is paid for, she excuses herself and disappears into the bathroom for 5 minutes, leaving me to pay the bill.
Now I was planning to pay for the meal anyway, but in my opinion it is good form for her to offer to pay her half especially on the first few dates when there is no commitment from anyone yet, it's just in that "seeing if I like you" stage. What annoyed me was that not only did she not offer, she went out of her way to avoid it by disappearing at the critical moment. It's not the first time I've had a woman do this to me, maybe it's a common trick.
The food was good and I bought a bottle of wine which we both enjoyed. The conversation was alright, and I thought perhaps this woman might be worth seeing again although she did take a mobile phone call at the start of the meal which lasted 5 minutes and I thought that was a bit rude.
Anyway we finish the meal and we get ready to leave, and just as we are approaching the desk where the dinner is paid for, she excuses herself and disappears into the bathroom for 5 minutes, leaving me to pay the bill.
Now I was planning to pay for the meal anyway, but in my opinion it is good form for her to offer to pay her half especially on the first few dates when there is no commitment from anyone yet, it's just in that "seeing if I like you" stage. What annoyed me was that not only did she not offer, she went out of her way to avoid it by disappearing at the critical moment. It's not the first time I've had a woman do this to me, maybe it's a common trick.
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Zoosk fail
I've been looking for love in all the wrong places, and the latest place I've looked is on the Zoosk site. I don't recommmend it.
I should start by saying that I am a 48 year old man, divorced for 6 years, with two adult children, a house, a car, a job, etc. I'm a fairly normal Australian guy, a little past my prime but in good shape for my age. I'm not ugly and I'm not handsome, I'm average looking. My expectations are reasonable I believe; I'm looking for a woman around my age (preferably a few years younger: I think the perfect age would be 44) who is in a similar socio-economic group with similar education etc.
However I am not having much luck at all. Firstly, I am not getting much interest shown in me online. That could be because my photo isn't flattering enough, but I don't think that's it. I think the problem is with the whole online dating site setup. The problem is that online dating sites present people much like objects in an online store, so people treat it like going shopping.
A womans shopping list might look like this for her perfect guy:
1. Taller than 6'2"
2. Athletic body
3. Wavy black hair in a trendy style.
4. Piercing blue eyes.
5. Drives a late model European car.
6. Owns a successful business.
7. Lives in a trendy suburb.
8. Ten years younger than me.
9. ..etc..
Sounds like the perfect guy right? But obviously it's aiming a little high if you are an average 44 year old woman. However a lot of women still go "shopping" on the dating site with this sort of thing in mind. What happens is they hook up with a young guy who is prowling for "cougars and MILFS" and the young guy meets them, fucks them, and drops them like a hot potato. Then the woman is left wondering why all the guys online are such lying bastards interested only in sex.
I should start by saying that I am a 48 year old man, divorced for 6 years, with two adult children, a house, a car, a job, etc. I'm a fairly normal Australian guy, a little past my prime but in good shape for my age. I'm not ugly and I'm not handsome, I'm average looking. My expectations are reasonable I believe; I'm looking for a woman around my age (preferably a few years younger: I think the perfect age would be 44) who is in a similar socio-economic group with similar education etc.
However I am not having much luck at all. Firstly, I am not getting much interest shown in me online. That could be because my photo isn't flattering enough, but I don't think that's it. I think the problem is with the whole online dating site setup. The problem is that online dating sites present people much like objects in an online store, so people treat it like going shopping.
A womans shopping list might look like this for her perfect guy:
1. Taller than 6'2"
2. Athletic body
3. Wavy black hair in a trendy style.
4. Piercing blue eyes.
5. Drives a late model European car.
6. Owns a successful business.
7. Lives in a trendy suburb.
8. Ten years younger than me.
9. ..etc..
Sounds like the perfect guy right? But obviously it's aiming a little high if you are an average 44 year old woman. However a lot of women still go "shopping" on the dating site with this sort of thing in mind. What happens is they hook up with a young guy who is prowling for "cougars and MILFS" and the young guy meets them, fucks them, and drops them like a hot potato. Then the woman is left wondering why all the guys online are such lying bastards interested only in sex.
Easy life
I have always longed for the easy life. I don't think I am lazy, because I have worked full time most of my life and I do all the necessary things around the home like housework and gardening. It's just that I would rather not have to. I'd like to have time on my hands to just walk around the garden enjoying the sun, or to sleep in when I want to, or to buy nice things whenever I want to.
I know that's not unusual, almost everybody wants that. But I think about it quite a lot and I wonder why it can't be me doing it. A lot of my time and energy is devoted towards making more money so that hopefully one day I can be free.
At the moment for instance I am in the middle of a property subdivision that I hope will make me enough money to pay off my mortgage. Getting rid of the mortgage is step 1 in my plan for financial freedom.
For years now I've been investing in the stock market trying to make easy money but I fail consistently at that; I'll blog more about that sorry saga later.
I know that's not unusual, almost everybody wants that. But I think about it quite a lot and I wonder why it can't be me doing it. A lot of my time and energy is devoted towards making more money so that hopefully one day I can be free.
At the moment for instance I am in the middle of a property subdivision that I hope will make me enough money to pay off my mortgage. Getting rid of the mortgage is step 1 in my plan for financial freedom.
For years now I've been investing in the stock market trying to make easy money but I fail consistently at that; I'll blog more about that sorry saga later.
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