Anyone feel like they won't ever get married?

[Trishie]

Sorry to everyone for the delay in getting the new list posted!

Thank you to all who have been faithfully praying, and to those who have shared the beautiful prayers and messages of encouragement! Wow!

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Harmony1988 - M20
beckers - F28
ladylinguist - F23
Norseman82 - M
chevalier - M25
Gisella - F
Sierrah - F
JustinL - M
Felicity in TX - F26
azgirl - F35
Cosmo23 - M
lampstand
Morwenna - F39
Alan - M39 (not a CAF screenname)
Trevor - M36 (not a CAF screenname)
bookish - F
CarolAnnSFO - F
agapewolf - F33
Lady Bug - F
Taya (Ambrose) - M23-27
unixfudotnet - M29
catherine m - F34
macian - F23
LSK - F52
Belgarion - M19
Archus - M20
Lady James - F42
Catholic_Kenpo - M34
DL82 - M26
valient Lucy - F24
Wyatt - M20
nef - F20
GraceDK - F26
Leopard3
Kirsty33 - F20
Ankabaranka_87 - F21
John AH - M29
BCven86 - M22
FanofB16 - M30
Andrew Hinkley - M29
MarcoPolo - M33
lottied - F19
Darleen - F (not a CAF screenname)
Holly3278 - F26
snowgarden - F40
outcast - M16
Epistemes - M
and all others who are not mentioned**

I am praying for each of us by (screen)name as often as possible.

I am praying that God will make each of us ready for our future spouse (and them ready for us), lead us to each other, and to pour out grace upon us to give us strength and hope while we’re waiting. :heaven:

Thank you to all who are joining in prayer for these intentions. If I’ve missed anyone, or if anyone would like to be added to this list, please post here or send me a PM … same applies to anyone who is on the list and wants to be removed (I certainly don’t want to offend or make anyone uncomfortable!).

May Our Lord bless these intentions, and may the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Joseph intercede for us.

God bless you Harmony.
Please Father, in Jesus’ name, hear our prayers for each of these listed, and all who are seeking good, loving, faithful spouses

 

[Morwenna]

Hello again, everyone!

For those who are praying along with us, here is the updated list

Harmony1988 - M20
beckers - F28
ladylinguist - F23
Norseman82 - M
chevalier - M25
Gisella - F
Sierrah - F
JustinL - M
Felicity in TX - F26
azgirl - F35
Cosmo23 - M
lampstand
Morwenna - F39
Alan - M39 (not a CAF screenname)
Trevor - M36 (not a CAF screenname)
bookish - F
CarolAnnSFO - F
agapewolf - F33
Lady Bug - F
Taya (Ambrose) - M23-27
unixfudotnet - M29
catherine m - F34
macian - F23
LSK - F52
Belgarion - M19
Archus - M20
Lady James - F42
Catholic_Kenpo - M34
DL82 - M26
valient Lucy - F24
Wyatt - M20
nef - F20
GraceDK - F26
Leopard3
Kirsty33 - F20
Ankabaranka_87 - F21
John AH - M29
BCven86 - M22
FanofB16 - M30
Andrew Hinkley - M29
MarcoPolo - M33
lottied - F19
Darleen - F (not a CAFscreenname)
Holly3278 - F26
snowgarden - F40
outcast - M16
Epistemes - M
epsummer - F23
and all others who are not mentioned

I am praying for each of us by (screen)name as often as possible.

I am praying that God will make each of us ready for our future spouse (and them ready for us), lead us to each other, and to pour out grace upon us to give us strength and hope while we’re waiting. :heaven:

Thank you to all who are joining in prayer for these intentions. If I’ve missed anyone, or if anyone would like to be added to this list, please post here or send me a PM … same applies to anyone who is on the list and wants to be removed (I certainly don’t want to offend or make anyone uncomfortable!).

May Our Lord bless these intentions, and may the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Joseph intercede for us.

 

[Philena]

Add me to the list.
“Philena” F45

 

[Morwenna]

Update: here’s a new new list

Harmony1988 - M20
beckers - F28
ladylinguist - F23
Norseman82 - M
chevalier - M25
Gisella - F
Sierrah - F
JustinL - M
Felicity in TX - F26
azgirl - F35
Cosmo23 - M
lampstand
Morwenna - F39
Alan - M39 (not a CAF screenname)
Trevor - M36 (not a CAF screenname)
bookish - F
CarolAnnSFO - F
agapewolf - F33
Lady Bug - F
Taya (Ambrose) - M23-27
unixfudotnet - M29
catherine m - F34
macian - F23
LSK - F52
Belgarion - M19
Archus - M20
Lady James - F42
Catholic_Kenpo - M34
DL82 - M26
valient Lucy - F24
Wyatt - M20
nef - F20
GraceDK - F26
Leopard3
Kirsty33 - F20
Ankabaranka_87 - F21
John AH - M29
BCven86 - M22
FanofB16 - M30
Andrew Hinkley - M29
MarcoPolo - M33
lottied - F19
Darleen - F (not a CAFscreenname)
Holly3278 - F26
snowgarden - F40
outcast - M16
Epistemes - M
epsummer - F23
Philena - F45
and all others who are not mentioned

I am praying for each of us by (screen)name as often as possible.

I am praying that God will make each of us ready for our future spouse (and them ready for us), lead us to each other, and to pour out grace upon us to give us strength and hope while we’re waiting. :heaven:

Thank you to all who are joining in prayer for these intentions. If I’ve missed anyone, or if anyone would like to be added to this list, please post here or send me a PM … same applies to anyone who is on the list and wants to be removed (I certainly don’t want to offend or make anyone uncomfortable!).

May Our Lord bless these intentions, and may the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Joseph intercede for us.

 

[DAPDN]

Hey, let me in! I, too, am a “lone” cowboy!

M20 arround here. You can check it out in my profile.

 

[magic_stick]

Just as the thread title says. Also, some married people now, did you have such thoughts when you were younger.

No, I always knew I would get married. I always knew I would meet the right man for me. And I did meet him. I can’t explain it, but this is something I always knew would happen one day.

I don’t think it matters if you know deep down or you don’t know. If it’s in god’s plans, It will happen. Just take one day at a time!

 

[Kirsty33]

Hi

I was just wondering how every one is? or if anyone has any news.
Hope you are all well & blessed.
Keep striving for the Kingdom:thumbsup:

 

[Trishie]

Heavenly Father please grant the prayers of all in this thread who are seeking loving life-partners. Please bring them together soon, as though for You "a thousand years are a single day, a yesterday now over, an hour of the night.” [Psalm 90:4] for those waiting for the right person to love and be loved by, a day can be a thousand years!
I ask this in the name of Jesus.

 

[Stella76]

I honestly thought I would never get married.

I had dated my boyfriend for 12 years and he was vehemently against getting married. It made me terribly sad.

But then, this spring, out of the blue, he said he was ready.

We got married in July of this year.

I never thought I’d be the one wearing a wedding ring, and I feel so deeply for everyone who longs, as I did for 12 years, to get married. I can honestly say you never know what might happen.

I’ll keep you all in my prayers.

 

[Morwenna]

Hello to all the new folks who have been stopping by and thanks to our “regulars” who have been so faithfully praying for all of us!

Here’s an updated list:

**Harmony1988 - M20
beckers - F28
ladylinguist - F23
Norseman82 - M
chevalier - M25
Gisella - F
Sierrah - F
JustinL - M
Felicity in TX - F26
azgirl - F35
Cosmo23 - M
lampstand
Morwenna - F39
Alan - M39 (not a CAF screenname)
Trevor - M36 (not a CAF screenname)
bookish - F
CarolAnnSFO - F
agapewolf - F33
Lady Bug - F
Taya (Ambrose) - M23-27
unixfudotnet - M29
catherine m - F34
macian - F23
LSK - F52
Belgarion - M19
Archus - M20
Lady James - F42
Catholic_Kenpo - M34
DL82 - M26
valient Lucy - F24
Wyatt - M20
nef - F20
GraceDK - F26
Leopard3
Kirsty33 - F20
Ankabaranka_87 - F21
John AH - M29
BCven86 - M22
FanofB16 - M30
Andrew Hinkley - M29
MarcoPolo - M33
lottied - F19
Darleen - F (not a CAFscreenname)
Holly3278 - F26
snowgarden - F40
outcast - M16
Epistemes - M
epsummer - F23
Philena - F45
DAPDN - M20
and all others who are not mentioned
**

I am praying for each of us by (screen)name as often as possible.

I am praying that God will make each of us ready for our future spouse (and them ready for us), lead us to each other, and to pour out grace upon us to give us strength and hope while we’re waiting. :heaven:

Thank you to all who are joining in prayer for these intentions. If I’ve missed anyone, or if anyone would like to be added to this list, please post here or send me a PM … same applies to anyone who is on the list and wants to be removed (I certainly don’t want to offend or make anyone uncomfortable!).

May Our Lord bless these intentions, and may the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Joseph intercede for us.

 

[iluvmybabies]

Just as the thread title says. Also, some married people now, did you have such thoughts when you were younger. I do not mean this in a way such as a vocation regarding celibacy, but rather that they won’t ever find someone and doomed to live a single life.

Of course this depends on whether you feel the ‘single life’ is ‘doom’ - Personally, for me, I do.

Yes…it was so bad when I met my first husband I rushed into it…married a year after I met him and for what…to be with an abusive man, a family that didn’t like me, and many problems with my mother…I never got the chance to marry him through our Catholic church since he was not a devout Catholic, so that added to our problems, separation and thus divorce…Now I have been dating this man for almost 3 years, to a devout Catholic, great man, whom loves my kids, and he has proposed…Well I have been having problems with my mother again, and his mother, etc…I put a thread here for advice over my situation and everyone has pretty much adviced for me to just concentrate on my kids and pretty much forget about my own love…that’s pretty much what they made me feel like…in other words pointing towards the “doom” of being a single mom because I will never get along with his mother, and my mother and it will cause more problems in the long run, shouldn’t get the children involved with the problems, wait till they get older and let this great man go and wish him good luck, even though he wishes to make a lifelong commitment with me and love my 3 children and marry me through God’s sacred sacrament of Catholic marriage, but I should let him make the next woman he meets happy, leaving me wondering what if that would have been me with that great man!!!
Don’t feel bad…really…I guess some people are meant to be wed and others to just want…
I know I have been found wanting…

 

[Trishie]

Heavenly Father please grant the prayers of all in this thread who are seeking loving life-partners. Please bring them together soon, as though for You "a thousand years are a single day, a yesterday now over, an hour of the night.” [Psalm 90:4] for those waiting for the right person to love and be loved by, a day can be a thousand years!
I ask this in the name of Jesus.

 

[Roza]

YES but you know, I’m so used to my single life, don’t know if I’d do well with another around. My bad!

 

[iluvmybabies]

Hello again, everyone!

For those who are praying along with us, here is the updated list

Harmony1988 - M20
beckers - F28
ladylinguist - F23
Norseman82 - M
chevalier - M25
Gisella - F
Sierrah - F
JustinL - M
Felicity in TX - F26
azgirl - F35
Cosmo23 - M
lampstand
Morwenna - F39
Alan - M39 (not a CAF screenname)
Trevor - M36 (not a CAF screenname)
bookish - F
CarolAnnSFO - F
agapewolf - F33
Lady Bug - F
Taya (Ambrose) - M23-27
unixfudotnet - M29
catherine m - F34
macian - F23
LSK - F52
Belgarion - M19
Archus - M20
Lady James - F42
Catholic_Kenpo - M34
DL82 - M26
valient Lucy - F24
Wyatt - M20
nef - F20
GraceDK - F26
Leopard3
Kirsty33 - F20
Ankabaranka_87 - F21
John AH - M29
BCven86 - M22
FanofB16 - M30
Andrew Hinkley - M29
MarcoPolo - M33
lottied - F19
Darleen - F (not a CAFscreenname)
Holly3278 - F26
snowgarden - F40
outcast - M16
Epistemes - M
epsummer - F23
and all others who are not mentioned

I am praying for each of us by (screen)name as often as possible.

I am praying that God will make each of us ready for our future spouse (and them ready for us), lead us to each other, and to pour out grace upon us to give us strength and hope while we’re waiting. :heaven:

Thank you to all who are joining in prayer for these intentions. If I’ve missed anyone, or if anyone would like to be added to this list, please post here or send me a PM … same applies to anyone who is on the list and wants to be removed (I certainly don’t want to offend or make anyone uncomfortable!).

May Our Lord bless these intentions, and may the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Joseph intercede for us.

May I ask you to please add me to this list as well…I do need all the help I can get…and I too will continue keeping everyone in my prayers!! Thank you and God bless!!!

 

[chevalier]

Hi

I was just wondering how every one is? or if anyone has any news.
Hope you are all well & blessed.
Keep striving for the Kingdom:thumbsup:

Hey. Well, no love interest or anything, but a tremendous amount of peace. I haven’t been this at peace for a long time.

Well, there is a girl at work whom I like very much and who in one conversation smoething like like “I am not getting any younger,” “…As a side not, you aren’t either,” or, commenting on my height, “I will always be small next to you.” We weren’t talking in English and it sounded even more like, “I will always be with you,” just with an adjective following. I had to try very hard to avoid bursting into laughter. And then she complained about not getting any candy on my birthday half a year ago (lol, yeah), so I reminded her it was because she failed to come for it. And then I got her some chocolate covered plums and left it on her desk before going home for a leave ignoring her loud protestations. And then she switched from protesting to writing a lovely thank you e-mail. It was so hilarious. Likely nothing will come out of it, but I still can’t help laughing.

 

[Appleby]

I am 60 and have never been married, and odds are pretty good that I will never marry now, as most men my age are looking for young arm candy, “a nurse or a purse.”

I have had a very happy life so far and have many male friends (I get along with guys much better than I do with women, as I enjoy sports, racing, politics and travelling as opposed to dishes, diapers, scandal and divorce); I live alone with my cat and my internet keeps me in touch with a world-wide network of friends, all of whom I have met and visited in person. I have been to 42 countries and stood on every continent, and have been of assistance to my sisters and my family when they need me; I do volunteer work and I spend a lot of time going to motor races.

I am barraged by busybodies who demand to know why I “DIDN’T” get married (they assume that nobody my age ever will marry, so they don’t ask why I “DON’T” get married anymore) and who assure me that I will be miserably unhappy in my old age because I didn’t marry. However, I point out that my four sisters have had 9 husbands and 8 divorces among them so far, and most of them will be as alone as I am, if not less so because they will have ME as long as my health is good.

I just tell them that some people ought not to be married, and I am one of those. I am a Victorian spinster and feel that God has ordained that I remain that way. So I am happy.

P.S. If you act desperate to get married, men will leave skid marks running away from you.

 

[Sierrah]

Update. Nothing really but I’ve been corresponding with Gent from a dating site (yes I’ve done the online thing for years and am always cautious). We’re supposed to meet in a week so. I’m not saying I think he’s the love of my life or anything. I don’t take online relationships too seriously but he did respond to my profile without a picture posted and seems like a nice guy so who knows what will happen. I’ve had to kiss a lot of frogs lately. He’s catholic too and has never been married so wish me luck. Ok…yeah it’s been awhile since I’ve had a date so I’m a little pessimistic about it. In other words we’ll see what happens.

 

[Salonika]

Hi Appleby

Much of your post also applies to me. Main differences are that I have not travelled nearly as extensively as you have and I do not have siblings.

Like you I have many male friends, live alone but with 2 cats, and am a similar age.

I used to be barraged by people asking why I wasn’t married and telling me that I will be miserably unhappy in my old age and have no one to care for me then. This reached a crescendo at about 40 ( with you’re leaving it late to have children added) now I don’t get it often and it’s usually people I haven’t met before.

Interesting your comment about the Victorian spinster, I had two great aunts born in that era who never married but were the heart of Dad’s family. They were the ones who took my cousins and I out for the day and who had time for us. If we were very good, we were allowed to help then with their jigsaw puzzles.

 

[cecilia97]

Hi Appleby

Much of your post also applies to me. Main differences are that I have not travelled nearly as extensively as you have and I do not have siblings.

Like you I have many male friends, live alone but with 2 cats, and am a similar age.

I used to be barraged by people asking why I wasn’t married and telling me that I will be miserably unhappy in my old age and have no one to care for me then. This reached a crescendo at about 40 ( with you’re leaving it late to have children added) now I don’t get it often and it’s usually people I haven’t met before.

Interesting your comment about the Victorian spinster, I had two great aunts born in that era who never married but were the heart of Dad’s family. They were the ones who took my cousins and I out for the day and who had time for us. If we were very good, we were allowed to help then with their jigsaw puzzles.

Salonika and Appleby, I want to add my voice in solidarity with you, sisters!

I love men, I have male friends who love me, and I am divorced in my 30s. I may get married again, I don’t know…but I am a child of God and He has a purpose for my life whether I marry or not. I have a “family” a girlfriends who take care of one another, and I have the freedom to volunteer for several ministries.

During and right after my divorce, I would think “since I have no children I will die alone”. Well that would be a crummy reason for me to marry again…to have offspring to take care of me! And children and a spouse are no guarantee one will not die alone. Women outlive their husbands and children have been known to fail to take care of their senior parents.

Marriage is a vocation, and it’s wonderful when God is involved. But the single life can also give a lot back to the community and one’s family.

 

[Trishie]

Heavenly Father please grant the prayers of all in this thread who are seeking loving life-partners. Please bring them together soon, as though for You "a thousand years are a single day, a yesterday now over, an hour of the night.” [Psalm 90:4] for those waiting for the right person to love and be loved by, a day can be a thousand years!
I ask this in the name of Jesus.

God bless each of you.
I think of you with hope and love.