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(N.B. Never be surprised at what egregious conversational gambits crop up in dating circles.)

They also value nonchalance. In a room full of people with a glass of wine in hand, they’re the ones who are very good at gazing calmly into the middle distance (or at perusing the plastic-looking cheese offerings with much concentration) as though being alone is a perfect state of being. Finding a mate may be the only thingsac longchamp pas cher they’re thinking about but they want others to see that they’re most interested in, say, sustainable farming.

Sarah Hampson’s book on midlife post-divorce, Happily Ever After Marriage, There’s Nothing Like Divorce to Clear the Mind, is in bookstores now.

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An enterprising organizer – one Jean Hamilton of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont – convened a weed-dating event. Lonely hearts descended on a local vegetable farm. They were invited to take a themed last name: Emily Blackberry, Elizabeth Garlic,sac longchamp solde,Sac Longchamp, Sacs a Mains Longchamp Pas Cher, Sacs Pliage Longchamp et de Long, Karl Basil, Ben Blueberry. It was a veritable cornucopia of people ranging in age from their 20s to 50s. Perhaps some boasted about the uncommon length of their prized zucchini.

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Weed dating – now that’s Stuff Divorced People Like

News came the other day about an inspired approach to dating.

For some who have been through a breakup or two, partner selection is even more refined than it was when they were younger and inexperienced. People who are looking for love (again) are reluctant to make another mistake. Or they want the opposite of what they knew. Or the same minus a few bothersome qualities. (It’s a bit like selecting designer babies.) They don’t want to waste their time. They make lists of attributes they desire in a mate. (Yes, I know someone who did this after reading a book about how to manifest the man of your dreams. It’s all about putting your intention out to the universe, apparently.) They can be picky. One woman I know had a rule about not dating people in certain area codes. Mate selection is a project – like finding the perfect chair for the living room.

But perhaps topmost among Stuff Divorced People Like is a chance to indulge their romantic aspirations. In that vegetable garden in Vermont, they could believe that someone will like them when they look their worst. They could feel earthy and real even when they’re not. And they could believe that if love were to poke its head into the sunshine, it would be organic, just like their carrots.

(Along those lines, maybe someone should hold a Vespa party. The popular Italian scooter gives off emissions of sex, style,Longchamp Le Pliage Bleu-gris de Voyage Sac €, sophistication and nimble risk-taking – perfect. They could discuss adjectives to describe the colours available – Pepto-Bismol pink? Seafoam green? Imagine the ease of conversation! Wine may not even be necessary.)

Random pairs set off deep in the rows of leeks. After 10 minutes, the clatter of a goat bell informed them that it was time to change partners. Muddy handshakes ensued.

People who are looking for love are not an easy segment of the population to please. They’re set in their thinking and their needs. They’re finicky. They know what they want but have a hard time finding it. Even when they come upon someone of suitable quality, they think there’s someone better – taller, thinner, richer, smarter, funnier, with more hair perhaps – around the corner or a mouse click away. (They’re made in marketers’ heaven.) Put it down to the prevailing culture of self-improvement. They think everything can be better with the right effort.