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  1. yes i am thinking the same as my wish to meet other single people has been sabotaged!
  2. thanks and i will but i am really trying to start a new group for people in a similar situation and early evening would be good too now it is lighter.
  3. no this is not very productive and i think uncle eddy has hit the nail on the head.
  4. All the walks start at the crack of dawn. You have really missed the point and i do not understand your desire to clutter up this thread. I am inviting single 40s with or without their children. What is wrong with that?
  5. i know but i would like to find people who are available on afternoons.
  6. I wasn't intending to retort in anyparticular way but I think if you have never been divorced and had to be a single parent you cannot possibly know what you are talking about, with all due respect!
  7. i was planning it to be just me too! pie and mash sounds tempting at the end of a walk. Most of the walks I have seen on offer are in search of wildlife and sights or fungi even but i thought how nice it would be to have some good food and perhaps a small drink as the target. I love walking but perhaps a mature 'pub crawl' in the loosest sense would attract like-minded people as I do enjoy country pubs and there are many and many miles of beauty around Sheffield. ---------- Post added 12-04-2013 at 02:24 ---------- I have realised that there is not a great deal on offer out there for single people in their 40s who are a bit past nightclubs, etc. whether or not they have children. I have become used to going on walks with the family but now I am single again I have no one to do that sort of thing with and expect there are others in the same situation or simply think, yeah, that would be a nice way to meet people. So, I would like to invite any singles in their 40s or thereabouts to post on here to give their thoughts about maybe forming a group as I feel so unfit after this long winter but think that spring is happening?
  8. I have taken my kids for walks, just us, but that is not what I am suggesting!
  9. I have a daughter aged 4 and son aged 8. why?
  10. I really would like to join a walking club to get me out of my post-divorce isolation but my problem is I work in the morning and have the afternoons fairly free but most of the organised walks i have read in this forum start in the morning so I cannot join them. It would seem that they are mostly catering for older people who are perhaps retired. I am 43 and desperately wanting to meet new friends and I wonder if there are other people, perhaps like me who work from home, who would be interested in getting together in the afternoons for a trek, pub lunch, etc.? If you are like me and have kids, I was thinking about without the kids(!) but if there are other single dads out there with kids at a loose end I guess we could all go. If there is anyone interested in this, now the weather seems to be improving, I would love to hear from you. Nick
  11. My problem is that I am very much a family man with 2 kids under the age of 8 and am only just really accepting that my wife of 15 years has left me for good. I don't feel like dating but yearn for that cosy family life. We lived in Hong Kong (where I grew up) for 8 years and came back a year or so ago. Due to that and marriage I have lost contact with everyone. Because I work from home and have until recently had the lion share of childcare it is difficult for me to meet people. Although I have lived in Sheffield for many years I am a southerner and do feel a little like a fish out of water. I am even in HK right now trying to rebuild my life but have realised that I miss my kids so much that I have shelved that idea and am returning in a couple of weeks or so. I wonder if there are any like-minded people out there. I am 42 and don't just want to go to pubs and bars as I do enjoy a meal and a drink at home and a movie, etc. I would love female (and male) company in the evenings/weekends or even afternoons but know that is difficult and there is safety in numbers. The only thing I can think of is organising small group gatherings at people's homes for anyone who is interested. As people get to know each other it might even lead to those normal things in life like shopping or just hanging out somewhere interesting. I guess this isn't just for divorcees. I hope I don't sound too sad, but totally restarting at 42 with kids and making new friends is not easy, especially when you are out of practice after years of contented family life. I wonder if anyone else is in a similar situation.
  12. can anyone tell me how easy it is to pick up a wireless broadband wifi or hotspot around sheffield city centre and what locations are possible for using my laptop. What do you have to do to be able to use them. also, what is this year's car reg? these may sound like idiotic questions but i have been in HK for 10 years and am completely out of touch with sheffield. thx. Nick
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