{"id":1174,"date":"2006-11-30T07:14:25","date_gmt":"2006-11-30T12:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2006-11-30T07:14:25","modified_gmt":"2006-11-30T12:14:25","slug":"pairing-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/?p=1174","title":{"rendered":"Pairing off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moxie<\/a> is talking about marriage and values, and the whys and wherefores. Steve<\/a> has also opined on the difficulties of finding a date. <\/p>\n

Fact is, there’s a whole lot of truth in what they say. I have been in some relationships that were- shall we say, less than optimal. And I was patient. Patience is a big deal here. <\/p>\n

You don’t get to your thirties without some baggage, you don’t get anywhere near there without getting hurt or hurting someone. Nature of the beast. <\/p>\n

On the other hand, when it hits, and it hits right, it makes every moment of the wait worthwhile. The Ogwife is the absolute love of my life. She’s an absolutely wonderful human and a great mother, and I have no idea what I ever did to deserve her. No, it’s not the kind of thing you expect to ever happen to you. yes, it’s a bit of a shock when it does. I had to go to Canada to find the perfect woman for me, and I imagine that the perfect person for you might be half a world away, and you have no idea how to go about looking for them. I got lucky. I feel for those who don’t. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Moxie is talking about marriage and values, and the whys and wherefores. Steve has also opined on the difficulties of finding a date. Fact is, there’s a whole lot of truth in what they say. I have been in some relationships that were- shall we say, less than optimal. And I was patient. Patience is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}