Question for KC community from west side

Good luck and thanks the reminder on the complexities life and in particular the hobby offer... I don't want to say "don't follow your heart." As you have wisely not named the provider, we don't know the person and their general ethics and sincerity... But do this, kinda in the vain of Biggen, know that even if you decide you love each other, make sure that she doesn't take advantage (usually in the form of finances, see another post on this coed forum as and example). Also, you seem a good enough guy to express yourself here, don't you take advantage of it either....we can rarely be all things to all people and it's not fair in general to expect that from anyone in yours or her life.

NAS out

My friend. There is no guarantee if you fall in love with a girl you meet at church, who has perfect attendance, comes from a good family, has perfect teeth and writes poetry about puppies, will not burn you to the ground. I bet I just got a few amens.

I just finished writing my five year plan for the next five years. I have never done that. But it is the final five years until I clean out my desk, sell the house and retire. 60 months. Amazingly I am not thinking about what I am going to do when I retire but what I never had time or courage to do before now. I'm sad I missed so much life because now I realize I wasn't living in a house of cards. I could have taken more chances, had more fun, played with my kids more, loved without holding back. And it all would have probably been ok. But I literally hedged my bets in every aspect of my life. Now instead of looking forward to some freedom I feel like I'm looking back on a lifetime of regrets and I am sadly out of time.

There is no such thing as security, safety, or as they say in the stock market ,"Past performance does not guarantee future results"

Does this girl have a good heart? Is she kind? Is she honest? How does she treat people?

Protect yourself financially and professionally, as you should if you were falling for the preachers daughter. But let your heart go where it wants. Trust me, broken hearts heal.

Thanks again for all of the advice. This give me more to think about until I meet up with her again to talk to her. Unfortunately that won't be for another week.

Take care KC community. I will have to hit one of the girls up in the area when I come back to visit.