I'm single and I think quite a bit older than you, priorities change when you meet people you like after awhile.
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We're almost the same age.

I can't imagine driving 40 miles for anyone barring a celebrity or a 10 that wanted to shag, guaranteed.

The farthest I've gone is about 20 and usually I look for girls within 15 miles.
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Like I said, we look for different things, like you said you don't even want a relationship.

Her and I click very well so much so that it doesn't bother me that she has kids, I doubt you'd be thinking that.
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I'd love to have a relationship.

So tell us about the date.
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Didn't you say not that long ago you had no desire to put in the work for a relationship?
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That's great.

Hope it goes well for you.
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Also, the older you get, the harder it is to find someone you can connect with that isn't already taken. Sometimes, they're not so close. I think that's why Clay goes for the near teenagers. Probably why guys I like tend to be younger. They're what's available.
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I don't remember saying that. I said I'd be a horrible boyfriend. At this point I'm willing to see just how awful a boyfriend I might be. This entire dating thing, since last August, is mostly about personal growth. I'm just in it to get the experience mostly. I have lost time to make up for. If something happens along the way, great.
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I have only been out with three girls who were under 20. The rest were all 22+ and one was 30.

Oh...of course one was 39...bless that woman. :-)
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This one is the same age as me which I think is pretty good. We like the same music...she likes my hair.

I don't think she likes sports much but that isn't an issue at all to me.
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I have a friend who is almost 28. He's had 3 girlfriends over the last 7 years with probably a period of about a year of being single. None of the girlfriends have been over 22.

I've always wondered if he had a case of arrested development.
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Spot on. I miss how easy this was in my 20s...
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Yeah, that's rough.

I'm currently in a long distance relationship. She lives about 100 miles away from me but is on a work assignment that runs through next year that has her even further away (~250 miles). We spend every weekend together either at my place, her current location or meet in the middle at her permanent place.

Sometimes getting through Monday - Thursday can be difficult and the 1 weekend a month dedicated to class is especially tough.

However, if it's the right person it'll work itself out. It's kind of strange, but I have quite a few friends who now are either in long distance relationships or were in them for 1-2 years before they moved to the same city.

Good luck.
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I had a manager at a high school job who was in his mid to late 30s, and he didn't date anyone over 20 (and I heard plenty of stuff about what happened behind closed doors with the ~17 year old girls at work).... I once heard him say "she'll be gone soon, because she's gettin' too old" when talking about his gf, who I think was 18, and was living with him at the time.
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So your sister is 19 now, that's cool.
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