Hi, I'm Bob.
Skip the photos, I'm no George Clooney clone, but my profile is long, honest, and all 100% truth.
Would I be the sort of widower that can actually find a pretty woman to spend time and less-exertive activities with?
I have a nice cuddy I/O boat to sleep out on the water on - that should give me a few extra bonus points Lmao.

Profile in itself is fine.
The 'but' is in the facts that you can't change, not at this moment anyway: you have nothing to offer a woman as you already had the one & only love in your life and recently lost her.

So a woman has to give up on her dreams and the hope of finding new love, and be happy she gets the chance to play second fiddle in your life.
You expect a woman to settle for crumbs because you can't deal with being on your own?

That's what you're asking. No offense, but that's immature and selfish.
Since you recently lost your wife it'd be best to wait a while before going on a dating site.
You've got to find your own feet first.

Trying to get a new woman to use her as a stopgap isn't going to take your pain away. You'll have to work through it regardless. And it's mean to use another person.

Hi Bob,

Welcome! Your profile was quite the read. A little entertaining, but quite wordy. I skim read some parts. The site is unforgiving when it comes to inserting paragraphs on the profile page. Nonetheless, I survived. Perhaps condense it a little and edit the repetitive aspects. The boat pic of you with the balloons in the background is appealing and speaks more to your personality.

Grieving can be quite a process and I wish you the best of luck!

Hi SparklingCrystal;
It's going on 3 years now (Xmas Day 2022).
So how long am I supposed to spend grieving, exactly, before I attempt to start a new friendship - note I say "friendship", not demanding a new "love of my life" relationship.
I guess I'm clueless and didn't understand the grieving period, never having been in one previously.
So, SparklingCrystal, are you suggesting I wait another 3 years, 5 years, 10 years, before it's "the appropriate time" to commence getting on with getting on?

Thank you both for even bothering to replay.
I appreciate the comments.

Hi Merry;
This is a new experience for me but I notice almost all the female listings claim they are seeking someone who is "open" and "honest".
I made my profile such that it is both, in as much detail as balanced against too little (which most profiles are and don't give one much of a clue who that person is - many have ZERO information even) or too much.

I favored the "more is better" approach, given it's so difficult for women to decide if they want to take a chance on a given profile on a sorta shady site as this is proving to be.

I'm here, I'm moving on, or at least attempting to, and if that's not enough after all the details I've revealed about myself, then perhaps I'm not the "Mr. Right" or even the "Mr. Right Now" any particular female subscribers are looking for.

Given the 0% success rate I've had so far, I honestly do not know what else I could do, hence the request for you fairer sex persons to give me some responses.
Bob