I'd been on my own for almost 16 years and had a profile on NZDating for a good few years - almost a foundation member! I was busy building houses and supporting two children, and maybe I just wasn't taking it all seriously enough. My mother said my list of 'criteria' was too long and way too fussy and I was quite put out by her judgement of what I felt were pretty typical characteristics and of course hardly applicable to someone in their 70's who harked from the 'olden' days. read full story