I will probably cause a stir

 I may go offline

My online romance

An evening with Svitlana

Already I am causing a stir on Charming Talks, by not replying to requests to chat to older ladies. 

There are two main reasons, one is a cash shortage, as we pay to chat, the other is I am in a relationship which has grown through the site, with a lady who lives in Didcot, Oxfordshire.

There is another aspect, many of the ladies are either in the USA, Asia, or Europe, so meeting would be hard for me.

There is also the fact young ladies, the age of my youngest daughter (33) wish to meet me.

If Svitlana, my friend in Didcot, and I do meet, I will probably delete my profile from the site. I didn't put my profile on the site to get attention, I did it to see if ladies found me attractive, as I never considered myself to be so. It was not vanity, it was purely to answer a question I never resolved.

Who was Mamie van Doren?

 Blonde Bombshell

Sex symbol

A world of sex

Recently, I came across Mamie van Doren, I will admit I had never heard of her, her name comes up in YouTube videos liked to Jayne Mansfield, Jean Harlow, and Marilyn Munroe as a blonde sex symbol, to me she is not me is more like a young Brigette Bardot. I didn't like Bardot, until she got older, I didn't enjoy her films either, other than Viva Maria with Jeanne Moreau. I enjoyed losts of Jeanne Moreau's films.

I can't give my opinion of her acting, as I haven't seen any of her films.

As an attractive lady, that is up to personal taste, and in my view, she had nothing other than large breasts to offer,

The RICE principle of injury care

 The Shockwave

Life changes

Meeting Svitlana

The RICE principle of home care is rest, ice, compression and elevation, this is good if the joint is in your arm, keeping it above your heart is easy. For me, it is almost impossible, my injured joint is my left knee, the right knee could be possible to elevate above my heart, but for my left knee it is a major task.

Fortunately, as the nights are closing in, the injury doesn't intrude on my plan to meet my friend, Svitlana.

While some men may find a lady willing to ralk about sex from the opening of a friendship as off-putting, I am not one of them. I did find it odd, she was so willing to chat about sex, and share intimate photos from the start, but I didn't see it as a threat.

For me, if a relationship is to flourish, both partners need to be open to talk about what they wish for.

The main reason we get on well is we "clicked" from the start, I'd had contact with older ladies on SoulmateMeets at the time, but I never felt anything more than distant friendship. With Svitlana things are different, I won't deny living in the UK is a plus, as many of the other ladies are in the USA.

What matters is our contact, we find chatting easy, and free from restrictions. One lady in France, who thought she had the opportunity to make a connection, went too far too soon. She was talking about taking things to the "next stage" when I hadn't established "this stage."

Stranger on the shore

 Young ladies online

Do young ladies find me attractive?

Sex with an older man

I am not vain, but I have to admit some young ladies find me attractive, judging from comments on WhatsApp, and the requests I get to chat on Charming Talks.

The latest is from a young lady who lives in Burnham-on-sea in North Somerset. She only contacted me this week, and wishes to meet me.

I have several reservations about this, mainly I am already in a relationship I don't wish to ruin. It would be easy to run both friendships, as my lady friend lives in Didcot, Oxfordshire, so there is little chance the ladies would meet.

However, I am a one-lady man, not necessarily first come, first served. Svitlana wasn't the first lady who contacted me on Charming Talks, but she is the lady i felt the strongest connection with.

Getting to Burnham is a pain, there are no direct links, I would have to get to Weston-Super-Mare, then catch a bus to Burnham. I haven't been to Burnham for a long time, back in my college days.

Though we chatted, I have yet to see her face, not that looks are that important to me, what matters is personality.

There are other factors, though some men would consider being chatted up by a young lady an honour, I find it off-putting to meet a lady young enough to be my daughter, for intimate contact. I do have a friend in Bristol, who is that young, but our friendship is casual as she runs a cafe in Redcliffe I go to twice a week for dinner.

Also, this request is a bit sudden for me, I am being cautious as I got burned this year by a lady "claiming" she lived in Whitchurch, a short walk from where I live in Hartcliffe.

If I was to meet a lady, the meeting would be after getting to know her for months, through chatting online.

Time to destress

 It was shocking

Alan Place

Broken nose

I need several days to destress as my accident at the end of September 2026 has reulted in me having several hospital appoints in one month, and three more to come.

The main cause of my blood loss that afternoon is a severe broken nose, my nose was first broken when I was hit by a cricket ball, when I was 11. This resulted in breathing issues, and a loss of the sense of smell.

Horrorfest 2025

 Film night with Linda

The Thin Man

R.I.P. Linda

With longer dark nights approaching, I intend to do something my late wife and I planned, before she passed away. We had planned to watch some horror films, The Thin Man series, and season 23 of Midsomer Murders, sadly she passed away before the DVD box sets arrived.

Film night with Linda

I am a Ghost Story Writer who is regarded highly

Gothic Horror

1970's Horror films

A few months before my wife passed away, we decided for Christmas and New Year, we would spend evenings watching some horror films, we also decided to watch The Thin Man series, and season 23 of Midsomer Murders.

Unfortunately, she passed away before the DVD box sets arrived.

I plan to start watching them this month, as the nights get longer, and as a reasult of my accident, I have limited mobility.