Graham wrote:

> On 2021-04-03 9:48 a.m., cshenk wrote:
> > jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > > On 4/1/2021 7:27 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> >>>On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 19:16:43 -0400, Ed Pawlowski >
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On 4/1/2021 6:25 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > > > > On 2021-04-01 6:20 p.m., Graham wrote:
> > > > > > > On 2021-04-01 1:32 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > > > > > She made a good choice in the end.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I told my kids that if I ever re-marry their new step
> > > > > > > > mom will at least be as old as my youngest
> > > > > > > > granddaughter.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > My two best friends, one divorced, one a widow, have one
> > > > > > > > trait we all have in common.Â* Don't want to marry again.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I know 3 widows who feel the same way. They all had had to
> > > > > > > cope with their husbands terminal illnesses.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If they are women of you generation they probably don't
> > > > > > need to remarry. They got the estate and the pension. They
> > > > > > are set.
> > > > >
> > > > > That can help but in my case, hooking up with my best friend
> > > > > would be marrying up for sure.
> > > > >
> > > > > We were friends for decades when our spouses were still with
> > > > > us and her and I often did things together. Amazing the
> > > > > assumptions people make when a man and woman do something
> > > > > together. We are 1200 miles apart but I do see her for a
> > > > > week or so a few times a year.
> > > >
> > > > Seeing each other for a week or so a few times a year can be a
> > > > lot of time together.
> > > > Seems like you're trying to make that relationship seem very
> > > > innocent but I don't believe that, not for a second. A man and
> > > > a women can't be just friends for decades.
> > > >
> > > How little you know, Sheldon. Not everthing has to be "friends
> > > with benefits." I've had a number of male friends in my lifetime
> > > who were nothing more than friends. And no, before your mind
> > > jumps there, they weren't ***. Believe it or not, men and woman
> > > can share common interests without sex being a factor.
> > >
> > > Jill
> >
> > Correct Jill. I have a lot of male friends (non-*** and 1 ***).
> > Sadly, Sheldon seems incapable of a normal male/female friendship,
> > from what he says above.
> >
> From his posts, which I see only when quoted, he is the perfect
> example of a misanthrope.

Sheldon is on a lot of kill filters due to his own posts.