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Devon you could always play the helpless male.

Next time you're chatting to her you could ask for her help in showing you how to do something - sewing a button on for example or setting the timer on the automatic oven - anything you can think of.

From the sounds of it I think she would probably be willing to pop over to your house to show you. The coffee & chat could be taken from there..

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Devon 56, You joined us in Sept 2016 saying you had recently ended a long term relationship and were now in a new relationship. If that new relationship has ended then I would really reconsider what your intentions are, with this lady you want to become friends with.
I am sure that many of us have been through a relationship break up, and it isn't easy to adjust to being alone...but we all do eventually. If you are certain that you just want a platonic friend, ask the lady to join you for a coffee, but don't immediately start telling her your emotional problems, just chat the way you did when you met her in the street.
I would say, be sure what it is that you want from this lady, before making any further moves.

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Me too Summer .
I think I'm going to go out and buy some mistletoe

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[QUOTE=Muddy;1054188]Me too Summer .
I think I'm going to go out and buy some mistletoe [/QUOTEu]

Ha! Good idea Muddy, I'll get some too and carry it around with me... Does that seem desperate... Oh well

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Get a toolbelt, apparently that is an aphrodisiac to most ladies, you will be swamped with attentive women.

Good luck, it takes a bit of bottle to get back into relationships whatever level you take.

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A Man with a tool belt would get My attention too as there are quite a few things need fixing around My House

As for meeting a Man who JUST wants to be Friends!..well..I never have in My 22yrs of singledom...but I live in hope.

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Just what I thought May, if it's just a friend he's looking for what's wrong with either gender.....Unless there is some hidden AGender....

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Thats true

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My solicitor told me that although adultery is still on the statute books as a reason for divorce it is rarely used and only with the consent of the cohabittee anyway.

Interesting point though.

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This is a purely platonic thing so not actually relevant. I had several female friends during our marriage whom I'd meet up with from time to time to no wifely objection.