Friendship and dating

I am coming to this very difficult topic from a position of weakness.

There was a period of 16 years when I had no success in older post-divorce ‘dating’. In fact, I got things hopelessly wrong! On reflection, it was related to three factors: my personality, my past, and God’s providence.

Personality

Each of us is created uniquely in the image of God. We need to understand who we are and how we are. My personality is one of passion, compassion and emotional intimacy; a ‘Mary’ rather than a ‘Martha’, who loves to relate to people. Initially I was not good at rationally analysing the facts of another’s character and behaviour, rather just listening to my emotions. I was not always good at determining who was ‘friendship material’ and who was the best person to date.