I have major trust issues with women, so dating is a risk. I had been in a relationship after I lost my wife. I dated a few times, and then met my second woman, thought I would live my life with her, but we only dated for few months say (9-10), because I caught her cheating, lying, and stole from me while I am on the off shores and my home wasn’t settled and I realized who I am and what I want. So then after that I didn’t want to date, it seemed I could not trust women. So when I did go out with was going out as friends. You see it is not that I need a woman in my life, but I want a woman in my life. Someone I can be happy with, and make her happy I have lived close to 4yrs now without a woman. I realized that life is too short not to share it with someone. I have been through a lot in my life, but I think it has made me who I am.