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It's not just divorced people with kids that have baggage. A lot of people who date mes kas style have a lot of baggage, too.
What I picked up from listening to those stories is that the older and more experience a person has, the more manipulative and calculating they are. They really don't know how to date for love. They only date for sex, companionship, and supply. In the back of their mind, they are already planning an exit plan or how to protect themselves should the situationship end. Sometimes a connection is good and they will still end it because they prioritize themselves first.
They've been burned too many times, and have burned others too many times. They don't trust or believe in real love.