The Last Go 'Round
Tuesday evening I have a date with NOLA guy. I'd like to be all blase about it and say I thought he and I should just go ahead and meet, he can decide he doesn't like me, and we'll be done. (You internets know me better than that.)
Except I am rather looking forward to it. I enjoy talking to him on the phone; he's into movies, likes to read, adores his children. He seems smart and funny and interesting, all the usual things I like in a guy. I'm opting for a cautiously optimistic stance with this one, I think. No starry eyes, no daydreams. I've cut that shit out.
Big step ------> This morning, I canceled my eharmony membership, too. So NOLA guy is the last holdout from the online dating thing. Well, there is George who called a few nights ago; I emailed him yesterday and maybe I blew him off? I'm not sure. Haven't heard from him so I'm thinking maybe so.
Overall, online dating has been an *okay* experience. Met some cool guys, met some assholes, probably in the same ratio as if I had met them at a bar. It's not a bad venue for meeting people, especially if you're like me and live in a very small town where the hopes of meeting someone between the ages of 30 and 40, single, intelligent, and moderately good looking are just that - hopes.
I don't think anyone - least of all me - will be surprised if I go this route again. But I am taking a break. To be perfectly honest, it looks like I am well and truly will be BUSY this fall so maybe I won't miss not having dates, emails, and funny text messages.
I'm going to keep telling myself that.
Tonight dear son and I are off to visit my Brother the Prince and his family. Wish us well. Wish me well, rather, as I will be confined to a car with a four year old for six hours over two days. Not. Good.
I've yet another epiphany about men and women and the relationships between them. Or the games they play to be more accurate. There is nothing new under the sun BUT for me, it was a different way of looking at that made the whole thing more palatable. The thoughts are still simmering; I should post it next week.
Except I am rather looking forward to it. I enjoy talking to him on the phone; he's into movies, likes to read, adores his children. He seems smart and funny and interesting, all the usual things I like in a guy. I'm opting for a cautiously optimistic stance with this one, I think. No starry eyes, no daydreams. I've cut that shit out.
Big step ------> This morning, I canceled my eharmony membership, too. So NOLA guy is the last holdout from the online dating thing. Well, there is George who called a few nights ago; I emailed him yesterday and maybe I blew him off? I'm not sure. Haven't heard from him so I'm thinking maybe so.
Overall, online dating has been an *okay* experience. Met some cool guys, met some assholes, probably in the same ratio as if I had met them at a bar. It's not a bad venue for meeting people, especially if you're like me and live in a very small town where the hopes of meeting someone between the ages of 30 and 40, single, intelligent, and moderately good looking are just that - hopes.
I don't think anyone - least of all me - will be surprised if I go this route again. But I am taking a break. To be perfectly honest, it looks like I am well and truly will be BUSY this fall so maybe I won't miss not having dates, emails, and funny text messages.
I'm going to keep telling myself that.
Tonight dear son and I are off to visit my Brother the Prince and his family. Wish us well. Wish me well, rather, as I will be confined to a car with a four year old for six hours over two days. Not. Good.
I've yet another epiphany about men and women and the relationships between them. Or the games they play to be more accurate. There is nothing new under the sun BUT for me, it was a different way of looking at that made the whole thing more palatable. The thoughts are still simmering; I should post it next week.
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