A friend of mine recently posted, “My problem is I don’t know how to start dating again, lol. . . “ I originally replied that “You start by starting” I realize that was pithy and cutesy, but I truly mean it. But in the meantime, I went back and dug up some notes I had…
Tag: online dating
Walks on the Beach
True online OKCupid encounter* commences now (I even left in the typos): He: How are you? If you were walking on the beach and saw someone laying there buried in the sand, completely, with only the face barely peeking through, just enough to breathe, would you step on their face or walk around? Lol. (long…
I’m Not Prejudiced . . .Part Two
I feel I would be remiss if I did not finish this story, even though it may cast a somewhat disparaging light on me. I did not reply to Trotter’s last email, but within a day or so, I got another one. “. . . I would still like to meet you for lunch one…
The Whoosh Factor
Sometimes, I’m just not that perceptive. “I tried to hit on you last year when we saw each other at the convention,” someone recently told me. I tried to think back and couldn’t think of a single thing he said to indicate to me that he was interested. Nothing sprang to mind. It’s not the first…
The Tale of Bra Boy
He found me on Yahoo. I was in the process of separating from my husband and moving to Denver, he lived in Colorado Springs. He assured me it was fairly close by. We chatted back and forth over several weeks. When I first arrived in Denver, I knew no one other than my landlord/roommate…
Its Up Two U
I rewrote my dating profile this weekend after a male friend who was on the same site took a look at it for me. “You need to sell yourself more,” he said. “You need to forget about being humble and just put out the best things about you and stick by them.” It’s hard. I was…