Dating is a lot of work in your late 30's! Especially online dating!
You email, you text, you talk, you decide not to meet.
You email, you text, you talk, you decide to actually meet, and then you decide to not talk to them again.
This whole process takes a lot of time! Lather, rinse, repeat!
Turns out, I actually know this guy! And not in a "you shouldn't be dating this guy again" kinda way either!
He is a friend of a friend's husband, and we dated off and on a couple years back after one of my many ..many break ups with exmanfriend.
We met at a time in my life when I was not yet over the ex. we had fun, he treated me like a lady, we had great chemistry, laughs, the whole nine. At the time, I had expected to have the same deep feelings for him as I had for my ex...expected to jump right back into couple-dom and decided I wasn't getting "enough" even though I told him I only wanted to date casually
...plus, I was still hoping exmanfriend would realize the error of his ways.
You live and learn!
I've been relationship-less for a few years now, and I am finally open for something new! He said he had been thinking about me for a very long time. I admitted that the past few months I had been wondering about him as well.
He said he would LOVE to take me out, and to anywhere that I wanted. That is a lot of pressure! If someone is taking you out how do you decide the level of dining? Fast food? Retail Chain? Mom and Pop diner???? I left the dinner up to him.
He picked one of the nicest restaurants around. One I'd never been to. It was a lot of pressure!
No one has ever taken me to such a fancy place! Especially not for a first (or maybe 10th or so/second first) date!
I'm not complaining. It has been a very long time since I've been wined and dined!! I'm so excited to go on a date again, followed by a movie.. and I already know that we get along.
In true dating fashion, once I got another date, HS friend asked me out. I told him I was busy this weekend, and he asked if it was an internet date. I said "no, I actually know the guy in real life". He wished me luck.
But in retrospect...that was kind of a mean thing to say after not talking to me for a week, not seeing you for almost a month, and then asking me out two days before you want to go out with me! Right? I would love to go out again but I already had plans.
So..wish me luck!
1 comment:
Sounds like you are ready for it to happen. Can't wait to hear how it goes.
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