Still taking a break

School is going really well so I may venture out into the dating pool again sometime soon. Then again, I may just keep focusing on my school work. We'll see.

Hiatus

I have decided it's best to take a dating hiatus. I am focusing my energy on grad school and my son's well-being so maybe I'll be ready this summer.

Plenty of fish

I've been on this new website; plentyoffish.com, for a little while now. I'm really concerned at the quality of men on this site. I wonder if the old adage is true; "You get what you pay for." I'm highly discouraged. Most of them can't spell the simplest of words. As a life-long reader and student, I have a good vocabulary and I can spell. When I can't, I know enough to consult a dictionary. Why don't others do that? Don't they want to make a good impression on those that they are hoping to attract? Am I expecting too much from 50 yr. old men?

I hope not. I have finally healed enough to be in a place where high ideals are part of my standards. I don't want to compromise now. I did that when I was younger and all it got me was single motherhood. I haven't met any of the men yet so maybe I'm jumping the gun but it's not looking good. I have to wonder if I'm just not ready. One guy that I've been emailing claims to be a teacher and yet doesn't seem the least bit concerned with little things like capitalization and punctuation. Hmmmm.

I'll post when I have more data. ;-}

Is it time again?

I'm beginning to feel like it's time to date again. I'm so ambivalent about it. I've been on my own for so long and I don't like the idea of someone else expecting me to call at a certain time, be available whenever, run things by them, etc. I'm not sure I'm ever going to be able to have a full-time relationship. I'm not sure I want one. I would like to have someone to spend time with, have fun with, and all the other goodies but on my terms. Oh, I sound like a guy. I've just been independent for so long that sharing my life seems so difficult now. Time will tell, won't it?

Trying again

I gave up on match.com. The men that were contacting me just didn't do it for me. So I cancelled the service and now I'm trying a free site called plentyoffish.com. I'm probably going to get what I pay for but it won't hurt to try. I signed up yesterday and I've already gotten about 10 emails. Either the men on this site are more desperate or friendlier. I'm going with the latter.

What will the future bring????

No courage

He has not replied. I'm more convinced than before that he was really drunk when he decided to email me and that's why he didn't recognize me. How bizarre!

Since then, my daughter went on a date with his nephew and she's not interested. The nephew is having a hard time accepting no for an answer. Oh well. The saga continues. . . 

Sort of quiet

I've been receiving a few emails but no dates. Well, that's not true. I did have a date scheduled for last Sunday afternoon but I cancelled. After the last disaster, I don't think I was ready. He seemed to understand and said we'll get together after his vacation this week. I am emailing another guy but he doesn't seem too interested in meeting in person and I'm ok with that. He seems a little depressed or at the very least, boring.

A funny thing happened last night though. I got an email through match.com from a former boyfriend that I dated like 25+ years ago. The email was written like he didn't know who I was. I'm thinking he was A. drunk as hell B. lying C. really fried in the head. How could he look at my profile with my picture on it and not know who I was? I just saw him at a benefit for his brother-in-law 2 weeks ago. I restrained myself when I wrote back. We'll see if he has the courage to reply to my email.