To say it's been a strange "dating" week would be an understatement. On a dating site, I was messaging a guy with a fake tan (automatic deduction) when things went south fast. I suspected this would happen as he opened our conversation with "Looking good sweetie!" and I hate that crap, but I wanted to …
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I’ll Just Rent a Dog
This morning, as I drove into work, I listened to a Where Are They Now episode of TTFA. A widow who had lost her husband less than two years ago talked about the experience of losing her husband, sharing it the with TTFA podcasts listeners, and how she's found love again. As amazing as it …
Bumbling Through
I decided to rejoin a dating site called Bumble. To my surprise, quite a few men responded to my messages to them. Not surprisingly, most fizzled out pretty quickly too. While I don't grill men with questions on these sites, I do prefer to have a bit of conversation before agreeing to meet for drinks …
Catfishing
It looks like it's time for another online dating break. I started messaging with Michael the other night. He was friendly and a good conversationalist, but seemed familiar to me. I asked him "Have we messaged before?" He told me he didn't think we'd messaged before but maybe he had a familiar face or something …
Matthew, Full-on-Monet
I was looking forward to a date with Matthew (that's his real damn name and on the dating site, he calls himself "Full-on-Monet"). In our messages, he seemed pretty smart and definitely witty. I appreciate some good wit. His profile depicted a well-rounded guy with a lot of interests. He texted me earlier in the …
Ask About Me
One of the biggest challenges of online dating, and I'm sure I've said it before, is that most men don't seem to know how to do it. It's necessary to establish some kind of banter, or ask questions to get the conversation going, and yet nine time out fo ten I'm asking questions of them …
Over 40
I few weeks ago, I noticed that I hadn't been getting any messages from potential dates via the site OKCupid. I have a theory about this which I'll get to. I'm on Bumble as well, which has proven to be a huge waste of time. I've never been on a site where so many men …
