—About 5 months ago—
I am being flirted with by an old man with a bird (actual bird, not a reference to my boys) in a bar at the moment. I cannot make this shit up. I am concerned that I have lost my, “leave me the hell alone vibe.” I wonder how long it took the man with the bird to teach it to say, “pretty girl here.” No!!!! His approach is not working.
My plan for the evening was to sit at home and work on my blog. Instead, I am meeting a date in 15 minutes. What? Have I lost my mind? A date? Not dating for a long time was really nice.
It took me way less time that I thought it would to get ready and drive over here, so here I am alone in a bar waiting for a date to begin. A date, hmmmm.
—Fast forward to the next evening—
My date last night was a reminder of why I do not date online. The guy had completely misrepresented himself in every way. Everything from his height, to what he actually does for a living to how long he has been divorced. He explained to me that his misrepresentation of himself was my fault because he is such a great guy, but I would have never agreed to go out with him if he had not been honest. Seriously.
—Fast forward to present day—
I quickly gave up with online dating after that one date with a catfish and some guy that I never met having sent me an obscene photograph of himself. However, I did not throw in the towel on dating. While not a major focal point in my life, dating is currently something that I make time for when the right man asks me for a date. This reactive approach to dating seems to work.
I am definitely ready to find the right person and settle down with him. This will happen when it happens, and something tells me that it will happen sooner rather than later. Time will tell. 🙂