Let's see, what has happened lately? Not much. I seem to be going through a Match dry spell. It seems like some weeks I am texting multiple guys and having a hard time keeping them straight. So far this week, no texts! I did get a call from the Alaska guy last night, which was good, but since I spent all day at the river drinking beer, I can't exactly remember what I talked to him about! Whoops...hopefully he calls me tonight, or I might (gasp!) actually have to call him.
I was rating my daily 5 today, and one of them was pretty cute...divorced army guy, no kids. However, in his profile, he said he is looking for someone who is looking for marriage, and he doesn't want anyone who is dating multiple people. I put him into my "maybes." That just seems too intense for me. Would I like to get married someday? Sure, but I don't feel like I am on a husband hunt online. I want to take it sloooooooooow. Hell, I don't even kiss on the first date!
I'm hoping to hear from Good Speller guy. He is cute, and I like good spellers too!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
All is not lost
Well, this date went pretty well. I went out with the Alaska guy. (I have nick-names for all my dates to help me keep them straight in my head and when I tell everyone at work.) He vacationed in Alaska, he's not from there:) He is an active guy. He rides RAGBRAI every year, which is a plus, likes to kayak, fish, etc. Kind of like an old ex of mine except he LIKES to work out. Nice dinner, a drink at the bar after, and now I'm home. Kind of early, I know, but like I said, it went well. I'm not sure if we will go out again...we didn't really establish that. We did the "nice to meet you" thing, and then we hugged, so....we'll see. I would actually go out with this one again, so I will wait to see what happens.
On a side note, the Gray's Lake guy, whom I have never gone out with, wants to get a bite to eat sometime on a strictly non-date capacity. Back story: he was one of the first guys I met on Match. We were going to go on a walk around Gray's Lake for our first date since he doesn't drink, but things came up and it never happened. He made me nervous when he told me he thought I had a "good heart." I thought, boy, are you going to be disappointed when you meet me cuz no one I know would ever describe me that way! But, we became friends on Facebook, and we actually met face to face on RAGBRAI. So now....a bite. (But not a date!)
And then we come back to the douche bag. I won't capitalize his name. There's a lot of back story there...we went out a few times. Suffice to say it ended....not necessarily badly, but it was supposed to be over. I mean, a text that says, "It was nice meeting you and I hope you find what your looking for" pretty much says it all, right? Wrong. HE sent ME that text after I told him on no uncertain terms that I wasn't going to play the "back up girl" role. That was last week. Today, he sent me a text asking me if I had plans. WTF? Anyway...to be continued on that guy. Can't seem to get rid of him.
On a side note, the Gray's Lake guy, whom I have never gone out with, wants to get a bite to eat sometime on a strictly non-date capacity. Back story: he was one of the first guys I met on Match. We were going to go on a walk around Gray's Lake for our first date since he doesn't drink, but things came up and it never happened. He made me nervous when he told me he thought I had a "good heart." I thought, boy, are you going to be disappointed when you meet me cuz no one I know would ever describe me that way! But, we became friends on Facebook, and we actually met face to face on RAGBRAI. So now....a bite. (But not a date!)
And then we come back to the douche bag. I won't capitalize his name. There's a lot of back story there...we went out a few times. Suffice to say it ended....not necessarily badly, but it was supposed to be over. I mean, a text that says, "It was nice meeting you and I hope you find what your looking for" pretty much says it all, right? Wrong. HE sent ME that text after I told him on no uncertain terms that I wasn't going to play the "back up girl" role. That was last week. Today, he sent me a text asking me if I had plans. WTF? Anyway...to be continued on that guy. Can't seem to get rid of him.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Better late than never..
I realized today that maybe I should have started keeping a diary of this whole online dating experience when I started. Otherwise, how I am I going to remember all these stories and relate them back to my friends and family? Well, even though I feel like I want to take a slight break from dating after my date tomorrow, I am sure my journey is far from over. After all, tomorrow will be Match #7, and so far, 5 out of 6 have been 1 time meetings only.
So what spurred wanting to blog about this stuff? It was a "wink" from BumpyBigBoy. (For those of you who don't know what a wink is, it's sort of an online "flirting" gesture.) Anyway, the name alone brings many horrible images into my head. I tried to look at his photo on my phone, but alas, shockingly, he didn't have one. I did see that he was 51....ummm. He still doesn't win the age contest though, since I once got a wink from a 58 year old who rode his bike across the country with his dog and wrote a book about it. Good for him!
And honestly, I have heard some truly heinous stories about some first dates. So far, I have been pretty lucky. I have had some pretty interesting "dates" with some nice guys. The worst one so far turned out to be super boring. He talked about triathlon training the whole time and then his ex-wife.
Most of my stories are either interesting emails or texts. For example, the first text I ever got from the one guy said, "Greetings from my king size bed!" First text ever! What do you even say to that??!!
Then I got email-yelled at by someone who is 42. My age limit is 36, though that is certainly not set in stone. So his intro says something like this, "What do you have against guys who are over 40? I am a guy who is older than 40 and I think I could compete with any 36 year old!" He then proceeds to tell me that he wants to come and take me out for lunch sometime. I mean, really! Totally "yell" at me then ask me out to lunch? That was a huge turn off right there.
Okay, I am going to call it a night for right now. I am hoping tomorrow goes well, although I am not excited, and I am pretty sure my date called me "Jill" on the phone last night........
So what spurred wanting to blog about this stuff? It was a "wink" from BumpyBigBoy. (For those of you who don't know what a wink is, it's sort of an online "flirting" gesture.) Anyway, the name alone brings many horrible images into my head. I tried to look at his photo on my phone, but alas, shockingly, he didn't have one. I did see that he was 51....ummm. He still doesn't win the age contest though, since I once got a wink from a 58 year old who rode his bike across the country with his dog and wrote a book about it. Good for him!
And honestly, I have heard some truly heinous stories about some first dates. So far, I have been pretty lucky. I have had some pretty interesting "dates" with some nice guys. The worst one so far turned out to be super boring. He talked about triathlon training the whole time and then his ex-wife.
Most of my stories are either interesting emails or texts. For example, the first text I ever got from the one guy said, "Greetings from my king size bed!" First text ever! What do you even say to that??!!
Then I got email-yelled at by someone who is 42. My age limit is 36, though that is certainly not set in stone. So his intro says something like this, "What do you have against guys who are over 40? I am a guy who is older than 40 and I think I could compete with any 36 year old!" He then proceeds to tell me that he wants to come and take me out for lunch sometime. I mean, really! Totally "yell" at me then ask me out to lunch? That was a huge turn off right there.
Okay, I am going to call it a night for right now. I am hoping tomorrow goes well, although I am not excited, and I am pretty sure my date called me "Jill" on the phone last night........
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