Dating. Are you serious …

Dating. At our age ? Who could have ever imagined ? Certainly not me, with all the men who used to hang around years ago. But that was before I was married and off the grid for almost two decades.

Now that I was single again, I had no clue where and how to meet someone. My niece suggesed the internet. I gave her one of those frozen stares and said, “You can’t be serious.” she looked at me and nodded, “Oh, but I am.”

After giving a few personal details of my life, like photo’s, checking various boxes for what or who I ‘m looking for in my desired mate, describing my interests, likes, hobbies, number of pets, children, the color of my eyes, skin, hair, Profession, claiming I didn’t ‘t do drugs, (like someone on-line would really admit they did), said I had a car, I was utterly exhausted.

After my nap, I published the damn profile without a proof read. I then began my search. Hundreds of faces popped up. I figured this must all be good if so many people were on here looking for love too.

We all had so much in common too. Maybe it was the age group, but I found it uncanny how everyone worked out at least 3 to 4 times a week, how we all ate so healthy, loved to bike ride, hike, see movies, read and travel.

So many men said they were looking for their last first date. The most over used line on there. What excited me most was how everyone loved to walk on the beach. Imagine. Obviously it wasn’t all at the same time, because I live 3 minutes from a beach and I never see anyone there but fishermen. There are definitely no walkers.

I noticed that the men who probably hadn’t touched a weight in years were always the ones looking for women who did They wanted a woman who took good care of herself & was in good shape. Really ? When was the last time they looked in the mirror ? Did they have a mirror ?

On-line dating probably has the most amount of people. Probably tens of thousands, but it’s a lot of work. It’s another full time job and I have enough to do right now.

I have heard sometimes you can meet someone by chance. Isn’t that the best way if at possible ? It could be a Starbuck’s, food market, bookstore, (the few that are left) or some other unexpected place. One never knows . People always tell me that ” You always meet someone when you’re not looking.” Well, guess what ? I hadn’t looked in years and I’m still alone. Then it dawned on me that the people that always said these things were not. In fact, most had never been alone at all..

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