I hope numbers II and III were more successful, Rosana! Wonderfully told. It's reminding me of my brief foray into lonely hearts when I was in my mid-20s and before the internet was even invented, so actual handwritten letters went to a PO Box number. I met the love of my life through my ad, but before that had a few dud dates.
ha ha Andrea, you are right. I could've done more with the brownie absence but chose to release this one earlier than usual. Thank you for your enthusiasm :)
""‘Why?’ I ask because this is my standard question when someone enjoys something I don’t.
‘Because it teaches us a lot about the state of the world today, and why things are as they are. Why the borders are where they are, why the geopolitical climate is as it is. Why…’
I zone out for a while whilst thinking about whether Waterstones will have any brownies left at this time. """
You sound incredibly insufferable. No wonder you are single in your mid 30s. You asked him a question and didn't even listen. I bet that man is tens times your match, if he is even real.
Yeah it's tragic when you age out of the dating pool. How did you end up in this position? We're you unlucky with a relationship breaking up or spent to long trying to lock down men above your own level?
Well done. I liked it. I have had moments like those. The best thing was we both knew it wasn't right but niether of us looked at it as a failure, just a learning of who and what we wanted. Even thuoght I have not tried since, I figure that all the goods ones are taken. I have been a day late and a dollar short for a long time. So I am now here as the wise, friend, brother, father figure, cousin, or confidant to all those that it never was meant to be or work out. I really liked this and can't wait to read more.
Ay yi yi! This account of online dating makes me feel like I caught the last chopper out of 'Nam when I got married in the year 2000... I wish you all the best for better luck next time.
Ana, you should really do this as a side business. We can get it all arranged, and obviously, I'll be a client albeit one paying you in biscuits :) Thanks for reading
Reading stories like this reminds me how much easier we people in the kinky scene have it, it does not even compare. We put on a stage role we find exciting, it could be anything, Evil Queen, Little Girl, Good Doggy, Helpless Captive, Loyal Butler etc. and find someone who finds it exciting. So we can be our normal boring selves, then put the role on when we want excitement, and then when we had enough excitement, we can just go back to our normal boring selves. Outside this scene, people want the whole real person to be non-boring and that can be very rare and hard to satisfy. Because they even want their particular version of non-boring, and without such stage roles it is hard to communicate.
Disgusting
Agreed, this woman is nuts.
I hope numbers II and III were more successful, Rosana! Wonderfully told. It's reminding me of my brief foray into lonely hearts when I was in my mid-20s and before the internet was even invented, so actual handwritten letters went to a PO Box number. I met the love of my life through my ad, but before that had a few dud dates.
Look forward to reading more!
thank you Wendy. Ah that sounds like a lovely story yet to be written with the PO box
I’m getting to it! It’s one of my drafts. Might bump it up the list :D
Oh the dreads of online dating…Been on a handful of dates where the men had hair in their photos and are miraculously bald when we meet.
Not sure if sudden onset alopecia is a thing...or I'm just definitely being catfished.
Ha ha Natalie, we are in this together then! Good to know :)
omg brilliant, and the disappointment of no chocolate orange brownie! or even the other brownie as a consolation.
ha ha Andrea, you are right. I could've done more with the brownie absence but chose to release this one earlier than usual. Thank you for your enthusiasm :)
I think you did enough -- I was totally there with you and related way too much to your brownie disappointment
Interesting that he was so forgettable that you wrote a blog post about the guy.
""‘Why?’ I ask because this is my standard question when someone enjoys something I don’t.
‘Because it teaches us a lot about the state of the world today, and why things are as they are. Why the borders are where they are, why the geopolitical climate is as it is. Why…’
I zone out for a while whilst thinking about whether Waterstones will have any brownies left at this time. """
You sound incredibly insufferable. No wonder you are single in your mid 30s. You asked him a question and didn't even listen. I bet that man is tens times your match, if he is even real.
Yeah it's tragic when you age out of the dating pool. How did you end up in this position? We're you unlucky with a relationship breaking up or spent to long trying to lock down men above your own level?
Well done. I liked it. I have had moments like those. The best thing was we both knew it wasn't right but niether of us looked at it as a failure, just a learning of who and what we wanted. Even thuoght I have not tried since, I figure that all the goods ones are taken. I have been a day late and a dollar short for a long time. So I am now here as the wise, friend, brother, father figure, cousin, or confidant to all those that it never was meant to be or work out. I really liked this and can't wait to read more.
This is great, it would make a great one-woman show.
Thank you!
Brilliant. Great read! Thanks
Thank you! :)
I just hope that in 20 years, you’re not writing “Dating in Your Mid 50s”.
Ay yi yi! This account of online dating makes me feel like I caught the last chopper out of 'Nam when I got married in the year 2000... I wish you all the best for better luck next time.
Rosana, I could totally find him that history-reading lady who carries a big bottle of moisturiser in her tote bag (you know, the ones with a pump).
Ana, you should really do this as a side business. We can get it all arranged, and obviously, I'll be a client albeit one paying you in biscuits :) Thanks for reading
Online dating is the worst
this is hilarious! well done.
Thank you Lesley, such a nice comment to read.
Reading stories like this reminds me how much easier we people in the kinky scene have it, it does not even compare. We put on a stage role we find exciting, it could be anything, Evil Queen, Little Girl, Good Doggy, Helpless Captive, Loyal Butler etc. and find someone who finds it exciting. So we can be our normal boring selves, then put the role on when we want excitement, and then when we had enough excitement, we can just go back to our normal boring selves. Outside this scene, people want the whole real person to be non-boring and that can be very rare and hard to satisfy. Because they even want their particular version of non-boring, and without such stage roles it is hard to communicate.