So I am official putting myself back on the dating scene. After months of holding on to something, I finally let go, got my closure and am ready to hit the road running.
Only issue is, all this time I took to get my act together sort of let to the reality that I have no idea who is left out there. It seems to me that everyone is already shacked-up. Everyone found there match; men that used to be pure womanizer have been tamed, true bachelors have been in serious long term relationships, the party animals are home bodies taking care of their 2.5 kids… was I really that out of the loop? Was I really so MIA that I missed the train?
Here I am working on shaping up my fine-ass body into full potential, making it ready to go except I have nowhere to go? Where are all the young professional singles hangouts? How does one meet new people? Is there a social scene for singles? Everywhere I seem to go has the couples, the married, the just divorced… Or I am left with the rejects; the weird guys, the guys with long lasting emotional issues, the cheaters… no offense… I am not perfect but I still have standards. I have my list of non-negotiables. I don’t think I need to lower my expectations and settle for mister standing in the corner because he’s the only left. All I ask for is: a sense of humor, ambition and compassion. Everything else is just an added bonus. Nevertheless, Mr. 3 requirements is nowhere to be found!
I am over online dating… that brought me nowhere productive. Hours spent chatting with no purpose or for the sole purpose of a physical connection; no thank you, not what I’m looking for! So I am left with asking people to connect me to other people but at the end of the day I am no one’s priority. So as much as their heart and intentions are in the right place, 5 minutes post the excited conversation of “Oh my God I have the perfect guy to set you up with” people move on and there is no follow through. So no I’m left with the need to not only bring up the topic once but have to follow up on an ongoing basis until I reach results. Talk about work!!! Yuck!!!
Then there’s the long distance approach. BUT is that really worth it? I know I shouldn’t limit myself to the 514s but the 917s and the 323s are not that easy too. Long distance demands maintenance through back and forth travel which is a big financial burden.
So what now? Where do I go from here? I want to date! I am a good date, I promise!
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