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I’m baaaack….
Well, Lucas and I have been dating for about 10 months now. I don’t want to say I’m bored with the relationship, because I’m not. I just don’t feel he is The One. He is a good person… full of insecurities, but he is loya...
I want out. And in.
Well…. I’ve been messing around with some of my online dating subscriptions, but I decided finally today to cancel them. My heart just isn’t in it anymore, even for the laughs. I think I’ve really fallen for Lucas over the pas...
Be safe out there
I went to court today to be a witness in my stalking case. It was very surreal. When I walked into the nondescript building on the side of a nondescript road, I walked into a nondescript room buzzing with people from all walks of life. I don’t ...
Work! Sucks!!!!!
I have been so busy with work that I haven’t had much time to attend to my dating life. I took a half hour the other day to just email my potential responses and tell them that I would potentially be responding to them. I did email my Kris, the...
And the nominees are…
Lucas called me tonight while I was rifling through responses to my newest online ad. What fucking timing. I started to feel like a girlfriend looking to get out… that I should break it off with him before pursuing this… and then I remind...
Taking another shot
After finishing up a weekend with Lucas, I just thought I would throw this ad out there, back to my roots of non-paid-for dating ads: Looking for my Leo He’s in his mid to late 30s, early 40s, enjoys kids, maybe has kids, is funny and looks aft...
Understanding
Well….. I emailed Kris back and told him I’d be up for getting together, let me know what he had in mind. Then a week of checking my email every few hours, and nothing from him. I’m not surprised, just disappointed. I guess if anyth...
Finally, some action
My prof/consultant/CEO interest is apparently right in my back yard. Quite possibly, literally. To: Kris From: TODP Subject: Re: I live just up the road from the post office. Do you golf? Because I get a TON of golf balls in my back yard from your ne...
Where have all my morals gone?
All of a sudden… I have a second, third, fourth communication in my little online dating world!! Are these guys gearing up for Valentine’s Day, or what? One guy seemed really interesting, lives near me… and we volleyed back and fort...
Crossroads
I haven’t written for a while because there wasn’t much to write about. I’ve been seeing Lucas. He’s a good guy, great guy even, but I’ve been keeping at bay getting our kids together. I just… I’m just not su...
Merry (fuckin’) Christmas
Lucas and I have been hanging around a lot among friends and as our kid schedules allow. But it wasn’t until Saturday that we actually had the chance to go on an all-out, real date. No kids to worry about, no dancing around the subject. We went...
In the driver’s seat
I have been seeing quite a bit of Lucas. It seems like he wants to see me all the time. I kind of enjoy that he likes me so much. I remember some time ago, a friend of mine telling me that it’s good to have the upper hand, to be the one who lov...
Amazing smile
I was super tired last night after the party I had, and after I got the kids to bed, Lucas and I talked on the phone again. For an hour. Before I finally asked him, “Why did you not come over like you said you would?” I thought he’d...
The crush
Lucas — my childhood friend who I bumped into on Yahoo personals — and I have been emailing, then we graduated to IMing and texting, and now we actually talk on the phone. The old-fashioned way. We have talked about how it would be weird ...
Too much talking
Marc often IMs me throughout the day while I’m at work, but mostly in the evening when I’m at home. He takes his laptop to work, and in his downtime, he gets online. The other night, he was home and his kids were in bed…. and we wer...
It was bound to happen sooner or later
I started a Yahoo personals account for the heck of it. It’s not been getting much activity, not nearly as much as the Match.com account. But there’s been a couple of guys I’ve been emailing with this past week. On Yahoo, you are st...
Blast from the past
Every once in a while, Bill IMs me. But it’s not a good IM. It’s like…. he’s ready to go, and had a bad night with the ladies, and resorted to online antics hoping to get lucky. I have a litte experience with this now, so I ca...
Classy!
I was buzzing around my Match.com account, and I’m kinda new at it, but I’ve gotten a lot of winks, and I just wink back. One of these winks replies with an email that says, simply, “Lets get together.” So I hit the button tha...
Rut? What rut?
OK, I know I’ve been lamenting a little about being stuck with having Marc come over every other night. But we have been talking more about things… He broke up with his girlfriend the other day, and when he asked to come over, I thought, ...
Everyone is doing it!
I’ve been surfing around other blogs that address online dating, and I noticed a recurring theme: Match.com seems to be the medium of choice. I was using a less restrictive — FREE — service, but I decided to check out Match. And I e...
This story is getting old
Marc came over Friday, taught me a little about how my furnace functions, instructed me to get a new filter, watched a little TV, and fucked me. I was on my period and made that very clear to him before he even came over, but apparently it didn’...
Thanks, but no thanks
After the dinner I had with Josh the other night, I thought things were going pretty good. Then late yesterday, I get this jumbled mess of thoughts from him: To: TODP From: Josh Subject: Hi.. Thanks for having me over last night.. Your kids are preci...
What willpower??
I let Marc come over again last night and fuck me. It was … it was some of the best sex I’ve had in a long time. I’m not emotionally attached to him at all. He’s good to talk to, and we spend a good deal of time with our cloth...
Dinner was…
NICE! As I was chopping carrots and potatoes last night, I kept telling myself, it would be OK if I canceled with Josh. This pot roast was going to get cooked one way or another. And all day today… I was all in my own face. If you weren’t...
Second date
Josh is coming for dinner Wednesday. I talked him into my pot roast instead of the take-out Chinese he suggested. I can’t say I’m enthusiastic about it. But he is. I don’t know why. So I’m interested in seeing why. I think I&#...
You have the wrong IM, please hang up and try again
Remember Bill? The guy who spent a week in fast-forward, sending three or four emails to my one? “Should we talk? Should we chat? Huh? Should we? Should we?” I thought he had ADD or worse… was on speed. We had gone to lunch about th...
The game kicked ass! The date, not so much
After the speed-dating version of email, I established that the guy I picked to go to the game was pretty harmless. To: Lewis From: TODP Subject: hockey game Wow, who knew this would actually work! You didn’t mention your height… I’m almost 5â€...
Scored a date
I was sitting here this afternoon wondering just who I was going to ask to the game. Dad? Brother? Ex? So what the hell, I said to myself. I’m going to get me a real date. So I turned to one of my favorite online classifieds and posted: I have...
‘Goodnight kisses’
To: TODP From: Josh Subject: tonight.. Maddie.. Just wanted to tell you what a nice time I had meeting you tonight. I really do like you..and enjoyed your company. I’m looking forward to seeing you again sometime soon, I hope. and btw..t...
Good for HER
Marc…. Well, he was insistent on coming over again tonight, but I had a rare night with no work tomorrow and no baby to get up with. I was getting shit done around the house. “Your clit is so wonderful,” he said. “Can’t ...
