The year's end... 12.31.05
Wow. Can't believe 2005 is pretty much history. The year went by quickly and it seems that although I feel that I have changed significantly as a person, not much has changed in my life. Kind of disappointing. I certainly am looking for some changes... in the romance department, in the health and fitness department, and in my social life. Maybe I haven't tried hard enough, or maybe I started trying too late in the year. The steps that I did take were: 1) joined a health/fitness club; 2) joined a couple of online dating services; 3) took the leap to get out and experience a little more of life (golf, tattoo, I've definately made some new friends). I suppose I just move on from here and look for bigger and better things for myself in 2006. I'm all for that!
A big part of my life in 2005 has been trying to reconnect with TI -- my old childhood friend and forever crush. It's been like a month now since I 've had any real communication from him. His surgery was just about 4 weeks ago. I emailed him the other day to thank him for sending some porn (JC's request) to JC in Iraq. Just as he had answered my previous two emails I sent after his surgery he said "I will write more soon. I am getting better every day". Sounds like a brush-off doesn't it? I could try to convince myself that he really is having a difficult time recovering from whatever surgery it is that he had, but I have to be real. If he can check his email daily and send short replies, he can send along a little more info. So, I guess unless I hear from TI that he is interested in continuing communication I will end this old fantasy and leave TI and my crush on him as part of 2005 history. Can't say I didn't try, right?
As far as the online dating thing, it's going okay. I have not renewed the Match or Cupid sites, but will stick with eHarmony for awhile to see how it goes. I am actually currently communicating with a man from each of those sites.
Doug is from Match. He and I seemed to hit it off as friends right away while we chatted online. And that's pretty much how it is with him. I enjoy the banter with Doug -- I give him dating advice, he helps to interpret for me some of the communication I receive from the other two gentlemen. We've exchanged phone numbers and enjoy some entertaining conversation.
James is from Cupid. Now James is more into me than I am into him. I am pretty laid back (for lack of a better word) while James seems to be a little on the stuffy side. He is just such a nice man that I thought it best to give him a chance. We had one phone conversation yesterday that went okay. I felt safe enough giving him my cel number -- not that I think he's dangerous. I'm just not sure about continuing communication with James. I guess we'll see what happens there.
Paul is from eHarmony. Actually, while perusing the Match site today I saw that he has a profile there as well. He's 48, comes from a wealthy political family and is a non-practicing attorney. He has young children that he shares custody of with his second exwife. He also has older children from his first marriage. I've enjoyed e-chatting with Paul, and I am very interested, but I still have questions for him. When I ran across his site on Match this morning, it lists that he is searching for women between the ages of 25 and 45. Well...... he's 48, and I'm 50. I'm confused. We've had some long exchanges about the problems he faces with his ex and the trials and tribulations of both marriages. I was initially concerned that he was only looking for a stepmom for his children. He talked about how much he has matured and changed from the experiences and how his responsiblities come first with him now, whereas he wasn't quite as responsible in the past. Hmmmmmm. He would be interested in a 25 year-old? That's like dating your daughter's friend. Is there much maturity and responsibilty there? Yeh, I'm definitely confused.
So, onward into the new year. Definitely more later....
A big part of my life in 2005 has been trying to reconnect with TI -- my old childhood friend and forever crush. It's been like a month now since I 've had any real communication from him. His surgery was just about 4 weeks ago. I emailed him the other day to thank him for sending some porn (JC's request) to JC in Iraq. Just as he had answered my previous two emails I sent after his surgery he said "I will write more soon. I am getting better every day". Sounds like a brush-off doesn't it? I could try to convince myself that he really is having a difficult time recovering from whatever surgery it is that he had, but I have to be real. If he can check his email daily and send short replies, he can send along a little more info. So, I guess unless I hear from TI that he is interested in continuing communication I will end this old fantasy and leave TI and my crush on him as part of 2005 history. Can't say I didn't try, right?
As far as the online dating thing, it's going okay. I have not renewed the Match or Cupid sites, but will stick with eHarmony for awhile to see how it goes. I am actually currently communicating with a man from each of those sites.
Doug is from Match. He and I seemed to hit it off as friends right away while we chatted online. And that's pretty much how it is with him. I enjoy the banter with Doug -- I give him dating advice, he helps to interpret for me some of the communication I receive from the other two gentlemen. We've exchanged phone numbers and enjoy some entertaining conversation.
James is from Cupid. Now James is more into me than I am into him. I am pretty laid back (for lack of a better word) while James seems to be a little on the stuffy side. He is just such a nice man that I thought it best to give him a chance. We had one phone conversation yesterday that went okay. I felt safe enough giving him my cel number -- not that I think he's dangerous. I'm just not sure about continuing communication with James. I guess we'll see what happens there.
Paul is from eHarmony. Actually, while perusing the Match site today I saw that he has a profile there as well. He's 48, comes from a wealthy political family and is a non-practicing attorney. He has young children that he shares custody of with his second exwife. He also has older children from his first marriage. I've enjoyed e-chatting with Paul, and I am very interested, but I still have questions for him. When I ran across his site on Match this morning, it lists that he is searching for women between the ages of 25 and 45. Well...... he's 48, and I'm 50. I'm confused. We've had some long exchanges about the problems he faces with his ex and the trials and tribulations of both marriages. I was initially concerned that he was only looking for a stepmom for his children. He talked about how much he has matured and changed from the experiences and how his responsiblities come first with him now, whereas he wasn't quite as responsible in the past. Hmmmmmm. He would be interested in a 25 year-old? That's like dating your daughter's friend. Is there much maturity and responsibilty there? Yeh, I'm definitely confused.
So, onward into the new year. Definitely more later....
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