August marks my 1 year anniversary on my Date of the Month Challenge. WOW!!!
It is also my birthday. Yeah!! I feel truly blessed to be surrounded by wonderful friends and family, have a job that I love doing, and be this fucking rad. Toot Toot.
This past year has been an adventure. In many different ways. I started thinking about the whole year and wanted to recap my adventures in dating land.
August
Met: OKStupid
Date: Weekday Lunch
Pros: Nice guy....we still text occasionally.
Cons: He is busy. We had a quick weekday lunch date...I dont like lunch dates.
September #1
Met: OkStupid
Date: Coffee Date
Pros: Very witty
Cons: He had a black widow spider tattoo on his neck....I WAS NOT ATTRACTED TO HIM!
September #2
Met: OKStupid
Date: Improv show and dinner
Pros: The improv show was great.
Cons: We had nothing in common and he was boring.
October
Met: OKStupid
Date: Saturday Late Lunch
Pros: He was Sexy and complimentary.
Cons: In the first 10 minutes he asked me if I believed in god and later asked if I had father issues.
November
Met: OKStupid
Date: Sunday Night Drinks
Pros: Easy to talk to.
Cons: Believes prostitution should be legal and made a comment that all guys pay for sex by paying for dates.
December #1
Met: OkStupid (seeing the trend)
Date: Sunday Night Dinner
Pros: cute and easy to talk to
Cons: He said I was maternal.... but the biggest con is that he just wasn't that into me.
December #2
Met: Yep OKStupid
Date: Monday Night Dinner/Drinks
Pros: Very Chivalrous and sweet
Cons: Lulls in the conversation. We went out a few times.....I am very blunt and I dont think he liked my brand of crazy.
December #3
Met: You guessed it, OKStupid
Date: Friday night dinner
Pros: Complimented me on my storytelling. He was also very direct
Cons: Awkward High 5 over mutual dislike, uses the made up word chillaxing, and was irritatingly concerned that I text him when I arrived home.
January
NONE....I failed this month
February
Met: OkStupid
Date: Early Dinner after work
Pros: out of the norm date....he taught me how to play this card game after we ate.
Cons: Very Recently divorced was married for 10 years and seemed to be very out of practice with dating norms
March
Met: OKStupid
Date: Dinner Friday Night
Pros: Flexible and easy going. He quickly changed plans when things went wrong.
Cons: There were no immediate cons...we went out quite a few times. He just isnt that into me.
April
Met: OKStupid
Date: Sunday Late Lunch
Pros: He is persistent.
Cons: Terrible text spelling "Wuts up?", made comment that he was my Future Baby Daddy
Met: Through a friend
Date: Saturday Night Dinner and Drinks
Pros: Easy to talk to and fun to be around, great sense of humor, charming, confidents (I could go on)
Cons: No Sexual Chemistry between us. I could list that we are still friends as one of the pros.
July
Met: OKStupid
Date: Coffee
Pros: Great conversationalist over email.
Cons: Awkward lulls in conversation, indecisive about live and future
And now I have come right back around to August. I could have titled this year, Adventures in OKStupidville.
A few months ago my mom made a comment about my dating life and asked, "Are you taking this serious?" I quickly informed her that yes I am taking this seriously. I put more thought into really thinking about how the date goes and don't get giddy over not so great guys, I know more about what I want and deserve, and I put more effort into dating. This past year I dated 13 different guys. I stayed in the game and actively dated. If I think back to my 20's there is years where I don't remember dating at all. I know I don't have the best memory and I quite possibly may be trying to block out certain guys/dates. Now I feel more in control of my dating life and I don't feel any stigma that is often attached to being single.
I welcome the next year of my dating challenge. Who said, "Fasten your seatbelt. It's going to be a bumpy ride"? Whoever it was, they are brilliant. Life is an adventure and dating is just part of the ride.
August is also my birthday. So please give me the gift of sharing. Share my blog with all your friends and family. Who knows maybe one of them knows someone that would appreciate my brand of crazy. Thanks for reading!!!!
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