More on moving or no moving . . .

I’ve spent a lot of time the past few days thinking about whether or not I want to put my house up for sale (and, well, I obviously haven’t been spending it blogging).
I have two really good reasons for wanting to move. The first is that I’d like to live closer to Eldest. I only [...]

What is it about these affairs?

Another high-profile marriage struck by infidelity . . . Governor Mark Sanford – conservative, bible-thumping, Southern, Republican – admitted this week to cheating on his wife with an Argentinian woman. It began innocently enough with emails, etc., and then escalated into so much more. That’s what happens.
I love, though, that, for once, his wife wasn’t [...]

Should I stay or should I go?

When Mr. Ex moved out I chose not to put the house on the market. Well, I chose not to, but I didn’t really have a choice. It was September, which, as a teacher, would have been torture. I can’t even imagine getting ready to sell a house at the beginning of the school year. [...]

Too soon?

I received an interesting response to an email that I had sent a man on Match today. He responded that he’s been divorced for 4 years, knows where’s he’s going now, and isn’t going to get involved with someone who is newly divorced.
I thanked him for his candor.
So now I’m wondering – is it too [...]

And one in your pocket . . .

My brother has a philosophy about buying lottery tickets. He buys his every week, but he doesn’t check it until the next week. That way, when he loses, he can tell himself that the winner may be in his pocket.
That’s the same as emailing a man a day on JDate. If this one doesn’t respond, [...]

The quest continues . . .

So emailing one JDate man a day isn’t as easy as I thought it was. Obviously, it’s easy to find men – doing a basic search for a man within an 11-year age range within 40 miles of my home turns up 166 names. And that’s kind of a narrow window; obviously, if I expanded [...]

Respond… or else

So far I’ve emailed four JDate men and one responded. Two haven’t opened the emails, which could mean that they (a) have lives and don’t log into JDate every day, (b) don’t pay so they can’t read their emails or (c) they figured out that I sent the emails and they’re not interested in me [...]

Is it me? Is it you? Is it you?

More thoughts about online dating (I’m sorry – do I look obsessed?) . . .
I’ve decided that the only way to be successful – or, at least, to stay sane while doing it – is to not take it personally. Seriously. I mean, how personal can it be if someone doesn’t email you back based [...]

Somebody reads my blog…

Well, I just couldn’t be more excited. I received an email today from JDate’s Manager of Public and Community Relations. Apparently she read my blog (well, I did use “JDate” as a keyword, so I imagine it comes up in some kind of blog searchy-thing that they use) and I guess she wasn’t real excited [...]

JDate challenge, day two

Okay – I’ve emailed my second JDate challenge email.
I figured out what the problem is with JDate, as opposed to the other million online dating services there are. The profiles don’t say anything. Unlike OKCupid, where you have something to respond to; or Match, where at least you can look at what someone’s favorite food [...]