Snobbery, and a trip to the grocery store

Snobbery
I really never considered myself a snob. Well, much.
Hard reality: yesterday I had coffee with a really nice, highly intelligent man (we met on Brainiacdating.com – seriously). I was enjoying the conversation, even though I suspected that there is no possibility of more than coffee. He has an adult son with autism, and is pretty [...]

Isn’t it romantic?

I was out to dinner with Mr. Engineer last night. Now, I’m not really interested in him romantically. He’s very nice, but there’s no spark at all (even though he’s an engineer – pun intended). But I enjoy going out with him for dinner and I feel like it’s good for me to remind myself [...]

Mr. Serious

Thanks to all who commented about my not wanting to continue a dialogue with Mr. Wisconsin.
I gave up on him. Not so much because he’s 100 miles away (although I did find that a problem), but mostly because he majorly creeped me out. He got way too serious way too quickly.
Five emails, and he’s writing:
Are [...]

My, I’m trendy

Me and Courtney Cox. Uh huh.
I’m sure you’ve seen the TV ads for Cougar Town, the new ABC show starring Courtney Cox. Other than the fact that she’s looking at 40, and, for me that’s a somewhat distant memory, it’s a little spooky. ABC bills it as “a single-camera comedy that dares to tell the [...]

So, what’s up with the dating stuff?

I’ve definitely put that whole endeavor on the back burner. I just stopped worrying about whether or not I was going to find someone. I guess I just realized that it’s too soon (for me, since it apparently isn’t too soon for Mr. Ex – but I digress), and that there are other things on [...]

Best pickup line EVER!

So I went out for sushi with Mr. Engineer tonight. This was our third meeting. I even let him pay, so I guess this was a (gulp) date.
Anyway, we haven’t talked too much about our past, but I did say something about having been left.
He looks at me and says very deliberately, “I don’t know [...]

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 [...]

Like riding a bicycle…

You never forget how…
Well, I’ve been out for two coffees and on one date. What a strange word, date. Why is it called a date?
Anyway – you know about the first coffee, with Mr. Staples. I felt badly, but I tossed him. Why waste time, right?
The second coffee was better; he’s a little geeky (fine [...]

Moving along

I think dating is just like riding a bicycle. You never really forget. At least I guess I didn’t.
Seriously – it’s starting to come back. And I realize how much I enjoyed flirting.
I also remembered how much I hated rejecting others. In my short “return-to-dating after divorce” experience I’ve already rejected Mr. last week’s coffee. [...]

First one is over

So… I went for coffee with someone from the Internet
Dealbreakers: smoker (trying to quit), no college degree, not exactly a stable job. Lives with a friend (in the friend’s condo). Hasn’t worked since December (injury, then got a staph infection…), and I think I saw a diabetic bracelet.
Pros: nice guy, lives in my area, contacted [...]