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So in between avoiding phone calls from Kenny the milk man and 21 year old, I began checking out the men of match.com. It didn't take me long to learn to weed out the married guys, the guys just looking for sex (often, but not always, the same thing) and the truly weird (no dude, I don't think farms are a turn on). By January, I was corresponding with Martin and Foster (those are very thinly veiled pseudonyms). Neither was married, both wanted to get to know me and neither one had ever mentioned farms, sheep or hay. I was psyched.
Foster was working in California at the time, even though he lived in KC. But I was perfectly content to have a flirtatious email friendship with him, he was funny and smart and I thought he had POTENTIAL.
Martin and I met for drinks. He was funny, smart and very sweet but I didn't feel very attracted to him. He was somewhat nerdy, and even though I am a total nerd I didn't know if I could date one. Also, I had recently met Tony, who was HOT (and not that bright or funny but did I mention HOT?). My friend Mimi urged me to give Martin a chance, so I went on another date with him. We had a really good time. I was torn.
Not that I was getting an offers of exclusivity, but the whole situation felt weird to me. I even told Foster all about it, but he was kind of cagey. Though he did mention that he was seeing someone at the California office. I shrugged that off, I had enough problems with guys who were local.
One night I was out drinking with my girlfriends. Tony was supposed to join us, but he hadn't show up yet. Then Martin called me. He had been out with his friends. Could he join us?
11 comments:
Oh, those days of multiple dating... I'll be very interested to see what happens next!
I'm looking forward to seeing which guy winds up successful...
I never, ever, ever had the opportunity to juggle. In fact, come to think of it, I don't think I ever dated. How sad is that? I'm waiting to find out who wins, too.
Uh-oh! I have my suspicions about what happens next! I can't wait to see it all unfold...
Can't wait to see what happens next. I just started this story from the beginning. LOL at 21 yr old and Kenny the milkman. Yikes!
This has the makings of a true SOS drama!! Great story, can't wait until the next episode. YAY SOS!!
Classic SOS! Can't wait to hear more...!
I never had the chance to juggle either. I met Dave on the Yahoo! Personals, and though I had other interesting prospects, I decided to take them one at a time. Dating after a divorce was just so overwhelming to me! Dave was the first and, turns out, the only one I needed to date.
Leslie - That's so cool. I didn't even date for the first six months after my divorce. It completely freaked me out. And then it turned into this!
This has the makings of a true SOS drama!! Great story, can't wait until the next episode. YAY SOS!!
Oh, those days of multiple dating... I'll be very interested to see what happens next!
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