I decided a while back that 2011 was going to be the year where I focus on finding a partner. Someone I can call my best friend, who is genuine, who can communicate his deepest emotions and thoughts to me, who will have my back, my partner in crime. A while back I signed up to an online dating website, now everyone who knows me would be surprised because I'm too much of the paranoid type and I agree I was a little hesitant to sign up. But I quickly realized that online dating offers a few things face to face dating wont. For one you are able to configure your settings so that you can be matched with men who fit your search options, you get a bigger pool of potential candidates and can socialize with them all at the same time, some sites offer compatibility tests and those who match yours are suggested as someone you might consider talking to, background checks are also a big PLUS. Also, amongst other things there's no guilt if you don't want to continue speaking to that person and prefer to move on to the next. All in one this is working fairly well for me. So far Ive been on 5 dates within the last month, and so far only one guy has gotten as far as 2nd date.
Now some background information about me, I got out of a 7 year relationship a while back so I’m out of the loop when it comes to dating in the 21st century. Dating also scares me, I hate it, and up until now was avoiding it like the plague. If I could just meet someone and skip to the part where we are living together and everything is cool, I would. But that’s not the reality, there’s a interview process to go through, some standards need be met and so on. Currently Im so tired of repeating myself to different people that I think I might conjure up a Bio and just hand it to them so they DON'T ask me anything. It just gets so annoying.
On the upside, I haven’t met anyone who was crazy like I thought I would. So far, Ive only met:
Guy#1-Forgot his Name, this dude was like a speck on the wall, no personality, barely spoke, and when he did it was to tell me how something reminded him of his ex, how he and his ex use to do this or that. Mind you I asked him how long he had been single, he told me 7 mths, so I asked isn’t 7 mths a little too early, and his response was “my ex has a man already.” That should have been the red flag there, Clearly he was not ready to be dating, he was just doing so because his ex had moved on with her life and he had not. So this was a competition I wanted no part of. Needless to say he never go to the 2nd date.
Guy#2 is Robert, 28 yr old Dominican guy, talk, dark, handsome, works for a law firm, travels, has no kids. Robert’s problem was that he lack confidence, was indecisive and insecure. We decided to meet a bar, when we sit hes not happy with it and asked me if I minded going somewhere else, fine ok, but by the time we got to the other place it was almost closing. That annoyed me and again we never went out again.
Guy#3 Kyle, 31 yr old Black guy from Brooklyn, has a 5 yr old daughter. Past history, cheated on his ex, was a complete douche bag with her (for lack of a better word), has a tattoo of “Playboy” on his chest. His choose of tattoo said a lot to me, or maybe I read to much into why someone would get a tattoo that said Playboy,. In my mind I'm asking myself is he seriously looking for a partner or his is just looking for a booty call? I decided not to jump to conclusions and gave him a chance, so we went bowling on our first date. When I saw him I was majorly disappointed because as opposed to the 5 feet 7 inches of I man I was expecting, I was faced with a guy shorter than me and with a body of a 12 yr old. Total turn off and though I enjoyed our bowling date. Kyle did not make it to round #2.
Guy #4 –Michael, 31 yr old, 5ft 10 inch, Black, correction officer for the criminally insane, lives in BK, holds a BA in Psychology, has no kids, broke up with his ex because she cheated on him and fathered the child he thought was his with another man. Michael doesn’t trust to easily, he’s very observant, cautious, careful. We sent about a week chatting it up via phone and texting, I asked him out on our first date and we had a great time. Michael made it to round#2, and now to round#3. I really like him, and I think we will continue getting to know one another.
Guy#5-Nicholas, 28 yrs old, 5ft 8inch, Puerto Rican, exterminator. My date with Nick was a pity one, I just went out with him because he has been nice enough on the phone and kept insisting on meeting me, but after I met Michael I really wasn't interested in meeting anyone else. We had dinner in a restaurant around my way, good conversation, he spoke about his 8 yr old daughter and had alot of questions for me in regards to relationships. In other words he was ensuring I wasnt too crazy, I on the other hand realized that we all been through really difficult times in our lives, no one is perfect, life deals you a hand that sometimes you are not prepared to deal with but someone you do and you come out stronger. The date ended well, he wants to go out again but thankfully has not insisted on it.
