Welcome to any and all of you who have only recently started reading this ridiculous blog! I'm so happy to have you here to share in this adventure with me. I just wanted to throw out some quick information to you to help make a couple of things clear.
I started this blog back in 2010 when I tried online dating for the first time. I found myself repeating stories to my friends and family and decided it would be easier to write it once and invite them to read it, so that's how this started. If you're incredibly curious, horribly bored, or just a fan of reading things on the internet, you are welcome to backtrack your way through to where it all began. I do it from time to time just to relive the journey and see how far I've come. The most important thing to keep in mind is that when I started this back then I wasn't ready. I was absolutely nowhere near the mindset I needed to be to date anyone, much less meet strangers off the internet. It had been about 2 years since a bad breakup, a terrible rebound, and a subsequent additional bad breakup, and I thought for sure that 2 years was enough time to heal. For me, it wasn't. The first clue should have been the amount of time I spent telling people how I was fine and over everything (the lady doth protest too much). The second clue is easily found in those earlier posts. No one came close to being good enough; I was incredibly and unreasonably picky. I cringe a little when I read those posts, but it's part of the learning and growing process. This is what you will find in the posts from 2010-2011. Proceed with caution, mind the dates of the posts, and know that I have gotten better (at least I think I have).
As for 2012-2013 posts, I wasn't actively online dating at that time. The posts you will see here (all 5 of them) are a variety of funny stories and diary entries. Maybe a song triggered a memory, or an article made me feel the need to vent. Maybe a guy I was crushing on made me feel a little crazy and I had to get it off my chest. Or maybe some super fantastic nut job invited me to survive the end of the world in his family's bunker. Regardless of the reason, I needed to clear my head. These posts are the result.
That brings us to 2014. I signed up on a website last month and here we are at the latest in online dating shenanigans. Sure it's fun to tell stories, but I also hope to take some of the stigma out of the whole issue. Since starting this bad boy up again, I've heard from several singles - both men and women - about what their experiences have been. Some people comment directly on Facebook threads, while others send me private messages, text me or share stories with me when we meet up in public. Life is more fun when you can share it with people, and online dating is no exception.
If you have a story to share, please feel free. If you have questions or suggestions, bring it on (though some of you are definitely not shy about speaking your mind). I've even had someone ask to do a guest post, and I'm cool with that, too. Let's make dating fun again, because even the really crappy dates can be great stories.
Thanks for reading!
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