Sunday, May 29, 2011

Another Disastrous Date?

What would you do if your date pulled up in a jalopy like this, wearing his finest threadbare duds, squinting through coke bottle lenses and wheezing like there's no tomorrow?  OK, this might be a slight exaggeration.  But what if he walked up to you at at Starbucks fifty pounds heavier than you expected?  (He said he was a few pounds overweight but this wasn't what you had pictured). Or suppose he was at least ten years older than his profile photo, a disappointment to say the least! These dating disasters are all part of the game.  How can we weed out the liars and cheats before we make a date?

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Anything Goes... almost!

Dating websites and merry-go-rounds have a lot in common. It all has to do with going around in circles, reaching for the gold ring and coming up empty handed, but having a ball in the process. Take yesterday for example, I woke up dateless. It’s spring in Florida and a spectacular day; breezy blue sky, windows wide open, Pandora playing all my favorite tunes, cleaning rag in hand and my computer purring. Can a computer purr, you may wonder. Well, mine did yesterday. I received email after email, brief correspondences with at least five men and wound up with two dates! At 4:00 it was Mario, a charming Italian baby of 46 years. Have I mentioned I am 64? My first email to him was “46-64”?

He countered with “yes, why not?” and so I asked myself the very same question – “Why not?” and made a date.