gone dating

I have been surprised that men want to pay for the date. Granted, it's just ice cream or a few drinks but so far none of them have let me pitch in. I appreciate it. But it seems so old-fashioned. And I certainly don't expect it.

If we met online, I don't want to talk about it. We both know we're strangers having an awkward conversation because, for whatever reason, we can't meet people in the real world. We don't need to get all explicit about it. Also, boring!

On 2 of the 3 recent dates marriage and weddings came up. Not for the two of us, just general talk. Of course I don't mind; I have *a lot* of thoughts on the topics. But it did seem somewhat inappropriate considering we just met.

huffington post

...because you have made up your mind to transform yourself into a person who is practicing being kind, deep, virtuous, truthful, giving, and most of all, accepting of your own dear self -- you will find that you will experience the very thing you wanted all along:

Love.

RT @mindykaling

Platonic Close Straight Male Friend should be a horror movie for single women #death #dontdoit

He follows me on Twitter but I *had* to put this somewhere.

dangerous advice

Cancers are not docile, passive, dependent creatures who wait around to be spoon fed their porridge like infants and old people. You have probably prided yourself in fighting for your autonomy and been happy to earn it. Now, however, it’s not about you or your wish to be free. In fact, it’s the opposite. Now you need someone in your life, even if that someone is nearly impossible to reach half the time.

Especially if that someone is nearly impossible to reach.

- Michael Lutin

bob dylan

Lily was a princess she was fair-skinned and precious as a child
She did whatever she had to do she had that certain flash every time she smiled
She'd come away from a broken home had lots of strange affairs
With men in every walk of life which took her everywhere
But she's never met anyone quite like the Jack of Hearts.

classic

A friend recently divorced her Czech husband who used to flirt inappropriately with me. At one point he said, "You should date a European man because they look at the face first...and then the body."

I have a seldom-checked profile on a dating website. There are many options for Body Type, including I'd Rather Not Say and Used Up.

I just got this message from a Hungarian dude, "I don't mind your 'little extra.' Your face is pretty."

Maybe I should have chosen Curvy?

droppin' knowledge

"...That is how you get closer to somebody – allowing them to see who you are and not freaking out and running the other way when you see who THEY are.

...when you finish all the superficial running around, the people who mean more to you are still there, either across the table, beside you in bed or thousands of miles away but still right there in your brain and under your skin.

...Even if it seems like a happy, little lark on the surface, it isn’t. You’ll either struggle with someone when they’re there and miss them when they are gone. The whole thing is designed to make you sensitive to the needs and realities of others and, ouch, to show you exactly what you are attracted to.

Because that’s the secret. The ones you select are the ones you want and the ones you want possess something you deeply yearn to be united with..."

- Michael Lutin