Alrighty, I'm a month into the Summer of YES, thought I'd check in & give y'all a lil update.
I will say that saying "yes" keeps one's calendar quite full!
Between friends, family, travel, OkCupid & How bout we?, life has been one activity to the next.
My month on How bout we? is up & here's what I've learned from this dating site:
~While the site's intent is to get you offline quicker & out dating, it's like pulling teeth to get the men to actually ask you out, still lots of emails pinging back & forth...boring, let's meet up!
~ Men love the "Intrigued" button...c'mon, man up & actually start a conversation!
~ Men love to put wildly creative 1st dates up, which is quite a fantastic insight to their personality, but has yet to have been the actual 1st date.
~ Women put realistic dates like "let's go for coffee or a drink"
(which has been what the 1st dates have actually been at the man's suggestion funnily enough)
~ Silly screen names are abundant
~ Like most other sites, some conversations just fade away, never to be heard from again
~ Men in their late 50's still think they've got it
(I am & will always be impressed with men's confidence levels)
While it was fun, I'm logging out of How bout we? for now.
Heading back to work & figuring time will be limited, I might as well hang out with my good ole freebie pal, OkCupid ;)
Round up of dates from the past month: 3 guys, 7 dates
Guy #1 (OkC), oh you also know him as Chandler Bing, popped back in so unexpectedly that I found myself saying yes before I realized who I was talking to ~ but I said YES!
For our 2nd date, we were gonna hit a story slam that I wanted to go to, but I tend to forget that we live in a city of millions, so if I hear of an event chances are pretty good that at least 2-3 million also heard about it, so with a line weaving around the block, we did not get in...which really was too bad since we'd now be forced to talk over dinner.
The food was amazing (love finding a new good Mexican food spot!) & with 2 margaritas in me I was fine to let him ramble on about doing background work (mind you, I thought he was an asst. director).
I think we all know there's no more to this story...
Guy #2 (How bout we), caught my attention by pointing out 2 of my likes ~ he wears glasses & enjoys movies.
He recently turned 50, kinda my cap on the older man range, but thought I'd be open to it since we seemed to have similar values & interests.
First date was fun, good conversation, & he'd picked a cool spot to meet up ~ all encouraging things.
2nd date ~ the eyeglasses stayed on the table the whole time, learned about all the diet restrictions to help lose the few lbs that have crept up since the 5-0, couldn't really answer why his marriage ended, & kept the date going for about an hour & half too long.
Bad date topics started coming up as we searched for conversation, learned alot during that segment of the date ;)
Wanted to try again for some silly reason & accepted Date #3.
Beautiful restaurant, very romantic, delicious food.
Wished the entire time I was there with someone else.
Things were said, true colors shown & it was confirmed we're not a match.
Guy #3 (How bout we), took about 20 emails to get him to set up a date, which he did by emailing over his # & saying text me in the morning to make plans...ah such the gentleman.
I'll admit that set the tone of very low expectations on my part.
So when I texted him & he suggested a thai restaurant, I was pleasantly surprised & said yes.
Then I realized he never said a time to meet or sent over the address, a link, nothing.
Being self sufficient, I yelp'ed it, got the address & saw that it was closed.
Dilemma - share this info or let him learn the hard way?
I figured I'd see if he'd ever set a time & catch this bit of info himself, & if I hadn't heard from him as I left my earlier party, I might mention it via text.
Hours later I get the text saying its closed & scrambling to find a new spot, all while I'm at the party he knows I'm at & he keeps texting! (One thing I hate doing is being on my phone when out with friends, so rude!).
Picks a bar in the middle for both of us, which ends up being Silverlake.
Obnoxiously loud music & waaaaaay too hipster-y for me.
He's a director. Most of the date he was very LA douche-y, name dropping, etc.
Turned human when he talked about his boys.
But when conversation ran out mid-way, he grabbed my head & pulled me in & started kissing me.
Now it had been a while & I was really really missing kissing, so I gave in, to try him on.
The thing is when you do that, then realize you don't want to be kissing him, it gets really awkward as he keeps trying for the rest of the date...
**GUYS - if you're gonna kiss on the 1st date, wait til the end, let it build! Better yet, leave her wanting you & don't kiss til the 2nd date**
Felt way too violated to give him another chance.
In my 20's I used to kiss all sorts of guys, but now I really want to be attracted to them as a person first.
I love kissing, I do. I miss it, but making out just for the "sake of kissing" isn't all that fun anymore.
Oh, I almost forgot about Guy #4 (OkC), I'm meeting him for drinks on Friday.
His profile sounds great, he bakes delicious goodies ~ of course "yes" let's meet up.
He's a producer of entertainment news & so far our phone chats have been more interview style, but for now I'm writing it off to work-mode...we'll see...
Now I don't take these seriously, but I saw this week's horoscope & could help wishing for a lil truth in it...
I think you & I both know the answer though after the above re-cap ;)
I will say that saying "yes" keeps one's calendar quite full!
Between friends, family, travel, OkCupid & How bout we?, life has been one activity to the next.
My month on How bout we? is up & here's what I've learned from this dating site:
~While the site's intent is to get you offline quicker & out dating, it's like pulling teeth to get the men to actually ask you out, still lots of emails pinging back & forth...boring, let's meet up!
~ Men love the "Intrigued" button...c'mon, man up & actually start a conversation!
~ Men love to put wildly creative 1st dates up, which is quite a fantastic insight to their personality, but has yet to have been the actual 1st date.
~ Women put realistic dates like "let's go for coffee or a drink"
(which has been what the 1st dates have actually been at the man's suggestion funnily enough)
~ Silly screen names are abundant
~ Like most other sites, some conversations just fade away, never to be heard from again
~ Men in their late 50's still think they've got it
(I am & will always be impressed with men's confidence levels)
While it was fun, I'm logging out of How bout we? for now.
Heading back to work & figuring time will be limited, I might as well hang out with my good ole freebie pal, OkCupid ;)
Round up of dates from the past month: 3 guys, 7 dates
Guy #1 (OkC), oh you also know him as Chandler Bing, popped back in so unexpectedly that I found myself saying yes before I realized who I was talking to ~ but I said YES!
For our 2nd date, we were gonna hit a story slam that I wanted to go to, but I tend to forget that we live in a city of millions, so if I hear of an event chances are pretty good that at least 2-3 million also heard about it, so with a line weaving around the block, we did not get in...which really was too bad since we'd now be forced to talk over dinner.
The food was amazing (love finding a new good Mexican food spot!) & with 2 margaritas in me I was fine to let him ramble on about doing background work (mind you, I thought he was an asst. director).
I think we all know there's no more to this story...
Guy #2 (How bout we), caught my attention by pointing out 2 of my likes ~ he wears glasses & enjoys movies.
He recently turned 50, kinda my cap on the older man range, but thought I'd be open to it since we seemed to have similar values & interests.
First date was fun, good conversation, & he'd picked a cool spot to meet up ~ all encouraging things.
2nd date ~ the eyeglasses stayed on the table the whole time, learned about all the diet restrictions to help lose the few lbs that have crept up since the 5-0, couldn't really answer why his marriage ended, & kept the date going for about an hour & half too long.
Bad date topics started coming up as we searched for conversation, learned alot during that segment of the date ;)
Wanted to try again for some silly reason & accepted Date #3.
Beautiful restaurant, very romantic, delicious food.
Wished the entire time I was there with someone else.
Things were said, true colors shown & it was confirmed we're not a match.
Guy #3 (How bout we), took about 20 emails to get him to set up a date, which he did by emailing over his # & saying text me in the morning to make plans...ah such the gentleman.
I'll admit that set the tone of very low expectations on my part.
So when I texted him & he suggested a thai restaurant, I was pleasantly surprised & said yes.
Then I realized he never said a time to meet or sent over the address, a link, nothing.
Being self sufficient, I yelp'ed it, got the address & saw that it was closed.
Dilemma - share this info or let him learn the hard way?
I figured I'd see if he'd ever set a time & catch this bit of info himself, & if I hadn't heard from him as I left my earlier party, I might mention it via text.
Hours later I get the text saying its closed & scrambling to find a new spot, all while I'm at the party he knows I'm at & he keeps texting! (One thing I hate doing is being on my phone when out with friends, so rude!).
Picks a bar in the middle for both of us, which ends up being Silverlake.
Obnoxiously loud music & waaaaaay too hipster-y for me.
He's a director. Most of the date he was very LA douche-y, name dropping, etc.
Turned human when he talked about his boys.
But when conversation ran out mid-way, he grabbed my head & pulled me in & started kissing me.
Now it had been a while & I was really really missing kissing, so I gave in, to try him on.
The thing is when you do that, then realize you don't want to be kissing him, it gets really awkward as he keeps trying for the rest of the date...
**GUYS - if you're gonna kiss on the 1st date, wait til the end, let it build! Better yet, leave her wanting you & don't kiss til the 2nd date**
Felt way too violated to give him another chance.
In my 20's I used to kiss all sorts of guys, but now I really want to be attracted to them as a person first.
I love kissing, I do. I miss it, but making out just for the "sake of kissing" isn't all that fun anymore.
Oh, I almost forgot about Guy #4 (OkC), I'm meeting him for drinks on Friday.
His profile sounds great, he bakes delicious goodies ~ of course "yes" let's meet up.
He's a producer of entertainment news & so far our phone chats have been more interview style, but for now I'm writing it off to work-mode...we'll see...
Now I don't take these seriously, but I saw this week's horoscope & could help wishing for a lil truth in it...
I think you & I both know the answer though after the above re-cap ;)
Pisces (February 20-March 20)
Paddleboarding, anyone? The Leo sun lights up your sixth house of health for the next month, calling forth the wellness warrior in you. Last week you sneered at a friend’s tireless green smoothie Instagrams, this week, you’re firing up the blender and asking her for tips on making kale. Romantic Venus cruises into your commitment zone from Monday through August 15 sprinkling serious relationship fairy dust all over your love life. Time to have The Talk, Pisces.
I've been re-marathoning with 30 Rock lately & enjoying the beauty of Liz Lemon.
She is unapologetically herself & everything out of her mouth makes me laugh!
The hopeless romantic in me is still clinging to the idea of magical first dates, getting lost in each other where the world around you disappears, falling passionately in love...but with the current date situations & Liz saying quotes like these, it makes me kinda wonder...maybe I do "just want to start a relationship 12 years in"...
Lemon out ~
xo
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