I have dated 5 or 6 different people this year. 3 or 4 of them were one date only. Two turned out to be longer term. I'm exclusively dating a Special Man I met here right now.

No official dates yet, but Jon is coming out next week so ask me then!!

42 dates. (i kept track)

I got out of a 2 year relationship last july. It was the sort of breakup where it was HIS fault. He chose to focus on his UofM education and partying over me, because it was more convenient and his friends approved. I was furious and upset with him. I spent one month being very upset and depressed.... and after that i just desperately wanted to prove to myself that not all men are selfish pompous jerks.

So what i did, is i posted a craigslist ad called "material girl looking for more"... at the time i worked in the mall, i did hair and makeup.. and i felt like i was trapped in a world where nothing about mind and heart mattered.

I thought i would get a reply or two.. but oooh no. let me tell you. I got over 400 responses!!!! About 50 of them were spam... another 100 were men over the age of 30.. but the rest were men in my area that read my post and wanted to get to know me.

So i went on a mad dating spree. I went on like 30 one-time-dates, where things just werent working... and a few more 2nd dates... about 2 guys made it to 3rd and 4th date... and i finally chose one.. and hes the one im with now. Holy crap... I went on a date EVERY night. i didnt go grocery shopping for months.. because these men kept me fed and entertained. Went out to dinner, went to the movies, rented movies, went shopping, did laser tag, did roller skating... lots and lots of dates. None of the guys were creepy. Most were just good hearted guys within a 5-year age radius of me. Shy guys.

But let me tell you.. the first was the worst. The guy took me out to eat, was a gentleman... but then he kept asking me questions and he successfully kept me talking for like 3.5 hours. I was tired, i just wanted to go home. AND he smothered me a little... he'd look at me and id be like "yes?/what?" and he'd be like "nothing... you are just really beautiful..." which was sweet...
and when he took me home.. i forgot ALL about a good night kiss. I was NOT interested.. my voice was horse from talking all night long (literally) and i thanked him for dinner, and said good night and right when i was going back to my apartment, he held his arms open and was like "do i at least get a hug?" so i was like "oh, of course" thinking a hug was innocent, right? well he pulled a fast one and tried to kiss me. I managed to turn fast enough to limit him to cheek.
Oh, and then he called me the next day... twice... and then the next day as well. I finally told him i wasnt interested and i apologized. cripes

LOL...sounds like me back in 2002-2003.

B-R-E-A-T-H-E

Dates---------none

thats alright. i dated enough for all of us

I am still holding at a strong 0

No dates for the funny lookin guy Me

4-5 first dates
One for a few months