How I Got Here

I was never one those girls that dreamed about her wedding day. I didn’t turn curtains into a veil or make my dog into a groom. I partied through my 20’s and into my early 30’s having a good old time. It wasn’t really until I saw my friends getting married and start to have kids that I realized I wanted that too. My posse of pals tried to set me up a few times and they never worked out, most of the guys weren’t even my “type”. I wasn’t really meeting anyone on my own so I turned to the Internet. I started this back in the days when you wouldn’t dare tell anyone you were actually doing this. Some people thought I was a little crazy and I guess one would need to be to endure things I and some friends have endured. Internet dating, or dating in general, is not for the meek or easily deterred. I know this, because I dated until I could not date any more.

I know everyone who has ever tried dating online has at least one horror story; it is definitely a way to find all the crazy that exists in the world. There is a positive side to all though, I met my spectacular husband online, even though it wasn’t in the “traditional” way. I’ll get more into that at some point.

Several months ago I started helping a friend try to find a man. I wrote her profiles, signed her up, screened people, gave her advice and tried my best to guide her along the way. My friend, we’ll call her Macey, is still looking, but then, she isn’t meek or afraid of a challenge. Every time she had a date we would analyze it and I would share some of my dating disasters. My husband and Macey kept telling me I should start a blog about it all, so here I am.

I learned a lot about myself, human nature, and dating outside the box. Let’s face it, dating ain’t for sissies.