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| Wed, 04-19-2006 - 1:24pm |
I've been meaning to post an update for a while...I'm still seeing musician/athlete and we have a great time when we do see each other but his time is limited plus he recently told me there's an ex in the picture he's not completely disconnected from (ugh)...so I've been making a big push to date other people. I'm doing a week free trial with Yahoo and have a couple potential dates from there, plus I put an ad on CL late last week and oh my!!! I have been a little overwhelmed with responses...I've weeded a bunch out already but still have about 8 who are "viable" at this point. I met one for coffee this weekend and we are going out again Sat night, plus I have 3 other first meets scheduled between now and Sunday.
I know from experience that many of these guys will drop by the wayside in the next week or so (and once we meet, I may well weed out some of them or vice versa) but at the moment, I'm feeling like my dating plate is VERY full, which is good. Hopefully there will be one good guy in the bunch who will go the distance...we shall see. But if not, I'm really thinking that a 90 day or so dating hiatus is in order come May...I will need one, I think!
Sheri

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I love it - funny how it's like that i.e. everyone at once --- enjoy!!!!
Yeah, "sort of" is right, LOL!!! As I think you know (because I seem to recall you are the same way) I find this part of dating (the first meets, etc) to be more stressful than fun, but it's a necessary part of the process, unfortunately.
I finally had to go through my cell phone this morning and put names on the various phone numbers (even though I'm sure some of these guys will be out of the picture within a few days) because I was having trouble keeping the phone numbers straight, argh!!! It's an ok problem to have though ;-).
Sheri
Heck, I'd be happy to even get to 3-4 dates with someone...my experience is more that many of these guys (not just from CL) email me like mad for a few days, call a few times, and then fall off the face of the earth--the lack of follow through is just ridiculous!
Anyway, I will try to have fun with it...as I posted to Vex, this process really isn't a lot of fun to me but I'm doing my best ;-). Good luck with your set-up, hope it goes well!
Sheri
LOL - no, that's exactly why I said "sort of"!
Good luck with the speed dating and I totally hear you on not wanting to go...I really have to force myself to go to things like that sometimes.
Hopefully it will be at least SOMEWHAT fun! Let us know...
Sheri
Haha, Sheri...I was in your boat about 2 weeks ago thanks to CL. Really couldn't believe the number of responses, and am still in touch with a few of the gents, with some pending first meets. One of my first meets may turn into a second date pretty soon, we'll just wait and see. I'd like to see if there are sparks the second go round.
One of the guys I met a week or so ago turned out to be a little like Vex's "Mr. Handsy", so I certainly didn't contact him after that first meet.
Glad to hear you have some dates lined up :) Sometimes I wonder if it's better to date like a mad woman for a short period then take a breather. You know, just kind of get it all done in one shot!
Good luck to you! :)
Thanks...I'm definitely dating like a mad woman ;-)! Last night I had a phone marathon...talked with five different guys! I was on the phone with one guy and when I got off that call, I had 4 voicemails from other guys, ha!
So we'll see...I have 3 first meets and one 2nd date in the next four days and then still have 3-4 guys I do want to schedule first meets with next week, plus another I want to meet for a 2nd date. Crazy! But I'm sure it will die down just as fast...hopefully there's one good guy left standing after the dust settles ;-).
Sheri
I'm impressed - wow - you go!!!!
Oh, it's much more striking while the iron is hot than anything else (the nature of CL is that you get a bunch of responses right away and then it tapers WAY off and stops)...I'm afraid that if I put many of the guys off or tried to rank them and meet them in order or something like that it would come back to bite me (in the form of ghosts, being stood up or cancelled on, etc)...so I'm kind of being first come, first serve for the ones I'm interested in meeting ;-). But I was just looking at my calendar for the next couple weeks and my dating time is going to be VERY limited as I have concerts and recording sessions for my singing group coming up soon. That's probably just as well because it is feeling like a full time job as you say ;-)...it's exhausting!
Good luck on your dates as well...I'll keep you all posted! I ended up scheduling a *second* first meet today (one late this afternoon, one this evening)--that's probably going to end up being too much but hopefully at least *one* will be good!
Sheri
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