Dating drives me crazy, I hate it
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Dating drives me crazy, I hate it
| Thu, 10-12-2006 - 3:27pm |
I guess I've lost hope with dating since I"ve had more than my fair share and more than a handful of disappointments. More like 20 disappointments this year. I've tried meeting friends of friends, online dating and dating services and nothing has panned out. I've decided to just give it a rest for awhile since it must be a sign from up above that I need to stop dating for awhile. I have been single pretty much for the last year and a half but maybe I still have more work to do on myself. I just am tired of the dating scene and have had a million and one disappointments. Does anyone feel the same way? Has anyone else just lost hope and decided to stop trying anymore?

Hi. I think it really depends on what you are looking for out of dating. For me, I just date for the fun of it. No expectations, just a good time. If you put too much pressure on the date, of course you'll end up disapointed.
Just have fun!
Well, as I think you know, I took a long break from dating this summer. It was originally going to be 90 days but I only made it to 72 days ;-). But it did help. And I don't want to jinx it but I have date 5 tonight with a guy I met online a few weeks ago, and things seem promising although of course time will tell.
I wish I could date for "fun" as the other poster suggested, but to me, dating just isn't my idea of fun (not that individual dates can't be fun--many are, don't get me wrong-- but the process is NOT fun to me, at all).
Sheri
It's good to hear that the break helped you and maybe this is too early for a congrats but I'm glad to hear that you met someone who seems promising. I'm hoping things continue to go smoothly for you. Were you having bad luck with dating too and just decided to revive for a bit? What did you end up doint to help recharge your batteries?
Barb
Yeah, bad luck is one (charitable) way to put it, LOL ;-). But mostly, I just got tired of the flakiness (lack of follow through) and all the *work* that dating involves, and just didn't want to deal with it for a while. So I took all my profiles down and just lived my life for a few months. I had some residual guys I was seeing (my dating hiatus applied to meeting anyone new or even looking online for possible dates--I went cold turkey, LOL) but gradually those petered out and I just enjoyed my summer without the BS that goes with dating. It was fun and a much needed break--but in the end, I got lonely for a relationship, so back online I went.
We shall see about the new guy. I like him, but I'm not head over heels at this point. That's probably a *good* thing (I tend to get into trouble when I'm strongly infatuated with someone) but time will tell ;-).
Sheri