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| Sun, 11-30-2008 - 12:17pm |
In advance I'll say, pardon my ramble....So I've been out on the weekends I don't have my kids lately. About six weeks ago I went out with a group of friends and felt invisible at the bar. That was fine, I was hanging back by choice...I'm not ready to date, I haven't dated in more than 10 years, my divorce won't be final until early 2009...but I felt like I needed to at least try to talk to people (read: men) for practice. You know, chatting them up and such.
So a couple weeks ago I did talk to a nice man...neurosurgeon in town on business. Nice enough but I swear I had a panic attack during the conversation. And my two girlfriends abandoned me and left me there to talk to him on my own...claiming "we thought you were into him." I even broke into a sweat.

Brilliant! Thanks Allison & all for the support & suggestions :)
~C
I know what you mean about the adult brain and adult conversation. I didn't even consider dating for the first year after my divorce because I really wanted to focus on my kids well being. Well, after a while, I could tell you all you needed to know about teen culture, but I couldn't hold down an adult conversation to save my life.
Practice your witty reparte on your friends for a while to get comfortable when you start meeting men. It does help.