Online Dating...

So, here we are quarantined. 
     I am teleworking aka working from home.
          I decide why not try to find a mate amidst a pandemic.
               Who does that?
                     ME

I already had a profile on Facebook dating set up I just now had to aggressively pursue using it and actually TRYING to find someone and hope not to get catfished YET AGAIN.  Last time really did a number on me and I am REALLY hoping not to drag that baggage into a new relationship.  While I really love my ME TIME, I long to have someone to love and cuddle with and hold and call "mine" and share soft kisses and walks under the stars even if technically we should be doing ALL these things with a mask on.

I checked my "likes" and there was an adorable older woman...I will not get into the particulars as that quickly fizzeled out in conversation, probably because even though I am quite shy I was probably too forward and pushed her away and one day *POOF* the conversation was gone...she was gone.  I was a little sad cuz she was really cute, but onward I went.  Tweaked my profile yet again and waited.

Faithfully I checked for new messages and it wasn't but a few days later on I believe Cher's birthday (not 100% sure as the convo has been removed) that I was matched with Carmen.  

I had hit the heart when I saw her photo even though she really didn't have much info other than I believe her height and that she was dating---I'll just say locally.  That was a nice change of pace.  She wasn't my norm, meaning that she was beautiful, but not the super femme's that I usually try to snag, or blonde,  and I thought perhaps that was the mistake I had been making all along so stop making that mistake.  You know the definition of insanity...making the same mistake over and over and expecting the same results?  So, stop making myself insane, stop making the same mistake.

We chatted a few days on Fb, and very quickly I offered my digits stating when she was ready, no rush, she could use them.  Her response was to offer hers back.  I immediately text her and that evening when she got home from work we shared our first phone call.  

It was over TWO HOURS LONG!!!  Ha ha!  There was a lot of crazy information exchanged the kind that you just CAN'T MAKE UP!  We have text everyday this week.  The next call was over two hours again and the one after that was OVER FOUR HOURS.  We are NOT looking to rush anything but be friends first and build on that if it should so happen that way.  We want a strong foundation if this is going to work right.  

We are looking to make plans to meet this weekend.  I'm excited and apprehensive.  Online dating, in the past, has not been kind to me.  However, I will put a brave face on and march forward.

Join me on this crazy journey inquiring minds...

Till my next adventure~

Lady A