Dating Idol Week 5

Ok, so I knew the new profile was different. I thought it was a little funny, and a bit witty. But damn, from the hate mail I have in my box today I guess it didn’t go over well with the men.

I was told to find a gay man three times, look to the Amish community, head to Ireland if I wanted a Saint, turn to lesbianism, and to stay home with my mommy.

The only positive reply I had was from Greg, who thought it was funny. And I already knew him, so he doesn’t count as a positive reply.

I’ll check back later when maybe there is a POSITIVE reply.

Well, there was another guy who thought it was funny. And his name wasn’t Earl. John thought I was funny and seemed to get my humor. He said he would even take the test to prove himself before we chatted. Now there is a guy I could fall for.

I need to see if Claire is done fasting too. I need to get this out of her head because Katie is thinking she wants to join us too! Or maybe Katie can take my place and they can diet together and I can go off and binge!

Dating Idol - Day 30

Well, well, well. John seems to hold his own in the wit department. He replied again with some answers to the fake test I made up and he passed. Now I’ll see if he made up those answers or if he really does practice what he preached. It’s almost as if he was too good to be true. My head is turned, that’s for sure, but I’m trying to hold my heart back and think logically about this one. And I’m not telling the girls for a while. So when we go out clubbing this weekend, I have to remember to keep mum’s on John, get out of fasting and push Katie in. Not too hard. Three little things.

Greg logged on and said hi. He seems to be a nice guy too, but we are logging on and off at the exact opposite of times to spend any amount of chat time together. But, the man fast is on, at least until I can shove Katie in, so I am going to read a boring book and quit thinking about men.

Dating Idol - Day 31

Oh Lordy. Now I’ve gone and done it. I didn’t want to try online dating, but I did and it failed miserably. So I gave it up, for two measly weeks only to put up and another profile and get asked out.

Yup. John asked me to movie and a dinner. Luckily, the man fast is over since we were all tired of it anyway, so I am free to go out if I want.

But do I?

Do I rush off of fasting and try a buffet quick?

Or should I ease in to this with a snack, like meeting for coffee?

I still kept him secret from the girls. Even though the fast ended, men were a taboo subject. Claire seems to have had a hottie on the line, but he cut loose and chased another fish, so she was peeved. I think I’m gonna deflect John a little longer and get a better feel for him.

A little more time never hurt anybody.

Dating Idol - Day 32

I feel good today! I turned John down. Instead of feeling guilt at rejection, or pressure to make HIM happy, I made ME happy.

I didn’t want to date yet, and I told him exactly that. He even said it was fine, he didn’t mind waiting. On one hand that is good. No pressure bumps him up higher on my list. However, now I can’t find anything wrong with him in order to scratch him off either. Now what?

And lo and behold, two more fish jumped into my inbox. It’s nice to know there are still a few men left who have a sense of humor over the whole dating game. And it is a game. If anyone else tells you different, they are lying!

One was named Chad and the other didn’t give me his name. Which means he is probably someone I have already rejected, he is married or I already know him. Any option gives me the willies, but he was nice. Maybe he just is easing in to dating too.

I’ll give him the benefit.

Dating Idol - Day 33

Time to go clubbing!

We hit the club tonight and were all in rare form! No bad moods, no male companions, no wannabe male companions. The girls were having fun and...OK, some of us were on the make.

Claire ran off with some guy she said she knew from work. Personally, I didn’t like it. There are too many creeps in this world to just go and run off like that, but she swore she knew him. Whatever. I guess she went from fast to feast.

Katie and I just danced. And drank. It felt great to let loose and not look for men. Or see what men were watching. Or honestly, even care. It could have been full of men and I wouldn’t have cared. Katie seemed to feel the same way. A few cosmopolitans and we had the moves down great!

The taxi ride home made me think that maybe I should give John a try after all. He can’t be any worse than these men who shop around in all of the clubs. I know I’ll have a headache tomorrow. And I’m not even going to open my email box.

Dating Idol - Day 34

I slept most of the morning away and still woke up with a killer headache today. I know, I deserve it. I think we all felt the same way, so we cancelled our plans until the weekend to go out again.

So, when I hopped online tonight I had a ton of messages. John was checking in on me, Greg said HI, Chad kept asking where I was – duh – gone. And unknown man said hi again. Hmmm, did he say Hi the first time and I missed it?

John and Greg were on IM, so I had fun chatting. It’s the first time Greg and I were on at the same time at night. I found out he likes football, steak, sushi, the color green and eating strawberry pie. I hope those weren’t hints. I can’t cook for shit, so if he can’t cook his favorite dishes, I guess I got crossed off his list.

John kept wanting to know what I was doing and why I took so long to reply. Geez, dude, get a grip, it’s online chatting and I don’t feel like typing 80 wpm!

Dating Idol - Day 35

Well, I managed to get out of going to dinner with my parents tonight. But I’m not so sure I should have. I ended up getting Taco Bell on the way home, and it didn’t even taste good.

Then I get online and John immediately wants to chat. Ugh. But I should be happy, right? He was funny and witty. But now I can add pesty, to my list.

While I munched on my Nacho Supreme, he fired off questions. What were my favorite flowers? Color? Food? Movie? Finally I told him I had a headache and had to go. I really went invisible.

Then Greg came on. Grrrrrrrr. The internal debate.

DO I make myself shown while invisible?

Will he think I am always invisible and ignoring him?

Should I mention I am hiding from someone else?

Nah, too much drama. I went to my favorite game site and played gin for a few minutes. And of course,then Greg sent me a nice message. “Had a nice chat yesterday. Buzz me when you are online again.” Damn. I should have told him. Too late now. I logged off and went to bed, feeling oddly happy.

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