Jill's Online Romance Story

This is Jill's story of online romance....

I can’t believe I’m 35 and never been married. This is not how I imagined my life. Not only am I not married; I’m not even seeing anyone. At this point, I don’t even have a glimpse of hope for any type of successful long-term relationship.

I’ve tried everything I can think of to meet a nice guy. I’ve flirted with co-workers, joined a cycling club, changed my work-out schedule, taken community ed courses, volunteered as a soccer coach at the YMCA, made sure to dress nice and smile at the grocery store, gone to seminars, visited practically every church in the city with a Singles group and even invited my non-gay hairdresser to lunch.

I’ve lost weight, bought a new wardrobe, and read books to make sure I’m not sending off the wrong signals. But nothing has worked. So, there’s only one thing left to do.

Well, actually there are two things I could do. I never took my mom’s advice to join a square dancing group. I am just not the country bumpkin type.

So that leaves trying to find an online romance.

I’m just going to do the free trial period; I’m sure I’ll be able to find someone by then. I had my secretary take some pictures of me down on the Plaza level, where all the gardens are. I hope that’s not cheating – I don’t want someone to think it’s my garden. I am not a gardener, I am even worse at gardening than at dating. But it shouldn’t matter because I’m not going to post my picture right away.

I’ve been working on my profile for three nights now. I think I’m finally happy with how it sounds. Not too desperate, somewhat mysterious, a little bit naughty, but not promising anything I won’t deliver. I’ve decided I’m not going to post my picture. I know all the Help topics on the dating site say that profiles with pictures get more hits. But, I’ve decided, if someone is that shallow that they won’t read about me without knowing what I look like then I probably don’t want an online romance with them anyway. I’ll have a picture on hand though so I can email it to them if I’m interested.

Today I’m skipping the after work happy hour and going straight home for a bag of popcorn, a diet soda, and a full night of profile browsing.

Whew! I thought I’d never get through rush hour traffic today. Now I’m finally home and booting up the old PC. Ewh – cinnamon flavored popcorn is not that good...okay, here we go. Let me say a silent prayer as I press the Submit button. The profile is posted – now for the shopping!

Hmmm...what age am I looking for? 35 – 45 sounds good. I could go a little younger, maybe down to 33. I don’t even think a man matures until at least 32. I really don’t care about height but the weight should definitely be proportionate – hmmm, there’s no selection criteria for that.

OK, skip it.

Race?

Well, I’m on the Diversity Committee at work so I really shouldn’t care about race, should I? But some races are so lazy. Others are so possessive...nope – not going there. That’s unfair of me! I’ll just meet the guy and then decide.

Career?

Well, I don’t want him to work in a sandwich shop, that’s for sure! OK, clicking the Match button and Wow! There are a lot of potential matches, that’s a good sign.

I think I responded to over fifty ads. I can’t wait to see who answers me tomorrow. I’m definitely going to bed now. I feel accomplished and filled with hope. I will close my eyes to visions of handsome, hunky men who smile as they read my profile and eagerly respond. I hope my Inbox can handle all those messages!

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