Well, Whatis just returned from picking up D at school, she'd been on a field trip and the bus was quite late returning. This meant that Whatis got to stand around waiting with a whole group of mom's. Now, a couple of months ago that would have seemed like a free buffet to me but today it wasn't. Previously, I would have seen this as a great opportunity to brush up on my social skills and make a connection or two, not today. There was a really nice looking mom beside me, no ring on her finger (which means very little I've discovered) and I kept strolling away only to look up and find her a few feet away each time. Now, I would have jumped on that a while ago but today I just froze inside and said nothing. I didn't want to interact, I didn't want to look foolish, be rejected etc. Finally she just walked away to stand with the other moms. I dont' know whether she wanted to chat or not but I didn't bother to find out either. Before I left to pickup my D I was reading in "Healing is a Choice" about the author's first coffee date after his divorce. He got set up by friends and met the woman, who showed up an hour late. It was very loud and he wanted to go somewhere else a little quieter so they could talk, she said no. So he stayed not hearing half what she said. When he told her that he was feeling kind of nervous because this was his first outing with a woman (good move guy! )since his divorce, she replied "I guess that's why you're so emotionally unavailable" He was devastated and didn't want to date again. It was like the whole of womanhood had just come down on his head and this all from a 20 minute coffee date. I guess nobody warned him about the evil Coffee Buddy syndrome But my point being, I've had a couple of pretty negative attempts at connecting and I don't wanna do it anymore either! I know you have to pick your butt up off the floor and try again but that's for another day. Right now, I don't wanna do it! Besides, I'm way too busy providing astute political commentary on the US elections here on the BB, I just don't have the time! Anyway, D had a great time on her trip.
)since his divorce, she replied "I guess that's why you're so emotionally unavailable" He was devastated and didn't want to date again. It was like the whole of womanhood had just come down on his head and this all from a 20 minute coffee date. I guess nobody warned him about the evil Coffee Buddy syndrome 
But my point being, I've had a couple of pretty negative attempts at connecting and I don't wanna do it anymore either! I know you have to pick your butt up off the floor and try again but that's for another day. Right now, I don't wanna do it! Besides, I'm way too busy providing astute political commentary on the US elections here on the BB, I just don't have the time!