Hi Snodderly, naej, Cinders and nlt,

Thank you for posting to me. I am glad that you enjoy reading my "dating" stories and that they make you laugh.

One of my GF also suggested that I write a book and asked me whether dating is my new hobby – LOL.

It was yet another beautiful and warm day and I did some yard work in the afternoon.

Tonight I met a nutter! I didn't recognize the guy from the photo he sent me, but I guess the person on the photo was him. Maybe it was taken some time ago. Anyway, he recognized me and we went to a café. To start with I didn't know what to talk to him but then he started telling me about himself and his youth, and it was quite funny to listen to his stories. But, oh boy, he surely is nothing for me. He has totally opposite taste and ideas. But he seems to be well educated the way he expressed himself. And again he is quite a bit younger than I.

I told him straight away that his ideas were not mine so he knows that we are not compatible. At the end he said "call me when you want to talk again". By that time I couldn’t remember his name anymore - LOL! - I don't think I would like to see him again.

I thought the other day that I will never be able to find a person like my old XH was. I met several guys and not one of them was as interesting and comparable. I would need to get to know three or four different guys to be able to do the things I used to do with XH.

When I met the good looking guy who thinks I am too upmarket for him I enjoyed his company almost as much as my XH's. I have not laughed as much for a very long time and I felt really relaxed in his company. That's why I thought we hit it off really well. He was also the first good looking guy I "dated". I am a bit frustrated though that it didn't work out. – Oh well, I am still living in hope.

Recently I thought that a few years ago I could not have imagined dating at all. I remember reading the posts from Calder when she wrote that she met a much younger guy in a walking group and quite liked him. At that time I thought that I would never be able to do anything like it. And now I am doing almost the same and most of the time even enjoying it. – I have never in my life "dated"/met so many guys. - It is amazing how things can change.