I intend to live forever - so far, so good

[ClingingToHope]

OK. Things have cleared up a little bit. Cinderella No. 2 turned me down. Here's a paraphrased answer from her:

"OMG, I've got loads of stuff planned for D until the end of the month, I'm so sorry!!! This might not come out right- but I'm not fortunate enough to be one of those every other wknd single parents- D is with me 24/7 - the 'donor' is not involved. Unless I arrange for my sister to keep D or she has a sleepover, which lately all seem to take place here instead of her going to a friends, I don't get out. I tend to get out more during the summer because my sister is more willing to take her overnight due to the kids not being in school. I'm hoping to get out next month tho, sad I know, and not conducive to any type of social life, but not much I can do about it. I've never been to any of the fundraising galas like this, they look like a lot of fun! Have a good time...I usually post on FB if I'm going out because it's so rare...."

That sounds like a polite brush off. That's too bad. I met her last year through a friend and we became Facebook friends and we've traded messages back and forth for a while.

Anyway. Back to Cinderella No. 1. I am going to go because it would be very awkward to back out. If anyone asks at the ball I'll just say we are friends from church, she went through a D four years ago and I'm going through one now.

I look at it as practice for the future -- working on small talk that doesn't involve the D process. Learning how to get to know someone. I haven't had to do that in years.