So "Check Please" has been locked on to a new thread. I picked this title because one of the things that happens in the online dating world is that a person will either send you a quick email saying they are interested or they will "favorite" your profile or "like" one of your pictures. I have learned that this is not necessarily an indicator that they are open to communication. On more than one occasion, I've gotten an opening email from someone and when I write back (within 24 hours of their email/interest) my reply goes into the black hole of incommunicado never to be replied to. I'm sure there may be some good reasons for this just not sure what they are! I mean if you don't want to hear from me then don't stick a carrot out to tempt me.
Ok - so GM, one of the reasons I wouldn't pursue a 38 year old is that most of them are not (at least usually) at the same place I am in life. They may have young kids (under 12) whereas I am within a couple years of empty nester status. They still want kids - definite dealbreaker there as I'm not interested in procreating anymore. They are in the middle of their professional career and most likely not interested in retiring in about 8 years as I am so that I can begin traveling extensively and also living in more than one area during the year. So I tend to stick with dating women who are within 8 years or so of my age.
I had a pretty good weekend. Barbara was tied up with birthday celebrations with her daughter and girlfriends all weekend so there was no time scheduled for me with her although I offered to meet her if anything popped up. Heard nothing from her the entire weekend until late last night when she sent me a short email. I'm not reading a lot into it, but honestly the signals I'm getting make me think she isn't all that interested. I'm not going to drop invovlement with her, but I'm not just standing around waiting either. She is heading to Chicago tomorrow for almost a week, so by the time she gets back, if we do make arrangements to see each other it will have been almost 2 1/2 weeks since our last date.
I golfed on Saturday morning and had a pretty nice round in some fabulous weather here. Saturday night I went to the CAPs hockey game with Marianne and we had a blast. We hit one of the local bars near the Verizon center for a pre-game drink and then saw a great hockey game (CAPs won in a shootout). Afterwards we stopped in a popular nightspot after the game. While we were there she asked me to make a pact with her that even if either one of us "finds someone" that we will still get to hang out together on a regular basis because she has so much fun with me. I told her, it would depend on who I was dating and how they felt about that. However I agree, we do have a great time when we are out. It's still a weird situation for me but I'm getting more comfortable with it.
I mean if you don't want to hear from me then don't stick a carrot out to tempt me.