This used to be easier - and a lot more fun, cont.

[DonH]

Lol, well neither good nor bad I guess. Partly on advice here and more so out of frustration I've sort of given up - at least given up trying. I am already an avid people watcher and have really been doing that even more lately - much in place of watching for potential dates. I just don't get it - I really don't. Some of the couples I see together and I'm like, never in a million years would I place these two so dissimilar people together - yet they are. I see these seemingly very high quality women with total losers and I'm like - huh? How dies this doofus get a GF like this and I can get a date?

Last weekend (9 days ago, not this past weekend) as I'm at a gig on break I see this semi-attractive, seemingly normal woman walk in and greet a guy sitting at the bar. I swear she said "nice to meet you". They clearly were not a couple and I believe meeting for the first time. OLD was my first thought and with little else to do my people watching went into overdrive. He had loser or at least player written all over him. I'd bet money he was a used car salesman. As I watched he was sooo aggressive. Within like 20 minutes of meeting he's touching her hair, her legs, I'm like wow. Talked way more than he listened. As I'm back on stage it continues and at least to me became a class on what not to do on a first date. I'm thinking how these are all the things not to do n a first date That's what I saw anyhow. Clearly I know nothing as they left together!!! I'm like you have got to be kidding me. I wanted to grab the mic and say "lady, you can do soooooo much better!" I was in a squrilly mood but I refrained. Now it coukd have been a sex sight hookup for all know but clearly I don't know shjt! Lol

Yeah I totally still have my sarcastic sense of humor about it all. Did very little this past weekend. I tried to line some things up but not too hard and when the three people or couples all had other plans I figured three strikes and I'm out. Just didn't feel like it and to be honest my GAL will get pretty busy this week with an activity with my brother on Wednesday, dinner with the guys I was on the fire Dept with on Thursday. A weekend away in a tourist town southwest of Madison for the weekend - which ends up being 6 hours of "work" and about 42 hours of GAL. Then birthday outings next Monday and Tuesday. Yeah, turning 54 next week. Another year which will mark 12 years since the bomb and 11 years since D and about 4 years since last real R.

Thanks for asking V. Wish I had better things to report but it could be worse. Although... I guess I should include... Remember the woman from the conference that I thought I'd not see again so asked out sooner than I should have? Turns out we clearly have a friendship developing with her contacting me more than I her, often resulting in hour long conversations - sometimes longer. She is very genuine. I swear she called me "Hun" today - which had to be a subconscious slip. I don't at all feel the filthy vibe on the phone that I did in person - which probably means she's actually interested - because clearly I don't know Shjt - that's painfully obvious. .