Living in the Present, only Looking Forward

[Coconut]

I have always wanted to do kayaking and paddle boarding and will most likely give that a shot this summer too.

Kayaking is by far my favorite past time, sometimes I go out and paddle my azz off to get some exercise, other times when I'm out in the lake by myself in the evening, I just lay back and enjoy the sunset and wildlife that's around. Once while doing that, I had a beaver sneak up on me and slap his tail right next to my kayak, I almost had a heart attack, but once I knew he was there, enjoyed watching him swim around me trying to scare me off.

Anyway, if you try it, I would recommend try it on a small lake or VERY slow moving river (not in the ocean), so you have a chance to work on your balance without having to counter balance for waves or other boat wake. Of course, some kayaks are so big now, balancing is not a requirement.

This may be super bad advice. But as an old-fashioned woman, if you see a woman out you are attracted to and by all appearances seems to be single, ask her out.

This is definitely going outside my comfort zone. I have been pushing myself to try and strike up conversation with people when out and about (male or female), and I've been pretty successful at that, but I wasn't interested in dating so never went so far as to try and ask anyone out on a date or for phone number. In the future, if I come across someone that interests me and they appear single, I will see if I can put myself out there and ask..

It's never fun getting shot down, but I've had good success with going outside my comfort zone in the past (many years ago), and of course if they act like I was creepy I could always apologize and tell them Ginger made me do it . Of course i'll let you know if I crash and burn.

As Ginger said, many here have discussed OLD and how, other than Maybell perhaps, we have had zero success with it. At least you were getting responses! Not the type you were hoping for but at least you got a response.

I agree DonH, it is nice to get some activity, but it’s kinda frustrating to meet the “wrong person” so many times so fast. Although I admittedly contacted some based solely on looks, I’m trying to get past my “type” and have reached out to some ladies that I don’t immediately find attractive based on their pictures, but I’m willing to see if I can find an attraction because of their personality. I think those are the ones that disappoint me most, because they write great profiles, but their conversations don’t convey the same type of personality.

I said sorry, it's the best game I have to flirt with her but I'm working on it. She laughed. Check out kid looked visibly uncomfortable. He then punched in her phone number for coupons from memory without even asking her. Turns out check out kid was HER SON! No I did not ask her out

That is a great story, and if you had asked her out, and you two hit it off, it would be a great story when someone asked how’d you meet… Of course the kid may have been traumatized to be present when his mom was getting asked out, lol.