[EyeTie]

Dating is hard, especially when you are getting back into the swing of things. One of the biggest challenges is realizing that you do not have to settle for anyone, you can be a bit picky. For me, the games is what always drove me nuts, these "wait 3 days to call her again" or "don't send her a FB friend request until the 3rd date" "etc" crap was completely insane.

When I got divorced I dated a few girls. First one I dated was amazing, I could have married her, but I realized it wasn't fair. I was just replacing my ex with a different girl. I had to break it off and GAL, because I didn't really know who I was yet either. Looking back, she was amazing, but a few years later, I know we never would have worked out. I would have had to change into what she wanted, which I would have done, but I would have been miserable again.

Best advice, be you. Don't hide it. The girl I have been with for a few years is like that, completely caught me off guard. One of our first dates, she ate chicken wings, like a freaking caveman, I was waiting for her to snap the bones in half and suck out the marrow (do chickens have marrow?), she had buffalo sauce all over her face and I just started cracking up. She said "Yup... This is who I am, I LOVE chicken wings...I am not proud of how I eat them, but I am not ashamed either." I realized right then and there that she knew who she was and I could take it or leave it. So I took it.