Online Dating at 36 - The Good, the Bad, & WTH?

Just a quick post, more like an observation. In my last post, I didn't update all of you readers on what has happened to me physically over the past couple of months.  I had said in previous posts that I was losing weight, a combination of the ever-popular "Broken Heart Diet" and over-exercising as a numbing behavior.  Since then, I've brought the exercise under better control, but my teaching schedule at the gym has increased because it is summer.  I've also leveled out the eating, thanks to the "My Fitness Pal" app. The result, as of today?  Around 30 pounds lost since the ex cut me loose.  (My total weight loss over 3.75 years is now just shy of 110 pounds.) With the weight loss, I have been going through periodic closet purges.  The experts all agree that when your clothes get too big, you should get rid of them rather than keep them.  That way, if you start to put weight back on, you are motivated to take it off rather than just pull out the o

Yes, I know.  It has been about 6 weeks or so since I've blogged.  It isn't because there hasn't been anything happening, it's just that what has been happening hasn't been related to my love life. When we left off, I'd posted about a brief sighting of the ex.  A few days later, I was the musician at L & T's wedding ceremony.  While there was a moment of panic for me there when, prior to the ceremony my friend L made a comment that I (mis)interpreted as the ex having reversed his decision to attend a different event that day, all in all it was a quiet day.  I was glad that L had freely commented to me at the rehearsal dinner that she knew how hard being part of a wedding was, given where I was at the time. So now to really catch everyone up.  May 10 was the last time I heard from the ex in any way, shape, or form.  Between May 10 and today, he received two emails from me -- both as part of a long list of recipients.  I didn't get a reply to eithe