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What a Week -- and Not Necessarily a Good One

I've been back on Match now about a week, give or take a few days. Things started off as they normally do: a creeper or two who "wink" at me every chance they get somehow knew I was back on and "winked" at me again; I read through dozens of profiles with grammatical errors and misspellings and exclamation point abuse (ironic since almost every guy says they are "laid back"); I marveled at how a gentleman easily 60+ pounds overweight considers his body type to be "about average" (just try doing that as a woman. Double-standard, anyone?). I was reminded that even though a guy may "wink" and "favorite" you, he will not necessarily reply to an email. And I started chatting with a guy which proceeded to texting and then to setting up a date. Initially, the date request came a week ago on Sunday. We had just started texting, and I said it was "wine o'clock". He said, "Don't drink alone! Meet me somewhere

Well, Why Not?

I rejoined Match again today. I mean, why not? I'm ready to move on, meet new people. So, I updated and reactivated my profile and here we are. Online dating isn't for everyone. My success with Match has been hit and miss -- granted, more miss than hit, but it would be that way no matter what site I'm on. Otherwise, where else am I going to meet a potential date? I'm not a club/bar kind of girl, so my other options are basically work and church. Church. When you are a church employee, dating your members isn't exactly encouraged. That is, presuming there is anyone to date. My current church is smallish and in a neighborhood of families. Single men rarely walk through our doors. Work. I have two jobs. The first, my full time job, has me working in a limited circle of associates, most of whom are female. My other non-church job introduces me to plenty of single men -- who are generally young enough to be my son. I've done the cougar thing before, and it'