Category: What are they really saying?
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As Clear As Mud
Mimi shares her experience on a date with Jim, whom she met through an online dating app. Their lunch at Max A Mia led to an awkward eight-hour encounter filled with uncomfortable moments and mixed signals. Despite initial hopes, the date turned out to be disappointing, leaving her relieved to return home.
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No Unicorns
My daughter, Elizabeth, knew how disappointed I was when David ghosted me. She took pity and invited me to join her and two friends, Kristen, and Courtney, for dinner. The girls are in their twenties to early thirties, and I was flattered that they didn’t mind the old lady tagging along. We met at a…
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To Tell The Truth
Saul stared at me following his admission, anticipation written all over his face. He’d been in this position before. He probably liked to get these things out of the way at the get-go, like my date who advised me that he’d had prostate surgery on our first date. (See; “Three Cats & A Dog.”) It’s not…
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The Turtle Neck
The following morning, there was another message from the Navy SEAL. “I’m looking to find it all—love and intimacy—not just sex. I intend to share my life and my eleven Labrador Retrievers.” Whoa! Who said I wanted any of the above, especially his eleven canines? Why would anyone have that many large dogs? I knew that…
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Three Cats And A Dog
Last year, my daughter Elizabeth and I hosted a holiday dinner party. We had an eclectic group of about twenty at the Town & County Club in Hartford. During dinner, my friend Linda handed me an elaborately wrapped rectangular box. Smiling her feline smile, she wished me a Merry Christmas. I didn’t want to open…
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Ghosted
I don’t like games. Unfortunately, dating is full of them. Play hard to get. Don’t call him– let him call you. Don’t be too available. Be mysterious. Let them wonder. Forty years ago, that was the advice my mother gave me. I thought that senior dating wouldn’t take part in such nonsense. Let’s be honest. How much time do we…