SW...something So the biggest romantic holiday of the year is coming up and all the hearts and romantic swag is getting to me enough to join a dating site and try to find a guy. I figured it couldn't be too hard, right? So I meet this guy Jared. He's nothing amazing, but he seems the least likely candidate to become the next serial killer so we decide to go out for lunch. I know not to expect it to be perfect but kept an open mind as I walked into the diner we picked to eat at. And then I saw him...wearing a  read more..

Cold Date I met Carrie at the yahoo personals and we talked with each other for about a week before we decided to meet up. I was warned I should not meet anyone unless I've spoken with them for at least three months. So we met up at a local diner, she looked pretty much like her pic, and she told me the same. As we started talking we just had trouble clicking, it was like I just met her. We talked about the things we usually talked about but it just was not happening. There was no chemistry and it started  read more..

How many men is too many? Shannon seemed really sweet and serious when we first started messaging back and forth. She insisted I spend the $25 for a real email before going out with me though. I thought, fine, she just wants to make sure I'm really interested. So we went out for burritos and cervezas at the El Coporal. When I met her I was stunned. She was more beautiful than the photo she had sent me. We were talking, and I was really enjoying her company. Then she said she needed to be perfectly honest with me.  read more..

Good Help is Hard to Find It never fails in the winter. You find a guy, make plans and it snows, and snows, and then it hails a bit and snows some more. I had been talking to Mike for a month or so before we decided to start seeing each other. We've been on a couple dates and its going pretty well, but not spectacular. No fireworks yet. This Saturday we had plans to go to a movie, unfortunately mother nature had plans to dump about a foot of snow across the region. Mike has a nice SUV though so he came and picked me up instead  read more..

Heavy Metal After signing up I started looking for people just as advertised, however not until I started paying did I even find anyone I would even be remotely interested in. I'm sure it was a coincidence. Anyway, we talked online for about two weeks, just to get to know each other, talking about all sorts of things including politics, sports, and TV shows. Then we started talking about heavy metal, now I don't know about everyone else, but I can't find any women interested in heavy metal. So when we started  read more..

Big B is Here I heard the commercial on the radio and figured why not? Worse that happens is I find a different way to spend an evening or two trying to find someone worthwhile to hang out with. Can't be too hard right? I hit it off with Lakeisha right off. I entertained the idea of going out with a couple other ladies, but I found myself thinking about Lakeisha more than the others so my mind was made up. We debated a couple different sets of plans for a date before settling on miniature golf since neither of  read more..

What a waste I just cannot believe what a waste of my time this was. I'm still so annoyed by it! I am a single mum, I don't get out much because I don't have family in the area. Any time I go out I have to arrange a sitter for my son, and I don't really like to do it. Anyway, I chatted with Torrence a lot on the phone before we met, we seemed to be into the same things, and I was really looking forward to meeting him. We met at the Thai Kitchen, which I really love, but never go there because my son won't  read more..

Half Cut I had such a nice date tonight, even if I did feel like the guy was trying to get me drunk. I am a big girl and can more than look after myself, which is why I was at home by midnight because I knew he was plying me with a little too much beer. We went clubbing, locally and danced a lot. He bought me round after round of beer, and we danced between drinks. Then it was time for a quick break at the snack bar for a small bowl of chips to try and soak up the alcohol. I am not sure that it was his  read more..

frat boy paparazzi I had the crappiest date tonight. I met up with Tor on lovebrowser, and he seemed great... shy, unsure, but nice and interested in me. So we decided to meet up at a bar. It was so crowded and loud, we could barely hear each other to talk, but he was adamant that we stay there. I was annoyed, but he had all these excuses, like "oh, we just ordered a pitcher, let's finish it" or "oh, I was really looking forward to their ____ (insert crappy greasy bar food here)". Anyway, we stayed, and the dude  read more..

Fishing for Love I had been doing the whole online dating thing for about six months before I met Danny. The first time I saw his profile I knew he was going to be a promising date. I contacted him and we exchanged emails for about three weeks before deciding to meet up for an unusual date. He wanted to take me squid fishing in the San Francisco bay. I had been fishing before with my dad and uncles when I was a kid but I was not quiet sure I was prepared for that. Well I gave it a chance anyways and said yes  read more..