Update: Have You Found A Date For New Year’s?

How are you doing with the New Year’s Eve date quest?  Do you have something lined up?  Or some sort of alternate plan. I’ve got nothing, which is probably for the best, because I’ve got to get up early on the 1st to drive 6 hours to my sister’s house.

I’ve been going through the steps. Taking my own advice. I’ve been smiling at everybody I see (which I’m afraid is starting to scare people), I’ve updated my look (love that new Spinlash), I fine-tuned my Match.com profile, and I even chatted up a good-looking guy at Barnes and Noble (okay that is a complete fabrication, although I did show a Grandpa where the cookbook section was).

Still I am dateless, which would really be bothering me if I hadn’t been hearing about thestring of bad dates my friends have been enduring. One of my friends actually had a blind date say, “Show me your tits,” to her. Then, she had a nice lunch date with a guy who later turned out to be a psycho. He said it was “cool” when she told him that she was afraid that her dog was dying. When she told him that she didn’t see what was so cool about that, he sent her an aggressively worded email that said she was uppity, lived in a shack, and had a bad attitude. He closed with “I’ve blocked you from my email and phone.” Geez. Where did all that anger come from? It was one lunch date.  What a nutball. And no she had no desire to talk to him again, so the blocking was absolutely unnecessary.  Being dateless has looked pretty darn good lately. It’s good that nobody is attracted to me.

It’s good that nobody is attracted to me?? Did I really just say that. In all honestly, I’ve been going through the motions, but heart hasn’t been in it. I’m not ready to move on and until I am, I’m going to do nothing. Go out with no one new.  I think I’m sending off please-reject-me vibes.

I’d like to hear how you are doing, though. So if anyone feels like sharing anything, please share in the comment section.  Have you tried any of our ideas?  Have you treated yourself to something special, as Lara suggested?  Have you been smiley and chatty?  Or are you overwhelmed by the work that is required to get through the holidays?

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