Today, it happened.

“You’ve Got Mail”

This is actually the 3rd response to my profile on a G.O.D.S. (Godly. Online. Dating. Site) The previous two rated no mention at all as one was a Nigerian email offering me ridiculous amounts of money for giving out my credit card details. As if… I might have been snared if it had been from somewhere like Madagascar but Nigeria? Will they ever learn???

The next response was from the West Indies. Now that’s more like it … Dreams of Sun, surf and cocktails on the beach… However the prospective beau was spamming the newbies on the site with an automated email selling himself as a Godly minister and inviting me to his lovely church and to check out his website. Sadly he was somewhat older than my ideal… by about 20 years… To add insult to injury I don’t think he had even looked at my profile, guess he was going for the shotgun approach…

Today’s offering has prospects. Right age, apparently articulate, close enough that meeting would not be complicated to arrange (in the future…) and far enough away that we aren’t going to bump into each other on the street! Nothing startling about the correspondence but seems like an interesting addition to the day’s goings on…

As usual, will let you know if anything develops!

I am under siege.

Bliss and Surf are hounding me. It seems that having opened the door for discussion about singular living that I am now fair game.

Picture this:

Happy blogging and minding my own business and get instant message saying, “Surf’s up”. Haven’t had good chat with Surf while on holiday so invite him over for Thai for Three with Bliss and me.

Surf and Bliss both appear to be proud of my recent dating achievements and are giving all sorts of totally dodgy dating advice so that I will keep up the action and not closet myself away with the laptop. I choose to believe that this largely because they love me and want me to be happy… (But they may also be doing it for the laughs… hence the conspiracy theory angle.)

Logged on to G.O.D.S while they were there. Bliss loved it, she is a bit of a cyberspace novice and was amazed at a) the existence of such marvels of modern relationships and b) the variety of subscribers. Surf** was funny. Freaked him out, kind of like girlfriends for sale. We couldn’t decided why… maybe its a guy thing, or maybe, due to his veritable youthliness (he is our toy-boy friend), the desperation to find someone that comes at thirty-five hasn’t yet kicked in…

Browsed anonymously for a while… with Bliss egging me on (I am sensing a theme here …) “send someone a message! What about him? Or him? Or even him?????”

Have not yielded to the pressure…

**By, the way, you must understand about Surf, while he is single and gorgeous we are good friends and will stay that way. I am throwing that in because I have been asked about him (nudge and wink kind of asking)more than once and want to state for the record. “Surfing is NOT an option” …. OK?? Good!)

Black boots … practial yet alluring … unless of course made invisible by favourite jeans.

Movie commenced at 8.45 … Date arrived at 9.00… (Good excuse as was playing in church service).

Realised upon setting eyes on him (tickets burning hole in jacket pocket) very nice man but no flicker of fancy …

Bummer.

Scurry downstairs to cinema anyway…

Don’t recall much of Harry as too busy concentrating on how to conjour up feelings of fancy. (No… NOT for Harry for date who shall be called Not John (for his own protection)). I mean, has been so long since last date, if plan not concocted could be first and last date forever …

Movie ends.

Trek 2 flights of stairs back to entrance.

Can’t speak. (Must go back to the gym … and not just gym cafe… (well, at least until practised more stair climbing)).

And so to awkward closing …

D: “Well, thanks for coming”
NJ: “Thanks for the invite”
D: “So, heading away for the weekend?”
NJ: “Yes, and you, another week of holiday?”
D: “Yes”
NJ: “My car’s parked this way ->”
D: “Mine’s that way <-”
NJ: “Well, I guess I’ll see you back at work then”
D: “Will do. Bye!
NJ: “Bye”

Laughed all the way home…

Still laughing…

Had a chat to God and he was laughing too! Not AT poor tragic first daters but all gooey and gushy and proud at us giving it a go.

Bliss asks “So what’s next?” (personally I think she is getting very pushy …) However… now that she mentions it have been offered free trial of Godly Online Dating Site … (G.O.D.S). Might give that a go.

Will keep you posted…