The only reason I was brave enough to even consider Dot Com Dating is that I met the husband I've outlived through a newspaper personals column. It read, "WPM, 50, 6', 165 lbs, exec, classy, attractive, humorous. Loves outdoors, music, arts. Seeks SWF 35-55, attractive, trim, zesty." In those olden days, you phoned the personals number, entered a code, and listened to a recorded voice on the other end of the line. I took notes. That deep baritone wished me a day filled with smiles and asked me to leave a name and he'd "most assuredly call me." Isn't that something?... "most assuredly..." I left a name. He called me back. We talked. We laughed. We made a date. We made a life together.
Silly, romantic me. I just supposed that once I was ready to move on with my life after having outlived this dear husband of mine, Cupid would simply aim his arrow and the magic of love would once again surround me. Ha! I overlooked the fact I'm now in my sixties and most men that age are looking for someone in their 40's. They want a size 2, not a size 10, and certainly not a size 18! Worse, there's a lot of players among the men out there. Some L.O.G.s - Lecherous Old Men who lie about their age by at least five years, and if that doesn't net them a young filly, the next time they update their profiles, they're yet another five years younger. Or they lie about their education, careers or financial situations. Occasionally, you'll meet someone special who really is who and what he says he is, and guess what - you never hear from him again after the first meeting.
Several of my widowed and divorced friends have met, and if not remarried, had lasting, long term relationships that began through Dot Com Dating. So, it can work. Besides, as a younger friend once told me, "Men are like buses. Another one will come around the corner any minute."
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