another update… just about to celebrate our 1-year anniversary.

Still get match.com and eharmony.com spam and happily delete it.  Kinda miss the funny stories, though….

just an update: still going.

At the moment, I’m feeling vindicated for my “ruthless” edating style of last fall.  :-) Still dating the guy I met in November.  Impossible to know what the future holds, but I’m still having a ball.  And I still think he’s fabulous.  And it’s easy.  Even the hard stuff is easy so far.  Just in case you were wondering.

sometimes lines work.

Okay, I know that it’s probably a line, but this was super sweet!

Written as part of a longer email, first communication, initiated by him.

I do have to tell you this and I’m not one to offend, but there should be a law against you having a smile like that. It’s hypnotic.

Awwwwww. Thanks!

transferable skills.

Went to a work-related dinner last night where I ended up sitting next to a stranger. I usually hate formal situations where I have to make small talk with people I don’t know. Tonight, however, it was painless and even, well, pleasant. I realized that after all those first dates with strange men, I’m just better at it.

Nice to know that I’m acquiring transferable skills as a by-product of this e-dating process.

sometimes you gotta break the rules.

Even when you’re the one that made them up in the first place.

I broke two edater rules with today’s brunch date.

1) I agreed to a first date that was *not* limited to coffee. I got away with it, though. It was fun!

2) I told him about this blog. (This is not something I’ve done with any of my previous e-dates, and not something that I plan to repeat. It’s also not something I regret. Yet. )

how to avoid awkwardness.

Here’s a tip I read recently (on someone’s profile, actually). I liked it.

You’ve been meeting folk but there are those who you’d rather avoid, and you delete them from your phone. Later, they call and you answer because the number looks familiar: maybe it is a family or coworker! Awkwardness ensues.

Solution? Keep the number, but change the name to “Do Not Answer” — especially if you may have a tendency to get drunk / lonely.

I do not actually use this strategy, but I read it a couple years ago and its re-telling was recently well-received, so I thought I’d share.

six degrees of separation? more like two.

Two phone calls tonight with two new prospects from two dating sites.

The first used to share work space with a good friend of mine.
The second took a class from another good friend.

Too funny.