I skimmed through my last post and I'm a little embarrassed to see how little has changed. Well, there have been some important changes and I'll get to them, but I'm sorry to say that this is going to be another dating-centered post. So if that turns your stomach, consider yourself warned.
Update: The brief affair with Newcomer ended painlessly and he's doing very well and the two of us are good buddies now. Yea!
Update: Things with Mr. X continue to go smashingly and he's introduced me to Ms. X and holy moley that's going pretty smashingly too. Hot diggity!
I took a few months off but now I'm back to interwebs dating and the past few weeks have been cluttered with first and second dates. On Saturday I had three dates. I shit you not. Three. It's madness. So first and second dates are all well and good, no problem there. But what about third dates? What then my friends? Tonight I had a late dinner with a young man who I'm going to refer to as Red Dragon. He seems very nice and I'm really enjoying our time together. We shared a lovely chaste-ish kiss upon parting that I'm smiling to think of. So when is a good time to mention Mr. & Ms. X? Hmm? Do you begin to see my problem? I'm projecting a bit with Red Dragon, it's too early to be disclosing my other activities but it's an issue that's going to come up with someone eventually.
How can I talk to someone about this stuff when I'm not sure where I stand myself? I'm enjoying the whole non-monogamy thing but I don't know that it's a requirement for all future relationships. What if I fall in love? Will I want to be monogamous then? What if I fall in love but I don't want to be monogamous? How's that one going to fly? Should I be screening for that early on, only getting involved with people who are okay with sharing? But why do that if I'm going to end up settling down with the person that I fall for? I would really like to avoid the breaking of any hearts, mine included. What's that Facebook relationship status? Oh yeah: "It's complicated."
Update: I have a job!
Oh dear oh dear it's working for my old boss of 7 years. So here I am, post-Argentina and the only substantial change is that I'm making much less money. Grrrr. No, no. Mustn't be so negative. I'm enjoying the new job. It's an even cushier branch of retail and I'm making a very good wage though too few hours. I've just got to buckle down and find some other work (paid or unpaid) in the human services field so I can at least be taking steps toward something more. But with all of these dates to go on who can find the time?
Priorities.
Tomorrow I'm going to drive down to NYC to go to Comic Con. Gonna get my nerd on. I'm a bit nervous because no one could come with me so I'm going it alone. Trying not to feel like too much of a loser. It means no costume though, that would just be too silly. Lonely cosplay is just a low I'm not ready to sink to. There won't be much time to hang out with the big sis but I'll be staying with her and hopefully we'll get to squeeze in a few episodes of The Wire.
A few weeks ago I got to go to one of my oldest friends' wedding. It was a long haul getting down there but oh man was it worth it just to see how happy she was. That was really an incredible gift. I got to spend some time with the cream of the crop from back in the day. I always forget that a wedding isn't just the ceremony but there's this whole cool party that goes along with it. We danced up a storm.
Eh, all this dating. I think that I miss my friends. I miss Caritas. I miss Miho. We haven't been able to get our free time to match up and it feels like ages since I saw her. Bros before hos and all that, I think I need to arrange my schedule next week very carefully. I wish there was more time.
That's how much I'm enjoying my life right now. I wish there was much more of it.
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