A(nother) date from hell
You might say I have a lot of dating experience. That may not speak well of me, but whatever. That’s not the point of this post.
The point is, I’ve been on a lot of dates, and a lot of bad ones. For years, I thought, I should write about these, but I rejected the idea because it felt mean, and I worried about the slim chance of an ersatz suitor stumbling onto the article and recognizing himself.
I seldom meet people from the dating sites in person. It’s discouraging and takes so much energy out of me that I tend to avoid it. I’d much rather meet someone in the goings-abouts of my daily life. I always thought I would. I never had a problem getting a date in my 20s, 30s, and 40s. Why would I now?
But, I am not meeting people in my daily ramblings, not at all. I’m not meeting them in my dance classes either. I mean, that’s not entirely true. I have met some men at dance that may have been interested in pursuing a relationship, but for some reason these men have bored me.
My point is, I meet about two people a year now on dating sites. I recently read that Feeld is where the more intelligent, interesting men are, so I gave it a try. The article said that even though the premise of the platform was “unconventional” relationships, many people were there looking for “real” relationships with deeper thinkers, creatives, that sort of…
