I’m going to throw this out into the universe.
I think I’m ready to date.
I have been single for almost 2 years. I ended my last relationship because I wanted to be alone with my food. (I’m a recovering binger). And he was annoying. For most of those 2 years I kissed quite a few french fries and made love to John. Papa John, that is. It was quite the love affair. I reached my highest weight ever (3,104 ounces!! Or, if you prefer, 194 lbs) and there was NO way I was going to set myself up for rejection by doing the online or blind date thing.
So now here I am, looking and feeling so much better about myself, but I’m still afraid to put myself out there. What if it turns out it was my personality that turned guys off in the past and not my weight? What if I got too used to being alone?
I always get this way when I come back from visiting family and friends. I am always the single girl. And a girlfriend of mine just met a seemingly great guy and now I want that too.
For the next month I am going to go the “traditional” route and put myself out there by going places with my girlfriends where guys will be, make eye contact & smile. If that doesn’t work, I might have to stick my toe into the online dating waters.
Any advice for me? Are some places better than others when it comes to meeting people? A friend of mine told me to go to Home Depot and look “lost”. I tried that and the only thing I caught there was a non-feminine looking female employee in the lumber department and a splinter.