This is getting a bit hard to manage.
My dating rule: wide net, low bar. I'll respond to almost anyone, and probably say yes to just about every guy that asks. Especially if he offers to come to my town. I live 144 miles from the nearest Target; I'm not trying to be choosy. That's why I need to go on thirteen first dates -- I don't just meet men in my everyday life, I've got to make an effort to ensure our paths cross. Trust me, I'll be more discriminating when it comes to actual dating. And my bar isn't THAT low. Just don't be a creeper and put forth minimal effort. For example, I didn't respond to this message: Interested in a playmate? ;-) And he was only 40 miles away. Ok, so my strategy is to over-saturate my first three months or so with first dates, hoping that a few turn into second or third dates. Right, because the actual hope in making this resolution is that I won't have to follow through. That I'll only go on 4 or 5 or 8 dates, because date number whatever ends up falling deeply and desperately in love with me, AND I like him back. But right now, I've just had date #1. Medium date. He's still texting, by the way. Tomorrow I'm meeting date #2 for coffee three blocks from my house. (Score! He's coming to me!) (But not actually, it's a first date, geeze.) And I have a few more legitimate prospects. There's a potato farming pilot from Tinder. Two dudes winked back at me on Match today, so I sent them both e-mails. Another guy on okCupid, who grew up 120 miles from where I grew up. Our hometowns are closer than I am currently to a Target. This is the guy I'm most interested in, but remember that city of 3.2 million people, four and a half hours away? Yeah, he lives there. So that's disappointing. That's a lot. If I met all of them, that'd be six first dates. I'd be almost halfway to my goal, 2 weeks in. Maybe I should slow it down.
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