Expanding the dating circumference...

Yup, the waves are callin' to me.

 And seems y'all are reading about it! Just look at the stats:

I've never even heard of the Opera platform!

Yay! My little world is somewhat entertaining to you. I've never had a reader from India before. Wee! Don't be shy to comment. :)


Onto the ongoings:

After I swore off internet dating for the umpteenth time late in 2011, I decided to sign up again earlier this month on a site I had never used before. For instance, I came and went several times between POF, Lavalife, eHarmony, Match.com, etc. without much of a result. I met the same types of guys at bars, grocery stores, sporting events and restaurants. Why the crap was I paying to meet them somewhere else?

And then I was matched with the cutest, sweetest, most funniest, hard-working guy - and he lives in New York State!

If I have to drive 2.5 hours to meet a decent guy, I will. I'm at the point in my life where 'going out of my way' to meet a person, really isn't out of my way. I'm absolutely willing to try something new and after analyzing the patterns, it's time I did. (Hey, I might as well apply my analyst work skills to life itself, right?)

And just so you know, it's not for that 'if you don't try, you won't know' cliche. Some people try and try without result. The problem is that they are not trying something different.

I've always automatically dismissed dating a guy who isn't from my city because of the distance. When I was younger, I needed more assurance and required the comfort of having someone physically nearby. Now I'm older, more confident and comfortable with myself - plus I know what I am looking for. Ten years of going out with idiots will do that. I've exhausted the dating radius over the past four years - it only produced multiple three-month relationship spurts. So it's time to expand that circumference.

*Fingers crossed.*