EricaH329 Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 I think it's time to hear some positive dating experiences! If anything, it'll give those of us that are having a hard time, some hope. Let's hear them! Gone on a good date recently? Please share!
Gaeta Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 I go on good dates all the time !! They just don't stick around long :-)
Author EricaH329 Posted October 3, 2015 Author Posted October 3, 2015 I go on good dates all the time !! They just don't stick around long :-) It's their loss!! Good for you for getting out there and trying! And if nothing else, you had a good time!
LilaMarie Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 Thank you Erica for starting this thread :-) I also have also gone on great dates...but the guys I met were too needy/clingy and I tried to communicate how I felt (I give myself an A+ for trying to communicate how I felt about that and tried to work it out). 1
MoreAmore Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 Many. I don't like dating when I'm having to put the effort forth, as an introvert, but in retrospect I have very positive feelings for the most part. I met some great, interesting people! My boyfriend now on our first real date had asked mutual friends what I would like and we went to my favorite restaurant and near bookstore and had bought blackberries and a blanket for us to look at the stars. I had both been suspicious because he is much better looking than I am, and unsure whether I was ready for a relationship with anyone, but he blew me away. I had a second meeting / first date-date when I tried online dating where we both showed up spontaneously with a small gift referencing the same joke we made on the first meeting. Our humor was very similar. We didn't work out but we became great friends. My boyfriend and him have made great friends now, too. I would trust this guy with my life. 1
Buddhist Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 I think it's time to hear some positive dating experiences! If anything, it'll give those of us that are having a hard time, some hope. Let's hear them! Gone on a good date recently? Please share! I don't date. I tend to lock eyes with someone and end up living with them about 3 weeks later. I guess that's success if commitment is what you're after... 2
MidwestUSA Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 I don't date. I tend to lock eyes with someone and end up living with them about 3 weeks later. I guess that's success if commitment is what you're after... And here I waited seven weeks. I'm too conservative. 1
BluEyeL Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 I don't date. I tend to lock eyes with someone and end up living with them about 3 weeks later. I guess that's success if commitment is what you're after... I think that's great but it's not true commitment. You could even get married in three weeks and true commitment still comes when all the stages have passed and you reached true intimacy.
BluEyeL Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 I did intensive online dating in 2013 and half of 2014. After the first six to nine months of not so great experiences, I started to learn and attract mostly decent men and had a good time. Finally after 18 months I met my current boyfriend and everything has been great, we are in the second year of relationship. 1
jay1983 Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 I activated my dating profile and aside from 20 time wasters, 2 duds and 1 who agreed to meet and flaked out without any type of notice, I met 2 cute, nice and normal girls. 1
MidwestUSA Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 I activated my dating profile and aside from 20 time wasters, 2 duds and 1 who agreed to meet and flaked out without any type of notice, I met 2 cute, nice and normal girls. It would have been three if you didn't have those face tatts. 1
lana-banana Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 My boyfriend left his girlfriend of about four years to be with me. Some people on LS, including my favorite Gaeta, told me it was a rebound and wouldn't last. 15 months and a lot of marriage/kids talks later, I can't guarantee any happy endings but I'm pretty sure we're out of rebound territory. He is an amazing man who treats me like a queen and I love him more every day. 1
scooby-philly Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 Yeah - I got burned by two women over the past 4 years. One was an attention whore that couldn't do the everyday routine and one was constantly after other people's affirmations and wouldnt do anything perceived by others to be "different". That said, I just had my first date since the last breakup the other night. DInner and it was nice. We had a good conversation. I'm not sure if she's the right fit for me. Lots of mutual interest, but she might be to career oriented and too uptight for me, but we'll see. I'm going to talk to her tomorrow and ask her out to a less formal thing to see if she's less stiff and more fun. After my previous relationship, I met two wonderful women in the course of dating before I mistakenly landed with my last ex. The first on was very nice. I'm not sure it would have worked out in the long run but it didn't last as long as I wanted - she found out i was only a few months past a hard breakup and didn't want to get involved. The next one - we had fun for 12-14 dates but she was very private (though we did have great sex) and she was too reserved for me. All fun though! And definitely all learning experiences. Just wish I started dating at 20 and not 30 1
andie1969 Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 I'm going to Mexico in 3 weeks with my BF who I met on Match! We met the end of Feb, dated 6 weeks, he got cold feet and pulled back. I said the hell with him and went on a few other dates, but no one excited me like he had. I went no contact and then a month or so later he contacted me telling me what a fool he'd been. I cautiously began talking with him again mid-May and we've been together & happy ever since. Funny we met on Match because of where we lived, went to school, worked, etc., our paths must have crossed many times but we never "met" before then. FYI I'm 45, he's 41. 1
Leigh 87 Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) I recently met someone who I had an instant connection with. The chemistry was electric and it didn't have to build. It was effortless fireworks. We have also become best friends. We are both out going introverts. But still very much introverts. ... We never had to guess or wonder much..of course the first two weeks we wondered " does he/she like me as mucb as I like her/him.. " And I really felt most guys were A holes so I aas careful not to trust his intentions right away.......But after the second week it was clear we were both smitten, had both felt the instant electricity and spark, and we both felt surprisingly comfortable around each other and wanted to take things further. Despite all our horrible experiences in dating the wrong peolle we finally feel we have met " The One". We are totally ourselves. We feel so similar on a spiritual mental and emotional level as well as intellectual. ...he's like a best friend where the chemistry is off the charts. And he makes me laugh! We make each other laugh a lot despite the fact nether of us is considered funny in general....... We are both so head over heels and we pinch ourselves every day.....we both cannot believe we found each other..... it's still surreal two months later. Oh and we both know each others history of mental health issues and are confident it'll work out despite our flaws and history that was checkered at times. .... We pretty much live together despite having our own thing going on (work study and friends ) and we know we will prove everyone who says " the flame that burns the brightest burns out the fastest " wrong.... the more time we spend together the botter the sex and better we get along....... Edited October 14, 2015 by Leigh 87
Recommended Posts