Dating 101...

Now that I'm single again, I'm going to have to start thinking about dating. Oh. Dear. Lord. Just shoot me now, seriously.

Wildflower and Farmer are single, too. So at least I have partners in crime...

Farmer is having about the same luck as before. He seems to kind of attract the crazy (or the seriously too far away to even consider it) types. I'm not sure what it is about him. And what does that say about me? OK, that is a totally different blog. Moving on...

His latest crazy was with a girl he chatted back and forth with quite a bit. He kept trying to set up a meet and greet but it kept falling through. Then the mutual friends tried getting something set up. That was a no-go as well... mostly because of a lack of communication. The PD (potential date) asked if he was going to the mutual friend's house. Farmer said no. Mutual friend then later called to ask why he didn't show up. It was weird. Seriously, weird. And then, out of the blue, the PD asked if he was a virgin. What on God's green earth does that have anything to do with anything? Needless to say, he stopped chatting with her...

Wildflower isn't faring much better. Things with Coyote went south. He basically had no time for a relationship and had no idea what he wanted out of one. So, she's back in the dating pool as well...

*sigh*

But we're all coming to the same conclusion. There are people who seriously need a self-help book on how to date. Need. It. Bad.

I feel like I need to state the ground rules before anything even starts...

#1. If you don't know me, then my name is not "hun" or "babe". Talk about a serious turn-off...
#2. Hold up your side of the conversation, regardless of format. Be it text, phone or in person, you have to interact too...
#3. Be a gentleman and a guy. (OK, this is for Wildflower and I... Farmer is a gentleman and McGuyver, so I don't worry about him). Call (or text) first. Open doors. Plan the date. Be a guy, for the love of Pete!! I swear that my generation of men have gotten way to used to women pursuing them, and doing it all for them. I'm not going to do it. And neither will those women who have any sense of self-worth...
#4. Don't talk about sex right out of the gate. If there's any type of chemistry, then there is plenty of time to have that conversation down the road...
#5. A good night kiss (if there was chemistry) is appropriate. No more, no less...

*sigh*

I am not really looking forward to getting back out there. But I suppose I have to take the plunge sooner or later...

But I'm thinking later. Much later...