Last Year in Dating

Since this blog is new I've decided to briefly you up on my Pathetic Dating Life Til Now(tm).

Two years ago, I broke up with my long-term boyfriend of about a year. It was devastating, especially since we'd started out as great friends, and afterward we weren't able to remain friends. I spent the rest of that year crestfallen and uninterested in men altogether. Instead, I decided to get the rest of my life on track. I got a job I liked better (I wait tables, so it's not The Job of a Lifetime but it's a better work environment) and figured it was time to go back to school. The latter has been a slow process and I'm only just starting school now, next week.

Last year was a parade of bad or boring dates. I went on two with guys from bars, five from a dating website, and several from MySpace. The two guys from bars were dumb. 'Nuff said.

All of the guys from the dating website (OkCupid.com), with the exception of two, were just poor matches. We'd meet, we'd talk, and there'd be little in common or no physical attraction whatsoever. The forth, though we had plenty of fun e-mail long-winded letters back and forth, we just didn't hit it off in person. We had three dates, at which point we both decided there wasn't any spark or chemistry and we cut it off. The last was IndieCutie, who was not only hilarious on paper but funny and charming in person. Sadly, we met briefly at a concert we both attended with different groups of friends (mostly a "hey! nice to meet you!") and a week later he had a girlfriend. Clearly fate mocking me. Disheartened and frustrated, I deleted my profile.

The guys from MySpace? Equally unimpressive. Either I wasn't interested or they weren't, but I've never actually gotten past one date with any of them.

The last guy I dated in 2006 was a fix-up from a mutual friend who noted that on paper we were perfect for each other. While Mutual Friend is right, side-by-side our lists of likes and dislikes mesh like an uncanny mirrored image, I am unsure if I'm attracted or ever can be. We might meet up for another date once we both return home from the holidays. Friend's Friend is funny and nice and laughs at the same stupid things I do. But there's a lack of those butterflies and I don't want to waste either of our time if I'm never going to be into him "in that way".

Finally, I have a huge crush on a good friend whom I never see. We're both back in our hometown right now and hanging out a lot. However, we've been friends since we were ten and he's friends with all of my other old friends and my brother, so as much as I'd like to corner him at the New Year's party tonight and make out with him, I won't. Because we live on opposite sides of the nation and won't see each other again for god knows how long and I'd hate it to be awkward for us (or anyone else). Besides, there's a good possibility he has no desire to kiss me, and I'd never live it down.

I miss third grade where when you liked someone you just punched them in the arm.

Happy New Year!