Archive for the ‘Love Goddess-In-Training’ Category

I’ve been on the dating scene for a few years now and have tried various ways of meeting people: set-ups by friends, speed dating, joining a singles volunteering organization (now defunct), stalking men in Lowe’s, and online dating. I’ve tried various online dating sites in this time: Match, eharmony, Chemistry, SingleParentsMeet, GreatBoyfriends. I’m not here [...]

Or “How I Accidentally Signed Up for Online Dating – What a Trip!” So back in early October a friend of mine was checking out my recent blog posts and wrote to me saying he was concerned that my writing made it seem that I was unhappy and adrift in my life, that one would [...]

Friends, I know I’ve been a bad blogger these last few days; frankly, I’ve been overwhelmed with the more mundane aspects of life, and especially in dealing with Drama Girl’s sleep-deprived antics and meltdowns. She slept better the last few days, but continued to whine, sob, become non-communicative, and droop around like T-Rex’ T-Rex. (Remember him? He’s still on [...]

Have you ever seen The Pickup Artist on Vh1? This reality show is yet another “tale of transformation,” touting that “for these eight lovable losers, ‘socially awkward’ is the understatement of the year. And when it comes to this lonely hearts club, desperate times call for desperate measures.” Desperate all right. Desperate for a slap [...]

Well, no surprise I didn’t receive a call from “Wally of the Six Pack Abs.” This latest example seems to be going with 2007′s trend of unfulfilled promises and poor dating behavior: the friend of another friend’s friend who was “really interested” in meeting me and then never even bothered to send an email. The [...]

So I have a date tonight. Maybe. Or I might be blown off, and I don’t think I’ll mind too much if that happens. “Why?” you ask. Here’s the scoop: A friend met this guy — we’ll call him Wally — while she and her husband were out and about shopping two weekends ago. In [...]

I want to thank Sophie, Lulu and Kathie for recently sharing their thoughts about this country’s obsession with beauty – beauty defined by other people and “enhanced” by technology. Too many of us, me included, have suffered from having a distorted view of what makes us beautiful and/or successful, wishing to be or look like [...]

Alas, here we are for the final installment of Embarrassing Dating Tales of Susan’s Past. This episode, the last one I dare to share with you, took place last year. It combines the two things I’d rather talk about than actually do: going on a date and going to the gym. And, as a tribute [...]

I’m sure you’ve all been on the edge of your seats for the second installment of my series, Embarrassing Dating Tales of Susan’s Past, so I apologize for the delay. This flashback is from my college years. I’m not sure if this second report is more “embarrassing tales” than the events that have scarred my [...]

Since I’m not really dating at the moment (you’ll see why), I’ve decided that we all need a good laugh, and what is better than reading about other people’s embarrassing moments? I’m getting too old to worry as much about this kind of stuff, and, frankly, I find it quite liberating to not care. So [...]