Dating, only…

I’m dating far too much. This is a given. I’ve become too picky, in my whole dating regime, I’ve decided.

I met up with Jason and Zoë after work and showed them a few HTML secrets and extensions, and in return they fed me a really awesome curry dinner and some yummy red wine. Afterwards, at 9:30, I met up with my “date” for the night in a Yaletown restaurant. He was really nice. I left with the impression though, that he’s overly picky, and I didn’t feel entirely attractive when he gave me the whole “up and down” during the initial “hellos”… and that’s a *really a new feeling* for me. I’m used to feeling like guys look at me for my looks, firstly and sometimes only, and not what I have going on upstairs — But this wasn’t the case with this particular guy. He’s very ambitious, and knows what he wants. Problem is, when I brought up some “non-negotiables”, (Jenn, you know what I’m referring to) I got the impression he wasn’t on board with my lifestyle in that area (although, he wasn’t specific, so I’ll still give him the benefit of the doubt). Who knows. He is actually an executive for one of my favourite hair-care companies so, maybe we’ll at least become friends…

I had a date last night with a guy who’s very accomplished at 37, and quite attractive (not to mention sporting a cool London’er accent). After the “decompression” with Jenn at “The Whip” after the date had ended, I decided the issue in my head is that he’s got two young children. This poses all sorts of issues that I wasn’t initially expecting in the “dating scene”– nice guy who’s got it together and ambitious in every aspect of his life, though — that was what I was left with, I guess. He was very sweet, and insisted that he pay for the couple of drinks we had, as well as the appetizer we shared, so that shows promise! We’ll see if he emails or calls me back. I’m very “old fashioned” that way — I’m through with being the one to show the initial interest… (I’m totally serious, here!!) Ya. Been there, done that. I think a guy should show interest, in which case, a second date is in order if I like him, too.

The guy from last week’s dating efforts showed interest, and I’m still interested in him, so perhaps that might be something? We’ll see… I’ll email him tomorrow and see if he’d like to get together this weekend. Perhaps I should throw him “into the thick of things” and see how he does with some of my friends? Jason and Zoë are throwing a multiple-birthday party at their place on Saturday evening before moving on to a club, so, I might ask him to accompany me to that. I think he’d swim rather than sink in this situation, which would certainly be a good thing…

Believe it or not, I have two more dates in the next couple of days… One on Saturday afternoon, meeting a guy for coffee, and one on Monday who’s made it very clear that this “isn’t a date” but a coffee/drink situation to discuss marketing trends. I think perhaps he got the wrong idea from one of my emails… Whatever, I say. He sounds fun, and who knows where this will lead, right??

So, that’s my dating in a nutshell. I know it’s retarded, but, I have to start somewhere, right?? LOL… tips, anyone, anyone????