Not long ago, I was going on so many dates with so many different men I began to feel like it was "Groundhog Day" whenever I consulted my closet with consternation or bought another pack of Crest whitestrips. I became dangerously overbooked, bidding a lunchtime date farewell at my door only minutes before the evening date was due to arrive. I resorted to "crib" notes after first dates to later remind myself what we'd chatted about.
Suddenly, somehow, some unknown hand reached down from the heavens and flipped my dating switch to "off" mode just before Christmas, and it shows no signs of being flicked back on anytime soon.
Ahh. A breather. And it feels good.
There are a couple of guys in my life I enjoy hanging out with every now and then, but they're not exactly long-term romantic prospects, and that's fine with me. A lot of things go in cycles in life, and this is just another cycle. There will come a day when dating seems important to me again, I'm sure, and then I'll probably put up a fresh internet profile, start noticing a little more noticeably when the Silver Foxes check me out at the corner store, and decide I need new clothes.
But for now, non-dating works very well. I can concentrate on other things, like the gym and painting the spare room, my writing projects and cleaning the garage.
It doesn't sound as much fun as meeting up with a tall, eligible bachelor for drinks on a patio strewn with potted flowers, but a little down time, and a little recharging time, is called for in every life. I go with the flow, and this is what the inner Karin is saying she needs, right now.
Besides, the day a retirement home escapee with the name "Ernie" stitched on his jacket flashes his dentures at me in the convenience store is the day I know the gym has been neglected a little too long. As I said to a girlfriend, I'm not ready for a date of shuffleboard down at the seniors' home just yet.
It will come soon enough.
To your happiness,
Karin
singlejoy.ca
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