Love is on sale!

I've been told that Rhode Island has been voted the WORST place to be single...great. It's the size of a pea, so I don't know why that surprises me. Once out with one of my friends, we ran into a girl we know and she leaned over to us and said "oh honey...if you haven't dated him I have" and I was like...thank you - that's comforting - not.

People are always suggesting things to do and how to meet guys. My favorite is the grocery store. I often wonder how strolling through the grocery store on a Sunday night, with barely a stitch of make up on and sporting the ugliest lounge wear, because I just remembered that if I don't get there before they close, then I will not be able to start my weekly Monday diet. So, add a cartful of Kashi, Weight Watchers and Lean Cuisine products and yup I'm sure the man of my dreams will be chasing me through the aisles. Still waiting for that to happen.

Next is the set up. For some reason, I always think this is the way it will happen. Someone close to me who knows me the best will set me up with Mr. Right. However, somehow all the things my close peeps know and love me for seems to escape their brains and I end up getting fixed up with someone that I would never ever go out with (this is where my shallow side may come out - it's there I admit). No less, after I go out with the "set up man" and determine, or perhaps he determines we weren't quite the match that everyone thought we would be; I have to pray I'm not disowned by the attempted matchmakers. Luckily that hasn't happened!

In the year of 2010, although attempted before, I am back trying online dating. Full force. Not giving up (which tends to happen after one bad date for me) I practically cancel the online dating service from my iPhone in the parking lot after the bad date. This time, I'm trying to approach it in a light and airy kind of way. Although, it really is a strange way to meet people. Let's face it, you're determining if you want to meet a stranger out in a public place, by looking at a picture the size of a postage stamp and reading about how adventurous he is - every guys profile these days reads: works out everyday, loves to whitewater raft and bungee jump...I mean seriously! Of course, since the most important thing in a relationship now apparently is adventure, one of the online dating profile questions I had to answer was "what is your idea of adventure?" The answer I wanted to write...ONLINE DATING!! Anyway, I keep getting emails from these matchmaking websites that say "love is on sale!" - I thought you couldn't buy love, but we'll see...