Day 16

I had ice cream with B. last night as a 2nd date. It was much better than the first. I think my instincts were right about him being shy, because he was much more relaxed this time. We had a good time chatting, but after an hour and a half I reach a point where I just want to scurry home and hide under the covers, and I don't know if this is a sign of a bad date or if it's just me being me. He's so cute, and sweet, and smart, but all I could think of at the end of the date was "don't try to kiss me or anything!" and I ran.

So I'm still thinking about what to do next about B. How many dates does it take to know if a person is boyfriend material?

I met Funny Guy today when I picked up my event passes. I really enjoyed chatting with him. He's very easy going and funny and totally at ease with people. He's also a bit of a big wig because of his job. He's been interviewed for tv and print about this event, and he's also written a book about one of the local cities. But, again, no physical attraction. I totally want to be his friend, because he's so cool, but how do you tell that to someone you met on a dating site??

I want to print out all the profiles of the people I've sent emails to so far to see if I can find a pattern in my behavior, thereby shedding some light on how I go about choosing prospepctive dates, and perhaps finding a method to increase the likelihood of success.

I found another person to whom I'd consider sending an email: his name shall be Medicine Guy.

I exchange another round of email with Bike Guy. No one else from yesterday's group of seven has responded to me.

Also, I'm still having "suspended membership" problems with the site. Customer service has given me helpful advice such as "call us the next time it happens" and "perhaps an ex-boyfriend is using your password and logging into your account?" For the former, I've made 6 calls so far, and for the latter, I told JDate that I'm the only one who uses my computer and I live alone, and of course no ex-boyfriend knows my password, and even changing my password doesn't resolve the problem. Oy.

I seem to be drawn to people who are "not from here", because neither am I, and I guess we'd have that "stranger in a strange land" thing in common.

Seriously, the best part about the whole thing is blogging about it.