I’ll go through this chronologically with the dates, the sites and the end results, some of which are quite unbelievable to me still.

The first site I decided to sign up for is DateHookup. A friend of mine suggested I try it, largely due to the fact it is free.  Well, that old saying “You get what you pay for.” is right on target.  I signed up for the site, put in a pretty generic profile, but I did put in the pertinent information.  After finding a couple pictures of myself to post and stumbling through the “about me” section, I was now a part of the online dating world.  I looked through some profiles, emailed a couple prospects and then just waited.

I got a couple hits, sent the usual emails back and forth asking different questions and answering several as well.  The typical “what do you like to do for fun?” and the like.  So after a few that just didn’t sound like my type, one caught my eye.  She didn’t have a picture up, but the emails and ensuing conversations were quite lively and we seems to share lots of common interests.  After a couple of days, we agreed to meet at a local restaurant for dinner and see where it would go from there.

I walked into the restaurant which was not very busy at all.  There was 1 girl and 1 guy standing at the bar having a drink, didn’t seem to be anyone else actually seated and eating. (Mental note, probably don’t want to eat there if the place is dead at 6pm on any given night)  So without knowing what this girl looks like other than a description from her over the phone, I approach the woman at the bar who is absolutely gorgeous, a total hottie.  It’s her, my date for the evening.  We say hi, hug and sit at the bar for a cocktail.  She was so easy to talk to, it was if I had known her all my life.  The restaurant has an outdoor patio, she asks if smoking is allowed out there and of course it’s not.  We go out front to have a smoke and decide we’ll just go back to my place, pick up some food and wine on the way and hang out and watch a movie.  Long story short, we got along famously.

Fast forward, 9 days later.  After what can only be described as a whirlwind romance after a week, my phone rings and her number pops up on the caller ID.  I answered it with the usual smile only to hear “Hello, Tim? This is ‘Jane’s’ husband.  I just wanted to tell you to not call my wife anymore, we’re gonna try to work things out.” to which I replied “Oh, ok, Good luck with that” and hung up the phone.  Turns out she was married for the last 17 years, had 3 kids and I was just a target for her to get out of her marriage.  Whew, dodged that bullet.

To be continued……