after a few months of online dating being the worst shitshow it's been in a few years, wasting hundreds of dollars and lots of time and frustration - I have a number of attractive local interesting women actually matching, and also chatting and not ghosting. Have four dates lined up in the next week, one of which was last night. Four hours went by as the conversation flowed seamlessly - she is a super bright, successful person and an interesting character. It was a fantastic first date. She had this cute and pretty slightly nerdy librarian look with an absolutely perfect body. And she is in NJ not too far. Actually took me a bit longer to get to her driving than I can get to a lot of Manhattan via mass transit due to traffic. Date would have lasted longer but it was a school night, but four hours is plenty and the chemistry was established.
Good kisser too, don't usually kiss on the first date. Apparently she had a fantastic time and let me know it via text before I got home. First time I've been excited about a second date in a year. I'm cautiously optimistic.
Considering online dating is the bane of my existence, this was a big good thing that happened to me.
I think making this photo of me and my pup my first photo on the apps is helping with the matches. The dog is the bait.
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