A guy I work with suggested I join
Senior People Meet - he says he has had a lot of success in meeting women, so I
thought I would give it a shot, and.... guess who the first match was??? It was him -
and I had to laugh because his profile name is VikingMan! I told him
it was no wonder he had so many women contacting him since it is every woman’s
fantasy to be ravaged by a Viking. I’m not sure he saw the humor in it.
Although my idea of being ravaged by a Viking runs more along the lines of
Chris Helmsworth or Alexander Skarsgard – but hey, that’s just me. I thought I would share my Senior
People Meet profile with y’all – it's a little more 'casual' than the eHarmony profile, and I have gotten quite a few replies on it actually.
A little about me…
In the condensed version of the Chinese fable, the
grasshopper played all day, while the ant worked diligently to provide for the
future, I am the grasshopper, looking for my ant!! I feel that life is too
short to beat around the bush; I am looking for a serious, committed, monogamous,
rest-of-my-life relationship, with somebody who doesn't want to sit around
watching tv all day, and can afford to play. But let me clarify, I'm not
looking for somebody to support me, I have that covered. I lead a simple and
pared down lifestyle, mainly because being a trophy wife doesn't always have
the best retirement benefits. I may not have all that I want, but I have all
that I NEED. I believe that honesty is the best policy; if this offends you
then you are obviously not the guy for me. But – I am a really interesting
person; I have a great sense of humor (take this profile for example)
intelligent, worldly, well-traveled, well educated, know which fork to use at
the right time, and the difference between a white and red wine glass, I’m a
gourmet cook, love to entertain, not bad looking for an old broad, and I know
how to behave myself in public.
About the one I am
looking for…
To quote Cheryl Crow, "all I want to do is have a
little fun before I die", and I believe that beggars CAN be choosers! At
this stage of the game, age is irrelevant, but chemistry and compatibility are
a must, after all, the object of this exercise is falling in love, and I have
no intention of ‘settling’ for someone that doesn’t fit the bill. I really only
have two criteria, the first is do I want to see your face when I wake up in
the morning, and the second is, can I maintain a conversation with this person.
No picture – No deal!! It’s not fair if you can see me but I can’t see you. You
must have a picture available somewhere; I understand that some people may not
be in a position to post a picture on a dating site, and that’s okay as long as
it’s not because you don’t want your wife/fiancé/girlfriend to find out that
you are trolling for chicks on the internet - or you are in prison. NO TOBACCO SMOKERS PLEASE – that is the deal
breaker.
I’d just like to add…
Please don’t waste your time responding unless you are
ready, willing and able to accept the challenge. And, I really don’t care if
you think I am being callous, shallow, or self-centered. I’m not a gold digger,
I’m a realist – I can do poor just fine on my own, I don’t need any help with
that thanks!!
As far as eHarmony goes, still nothing… more or less. I did get a
request to go straight to email from a not bad looking guy who actually seems legit. He has a nice website, is apparently quite
intelligent, and has actually read my profile and quoted some things I
said in it. So I am planning on replying to his email, and we will see how that
progresses. It would probably help if I was a little more interested, but I
really don’t know what I want out of life right now. In fact the thought of being in a relationship
is really quite terrifying!
Other things going on right now – school sucks! I
am definitely appreciating the irony in my favorite saying “youth is wasted on
the young”. I wish I had been able to do this years ago when I had more energy,
but either one of my two classes would consume all of my time in order to do
all the work involved, and on top of that I foolishly signed up for a sketching
class at the local Art Center thinking that it would help me with my Perspective
class when all it has done so far is cause me to lose more time that I don’t
have to waste. First of all I wanted to take the Sketching Basics class which
was cancelled at the last minute, and they told me that this Nature Drawing
class was basically the same, but it is not – and even though I rather enjoy it, I don’t have the time to sit
around and draw trees right now. So I am debating whether I should just stop
going and throw away another $200. I guess I didn't expect that this quest for higher
education would end up totally consuming my life. I had one week where I had to
work an extra day, had a flood, had the first sketching class, and boom next
thing I know I am 3 or 4 weeks behind on my assignments, depending on what
class it is. My house is torn up, my ADHD is off the charts, and all I seem to
be doing is standing in front of my drawing board saying “I don’t know what to
do – I don’t understand this – I’m confused” over, and over again – like a
mantra. Maybe it would help if I had a clue what I will be doing with this
degree if I ever finish it. Right now I’m thinking if I have to do the Plan
Projection Perspective Method for ANYTHING I need to start researching other
careers – because I seriously don’t get it. It reminds me of math and that just
causes my brain to seize up and I cease functioning.
So consequently I now have
a sink full of dishes, a laundry basket of clean clothes to put away and a full
hamper of laundry that needs to be washed. I can’t remember the last time I
dusted or vacuumed. I would love to have just one day a week when I didn't feel
as if my life was nothing more than school and work, school and work – a vicious
cycle that does not include any FUN! To be honest I wish I had
a LIFE!!
At this point I doubt that there is anything I can do to catch up on the late
assignments - and this blog is just wasting time that I don’t really have – back to the
drawing board.
