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5th May
New start - 1. New dates - 0 Well OK, once again I am being a bit optimistic. I only posted my new profile with new photos on a new site this afternoon! 8th May New responses - 6! I've had such a hectic weekend with the kids, I hadn't even checked to see if anyone had got back to me and then I log on this evening and I've got 6 responses! I'm not sure all of them are entirely for me, swimming trunks shots and body builder poses - not good, when will you guys learn - but it's a great start isn't it! 10th May Email conversations - 2 I'm not sure if it's the new site, the new photos, the new profile or a combination of them all, but things do seem to be looking up again. I'm sure improving my "ad" has helped but also just getting to meet different people online is good too. After all, I'd probably spoken to nearly all the possibles on the old site! I'm back to enjoying logging on in the evening and checking my messages again. I'll miss this bit when I've met that elusive Mr Right! 12th May New tactic - 1 Iv'e decided to take a slightly different approach to this now. My new found confidence may be getting the better of me but I'm considering going for the option of checking out posted profiles myself and maybe making initial contact if someone catches my eye. My best mate is coming round for a child free weekend of man shopping! She is a little harsher in her judgements of people than I am and will stop me going for the sympathy option. Also, she is single too and I have a sneaking suspicion she has an ulterior motive ...
15th May New contacts I initiated - 1. I decided after the initial rush to the head which left me with about 20 prospective men, to narrow things down a bit and start slowly with this. I sent my first message to a guy who I saw who looks not too intimidating but was appealing. The good thing about doing things this way round is you get to see a greater cross section of people and their profiles. It's worth doing just to get an idea of what not to do! This one just had a way about his writing which made the profile seem more real than the usual list of attributes so many people list. It made me smile which has to be a good thing! 17th May Responses to contact - 0 Well I'm not smiling now ... 22nd May Battered ego - 1. New contacts initiated - 2. Well I guess that's how the guys feel when they are ignored too, I'd better get used to it if I'm going to continue this approach. I've decided to spread my bets a little and contact 2 more people. At least that way I stand some chance of being replied to! I got a little bit brave this time and picked a really good looking guy. His profile looks really great as well as his photo so I can't help feeling someone will have snapped him up already! In the meantime, in case you were wondering what's going on with the 2 email contacts I mentioned earlier…..things are looking rather promising. One of them I'm not in touch with but the other is coming along rather nicely……. 26th May New Dates - 1. Things are looking up! I've decided to meet up with the guy I've been emailing. The only problem is, he lives quite a distance away so we have picked a halfway point that we can both get to by train. We are meeting tomorrow 12:30 at the station - very "Close Encounter" isn't it! I know what he looks like (I hope) and we've now chatted on the phone a bit too and seem to have a real rapport. Actually, he has a really sexy voice and I could listen to him reading the telephone directory so that might be swaying my judgement! 27th May Second date planned - 1. Today was so great! The voice is even better than on the phone and his profile photo definitely did not do him justice. I met Stuart as planned with no major hitches. We both arrive at the right place at roughly the right time anyway. He recognised me first - I was having a good day so looked vaguely like my new, flattering photos - and we just seemed to click! He is divorced with one daughter so understands the pressures I am under a little better than my previous dates. We both agree that we are not in a position to rush into things but sometimes that is easier said than done! I'm seeing him again next weekend, childcare permitting! Read the previous diary entry for April ? Or the first diary entry in January? If you want some help creating your online dating profile read our free article 'composing your online dating personal ad' or take a look at our online dating personal ad builder.
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