A prelude

It is a sunday afternoon and I am sitting at home watching the last half of "The Holiday" with Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz. I am trying to sift through this recent bad date with a white wine spritzer. Ah, week two on pof (plenty of fish) and I had my first bad date. Lovely!

So how did a 25 year old wanna-be accountant get on pof? Well, let me tell you a story.

Growing up, I was not allowed to date until I was 16. And then, when I was allowed I just did not seem interested. I did not come from a family that strongly promoted dating, so I did not get into dating until my late teens.

So let's fast forward a few years. I am 25 years old, it has been 2 years since I had sex and years since I had a real relationship. And at this point, dating and relationships seems like a weird, foreign activity that other people do. And then, there was Rodney (note: all names have been changed, for the sake of my encounters).

Meet in January through friends of friends. Meet again in March. And I felt so entranced by him. Usually I pick apart guys, mentally, in 5 mins, but this guy....this guy got under my skin. This guys smile was like electricity...it got me tingling. And the kissing chemistry was, amazing. I could kisses were sweet, supple, and seducing. We made out, he left in the early morning.

I was bold, and drunk, and told him I really liked him and that he should ask me out. And then the crazy sunk in. I thought about him all the time, stayed at my cell phone at work, jumping every time it vibrated. But nothing. This guy tripped me up and never asked me out. But, in the end, I was energized into dating. He did not pan out, but I was ready to try and try again. And so my dating adventure on pof began on March 14, 2010.