A Single Girl in the Age of Online Dating

Who would have thought there was going to be a day in my life when I wanted to admit to trying online dating? A couple months ago I would have said never in a million years. But that was when I was living at home with my mom and my little brother. Who has time to think about their lack of romantic social life when you are constantly being tricked into watching a baby in your free time? 

But now I have my own apartment, my social freedom, and I'm over here twiddling my thumbs thinking "How on earth do you meet new people?" 

In college it was easy, you go to a party with your friends and you manage to meet 25 people you've never met before. But parties after college seem to always be with the same people, all of which you seem to have known since high school. And lets face it, I didn't want to date any of them then, and I sure don't want to date any of them now.... So you think the other option, go out to a bar meet a nice guy. Yeah right, that's not where you go to meet nice guys that's where you go to meet a drunken idiots. You know the ones who comment on how pretty you are because you're wearing the right pair of jeans and your boobs hanging out of your shirt just the right amount. I didn't even mention how much the beer googles help to make them more attractive both in the physical attributes and personality department. So we've crossed out going to parties and going to the bar in order to meet new people. Then there is the worst option, dating people at work. It all seems fine and dandy until you realize, you are the worst couple ever and break up. Then you realize that seeing each other everyday at work is not cute and endearing, its now just plain awkward and miserable. Gets two steps worse when one of you starts dating another co-worker. Let's just say it never turns out good for either party involved. So where's left to meet people? A cute run in at the grocery store? Now that's just a storyline out of a chick flick, if you wait around for that day you'll be single forever. 

So that leaves me here. Sucking up my awkward pride and admitting that I am online dating, and having the time of my life. I've got stories for days, and look forward to upcoming posts about the good, the bad, and the just plain ugly of online dating.