But I certainly have more so-terrible-you-can-only-laugh stories from the time I've been away from the keyboard. They're coming.
Partway through the summer, I was spending an evening with a girlfriend. I was venting of how tired I am of dating, especially first dates and I feel like surely I`ve been on enough that I warrant finding someone worth seeing for awhile. She asked how many dates I`ve been on and I guess a couple dozen.
The next day at home I got to wondering how accurate that number was. So I went through my calendar from the last 22 months that I`ve been living and dating in Toronto. I looked through my phone contacts and old text messages.
One thing that was somewhat alarming was that I discovered I`d been on dates that I just don`t remember. In my calendar would be `Coffee with name`or `Date with name`. I know I went. But I have no recollection of who the guy was. That`s how unmemorable some of the dates I`ve been on have been!
While recovering from the shock of that discovery, I compiled a list. Then I figured out my stats.
In 22 months, I have been on 33 first dates.
Out of those 33 first dates, I have been on a second date with 6.
Of those 6 men who had a second date, I`ve had multiple dates with 3.
Of those 3, the longest anything has lasted has been about weeks and 7 or 8 dates.
That gives me a 1 out of 11 average of finding someone where we have enough mutual interest to get together on multiple occasions.
No wonder I`m tired of dating.
