The Toll Men

I’ll be clear, I’m not the kind of gullible man, all too accustomed to sitting at home solo like a spoil sport. I’d bet nobody probably never seen me blog about great dating and compatibility. There’s a reason for that.

Dependence is an unfortunate popular feeling and totally missing from my genetics. But I do have a tender heart. There’s no point avoiding it, I had no choice but to escape from a 3-year fling and I felt a great deal for but essentially deadended for both of us. Therefore one would say it may have been a good since I dated someone new. I don’t have the great expectations for dating I used to enjoy.

I’m not used to being single. I know one thing, I can’t lounge about, faithfully devowering Star Trek Enterprise on my big screen. The biggest factor behind this spell of temporary dating boredom? We’re not in high school, and everyone else is boring.

My go-getting college buddy, Brandon, who has never had dating loneliness, informed me he’s now somewhere he can relate. He introduced me to this Dallas dating service called Great Expectations. Not usually my thing, but I enjoy chatting up quality women who share my passions. Surprise, I decided to make a change and paid the membership fee to get started.

Be honest, ya can’t be disappointed by being alone when ya haven’t tried to meet anyone. Just like my old soccer coach Paul Jennings repeated to no end between war stories, “There’s other fish in the bowl, sparky.”

So he was divorced 4 times. Still, the old guy was a source of truth without being self-righteous. He always made us laugh. The amazing series of singles events in Dallas here might have done a number on coach’s shiny bald head.