The Brave New World of Online Dating

​When my son left for college this fall, I decided it was time to consider the possibility of dating again.I made this decision because I’m lonely (I know it’s very unfashionable to admit this); whenever I see cute couples walking down the street holding hands I find myself tempted to run them off the road with my car; and my most compelling reason, I don’t want to die alone.

I’d been so busy working full-time, raising my son as a single parent, and going to school that I just didn’t have time to give dating much serious consideration, but when I found myself alone after so many years of controlled chaos I realized that I had a choice—I could passively allow life to happen to me (i.e., gain 50 lbs. while laying on the couch watching BravoTV), or I could take proactive control of my life by grabbing the proverbial bull by the horns, and carefully and considerately, craft the life I want to live.

And since I am petrified that the inevitability posed by Nora Ephron’s character Harry to his new friend Sally, (When Harry Met Sally) may actually be my reality:

        “Suppose nothing happens to you. Suppose you lived out your whole life and nothing happens, you never meet                anybody, you never become anything, and finally you die in one of those New York [aka Chicago] deaths which                nobody notices for two weeks until the smell drifts into the hallway,”
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I decided to take the plunge that millions of other adults in midlife are taking, and I joined Match.com.

​Read the rest here on Elephantjournal.com

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