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I’ve been borrowing FamousArtist’s ancient Toyota 4×4 to help me get up and down the mountain each day, parking it at the bottom of the gravel drive and hopping into my Volvo for the drive [...]

The fun never stops. I just can’t let it go…Jane in Seattle has reached Open Communication with her Match #1 and has entered retreat mode. I tell her to stick to emails. Take it slow. If she’s [...]

It’s been a wild ride. I have a score of additional ideas for blog posts to continue this subject, Adventures in Online Dating, all in the narrative voice of the nervous, first-time, online [...]

I put Match #2 and #3 “On Hold.” eHarmony tells me that before I do that, I have to tell them why. I can choose from a list of at least fifteen different reasons (cue Paul Simon [...]

John Cusak (Match #4) hasn’t written back and Match #2 (the faraway Buddhist) is so MIA I’m about to put him “On Hold,” and Match #3 (the one who doesn’t like my mountain lifestyle) has not [...]

[There are two posts tonight, read in reverse order.] In the morning there are at least half a dozen more New Matches, some of them Closing the Match before I can even check their profiles, [...]

Dr. Warren’s letter is, for all intents and purposes, a disclaimer. Be safe. Be smart. Remember that eHarmony matches compatibility, you decide chemistry. I read it in a wink and that fast, Match [...]

[Don’t hate me for posting so much! Scroll down and read in reverse order!] It occurs to me that the narrative voice of the nervous, first-time, online dater has become more interesting to [...]

[All of these posts are rapid-fire. Read in reverse order to catch up.] I can’t take it anymore. But still, I’m laughing and smiling. How odd. When I get home, around 10pm, I am ready to be done [...]

[Scroll down. Read in reverse order!] …Match #1 has answered my Open Questions and sent his own. Things are getting deeper, more personal, and it’s making me totally edgy gaa-gaa. I can’t tell if [...]