How do you know?

For the sake of proper credit, I did not come up with this title on my own. It is the title of a Reese Witherspoon movie from a couple of years ago; also interesting is the fact that I own this movie but have yet to watch it. Anyhoo, I find my personal life on a current path that I had hoped for but never really expected.

I jumped back into the online dating world a few months ago and started having typical results. I went in to this foray with clear guidelines that I was going to follow. I would not message any male first and while I was open to meeting and hanging out, sex was a backburner thought. So after the first huge mistake was made, which was a very conceited, self-centered man, I reevaluated myself and tried again. Strike number two was a young man who seemed very interested and had many things in common. Alas, apparently he found a bigger, better deal because he completely stopped communicating with me without giving any explanation or notice.

After dealing with the mental and emotional fallout from those two, I decided that there had to be something different that I could do. So once again I carefully sifted through the single men on the website. Most of the profiles online are banal at best; I mean it's either a man who thinks he's the greatest catch in the world or a man who has been so hurt that he basically writes a description of hope and despair. In an effort to give everyone a fair shake, I began my reading. 

After a short while, I read a profile that really stopped me in my tracks and made me laugh, in a good way. This man in particular described himself as a good guy who was a sports nut and that any woman that might be interested in him would have to deal with his watching sports or join him in the watching. I guess in a way it felt like a challenge to me, am I woman enough to deal with a man of his type.

I sent him a message and thus started a fairly interesting conversation. At first, things looked kind of iffy at best. This man likes hardcore music compared to my country, he is in the process of a divorce and just in general was different than I expected. However, I decided that I was not going to push him aside, as others have done to me, just because there were a few differences. 

It has been nearly a month since we began seeing each other and close to three weeks since we affirmed that we are only seeing each other. Not to jinx anything but I like this man very much and sincerely hope that things go well. 

Since I have to get off of here, I will continue this update in the next day or so.