Dating in Middle-age and Other Ego-Sucking Adventures

I have no doubt that some of you ladies are doing the dating thing marvelously and are having a blast at it! If you are one of those successful ladies, tell us your stories! Everyone needs a happy story to encourage them. However, if more often than not, your date stories read like a bad English comedy, share those stories too! Because we can all use a laugh... Okay, I'll start. I have been on and off online dating sites since I got divorced in 2007. I know, I know: a glutton for punishment. Anyhow, to continue: I have tried at least four different online dating sites in the naive hope that a different variety of male would present himself. I tried good ol' eHarmoney first. You know, personalized for a ridiculous number of match points. In my earlier post I mentioned my propensity for honesty, and I carried that forth in the eHarmony adventure. Total raw, bare honesty. I made a point of mentioning that I am a vegetarian, bit of a treehugger, and book lover. Imagine if you will my consternation and surprise at being matched with a cattle rancher holding some dead animal, a gentleman (and I use that term lightly) who went off on a sheep grazing rights tirade at me, and another man who wrote to me, "Books?" "Whatre they for lol." Yeah. Go eHarmony.