I had a date!

I put a personal ad on craig's list (now expired) and got 2 serious responses. The wild redhead from SF just stopped replying but the interesting El Cerrito mom kept emailing.

We met for coffee a few Saturdays back. Dharma and her gf watched G for me. I thought it would be about an hour, and didn't want to overstay my welcome with them.

So the gal and I talked for about an hour. At the end of the hour, I realized there was really no chemistry and that I was starting to recognize traits in her that I'd seen in other dykes that I really didn't care too much for. But it was fine--she was interesting and we had a good conversation. But the hour was up and I said I needed to get back, so we said good-bye and parted.

Dharma and gf said, "Oh, that's too bad!" when I said there was no chemistry.

Ha! It was fine. It was a first date after a long time of no dating and she could have been

• Completely annoying
  
• Totally boring
  
• Painfully shy
  

...or one of many other things. A great start to getting back into dating, I think!