50 Blind Dates
Moving to a new city, miles and miles away from anyone who knows you, from anyone you know, is hard. It takes a lot of time and energy to introduce, explain and engage yourself again and again. I never actually dated as an adult, but I imagine what I’ve been going through is a little like going on about 50 blind dates. I’m constantly meeting new people, either through existing contacts or online, and then arranging for that first person get together. With some, I’ve clicked. Others just sort of fizzled. Just like dating, I think every time. I think I’ve met one or two new people this way every month for the last 20 months. I s’pose there’s a name for someone who DATES that much.
This week I was “set up” with a new potential friend by another new contact. The reason? It’s truly weird how similar we are — we’re the same age, our kids are the same ages and genders; weirder still, we’ve been married about the same amount of time and are STILL married and that’s not all! We both work in public relations.
So it was another blind date with promises for a second get-together.
August 24th, 2007 at 11:37 am
For whatever reason, it can be difficult meeting people in this town. Even though we went to school here and thought we knew the place, when we moved back, it took us two years to really find some sort of community, with neighbors and friends we could spend time with, help out, and know that we could lean on them in times of need.
I hope your new friendship works out!