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I haven't been on here in forever because I still have no internet. But as of now, I am in the corner of my bed, hijacking someone else's signal. O.o

As I stated a long time ago, sometimes Craigslist you get better results than both POF and OKC combined. Some degree you get a result at all!
Well I put up an ad. I went a different direction. I wasn't trying to sell the "I can be the man of your dreams" BS the others pledge,
I gave them all me; 100% me, without them knowing my ASD of course. You seem to get more responses with blunt, sarcastic,
brutal honest profiles/ads than the Romeo ones--trust me. The responses I got always included the admiration of my honesty. It was
like a breath of fresh air to them.

But anyways. The ones I talked with didn't produce great results. Woman #1 is a single mom of one. I could tell she's kinda jaded on life. But who wouldn't after being left with a child to take care of? But here's a funny thing. I forgot to include my photo in my first response. But she gave me her number after like 3 days of emailing. I gave her a photo as an entry text.....she never replied back. So either I am repulsing to her or she doesn't date guys of my ethnicity.

Woman #2, older. She was 36. Black. Down to earth. Natural hair worn. She did not mind the age difference, she said. I kinda did not know what to feel about it, but she was cool and the age did not seem to matter actually. But few days later, she went MIA. Never heard from her again. She had kids but they were grown up. I don't think she dates Black guys either. She did say I was cute though. :/ *shrugs*

Then woman #3, she has 2 kids, 16 and 14. She's 31. A blonde and seem like a ball of energy. She's the ever-sprouting country girl type. But I don't think she is even emotionally or mentally stable to even date or anything. There's something about me that just makes crazy or people with screwed up pasts gravitate to me.

Her father died 2 months ago. She got divorced 3 years ago. And that kinda got to her. Because now she's alone--vying and relying on her daughter's company. She's not used to it. And she is financially challenged. And I just think she is looking for a guy to help her out. I don't think she is really feeling me for real. I mean she did say that for our first time meeting, we could go fishing together. But she doesn't text me much often. Last text/convo we had, I texted her good morning. She said that she's working and cannot text during that, which is respectable, and told me good morning. I told her to text me later--like after work or something. She replied "K" and I never heard from her since yesterday. *shrugs*

Woman #4 was some kind of woman. A rational thinker just like me. No one could crack her mentally--I could tell. She and I thought the same. She was minimalistic. Chilled and laid back. Auburn-brownish hair. A bit self-conscious of her body--but what woman isn't these days? I managed to get her number but boy did that seem like a mistake. We made better communications emailing! More was said. Now? I cannot even have a conversation with the woman! She goes to bed before 10 and is up at 5:30. Only texts I get from her is around the morning, and at night when it's nearly her bedtime.

I mean,I don't knock a person for being busy, but if you like someone, or you're back in the dating game, shouldn't 'have' time for that? I mean she's always busy. So how can we even meet? Or anything? Last text I got from her was yesterday too. But that's only because I refuse to be the one to always initiate conversation. And her name, Meaghan, was spelled familiar to me. Come to find out she's mutual friends with my ex-GF (the one I had my very first relationship with).

But with the last 2, I am going to be frank with them. I'm not looking for 'girl' friends, I am looking to date. If I wanted friends I would've went to the strictly platonic section.

But really, these 2 might strike out if my FaceBook friend communicates more. I knew her in high school. She has a son. Having a kid really mellowed her out. And we got so much in common (she points out) and we laugh a lot. Like, for hours we were challenging each other on movie quotes. Like, guess that movie from that quote. That was fun. Interesting. Non-pressure. No intensity! No laundry list. Nothing. If I were to date a single mom, it would definitely be her. But I haven't made the 'lethal' move yet.

I got her phone number, and we text. But I never led any indication on us going out. Idk if she values me more as a friend than anything else. I've never been stumped this way. This all started from me complimenting her on her photo. She says I am so positive. And she like that I am good with kids. But something in me hesitates. I don't want to make anything awkward. She lives in a different county too. Like what if I asked her about me dating her. And she says no. How can I recover on that, to get it back to basic friendship? Because I like talking to her in general. I hope she sees the messages I did leave for her though. Who knows.

I'm taking small shots at her. She has a horrible phone. So she cannot communicate well. Her phone overheats and is just old. She said that she's sorry for that. She should be upgrading tomorrow. I let her know that I really like talking to her and I hope she does.
It's all crazy because she liked me back in high school. Never connected then.

Sorry to type a novel on this. Lol but some folks don't mind the novels. Let me know what you think. If you cared to read.

I have become convinced that the friend phase of any relationship is the most important. I think maybe you're taking it for granted. Extended platonic relationships with a large number of girl friends is a way to filter out the freaks and weirdos.

I think dating is on the way to dead. Forget dating. Just "hang out." The more people you hang out with, the greater your chances at finding someone you share a mutual attraction with. It takes a long time to get there, so just enjoy being with a variety of folks from the opposite sex.

Go buy a medium size Moleskine. Collect info on as many girls as you can: hair/eye color, clothing measurements (if you know them really well), shoe size, birthday, perfume, favorite color, fav things to do when going out, and hobbies, along with standard contact info. Write it all down. Do this at every opportunity. You could have a rotation of 100+ women that way, and you DON'T want to spend an entire weekend alone...not to mention meeting for lunch or coffee/beer/etc. after work in the middle of the week. Keep it casual. You're going to face rejection and lots of it, and that's ok. Just move on to the next name in the book. You'll cross out those who are in relationships, the crazies, and those who just tell you up front "forget it, buddy." It is a long process and could take years, but you'll eventually narrow your dating pool, and it will start to become obvious who out there is good material for an exclusive "official" relationship. If you get married, burn that Moleskine as soon as you get back from the honeymoon and enjoy the rest of your life.

So if I've got it right you don't mind to date a woman with kids?

No I wouldn't mind. Like of she had a real nice personality, it'll go for it. I have tried to date a few single moms and it never clicked. They were jaded (which I cannot blame them), not a good sense of humor, and surrounded themselves with drama (primarily Facebook).

I just know how easy it is to alienate single moms. It's not all terrible. But I'd seriously consider dating her. She says I'm the only person that talks to her on FB really lol

But idk. I'm not trying to take the friendship for granted. She likes talking to me. And I like that. But just don't want to be awkward. I will ask her to hangout thought. Somewhere casual. She stays quite far so we'd have to set something up.