Dating games (2004)

Let the games begin....

All I can say that I have been out of the dating game for a while and getting back into it has been very difficult I have gone through evey single emotion one can possibly experience....
Stage 1 - denial: breaking up without someone you love and pretending that it didnt happen and you are living a bad dream..and trying to drink the bad dream away...result: bad hang-over, forgetting where you are half the time, being recognised by the scum that hang out at the bar!2.

Stage 2 - Lonlinesss: The stage where you start sobering up and you realise there is no warm body to cuddle up to and tell them that you love them and you are never getting drunk again in your entire life and cry on their shoulder.Result: well there is no one there to save your ass so you decide that maybe you should start getting back to the dating scene again b/c this drinking alone or with friends just isnt solving the problem

Stage 3 - Anger: This is the stage where you realise that your ex was a total and utter cow that took away your idividuality and stifled your personality because you cant really think of how to act on a first date because you dont know who you are!?Result: You still miss the ex but start to think that this freedom thing and you becoming yourself again aint such a bad idea.

Stage 4 - The Unsureness: This is the stage where you start dating regularly and you meet different people and have to try not compare them to the ex - this is a hard stage because the minute that someone reminds you negetively about your last relationship - guarenteed you going to tell them to get lost.Result: DONT COMPARE AND KEEP DATING!

Stage 5 - Let the Games begin: This is the stage where you find someone attractive and intelligent and now try and catch em to keep them...I like this part b/c it allows you to be strategic and romantic at the same time.Result: Lots of patience required for this stage.

Stage 6 - HAPPINESS: This is the contant state of euphoria that everyone looks for, that state of romance, love, lust, when you find someone special - that ideal feeling before you begin a full blown relationship...the state where you want to rip the persons cloths off when you see them, the state where you are contantly thinking about them, smsing, emailing them...wanting them.Result: MORE happiness and eventually a longer lasting affair of the heart!so let the games begin!
May 2004