Wow. It’s hard to believe it’s been only six weeks since I met My Good Looking Neighbor. During those weeks, I experienced a whirlwind of emotions, longings and feelings. My friendship (and hoped for romance) with MGLN reawakened part of me that had been dormant since my wife died 3 years ago.
I was optimistic that this relationship would become something more than friendship and gave it my best effort. But yesterday, I came to the conclusion that it is not to be. MGLN likes me. I like her. We have easy conversations, many common values and shared interests. But she doesn’t seem to be the least bit interested in a romantic relationship with me.
I have to call a spade a spade.
That’s a bummer – for all the reasons I wrote about in earlier posts.
So today, I reactivated my Bumble and Hinge online dating accounts and began my search for someone who is interested in dating me.
As for me and MGLN, I suspect our friendship will continue to some degree, although I am not going to be pursuing a romantic relationship with her or hold out hope that in time, she’ll develop romantic feelings for me.
That’s OK too.
She made the holiday season one of the best I had in years. I got to experience dating (to some degree) for the first time in 32 years.
It was fun, even if frustrating at times.
Now it’s time for me to move on.
There are many beautiful, intelligent women in my area. I’m sure I’ll be dating some of them. And with any good fortune, I’ll be writing about one of them in the near future.