Logging in for love???

And what is so new about that??

I'm not sure if you've seen it, but TLC has a new show about people looking for love online. It's about 11 women and their search...

Ok, this isn't new. Trust me. It's how I met the roomie 7-1/2 yrs. ago.

Actually, I met a lot of guys from online. My friend and I sat on the phone one night while we wrote our personals. We had one hell of a good time laughing and writing.

And I had 40something responses within two days. I was shocked to say the least. And I had fun.

Ohhhh some of the emails I received were an experience. Married men looking for fun (but..but...we don't sleep together anymore!), single men with teenagers who needed someone to pick up after them (yellow pages guy...under Molly Maids)...and then there were the ones with no pictures (which is fine) and would describe themselves....

ahem....

One such experience...I was chatting with this guy online from Columbus (about 60 miles east of here), he was going to be coming through town so we decided to have dinner. I talked to him on the phone, and he seemed nice enough... He tells me he is 5'10" (I'm 5'7"), brown hair, glasses.

That night, up pulls a MINI VAN (bad sign #1) (ok, I think...he's married). I hear a knock on the door. I open it and I KNOW he has to notice the look on my face (terror?)...

He is maybe 5'4" tall...Hair? WHERE???????? ohwait, there's one there, oh, and one over there, oh and a few long ones combed over there (and I do mean FEW). Brown? Maybe a long time ago they were... Oh, and I wont talk about the big hair growing on the top of his nose...

Ok, so I was a nice person and didn't come up with an excuse not to go. We went to a small steak house about 10 miles from the house. (Did I mention he didn't smoke (I do - he knew this) and his mini van smelled like vicks vaporub? My sinus' were clear all night.) I agreed to sit in the nonsmoking section, ordered a cheap steak (as he was counting his money when we sat down and had not even ordered yet.) No desert, no sour cream on the potato....the salad came with the meal.

We sat there in silence most of the time. I couldn't say anything. Honestly I was afraid I would run screaming from the restaurant or die laughing. I wasn't sure which. Oh, he was saying all kinds of nice things to me, I looked nice, etc. He wanted to go someplace after - I said no, it was a school night and had to get home to my son.

He took me home and thankgod in my driveway was my son, his best friend Adam and a few other friends were washing Adams jeep in my driveway (they had been out playing in the corn fields around the house.) I got out of the van quickly (I didn't want to have to even hug this man let alone kiss him goodnite.) I looked at my son, who was ready to laugh his ass off and mouthed "save me"...he grinned real big and said "Mom, I need to talk to you real bad, I think we got in trouble tonight".

With that, a look of horror came across the guys face and he said his goodbye and so did I. He got in his van and left fast.

I stood there and hugged the hell out of my son and Adam who had a great laugh at me.

My son still teases me about that guy.

So TLC...I could write you stories. Trust me on that one.