Back on FB dating - because where else will i meet someone? HOWEVER, taking a new approach. I'm saying "yes" to most matches, as long as they have an articulate profile and have put in a bit of effort. THEN i look at the pictures and i have a little grace, because men, the kind i like, generally don't take great photos of themselves. It's usually in a car, with the angle up their nose. So i'm not passing judgement on that. Also, talking to everyone and giving them the same effort they give me. Not carrying the conversation. Once they reach out to me, because i will not reach out first (nothing wrong with it, just not my style) the conversation better flow, or i'm deleting them. It's okay to take it off the dating site and text. It's even better if they get motivated to actually call me. But i'll never say that out loud. No more leading, directing, or managing how someone treats me. No getting invested in a con...
I'm appreciating my life this morning. Drove in to work and took purposeful notice of my surroundings. The beauty of the sunrise, the moon still visible in the sky, mountains in the distance - a beautiful morning. Pure luck. I had nothing to do with being born in this country, or this state. I had nothing to do with being born a white female in a rich country. And i'm poor. I live paycheck to paycheck and pray nothing astronomical happens because i will be homeless. It's a real thing. And STILL i am lucky. No one is bombing my neighborhood. No one is destroying my country, devastating my people - for whatever reason they feel is justified. I'm not worried that the school down the street will not be there tonight or that the children going there will no longer live. Thats not part of my normal day. yet. I don't know about politics. What i do know is that people are people are people. We are all the same. ...