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Also, I’ve deleted a lot of users who appear to be spam addresses, but it is sometimes hard to tell. So if I mistakenly deleted you from this forum, my apologies– it’s not you!
Thanks Angel and Mariposa! I’m glad to know that sounds okay to you guys. The discussions here have been so great, and I have been wanting to find a way to address some of these things in a larger forum, while also protecting this one, so I’m glad to get your feedback on that!
Love this thread, and so do a lot of people on Facebook:
Just remembered another great book y’all might like Rocking The Life Unexpected by Jody Day.
More keep popping in my head:
The Science of Single by Rachel MachachekMotherhood Rescheduled by Sarah Elizabeth Richards
okay, time for bed!
Oh and Unrequited by Lisa Phillips!
Love this list. Thought I’d share a few more books I love. Not all exclusively about being single but … well just good.
All The Single Ladies By Rebecca Traister
Labor of Love by Moira Weigel
Selfish, Shallow and Self-Absorbed by Meghan Daum
How to Be a Person in the World by Heather HavrileskyOkay, here’s my take: I actually don’t believe that dating is a numbers game–it’s not really about impressing 95% of the people you meet. It’s about finding the one who likes you regardless of your relationship history. And it only has to be one. Granted, I DID fudge it on my first date with Mark–I just said a “long time” and he left it at that. But the fact that he didn’t press it told me something important about him, that he was just making conversation and didn’t really care. And I think THAT’S the important thing–if someone is pressing it, if they’re really drilling down with the “how long” question then that just doesn’t sound like a very nice person to date.
Sure, there are a lot of frightened, shut down people in the world. But if something like your dating history scares them away then it seems to me that’s for the better.
