Third time is a charm

In just a few hours we will leave 2017 in the dust and welcome in 2018. I've spent some time in the past week thinking about what I want and need in a potential relationship. I've come up with a dating bucket list... In 2018 I will date a guy who....   1) Brings me flowers on the first date   2) Rides a motorcycle (it's a bucket list thing!)   3) Wants to go dancing   4) Volunteers at a soup kitchen or food bank   5) Cares about others and is interested in who I am   6) Wants to go on a date to an amusement park or the fair   7) Wants to go to the art museum and discuss what abstract images we see and not be serious about it.   8) Someone who understands that sometimes I just need someone to say it'll be okay. I don't need someone to fix things, I just need someone to let me know that i've got a handle on it when I don't think I do. When I reflect on this list it doesn't seem like that big of a deal and that these things c...

I received a strange Merry Christmas facebook message the other day. It was from W, who was the guy I dated before H2 (husband #2). I completely remember why I stopped talking to W, as he wanted to remain "friends" (with benefits) after I was exclusively dating H2. We went out to dinner the night before I left for Alaska and I found out midway through the dinner he had bet another friend that he could get me into bed. Two things were wrong with this, first of all, seriously W, we aren't in high school anymore. You and your buddies don't need to bet on if your going to get some, honestly it probably means your not going to once the girl in the equation finds out and secondly I was in a committed relationship!! I remember him running his hand down my leg and me looking at his buddy across the booth saying "and then there is this dumbass who thinks he has a chance at getting laid tonight..." then I got sick of him, grabbed my purse and left. Well, in a moment...