Froggy Went A-Courting
March 22nd, 2008 by 
gddik
Losing one’s life-partner does strange things to one. It makes you question everything about what you do, and how “OK” it is in relation to what your former life-partner would think - whether they’d approve. Within that general mindset, then, around Christmas I had a good hard think about my own future, and what I could salvage from my loss, in terms of some sort of future happiness.
Being permanently on my own didn’t really figure that high on the agenda, so I decided that, rather than just drawing the curtains, locking the doors and shutting the rest of the world out, I would take the plunge and get back to living again, sooner rather than later. But, never having being the most forward of chaps in the women-meeting stakes, even as a young man, and being no oil-painting, I thought I’d harness the power of the internet to try and ensnare a suitable lady. So I overcame the feelings of (extreme) reluctance and doubt, and signed up with one of the biggest of the online dating agencies.
And am I glad that I did…
After a couple of nerve-wracking meetings (it’s about 28 years since I “did” dating, so it was VERY scary!), which were very pleasant, but obviously not going anywhere, I have had the great good fortune to meet someone who feels completely “right”. And I can’t believe my luck - that it’s happened at all, let alone this quickly.
I don’t want to say any more just yet, because it’s very early days, but I do feel very positive about it all and I think (hope) that it’s the same for her, too. Time will tell, of course, but it’s fun finding out.
Wish us luck…
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