This phase of my life is so interesting or perhaps funny.  Dating is likely to bring on emotion and the fear of being hurt again.  Does one just give up on love or go for it?

I’m a lover girl so I’m going for it but along the way when I talk to people and tell them so, I get a myriad of responses.  Now I don’t know if it’s age or the pain of love lost or a some combination but I’ve never in my life met so many women who have given up on love altogether.  One friend said she’d been single for 10 years now and was happy with her dogs and cats after all “I don’t have to accommodate them.”  “I’m set in my ways and don’t need the thought of getting use to sharing my home with someone or worse the pain of love lost.”

Another gal, who just moved to a new town told me she was so set on remaining single that she wore a ring to social events so everyone would think she was coupled.  She just couldn’t bear the thought of being hurt again.  So what happens from here?

I can’t say that as I go down this road that I’m not afraid of being hurt as well.  In fact, I feel like a turtle.  Poking my little heart out, feeling a little bit and then pulling it back in before even the possibility of anything can happen.  Its crazy making, I know.  I can’t help it.  I’m doing the best I can and there are times when I think maybe being single is just the way to go.

There are plenty of folks out there that are happy being single so they tell me but are they really?  I’ve loved well and been loved well in my life.  What or who could possibly be waiting for me out there?    We’ll see.  In the meantime Happy Valentines Day!