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Hi! I’m Sarah, newly divorced (it’s been final & legal for a week now) and getting back out on a dating scene. I was with Ex for 10 years - all through high school & college - which means I missed out on a lot of dating. I’ve been slowly introducing myself to the dating world and at 24, the fact that I’ve never been on a date with anyone besides Ex is absurd to most people. Rather than putting myself out there on a dating site, doing speed dating, or finding a CraigsList guy, I have been hanging out with my friends who have been introducing me to their guy friends. This has lead to a couple of phone number requests and an increase in self-confidence all while being comfortable … enough that I know I’m ready to date now.

(I also write for Mental & Emotional Health and so when I saw that this blog was looking for a writer, I figured that there was enough material from my life to come up with five posts a week - and let’s hope that it’s entertaining!)

In the past 8 months I’ve been doing a lot of reading on how to date. Some of the articles crack me up, and this MSN dating article was among them. I love to read personal “stories” about what to do and what not to do, and with 10 mini-stories, this article fit my entertainment requirements perfectly!

“Rule #6: Don’t put all your cards on the table
“I guess it had been so long since I’d dated, I wasn’t sure how to act. Within the first five minutes of my first date, I explained my whole history, laid out exactly the type of person I was looking for, and explained that I wanted to remarry. My date was clearly freaked out. Now I know that a date isn’t a job interview. Take it slow and let your story unfold as time goes on.�
–Shelley-Ann Poole, 33, Hartford, CT”

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Posted in articles, dates on February 22nd, 2007

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