awkward

Well…. I did something a week ago that I never thought I would do.  I signed up for an online dating service.  I asked a buddy about it first.  he met his girlfriend of about 3 years online, and I wanted to know what his experiences with it had been.  He had some good advice, mostly about not feeling bad about ignoring contact from people that I didn’t think were totally awesome and met my expectations/wants, and about how it can get overwhelming to try and stay in contact with more than a few people at a time. 

I’m still not sure how I feel about it.  I’ve talked to quite a few people now, and met up with one who’s pretty cool.  For me it’s just more of a way to get out there and meet new people.  I’ve been in Eugene for two years now, and haven’t met anyone outside of my work circles.  It’s kind of hard to meet people my own age when the people I would normally get introduced to them through are all 10-15 years older than I am.

We’ll see where this goes.  I feel a little weird and awkward about it though, that’s for sure.