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The
magic of online personals
Quest
of a woman to find the man of her dreams after she is thirty......By Nancy Ryder
Early
last year, I came to a turning point in my life. Being an awfully romantic person, I was just fed up with the lack of romance in my life. I was propositioned by extremely wealthy, even handsome men, all the time, particularly when I would serve meals in business class. I always had great meals, sometimes good physical intimacy, but rarely had good conversations.
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These men were dull and boring and their sole purpose of entertaining me was to get into bed with me, eventually. Some of them were middle-aged, divorced (or simply those who were trying to get out of their dull, meaningless marriages) whom I met just because I was curious to learn about them. The others were the cool guys (who had gotten rich during the dot-com days and had since retired to focus on more exciting things like surfing or playing music or farming organic vegetables). While I met them with the sole purpose of knowing another human being, I was surprised that some of them actually wanted to marry me after the first date. In summary, I was frustrated, disappointed, and horrified with the limited options that I had. (Related:
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boyfriend?) That is when I decided to start an experiment. I decided to go public with my quest for love. I told myself that if I could not find my kind of love on this planet, I will give up eventually (and stay single the rest of my life), but I should try my best first.
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 So I made my wish public. I told my close friends first who thought that I was crazy to seek the help of anyone that was interested. I put
personals on many dating websites. I set a goal of 52 men in one year (or one each week). The response to my
personal
ads was overwhelming. For the first time in my life, I realized how much help you can get from people, who may not even know you, if you just ask. I received hundreds of responses to my personal ads and I had varying degrees of contacts with them. I corresponded via mail/email, I spoke over the phone, and I even met a few. Most of these people wanted to do the same old things – go out on a date, send gifts, exchange photos, etc. Surprisingly none of the people who contacted me was bad. Many of them were not my kind of men but they were incredibly kind to me. However, I also ran into a small number of
angels – and I am glad that such
women and men inhabit the planet. They have reestablished my faith in the beauty of life and re-ignited my desire to live and love.
This online
personal diary describes my thoughts during this two-year period. I have tried to be as honest and forthcoming as I could and hopefully you will enjoy getting inside the heart of a simple girl from the mid-west. I have gone back to my childhood days and revisited each and every moment that I can recall. The experiences of last two years have given me a new pair of eyes to look at the world. I could not have had such a rich experience if not for the wonderful people that helped me acquire this new pair of eyes. Each and every person who contacted me gave me a new perspective and when I meld the experiences of all these people, I do not believe that I am the same person anymore.
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