Since I broke up with my last girlfriend back in July, I have dated a few women which, for one reason or another, just didn’t work out. As I said back in April, most women I date have been quite a bit younger than me. That’s not by design on my part. It just seemed to work out that way since my divorce back in July of 2005.

I met someone at a “friend of a friend’s” house a couple of weeks ago. First, she’s in my age group (52). Secondly, (and I know I’m going to be called vain) but she takes care of herself. I mean, REALLY takes care of herself. That’s important to me since I work out every day of my life to stay slim and trim. She looks remarkably like Patricia Heaton who played on “Everybody Loves Raymond.” Anyway, I still can’t believe she’s 52. Pretty, well-built…the whole package, I might add. Plus, she is extremely intelligent, which is something that has always been a big turn-on for me personally. And she doesn’t want to get married. That works out just fine with me. That last one has been a major problem with any woman I’ve gotten involved with since my divorce. I tried it once, it didn’t work out and I’m done with that part of life. But, I’m attracted to this woman for the reasons stated and not stated. It took me two weeks to get up the nerve to call and ask her out. Even at my age, rejection is still something I fear. I’ve always been intimidated by very attractive women anyway. But, at least in this case, I got up the nerve to act. I’m still astounded she said yes.

She accepted my invitation for dinner and then we will attend a music festival later that night (this Friday night). Damn…I feel like I’m a 15 year old going on his first date. I’ll update how our evening went in my next “Tuesday’s Rambling Thoughts.” Wish me luck. 