This is Lou's Life

As you may remember, Chris was my back up date from a couple of weeks ago and dinner was definitely fun! We went to Steves in Nedlands, ate good food and drank nice wine. Although a couple of kinda strange things happened on this date, one being that another guy at the bar tried to sit down with me when Chris was getting the drinks and the other I didn't think anything of until a few days later. Chris was funny, charming, albeit short, but all round nice, but after the first bottle of wine and the food was finished, I was ready to go home. Well not Chris... He was geared up for a big night.  He went and got another bottle of wine, which I only had one glass of as I was driving.  But hey maybe he was nervous or hadn't had a night out in a while, either way I hoped for an excuse for his thirst.  I continued on with the date and thankfully the bar closed at 10.30pm, which was my out to go home. We continued to exchange texts the following few days, which was nice, other than...

Once I had adjusted back to the real world I realised that I was one of the very few single one left out of my group of friends. So I turned to online dating after a very dear friend convinced me that I needed more to my life than just work, needed to start putting myself out there if I didn't want to end up alone, and really it was a way to meet men, whom I would not normally meet. I've been on almost all the dating apps/websites (below) since January last year, which has definitely been fun. - RSVP - Oasis - Tinder - Blendr - Skout  Ok so the last two are hook up apps, but hey there were times I needed to know I was desirable when the top two weren't yielding good prospects or I wanted a bit more attention. I know that sounds very shallow but it can become addictive to have so much attention from men, to have the rush of a first date and to have options after years of only having slim pickings.  I can put my hand on my heart and admit I had become addicted to it, to the p...