First of all, when I got a divorce, I never dreamt I'd be single for this long.

The chance of winning the lottery getting struck by lightning are probably better.

We're older, we're single, and maybe we're a little sick of it.

But finding a special someone might be easier said than done.

So he calls me, he says, do you want to go to

Scotland with me on our fifth date? And I said, let me check my calendar. I'm still kind of new to this,

and I'm, you know, still trying to figure out the rules and everything else. And her reply was

something like, okay, here's how it works.

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I think he still feels a little bit like somehow I have misunderstood him because he thinks he's a very good lover.

I'm sure he has been.

Four serious relationships in three years.

Congratulations.

I mean, that's pretty damn good, I have to say.

I'm kind of wary, right?

You know, I'm weary and wary.

But hello, I mean, those are good numbers.

And, of course, being bisexual, who wasn't who said that doubles your chances of a date on a Saturday night?

It seems like every day someone is contemplating trying to make a big splash in the gray dating pool.

Oh, I live close by, so he was very sweet to come to me.

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