Hindsight...

It is a year since my last post, give or take two weeks.
I have continued along the same career path and am hopefully just six or so months away from my qualification.
(Bring me that diploma)
Sadly the relationship I spoke of before only lasted a further six months and was then terminated.
I discovered that obtaining my diploma was more important than maintaining my relationship which had fallen on rough ground.
A choice had to be made and in that situation I found that really, there was no real choice to make.
If you are friends with two people and one of them makes you make a choice, they are not your friend, therefore you choose the friend who did not make you choose.
The same goes for my man and my work.
One must accept the other to achieve a balance.
So for the last six months I have been a free agent and I had forgotten how complicated that could be.
Everyone around me is getting married and having babies and I'm here experimenting with different approaches to dating.
I have to admit, I'm not an advocate for online dating and it's not something I'm doing for results.
But curiosity got the better of me and I just had to give it a shot.
So far I have ascertained that the majority of the male species within my chosen age range, 23 - 33, are only out for one thing.
The males within this denomination seem to think that to achieve their ultimate goal, the best course of action is to send girls photos of their genitalia.
On enquiry, none of them have been able to claim this method successful.
So has the internet eradicated romance?
I have faith that it still exists but maybe it's just not possible online.
Either way, it's fascinating.
The opening lines and attempts at smooth chat.
Is it any wonder that people have a messed up ideal when the examples followed are television soaps, "reality" television and computer games.
There is hope however.
Hope that there is somebody out there for each and every one of us.
Hope that romance is alive and coming to find me.
Hope that there are girls out there who do fall in love with a photo of an erect penis.