Kiss Him Hard, Tiff

I've been going on few first dates here and there since becoming single in April. Right after my ex broke up with me, my heart was so f'ed up I took a hiatus from meeting new men. It can be stressful, you know. And add that, to being spinal cord injured as well, and meeting new men can seem like the worst 9-5 job on the planet. I didn't want dating to be a chore....it should be fun, and considered a leisure activity! *grin*

And that's something I always stand faithfully by. If you're not enjoying yourself of if you're too hung up on what your date is going to think of you because of your disability, don't go out. In all honesty - you're just not ready. I've gone out when I wasn't ready and I just came across as some out-of-her-mind, pathetic, crippled chick. And who wants to be that, right? Definitely not me. I have a somewhat-awesome image to maintain. So in my past (distant past that is), I took a step back, looked at myself from a 3rd person perspective (always a wise thing to do actually no matter what you're going through), and saw my flaws...things I needed to work on, before I was a good person to date long-term.

So anyways, long story short, I'm finally at a point where I feel I'm ready to date (and specifically meet new men) again. The two months have felt like 2 years, in all honesty. They were that hard to deal with. But now (whew!), I'm back out in the game. In the past week alone I've been on 3 first dates. Pretty crazy for a chick in a wheelchair, huh?

Yup. I pretty much rock. What can I say, wheelchair or no wheelchair, a lot of men are still interested in me. I just need to make sure they're a) mature, b) looking for a relationship and not just sex (scam city), and c) good, decent men. That means they need to have a job, a car or a place of their own, believe in something bigger than themselves, and definitely NOT be Republican.

What? Am I asking for too much?