I had a very nice date tonight. Things seem to be falling into place for me.

[Tobin S.]

I let my profile at the dating site go and did not visit there for a long time. Not too long ago, someone had checked me out and sent me a message. I went to the site and read her message and her profile. Based on that she seemed to be a good fit for me, so I e-mailed her and we started talking via e-mail and then on the phone. She's my age, cute, liberal, and intelligent. One deal breaker for several women that I have dated or who were potential dates was the mental illness that I have. I put it right in my profile after some crash and burns because of it to weed out those who had a problem with that sort of thing. My date told me that the fact that I put it out there up front was one of the things that drew her to me, that is, as long as I plan on staying in treatment, which I do. So, we got to go on a date tonight.

One thing that I thought might be a problem was that fact that she's a Christian and heavily involved in her church. I am not a religious person. I hadn't talked to her about it before the date, but I thought that I should bring it up while we were waiting for dinner. It turned out that she's an Episcopalian, which, from what I gather, is the rock-n-roll version of Christianity. She said that they were sort of like Catholics except that they were okay with homosexuality, female priests, and they allow priests to marry. Their minister is gay. She also said that she thought of the Bible in metaphorical terms and doesn't take it literally. I'm okay with that and she's okay with me.

After the date she asked me if anything had changed as far as wanting to see her goes and I said that it had not. She said the same.

Coincidentally, something good is happening at my job that might allow me more home time. I hadn't wanted it before now, but now I might have a reason to want to be home more. It looks like the terminal manager at my home terminal might need someone to run down to Florida on a regular basis. I ran one load earlier this week down there and right now I'm loading up on my second. This also would have the advantage of avoiding a lot of bad weather this winter. I might be able to get home two days a week doing this run.

Of course, this is all still in the conjecture stage- the woman and the run. But I'm feeling optimistic now days. :)

[auntAgonist]

1. Optimism is a grand thing and I'm glad you have it!

Sounds like a very nice date indeed Tobin, I'm happy for you. Good luck with the dedicated run.

aA
kesha

[Tobin S.]

2. Thanks aA

It's good to see you here. You should stop in more often. :)

[auntAgonist]

5. Nice to be seen. I've been scarce lately I know ..

I just happened to log in and saw your thread. We think of you often and wonder when we'll ever see you again! Give a holler when you think you're going to be in the area, we'll do dinner again OR you can come here and suffer my cooking if you're in MI :)

:hi:

happy trails

kesha

[auntAgonist]

6. BTW I just put some photos from our vacation on my FB acct.

We took a cruise up the New England Coast to Canada, in October. Check them out if you like :)

[Tobin S.]

7. I had to cancel my Facebook account due to privacy concerns

It wasn't a problem I had with anyone there from DU and I might be back there in a more anonymous way. If I do come back there I'll be sure to give you a holler.

[MiddleFingerMom]

3. Fantastic news for a fantastic guy...

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A little down tonight and this made me feel MUCH better.
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Thanks.
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So... is her mom single?
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[Tobin S.]

4. lol

No, mom's happily married. :) Thanks, I'm glad this perked you up.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear Tobin!

I'm really glad to hear your good news!

It does sound very promising, both for the girl, and the job...

She does sound very nice.

And I really hope the job lets you be closer to home too!


See? Just when you give up all hope....good stuff happens!

:hug:

[Tobin S.]

10. Hahaha

I'm alright with being single, but life could be better with the right person.

[Brickbat]

9. I'm glad you're feeling good.

Sometimes, things just start to roll right.

[Dystopian]

11. Joy!

Tobin:hug:
Thank you for sharing your journey of life...
I'm happy that the date went so sweetly....
Happy trails...
Happy life...one never knows.

You deserve the best
:loveya:

peace~

[abq e streeter]

12. Glad to hear this positive stuff happening for you

[HipChick]

13. That's wonderful Tobin..

my adventures into dating is in the 6week mark...I don't think it's going to make it..

[HipChick]

14. delete

dupe

[Gormy Cuss]

15. Good for you, and she gave a pretty good description of the Episcopal church.

It's both formal in ritual and somewhat liberal in terms of social issues.

The regular Florida run sounds like a sweet gig for winter too!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

16. *fingers crossed* for you Tobin. You deserve some nice things to come your way.

:)

[elleng]

17. GREAT news, Tobin!

Similarly seeing daughter tomorrow, taking her and her guy to ballet. Haven't seen her in a long time, due to her emotional? issues, so VERY happy for me, AND for YOU!

[Aristus]

18. I'm happy for you, Tobin!

:-)

She sounds like the real deal.

By the way, there are PLENTY of liberal Christians out there. Jesus himself was a liberal; a fact the reich-wingers will never admit...

[hibbing]

19. Good news Tobin!

Hi Tobin,
Always enjoy seeing your name on the posting list because I know your post will be interesting to read. I'm ready for another on the road story!

Peace

[elleng]

20. And what are you/will you be hauling???

GREAT NEWS!

[xchrom]

21. that's awesome dude! congrats. nt

[PassingFair]

22. I am a product of a mixed religion marriage. Episcopalian/Atheist.

All 5 of us kids ended up staying Atheist.
(All children are born without religious beliefs.)

It was a pretty easy fit. When we were younger, my
mother made us go to church, but didn't force us
to go to Sunday School. When we got a little older,
even breakfast out wasn't enough to lure us away from
Dad's company in the living room on Sundays....

My parents never argued over religion. My Dad never
talked about religion until we were old enough to ask
the questions ourselves.

Good luck. Proceed with cautious optimism!

[mnhtnbb]

23. How nice!

Hubby and I met through a videotape dating service in
Los Angeles in 1984 and celebrated our 25th wedding
anniversary last May. Not all good times, but we're
still together!

[redwitch]

24. Good for you Tobin!

I hope it all works out. dffffcx -my cat Gloria typed that last part, I think she wanted to say ditto from her!

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

25. Really great news

Tobin. I'm happy for you and hope everything keeps going your way. You deserve it!

[applegrove]

26. Sounds great.

[mzteris]

27. woo-hoo

:woohoo:

I'm happy for you, Tobin. I think she's a lucky girl.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

28. If anyone deserves it, you do.

[johnnie]

29. Very cool

I hope it all works out for you Tobin.. You're a great guy.