One day at a time....
Good plan. Sounds like you both had a great time.

chick

Well, my younger man (16 years) and I went on a second date, and a third and now he wants to go on a vacation together, as well as attend an upcoming concert with his sister. He calls me everyday, text messages me often, and talks as though this is a potential long-term thing. Wow. Who woulda thunk it? I'm still a little skittish, but I am enjoying the attention tremendously. I guess I just have to get used it for a while. Uh....okay.

I say if this makes you happy then good for you! It sounds like it is fulfilling your needs and moving forward with gusto. I hope it is all you want it to be! Sincerely!

Gabrielle...

Glad it's going well...keep us posted!

Oh, my, you sound happy. Still feeling skittish? Well, that is okay - it's your intuition talking to you. Enjoy the attention and listen to your inner heart.

Gabrielle....all sounds good to me. Long may your happiness and exitment last...hay get used to the sweet attension it's not one bit less than you deserve.....soack it all up girl
love a new romance begining...hope to heer more

celtic

Anne, your too funny. Gabrielle, your heart knows. Enjoy yourself and if it's meant to be, it's meant to be.

chick

Thanks guys! Yesterday he told me to block off a week at the end of May and to get my passport......guess we're going somewhere! If it involves a bathing suit, I'm heading off to the gym! He told me he's had a crush on me for years, that several of his friends knew, and that he's worried that I'll go back to the guy that dumped me last August. Nothing defines an old relationship like a new relationship and this new guy has nothing to worry about. It feels really good to feel this light-hearted again. I also discovered that the body has a way of remembering sensations we thought it had forgotten....and responds to those sensations like it used to as well. The skittishness is due to the loss of my husband of 20 years, and then the recent break-up with my fiancee. I have to learn to be here now.

gabrielle, any news on the week in May?

While in Chicago on a business tirp, I had dinner with a boomer woman who lost her hubby of 30 years to cancer. She's entering the dating world again and is giving the dating sites a try. She said it takes tons of courage. I'm sure you found the same thing when you began dating again.

Hi Gabrielle,

I've been reading the posts and following your progress, and all I can say is you go girl!

It takes a lot of courage to get back in the dating game, and I'm really impressed by how you're handling it and with your outlook on it all.

The vacation at the end of May is a great big step forward!

For what it's worth, I'm going to share a secret. Apparently, men love the scent of grapefruit. There's a post about this on my midlife women's blog, and, according to some research I did, when men detect the scent of grapefruit on a woman, they believe her age to be six years younger than it really is. info on grapefruit and men

OK, I admit that I'm a sucker for the power of suggestion, so I've been wearing a lot more grapefruit-scented products since I uncovered this little piece of interesting trivia.

The guy I'm seeing, in his unscientific opinion, seems to think there might be some truth to this grapefruit theory.

I don't know. But I think it's pretty interesting, so just thought I'd put it out there. Maybe pack some grapefruit-scented lotion in your suitcase?