The Adventures of Jessica Sideways

If a girl needed anything to boost her self-esteem, it’s actually having been asked out on a date. I met her on an online dating website and she was the one that made first contact. I know that I am generally jaded about online dating websites but to be honest, I was just using this website for the tests (in fact, that’s how I found out about it - and I’m not alone in that fact). But when I changed my profile up a bit, a couple of people contact me - people who actually made first contact. And while at first, I thought that it would actually be just a few people making friendly chit chat (because to be honest, I wasn’t really expecting to actually attract anyone yet) someone actually showed some interest! I guess what they say is true, your profile can do a great deal of help or damage to you. Of course, that might still be complete and total BS but I am willing to chalk it up to that.

We have been talking over the site’s instant messenger for the past few days and now, we have set a date. I am so excited, nervous and anxious! I just can’t wait to get to see her in person. Mostly because I want to know that this isn’t a dream, and somewhat because of the fact that I have been duped in the past before. However, I’m not going to go through life being afraid that someone from that one site that I can’t seem to escape from is going to publicly humiliate me or make me afraid to even leave my front door. I am going to live my life the way that I wish to live it and I am going on this date in the hopes that I can find the love of my life. If not that, then at least have a little bit of fun and forget about transition for a night. If only!

NOTE: For her privacy, I am not giving out her name or any details. If you ask in the comments, your comment will be ignored and deleted. Remember, every comment that gets posted goes through a moderation queue that I manually approve/delete. Fair warning!