Hello, and one more time welcome to my blog, I feel like talking about online dating, and let me tell you I still don’t get it.

So, as you ALL know a Pandemic strike, and we were forced to stay in our houses with little to no interaction with the outside world, which if you were/are single, made it a bit tough to meet new people or create new connections. Well, at least that was/is my case.

As I repeatedly say, I work on cruise ships, so many of my friendships are ship based, and me being more time and more time away from home has closed my interactions and inner circle, and with the pandemic, it closed it even more.

2020, I decided to use it as the year of inner healing and closing the door to the past, I had to work on myself and my mind, heal the open wounds.

2021, I decide is time to go “out” again and see what is out there, but then I am forced to think: “How am I going to meet new people?”. Here at home is not really that possible, we are still kind of in quarantine and going out to meet new people has never been my thing, believe it or not I am shy and mostly an introvert.

I like things to happen naturally, not to be forced or planned, but one more time here I am all by myself, which by the way I don’t mind, I like it, but I also would like to feel butterflies again.

So, I started taking to my best friend here at home, and I told her “I think I am going to try online dating” and her response was “that is for lonely people”, so I said “Well, I don’t see myself surrounded by candidates so. . .” After like, half an hour conversation on the subject I ended saying “I will try it”.

Now, let me tell that I once (maybe 2012 or 2013) opened a Tinder account, and I think I lasted like a day on it, and then removed my account, I just did not get it.

So back to the present, like end of December I opened an account on a dating site, and oh my, I am the worst. First, I swipe left more than I do right, so I am left with almost nothing.

I think I established conversation with 3 men, but I just stopped following up, because I just don’t get it. I think I might be old school or too picky, or I don’t know but I feel I need to establish a connection that a phone or computer can’t give me.

I still have my account, but I really don’t check it that much, I guess I still have it just to make myself think that at least I am trying or that some miracle will happen, and I will find someone through the app. I guess it all comes down to hope haha.

And don’t get me wrong, I think online dating is real, and connections are made, I have friends who have met their exes or soul mates through there but for me, I don’t know, I am still a bit skeptical. If there are any changes, I will talk about it here, and just keep you all updated.

Good Luck Everyone! 🙂