I've been slowly getting back into the dating scene after taking some time off. I reactivated my OkCupid account last month, but didn't do too much messaging initially. Kicked it into full gear a couple weeks ago. I haven't had too much success, but I've enjoyed dating again even if they don't always go well. I like that about dating, you never know what's going to happen.
Date 1 (About a week ago): I posted it about here. We were pretty in to each other until we met. Date did not go well, she faded on me. I'm okay with it, I liked her, but we didn't click in person.
Date 2 (Friday): I actually messaged her on /r4r, turns out I had also liked her on OkCupid a week before. Moved to text and IM'ing (and then we found and swiped right on each other on Tinder, lol). She friended me on Facebook, too. We hit it off so went out for dinner and a beer and had good conversation. I didn't think she was very in to me, the date itself was pretty quick and I asked about a second date via IM afterwards and got the seemingly pre-fade "I'm really busy for the next couple weeks but I'll let you know" line. But we kept chatting and made tentative plans to go out to the movies later this week. Not sure where this one is going, but I like her so we'll see how the movie date goes.
Upcoming first date: So, I got a message a month ago shortly after I reactivated. I wasn't really into the conversation so I took a really long time to reply. Like, 4-5 messages over the span of a month. But she seemed nice and we matched well percentage-wise and interests wise. She was a lot more interested in going out on a date than I was initially. We started IM'ing on Google Hangout and actually hit it off pretty well once we weren't typing novel-like messages back and forth every couple weeks. We're going on a date to grab some beers at a new brewery (one of our common interests) later this week. I'm actually really excited about this one!
Probably will never have a first date: Ugh, I've been messaging back and forth with this person a lot for a couple weeks. There's like 200-300 messages in our thread. It's been fun, even pretty flirty at times, but she deflects whenever I suggest a first date. I'm bummed, I'd like to meet her, but I think this one is just going to stay as a fun flirty online friend until we get bored of each other. The chat continues though, so we'll see.