Frannie's Back

Sorry I've been away for so long. Frannie got a bit sidetracked. Happens to the best of us, right?  Right???  Let me explain…

I allowed that silver-tongued manipulative ex-boyfriend of mine to cry his way back into my life. "Breaking up with you was a mistake." "I love you so much!" "Please don't leave me…" You get the idea. That lasted for a whole week. At the end of that week is when he screwed up for the last time. You see, it turns out he had been two-timing me the entire time we had been together and he was still doing it. Seven days after convincing me to try again with him, his "other girlfriend" and I crossed paths. The whole thing blew up in his face and now he has lost both of us.

I know that's not what this blog is about, but there is a reason I've shared this information. I have a First Date tonight and I wanted to provide some background before I blog about it.

I had been talking to this guy, "D," on the dating website for weeks. Normally, if weeks have gone by and the guy hasn't asked me out on a real date yet, I'd write him off. But he was out of town for most of the time we'd been talking. (At least, that's what he claims. Despite my recent history, I'm still of the mind to trust a stranger until he gives me a reason not to.) So he couldn't very well take me out on a date when he was over 100 miles away.

Before he came back to town is when I started talking to my ex again. As a sign of good faith in trying to rekindle our relationship, I made the decision to delete my online dating profile. My last action before I did so was to send one last message to "D" explaining why I was deleting my profile and I provided my personal email address in case he wanted to stay in touch "as friends." In other words, I blew this guy off for my ex before he even had a chance to meet me.

Well, he did email me and wished me luck. That was nice of him. Only two days later was I replying back telling him how it didn't take long for my ex to remind me exactly why he was my EX and did "D" want to go out on a date? To my complete shock and surprise, he said yes! I mean, here's me… blowing him off for an ex-boyfriend then basically coming back begging for another chance and… he gave it to me???

So tonight is the big First Date with "D" who already has points in my book. Second chances are hard to come by these days. Stay tuned to see how it goes!