I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Even in this unprecedented time of ours, there is so much to remember to be thankful for. Health, family, friends, experiences we get to cherish…the list goes on and wonderfully on. Due to the pandemic, I was not able to gather around the table with my folks. Nor was I able to see my son, as he is currently serving in the military. I was however, able to speak them all and eternally grateful that I was able to join my daughter and her husband to share this special holiday. It was a lovely, somewhat quiet, relaxed and very delicious Thanksgiving.

Ohio was very attentive with pictures, calls and messages over the holiday, which did grab the attention of my daughter. I hadn’t filled her in, until then. I haven’t really shared too much of the “Behind the Scenes” of the Online Dating World with her. Generally, I’ll mention perhaps having a date, but no real details, until I think I know where something is headed.

When she saw the BUMBLE App on my phone, and that I had notifications…she said: “Mom, can I play?” Play. lol!! She cracks me up. I did though, pull a seat up beside her and we looked at profiles together. It’s so funny how people react so differently…while looking at the very same thing.

You know how I feel about profiles with no information shared and just pictures, right? If there is no effort there, I am thinking, there may be no effort in other areas. However, my daughter, on a particular profile, had an entirely different take on it.

It was a profile of a very attractive man from fairly nearby. His profile listed basically nothing more than a first name, height, and a couple of boiler-plate details, like: social drinker and non-smoker. It had no write up at all. No shared details, no job, etc. I was all ready to “swipe left” and my daughter was like: “Mom, what are you doing?” I explained my take on the lack of profile effort. She responded with: “But Mom, what if his daughter made his profile for him? Did you ever consider something like that? Maybe she just wants her Dad to be happy and find someone.”

Awww…come on. Now you’re pulling on my heart strings. NO, I hadn’t thought of that, or anything resembling that. Have any of you ever considered that? It’s actually funny that I didn’t, because there have been a couple of guys that have said their girls had either helped them with their profile or did it for them. Ohio is one of those guys. Hmmm??!! Maybe she’s right. What would a little conversational exchange hurt? If of course, you find anything that attracts you. I guess you never know.

There was also this guy that had, what I thought, a nearly perfect match of a profile to mine. I was ready to “swipe right” and she was like…“Mom, what are you doing? Read his profile again. Don’t you think you would butt heads? Did you see his Zodiac sign? You two are not a match at all!” I thought that was hysterical! It was as though we were looking at the profile of two completely different men! lol!

So, I just wanted to share the “shedding of a little light” with you…that my daughter shared with me. See, there really is something to opening our minds and resetting our Dating Mindsets. There is so much that we could be missing. Let’s try not to miss the possibilities. Apparently there are more than we first thought.

I have had limited conversations with a couple of other guys on BUMBLE, but am keeping it casual for now. I am actually curious if Ohio and I have any potential there. Yes, I am attempting to be flexible with the whole distance thing. He mentioned possibly coming to Boston for Christmas. I’m thinking…New Years?? Wow. And you know what is even “wowier”? I’m entertaining it, and excited about the idea. See…you never know.

Stay safe and healthy out there. I can’t wait until COVID is a distant memory that we merely reference.

Until next week…Adrienne