Dear Journal,
What the hell was I thinking going out there in the cesspool of the dating pool? AGAIN. I can’t swim. I should have just stayed on the edge of the pool dangling my feet in the water and heck, even they can be bait for sharks! Exhale.
Where is my towel? I dry myself off from inconsistency, a pattern of disappearing on the weekends, excuses, and an emotional attachment to an ex. Yuck! I need a shower. “Someone call a bus!” (Random. I’ve been watching a Blue Bloods marathon 😀 )
When you have been dating as long as I have you either are going to cycle in the same mistakes or mature and spiral up and out. You are either going to recognize what’s going on and ignore it or find power in the choice to see it and leave it. Yes. Have patience and “see” and then once you see it, believe it, and leave it. Now, back to my shower. I need to shower in silence and distance. I need to cleanse my psyche of that person being a possibility for now or forever. It just depends. I am open, but I don’t stay open to foolishness or a person that is not ready for dating seriously. And that does not make them a bad person (well the one that is not ready and has issues to resolve), it just makes them not a good match for me. It doesn’t make me perfect and without issues, it just makes me unwilling to put myself through the drama and trauma. Let’s face it. I’ve had enough at 43. I should know what I can handle and what I can’t.
Thanks Journal. You always listen without judging me!
~Nikki
The Single Confetti Life Continues
Nikki's Confetti Life 
You are at it again writing exactly for where I am at. So on point at 43, and just tried dating again and I feel like I should have not even bothered to open that can and ride again. Did I meet a wrong person for me, because I am in a different space in life, fears and not feeling the way I want to feel on a date, because I looking for something I also don’t know what it is……thank you Nikki
Thank you for taking the time to ready my post! And it’s great to be understood.