Six Months Later

And things are still well with my "offline guy". We had a lot of fun times over the summer hanging out with friends, sitting on the porch in the evenings, and going camping. And we had our not so good moments with disagreements but managed to work through them. All in all, things have been good and there is more to come.

He's definitely not one to rush into major life things, most of the time anyways, but about a month and a half ago, the discussion turned from us having our own places next fall to us living together when my lease ends. We're both very excited about it and have already started looking for places with an August 1 open date. Especially since many of the areas we would want to live in rent to college students and these places start showing apartments in January. I'm hard to live with - I hope he knows what he's getting into!

We found one downtown that we really want to see, so as I'm waiting to hear back from my contact, I started watching season 2 of Tough Love that has been sitting on the DVR for the past month. When I found this show last year while I was writing about my online dating experiences, I watched to get some hints and tips for when I met people for the first time, especially since it's very important to make a great first impression. Especially in Pittsburgh with the limited dating pool for any woman over the age of 24.

Looking at the new season, I felt way ahead of the game when it came to meeting guys compared to the new cast. And while I know that I was lucky since "offline guy" and I had already been friends and I didn't have to worry about the first impression, I am still enthralled by the show and I think that there are still some really good tips in regard to personality differences and just keeping your sanity moving forward. And these tips can be applied to all relationships.

Back when stopped writing in June, I had initially intended to continue the blog with my experiences dating "offline guy". Of course, he would hate many details being posted because he is a private person compared to my typically open-to-the-public way of living. In hind site, I can continue this blog without too many specific details and hope that my experiences provide some help. And I can definitely write some commentary about what I'm seeing on Tough Love. I'm going to try to see where I can take this blog from here. Hopefully I will stop being so lax with my posting. We'll see I guess.