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When a Single's Night isn't

Ok, so after 22 years of marriage to a woman I thought I would spend the rest of my life with , she decides life would be better with an old flame of hers from years back and she leaves me.

So , I suddenly have to go back half a life time ago and start my life again..alone and looking for the Miss Right. But where to find her. Well, sites like these are a start but I need to try all my options. So what better than a Singles Night at a local bar/restaurant .

I build up to it for days and getting ready seems like the opening scenes from Saturday Night Fever. The preening and flexing in front of the mirror and I roar off into the night full of hope.

However, a Single's Night is not a Single's Night at all. It is an event where single people haven't got the nerve to go alone and so turn up in groups of 2's 3's 4's or more's and stare at each other across a wide expanse, eventually deciding that no one there is quite what they had in mind (from Julia Roberts to George Clooney depending on your **** and orientation, though personally I always thought Julia was quite ugly but that is perhaps a subject for another day). And so they all start talking to people they came with until a single person (me) creeps through the door. They give me the knowing look and return to their drinks and friends they came with. And so I am left alone. No one to talk to , no single woman to try and catch her eye.

Suddenly you feel as if the whole thing was a BIG mistake. After drinking the obligatory drink, you pretend that you actually didn't know it was a single's night and look at your watch as if you were expecting to meet someone who didn't turn up and gradually make your way to the exit mustering any dignity that you have left.

Will I try it again , I suppose so, but next time I go with another single who is looking for that someone and at least then I can feel sympathy for the guy sitting alone at the end of the bar and give them a knowing look, and they will probably go home and write a blog , similar to this.

Why isn't life simple?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feb. 01, 2009 (02:36)

Tags: single

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User merlinandwine

merlinandwine Blog 15.02.2009, 01:43

Reply to reikie1

Wow ! Great photo ! I hope your Mr Right comes knocking soon.

User reikie1

reikie1 13.02.2009, 17:24

i know how you feel, im still looking ,and while still breathing i will ,all the best reikie

User friend4ever58

friend4ever58 07.02.2009, 23:37

Reply to linedancer951
dont give up, I have been on my own now for 2 years now,and yearn to have someone to wake up with, I truly believe someone is out there for me one day. your young at heart, your never too old, bet you meet someone without trying.

User highlights1953

highlights1953 07.02.2009, 19:44

Reply to linedancer951
Don't give up.........that's my advice. I haven't....well not quite

User petej728

petej728 07.02.2009, 16:29

Next time, take a single woman with you. Then, if it turns out like the last time, you can chat each other up.

it does sound like quite an intimidating situation. But I think I'm going to try one at some point in the future. Also, if I end up in the situation you found yourself in, I won't be so out of sorts because I've been forwarned.
You've really got me fired up for this now

User merlinandwine

merlinandwine Blog 07.02.2009, 14:49

Reply to Deb47

Dont get put off. The more you are out there , the better chance you have of meeting Mr Right. :0)>

User Deb47

Deb47 05.02.2009, 16:15

To Merlinandwine, I found your account both amusing and sad, nver been to a singles night myself, but I think you have put me off for life! I wish you better luck next time

User Deb47

Deb47 05.02.2009, 16:13

Reply to linedancer951

Never give up hope, years have nothing to do with finding love, I too am alone again but thankfully through mutual agreement. I will not give up hope that the right man is there for me, and you should not either. If you give up, there will no chance - so go for it, look for it and one day, I am sure you will be surprised! Take care and I wish you well in your search

User linedancer951

linedancer951 Blog 04.02.2009, 19:06

I am 66 years old and still looking for mr right ,thought I'd found him but left me 16 years ago for a 24 year old girl,have never been out with a male since,Ican live in hope,maybe one day my prince will come????I hope so!!!! or maybe it's too late now???????