Sworn single here.
I've been divorced for about three years with no desire to date - ever! It's hard to stave off all of the well wishers who want to set me up with someone. I guess in guy mode I seem like quite a catch, but after a few dates I usually end up telling women that I'm transgender and they bolt. Part of me thinks that I do it as a defense mechanism just to scare them away because I really don't feel like I want to date until my kids are all out of the house.
Like you I had a date last week with an older woman in my neighborhood. She actually asked me out so we went to lunch and it was VERY awkward. She was a wonderful woman but we just couldn't seem to get the conversation flowing. Looks like I've dodged another potential relationship. For a minute there I thought I was going to have to do a third date and pull my usual coming out trick. I've done if enough times it's getting to the point that my good friends all suspect that I'm gay... Little do they know how close they are, I'm just a little farther down the LGBT line.
