I have a date with a man!

Hi Friends!

I am meeting a guy friend that I have known online for many months on Sunday and Monday and we are going to the Denver zoo together.  I told him a while back that I needed to lose weight before I would agree to meet him and I've lost 72 lbs now, so I feel "thin" enough to meet someone.  This will be the first "date" I've gone on in SIXTEEN years!  I'm excited and a little nervous.  I don't know if I would ever want to get married again at my age (old), but it is kind of fun to have a date again.  Wish me luck!  

~ Karen  

P.S.  Yes, I'll be careful!

Congrats!! Have fun

Thanks!

I think part of the reason I gained so much weight 16 years ago was to keep men AWAY after a relationship failed and both my daughter and I were hurt.  Now that my daughter is 22 years old I think she can handle me dating again and I think I can handle a date.  EEKS!  

Have fun!   Dating is not always easy, but I enjoyed it when I was single.

I met my gorgeous partner online 5 years ago and this is the happiest and most secure I have felt in my life.

Have fun! I met my husband online...18 years ago! Your subject line made me laugh, because several times now someone has posted "I have a date!", and I think they mean a date-date...but of course they mean surgery date.

That's awesome! Can't wait to hear how it goes. Have so much fun.

When I meet someone from online, I let a friend know who I am meeting and where I will be.  Then I check in with her by text when I excuse myself to use the restroom.  Better safe than sorry.

That's very exciting news! I agree, let someone know where you are and check in.  Yes, I watch Criminal Minds. ;-)  Be comfortable in your new skin and enjoy!

Thank you SO much to everyone who has replied!