I had researched the best and worst UK internet dating sites and decided to embark on a free single parent dating site.  I set up my profile which consisted of a recent picture and a short profile of who I am and what interests/hobbies I have.  Id never given any thought as to how hard it would be to condense into one paragraph who I am and what I am to make it sound attractive to the opposite sex.  Somehow I managed to create something that sounded somewhat normal and appealing.  I remember thinking, I'd date me!!  Once I had created my profile, I was then able to search all the available men in my area.  I remember being amazed at how many prospective "good catches" there appeared to be within a short distance to my house.  It was quite exciting.  I decided to send a "wink" to a few that I liked the look of.  Within a few days I checked my emails to find I had over 25 emails from men and over 40 winks.  Wow I was better looking than I thought!  I couldnt wait to get back on the site and check out these guys.  That evening, I settled down in front of my PC to reel through my prospective dates.  My heart sunk.  Most didn't have any pictures and I had already decided I would discount those - if they couldn't put a picture on the site, they were either hiding something or were far too ugly to show their face.  The ones that did have pictures were not what I considered "a catch".  A lot of them were far too old for me and it made me giggle to myself.  I remember thinking "in your dreams", in fact I was slightly insulted that somebody as old, or as fat, or as ugly as that thought they could date me.  BUT there was one guy who had sent me a message and looked really nice and he lived within 10 miles of me.  I clicked on "open message", somewhat excited at the prospect of getting to know this guy.  It was at this point that I then found out it wasnt a free site at all.  In fact, to read or send any messages you had to subscribe for a minimum of one month at a cost of £18.  I was slightly agitated as I had joined this site thinking it was free and now they were asking for my credit card.  What a rip off, but I wanted to see what this guy had written to I got my card out and subscribed for one month.  I was then redirected to his message and this is where it all began.

This one was not the normal type I go for, but I decided as my normal type, wasn't quite working out, I'd try something different.  We met for the usual afternoon coffee.  I arranged to meet him in a car park near the shops, as I wasn't sure where the coffee shop was.  When I arrived, he had already bought my parking ticket - good start!  He wouldnt let me walk roadside and opened the coffee shop door for me.  We had a really nice date and got on very well.  Although I didn't fancy him, but I decided I wouldnt rule him out as he had a lot of other qualities which were very appealing.  We arranged to meet again a few days later.  I asked him what he would like to do for our 2nd date and he said he would go along with whatever I wanted to do.  We met for sunday lunch.  He wasn't sure of what places were worth going to, so I chose the venue and the time to meet.  We had lunch and again had a very nice afternoon.  We arranged to meet again, but said we would decide nearer the time as to what and when.  I texted him a couple of days later and asked what he would like to do.  He once again said it was up to me and he was happy to do whatever I wanted.  I suggested we went to the cinema and asked him if there was any films he wanted to see as I didn't mind what.  He again said he was happy for me to pick.  Alarm bells started ringing.  Could this guy actually make a decision.

It's all very well the guy leaving the wman to decide, but now and again a lady likes to be surprised and have a bit of decisiveness in a relationship.  This was started to grate on me.  We went to the pictures and again had a nice evening.  I suggested we eat as well, and again I chose the restaurant.  We went to eat and while looking at the menu, I asked him what he was planning to eat.  He replied with "I don't know, what are you having".  I told him my choice and he chose the same.  That was for me the last straw.  I couldnt handle this.  I told him I wasnt happy to continually make the decisions and that I wanted a man who could be decisive and surprise me from time to time.  He told me he was no good at that sort of thing and it was at that point that I knew it was over.

I said my goodbyes and knew I was never going to see him again.