She's Got Legs, She Knows How to Use Them...
My friends are split on whether I made the right decision to walk away from the last woman I was seeing. Was it a "romance scam" or was she just a woman in heat who wanted a piece a dis? I guess we'll never know for sure, but I believe if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck… It's a fucking romance scam! Walking away was the right decision, IMO.
Dating beyond 50 is much different than dating in your 20s and 30s. There's less small talk and more deep conversations; after all, each person has a fuck-ton of life experience. When you're in your 20s and 30s, you've got carry-on luggage. When you're 50 and older, you've got baggage, and once you accept that, dating after 50 becomes much easier.
I'm all about getting back on the bike, and before I met up with the last woman/scammer, I had already started talking with another woman who was both stunning to look at and interesting to talk to. I used the old pickup line, "I can tell by your eyes you have the legs of a dancer…" and she thought it was funny. To hang out with me, a woman has to have a sense of humor, and she does. (LTFU!)
When I was back on the site after not speaking with her for a while, I sent her a message: "Did we break up or what?" She replied, "Don't you have to like someone to break up with them?" It was a great answer. Put me in my place. We'd really only dipped our toes in the water before that. But that was a good icebreaker, and from there we got into some great conversation via messaging on the meet-up site.
Despite one very bad experience, I'm still a firm believer that meeting online and texting before you ever meet in person is the best vetting process.
Neither one of us was shy about talking about ourselves and asking about the other. The more we talked, the more we connected. It was fuckin' awesome. (She's 5 ft 5, barefoot)
After a few long message sessions, messaging was getting tedious, so I took a chance, suggested we go off the reservation, and offered her my phone number. She reciprocated by giving me hers, which was very encouraging.
We spoke the next night by phone, and it was nice to have a voice to go with the pics. She gives great voice!
There were 3 pics on her profile, and she's absolutely gorgeous in each one! She sent me a few more. (Get your head outa the gutter, boys, no nudes!) She was dressed to the nines, though. She looked smokin' hot in all the pics, especially the one in a certain skintight red dress that very few women could pull off. She takes great care of herself in a work-hard, play-hard kind of way.
When she was in her 20s, she was approached to do a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, but she was helping her mother care for her sick stepfather and little brother, so she passed on the opportunity. Honestly, she hasn't lost a step, and could probably still do it now even at 51! That photo of her was taken in Jamaica in June of '26.
She's become a phenomenal respiratory therapist, a devoted single parent, and someone who flat-out gets it, and that's so important to me. And at my age, who doesn't want a medical professional close by?
When I mentioned meeting for lunch in a text and didn't get a response right away, I asked, "Was that too soon?" She replied, "No, it was not too soon."
I'm looking forward to sitting across from her for a couple of hours, sharing some food and drink, and having her all to myself.
Who knows, maybe before it's over, we'll clink glasses… (It's a metaphor, boys)
She's got legs, she knows how to use them
She never begs, she knows how to choose them…
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The beginning? I hope so!