Three Potentials . . .

I recently moved from a "small" town to a much bigger city. I was very excited to have a larger pool to swim in (ah, yes, cheesy metaphors with fun undertones). After 3 weeks, I have come to one conclusion: the pool is bigger, but it doesn't mean it is better! For this week's blog, I'd like to give you a snapshot of three potential dates. I will mirror our "conversations," (mispellings and grammatical mistakes included) then leave you hanging. At the end of it all, tell me - what would you do?

Potential 1: 10 years younger; Associate Degree; professes to be big on family and a Christian
Him: Hi how are you?
Me: Good morning! Having a good start to my Tuesday. You?
Him: Good morning same here actually my first day off in three months feels good.
Him: What you up too?
Me: Wow! That must be awesome. I'm at work. Getting back to a routine after the holidays.
Him: Yeah still have go to the bank and work on paperwork that I'm behind on....
... I'm off for three days then back on Friday
Me: So what do you do that keeps you busy for 3 months, off for 3 days?
Him: Yeah off for 3 days. I have my own business I do oil and gas consulting services. Basically oil and gas companies hire me so commissioning and start up there gas plants.
Me: You love it?
Him: I do
Him: :)
Him: I'm [name] by the way
Me: Hi [name}. I was just gonna call you T-cubed. Lol (his profile name was TTT) It's so important to enjoy one's work. What do you do when you're not working?
Him: Lol call me anything you like. Definitely is umm hiking, kayaking, fishing, Netflix, working out, eating out, spending time with family you?
Him: Any plans for tonight?
Me: Tonight ... was thinking of checking out some boot camp class. Depends on how I feel. Been a little zonked these past few days. Hoping I'm not coming down with something..
Him: Sounds like fun.
Him: Hope you get better
Me: I'm currently binge watching shows about the monarchy in England.
Him: Ha ha I love mid evil or history shows like that
Him: We should watch it together some night
Him: I just finished watching frontier
Him: Busy day at work? (I hadn't responded in 35 minutes)
Me: It waxes and wanes. I was at the library.
Him: Sounds like fun
Him: When are you done for the day?
Me: I leave work around 4 usually
Him: Sweet
Him: Busy tonight?
Me: You forgot already?
Him: no just checking if you want to hang out
Me: Not tonight but no plans tomorrow night or Thursday night
Him: Sounds good tomorrow night :)
Me: What would be the plan?
Him: Get dinner or watch a movie
Me: Dinner sounds lovely. I like food.
Him: perfect
Him: You have any more pictures of you? (Mind you - I have 5 on the dating site.)
Me: No. I'm like a ghost it's very difficult to capture my image on film.
Him: Lol
*****

Potential 2: I won't copy the whole exchange of messages. We chatted for several days, then actually had a coffee date. The date was okay: nothing great, but nothing terrible. He was nice, but I didn't feel an immediate connection. One note I will make is that at some point, I mentioned to him (during our texting) that I was trying to lose 10 pounds. He immediately asked if I looked like my pictures. I responded affirmatively. Well, lo and behold, he didn't exactly resemble his photos when we met. He definitely had put on a several pounds. Oh! And another thing - he was always leaning against something in his photos. I almost made a sarcastic comment to him, but was nervous that maybe it was because he had a disability or something. No - he's perfectly healthy.
We messaged a few times after the date, and then this:
It was a Tuesday evening, about 5:30pm -
Him: Hi cute girl
Me: Hey you. How's it going?
Him: Pretty good. Just dropped of my son
Me: Have a good Tuesday?
Him: It was busy, but not anymore
Me: Quiet evening, eh?
Him: Not sure yet
Me: *thinking face emoji*
Him: I guess I can just stay in
*****

 Potential 3: This guy was a bit of a charmer up front, but he also understood the sarcasm in some of my responses. For a minute, it was amusing. Again, I remind you I have five pictures on the dating site. They are a variety, and give you the "full" picture of what I look like (nothing dirty! Get your mind out of the gutter!). I just mean the pictures are not all selfies of just my face. And I don't use filters. Anyways, here you go:
Him: Good morning again Kimberly.
Me: Morning!
Him: How's your evening? (yes, the day had passed)
Me: Hey! Pretty good. Getting ready to crash (just got to [insert city]). How's yours?
Him: Aaaaaah okay. You're there safe and sound. Not bad. Productive day. Finally gonna get my butt to the gym. No slackin lol
Me: Can't have that! lol
Him: Nope. Hada
Him: I see you're pretty fit. Are you on the slim or more on the Thicker side?
Me: I don't know what that means. My pictures are accurate
Him: Gotcha
*****

What would you do?
Next post, I'll tell you about some other exchanges, and here's to hoping I'll have something fun to report from my brunch date I have tomorrow!
I did have another date this week, but it won't make a blog post, at least not on it's own. B-O-R-I-N-G.