Dating in your sixties part 2

Back in the nineteen-sixties, I was in my adolescence attending an all girls' Catholic High School located in Rockaway Beach which is in the borough of Queens in New York City. Every Friday evening a neighborhood Catholic Church would sponsor  a dance for teens who lived in the various adjoining Catholic parishes. Here they could meet other, religiously acceptable, possible life mates under the watchful eye of our beloved Father Keppler, then a young prelate who would remind those who dared to dance too closely to "leave room for the Holy Spirit." In my adolescent  mind the image of the Spirit as dove and embracing teen-aged bodies merely made me laugh, at least to myself. Now every once in a while a Protestant teen would show up, usually a friend of one of the guys who attended the local public high school; itself a kind of scandal....well, attending Sty or Brooklyn Tech was understandable, but Midwood, Tilden or Madison!  Anathema.
                                                                                                            
As my life unfolded, I met and married one of those Protestant boys who attended James Madison High School.  We were together until his unexpected death five years ago. A few months ago, I decided to get back in the game, and try online dating for seniors fifty years and older. It has been an interesting ride.

I have read the profiles of at least a hundred or so men on this site.  Most are pretty straight forward; they are looking for someone to spend time with.  Others are a bit bizarre: no vegetarians, no city dwellers, no country bumpkins, no vegans, no Democrats, no Republicans, only blonds, only red-heads, no grey-haired grannies. Those are the ones that get quickly taken off my list. Others are looking for someone to relocate and take care of them....not gonna happen, buddy.

I have actually met three of these fellows face-to-face. Each one had a very different story.  Each one had his charms and his drawbacks. Family obligations, alimony, child support, retirement, no retirement, income limits, business responsibilities, long distance parenting, these were among the concerns many of these guys have. I realized that I am not likely to quickly  jump into another relationship since most of the men I have talked to are carrying around a lot of baggage I would rather not unpack.

It has been entertaining, I admit, a diversion from daily obligations and work.  I am not sure at this point if I will renew my membership once it expires in a few months, but I will check the site for some daily entertainment. My friend Dave, himself widowed, but now married to his high school sweetheart, recently told me "You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find a prince." Well, I am not a fan of amphibians, I just may sit out this dance.