A Bit of Thunder from Down Under

A few months ago, in a moment of weakness and self-pity, I let my friends convince me to join LDS linkup. It’s not so much a dating website as it is a networking site. At least, that’s what I’m telling myself. Anyway, I’ve had some pretty interesting people send me messages. And by interesting, I mean, really weird. I decided not to respond to any of them because then they might think I actually wanted to know them, which I didn’t. It’s one thing to be on the site; it’s quite another to actually participate. So I read the messages sent to me from crazy people around the world and laughed it off. I’m not going to lie; it is quite flattering to get so much attention, for the most part. Sometimes, though, it was not. I often thought about responding to some with a mere, “Really?!?!?!” but I thought it would be rude. It does take a lot of guts to make the move.

Despite my best efforts to avoid getting involved with anyone, I fell victim to a very persistent guy we’ll call Crocodile Dundee. He had sent me a message a couple of months ago, but I didn’t respond. I thought that was the end of it, but I got another message a month or so later. He said he was disappointed that I hadn’t responded to his first message, but that he was going to try again. I was flattered so I decided to give him a chance. I figured it was the least I could do. He did try twice. And I actually knew who he was. That was part of why I resisted at first. I’ve noticed him at a couple of events and thought he was strangely attractive. The first time I saw him, he had his long hair in a ponytail. I caught his eye a couple of times, but avoided actually speaking to him. I was mostly afraid that I’d like him. He’s the type of guy I’m always attracted to, but probably shouldn’t be. That’s really why I never responded. I was afraid I’d actually really fancy him. But as we all know, I’m dangerous when I convince myself that I have nothing to lose. SO that’s what I did. I decided to go for it. I responded to his message and told him I was glad that he had tried again. That opened a sort of correspondence. We traded messages a couple of times and I was pretty excited. He was quite keen to make contact and passed each test I've set. I made him work for it, though. I played it cool and made him wait for my responses. To his credit, he stuck it out. He has actively pursued and I like it. I've done what I think is a pretty reasonable job of playing just hard enough to get. I was pretty proud of myself. I’ve been a little out of practice on my flirting, but I’ve done all right this time. I told him that it would all be worth the wait. Time will tell if that is, in fact, true.