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New received emails: 2 unsolicited, 1 solicited

New sent emails: 0

New winks: 1

Optimism level: Joy to the girl.

For the last couple days, I’ve been kicking myself for sending Adventure Man the “let’s meet” email. It makes sense that Mr. Energy, who initiated contact with me, would like my suggestion to meet instead of email, but I shouldn’t have gone the same route with someone I’d approached. I figured it was a big misstep on my part and that I’d never hear from Adventure Man again. I was pleasantly surprised to get an email from him tonight saying that he’s going to Asia this week (he is Adventure Man, after all) and that he’d like to meet after he returns. I dodged a bullet this time and now it looks like I’ve got two tentative dates after New Year’s. I just have to make sure I don’t make any sudden moves between now and then to scare them away. I also have to hope neither one meets the love of his life in the meantime. That would be just my luck.

EMAIL #1: This one came from a guy in the Arab Emirates. He wrote: im see your profile and really im Interested to know you and i hope we will coming good frinds. Either the wrong distance range is listed on my profile or he figures with my attributes, I should take whatever I can get wherever I can get it from. Moved to folder: Must be able to locate a suitor’s town- or at least his country- on a map.

EMAIL #2: This was one of the better intro emails I’ve received so I took a glance at his profile (despite the fact that he looks quite dorky wearing what can only be described as “granny glasses”). He looks much better in another photo in which he’s wearing manlier glasses so I’m not sure why that’s not his main photo. I couldn’t help but notice that in all of his pictures, there’s a cocktail in front of him. Maybe happy hour is the only time he has pictures taken or maybe he’s trying to put out the message that he likes to “partay.” Turns out he’s four years younger, divorced and definitely wants kids. I don’t know anything else about him because his essay is all of three sentences, mostly stating he’d like something romantic but that “we can all use more friends no matter how many we have.” I couldn’t help but hear Big Bird’s voice when I read that line. Frankly, I’m at capacity as far as friends go and might even have to start kicking some to the curb. Nothing in his profile indicates I’d want him to take someone else’s place. Moved to folder: Hook him up with Arab Emirates.