Sundays like this make life interesting

Hike and breakfast were fun.

He is a nice guy, but I realize that I am not over the last one and I am really paying attention to what this guy says to me.

I don't want to ignore "flags" and just go with chemistry.

He said he doesn't want to be dependent on anyone and does not want anyone dependent on him. What the heck does that mean? Inter-dependence is normal, co-dependence is too much. I don't want to walk on egg shells with someone who may not be able to help me up when I fall down. Or if I had a fatal disease or even the flu, I want a little sympathy, a back rub and someone who gives a shit.

He also said he is set in his ways. That is frightening, the toilet paper only gets hung one way in his house.

Another red flag is that when he retires early, he'd like to work in a hardware store or be a forest ranger.

Now, I could just go with the flow.

But where is the flow going?

Is it gently going out to see or is it a tributary to the Mississippi River?

I don't want to keep dating someone, whom I know I will eventually come to an impasse with at some future date. I have no plans or interest in changing someone else's future goals. I just don't share them. I also don't want to prematurely toss someone over the train tracks either. Nor am I planning my wedding on a first date.

I am just trying to "pay attention", those flags I missed in previous relationships or I ignored or I thought would change, came and bit me on the kneecap. So, can you blame a chick for trying to practice some self-preservation?

I was out with my girlfriends earlier...it was fun, unfortunately this bizarre psychic haunting I am experiencing is distracting! I can feel his energy. Apparently "not over on some level", I had to keep pushing it away.

I gave one of my friends a reading at the bar. It was short, we'll see if anything happens this week for her.

My girlfriends think I need to give him a chance. Hmmmm...I don't know. CONSIDERING, he is nowhere in my "REAL" life!