Closed doors, opened windows!

Pete and I aren't dating anymore.  I'm not sure I'd say it was mutual, but it was definitely what I wanted.  We had ended up mostly in the "friend" zone... there was no affection or anything other than a quick goodbye kiss when he would leave.  Plus, he was so judgmental and close-minded about so many things that I cared about (he always had something to say about babies being born out of wedlock, or how he didn't believe in gay rights or global warming, etc) I really couldn't take it anymore.  And he was STILL, after 7 months of dating, talking about his ex.  It got to the point when I would actually get disappointed when he said he had a day off because I knew that meant he wanted to come over.  So when he started working at Disney and was never able to be over anymore, I didn't push him to come visit us.

Anyway... I posted an ad on an on-line dating site (because quite frankly, that's the only way I can meet people these days!) and I got about a hundred responses.  Most of the guys hadn't bothered to read my ad about what I was looking for (over 25, employed, educated, etc) and I'd say I had to delete about 60 of them.  I responded to the other 40 and got about 20 back from that, then gradually wound my down to 2 guys.  The first one, Shawn, seemed nice at first but then he got way too pushy - talking about how he'd want to adopt Julianne and how he'll come over and spend the night, etc. I kept telling him I didn't want those things and to back off, but he kept coming full force, so I had to tell him I wasn't interested because he wasn't respecting my boundries.

The second guy, Brenden, seemed quiet at first... not a lot typed in his emails and we mostly texted before we met.  We met at Olive Garden for our first date and I had to bring Juli because my sitter cancelled on me at the last minute and Brenden said he'd love it if I brought her along.  He and Julianne got along so well - the whole time we were out I felt like he and Julianne were the ones on the date and I was just along for the ride, lol.  We had dinner, then went to a lake near the restaurant and walked around the path on the lake but we eventually went home because it was just way too hot and humid and it was Juli's bedtime.

Once we got back to my apartment I got Julianne to bed, then he and I sat on the couch and wound up sitting there talking till two in the morning.  It was so nice!  I really enjoyed myself.  I've been to his place for dinner and this week I'm house-sitting for my parents so he came over here and I made dinner while he and Julianne played.  I'm actually going over to his place tonight because Juli will be at her dad's.  The other night we were laying on the couch together, snuggling (he's a big-time snuggler!  YAY!) and he told me he wanted me to be his girl.  I practically melted... he's so sweet!