Not bad for the first month on the job. I’m sorry – did I just call dating a job?  I don’t think I’ve had that many dates, much less options in the last year, not to mention the last month.  However, I am as close to an expert on you as anyone else, so allow me to commend you on your flexibility, as well as your open-mindedness. Allow me to also provide a man’s-eye-view of the encounters you’ve described.

I’m so glad you gave another shot to the dude who was clueless enough to ask, “What’s wrong with you?” Seeing the upside of an uninspiring date… seeing the blue in a man’s eyes, when he’s so full of shit his eyes are brown. He deserved no second chance, new outlook or not. He deserves nothing more from here.

I’m glad you’re leaving the door open a crack for the younger dude. Let’s face it – a good man or woman in his or her mid-to-late forties will blow away any male or female whose greatest asset is their youth. We both know that. Still, what’s the worst that could happen from here? You won’t reach beyond your grasp with him because you’ll never take it seriously enough to do so. He’ll reach out to you, sooner or later because you shuffled his sensibilities and drove him crazy without taking your clothes off. In that respect, he’s as predictable as any man, age notwithstanding. You’re the kind of woman who knows this and he’s the kind of dude who doesn’t.

I don’t drink coffee. Thus, I’ve never had a date over coffee. Still, the whole idea has always felt contrived to me. Let’s see… I’m available AND I’m interested, but not enough to commit to anything besides the half-hour it takes to drink a cup of coffee. Broad daylight – no alcohol – that’s all you’ll get from me. I get it, but it still feels like item #2 on the list of the ten ways to properly manage your dating life. Still, a girl or guy has to do what a girl or guy has to do.

The “nice guy?” If he heard you describe him that way he’d go buy a Harley and a pack of Marlboro’s. We’ll do just about anything NOT to be labeled the “nice guy.” Does any woman want to rip the clothes off a “nice guy?” Does any woman reach into her sexy underwear drawer for a date with a “nice guy?” Where do “nice guys” always finish? You guessed it – LAST. He doesn’t have a chance with you, no matter how many chances he has with you. Do this “nice guy” a favor. Cancel your next date and don’t look back. So what’s a girl to do when she throws a pot full of spaghetti against the wall and nothing sticks? Easy – make another pot.