OK, so I successfully broke up with the horseshoer. Although it really is time for him to stop calling me, because he’s rapidly sliding up the scale to annoying. Makes me sure that I made the right decision though, even if I was callous about the timing.

So, back to the dating thing.

My friend Big Jeff, who isn’t the most socially aware guy in the world, still has his personal ad up even though he’s seeing someone. Such a guy thing to do. But he got an email from a chick who’s really into hunting, and somehow he got to talking to her about me. We’re rare enough around here that women hunters really stand out, even to a man who’s partners with one (it might not be so strange in the Midwest, I don’t know.)

And he told her he’d have me email her, and lord help me, I did. And how very strange THAT was, emailing a woman from the internet. It’s hard enough to start a conversation with a guy, but I don’t interact with women all that much or that well, so this was doubly surreal.

She seems cool, and even more into hunting than I am. And it might be fun to have a female hunting partner, and I bet both she and my houndsmen friends would get a kick out of her joining us next year.

She gave me her phone number after a couple of emails though. Hell, what am I supposed to do with that? I don’t even talk much on the phone to my life-long girlfriend; I’m not going to be very good at making idle conversation with a new one. Is this what women do when making new friends? I have no idea. Men are easier. Glad I don’t pitch for the other team.