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For one, Nobody can say I’m pleasantly comfortable living alone and be 100% truthful. Even then, I’m not uncomfortable about it, either. I just bring it up here as a delicious piece of info foreshadowing what I will shortly explain in grand style.

This time last week yours truly was walking the dog, Trisha, pondering about joining a dating service for Phoenix singles. Now, I stand to each of you as a fully satisfied member of the dating service. Seriously, it’s true. I like it! If you’ve been paying attention, you’re probably thinking, “You got some ’splainin to do, Lucy!”

So, I saw this Great Expectations Dating site and can really get behind their approach. They’re for the honest singles who think dating should mean something.

Because in all honesty I’d never been too big on the ridiculous nightlife ritual serial daters (ie: everyone I know) call “The Dating Game.” I heard it more than anyone should. Every night friends ask, “Are you seeing somebody?” and “You should date!”

“Baloney!” I say to them, and playfully so. “Not after that last blind date you set me up on.”

“You’re as ridiculous as you are hilarious,” they reply. “You have no way to know that!”

Thankfully, that’s my partner in crime The One-And-Only (hehe) Trisha Holland. She beams rational thought to my mind to set me straight. Friends are always there . No countering that, so I signed up.

Back to the message of this blog entry. As I browsed from hundreds of outfits (hah) and desirable, honest singles for my first Great Expectations date, I acknowledged something true. For years, I hadn’t allowed myself too many actual great expectations for dating and myself in the adventurous path of this world. Being single isn’t so bad, specifically with healthy optimism. Holding great expectations works terrifically in dating.

+Denise Davis