It's a really nice day today, so I decided to take my dog for a walk in the park. I have mixed feelings about that park because it tends to remind me of women that I've met there in the past but it is a place where you can meet people and I am kind of looking again now.

A little dog came over and started sort of playing with my dog but a bit agressively, as small dogs tend to do. The owner came over and restrained it and she was a really nice young woman and she was friendly and we had a bit of a chat. Exactly what I was hoping would happen really but after about five minutes and asking her if she was out spending the day in the park and her telling me she had decided to spend her lunch hour there I just wished her a good day, told her my name and went home.

I feel like I blew it there and she did seem really friendly and willing to chat but instead of making the most of what could possibly have been a great opportunity and saying something like, "It's too nice a day to be working. You should come to the pub with us." I let the conversation tail off and I suppose in these situations, even though they might be friendly and nice it's a matter of confidence, or maybe I'm still licking my wounds over it not working out with the last one and thinking about her. Maybe it's that she wasn't exactly my type and I expect women to just throw themselves at me because I'm such a great guy and they all want me. Don't really know but I suppose that I should take it as a positive and not feel bad about it because at least I had a little chat with a really nice girl and I did tell her that that was the regular time that I take my dog out and that I do go to that park sometimes when it's a nice day, so you never know and I could meet her again and I was friendly and introduced myself and know her name now.

All the best. Who knows...could be serendipity.

If you would teach your dog to attack on command, you could then offer to pay for the vet and meet later!

To much room for error Joe.....

Good thing is that you introduced yourself to her. And hey....seems like the dogs were playing matchmaker. When my nephew was little and I would take him somewhere (just him and I) he was a chick magnet. Little fella scored me a few dates.

Saw this and started thinking of a Blue Cheer song. Then I read, good luck Tawt!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZZD8ckwLJA
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues

"Summertime Blues"

Well I'm a-gonna raise a fuss, I'm a-gonna raise a holler
About a-workin' all summer just to try an' earn a dollar
Everytime I call my baby, to try to get a date
My boss says, "No dice, son, you gotta work late"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

Well my mom 'n' papa told me, "Son, you gotta make some money"
"If you wanna use the car to go ridin' next Sunday"
Well, I didn't go to work, told the boss I was sick
"Now you can't use the car 'cause you didn't work a lick"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

[key change]
I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a vacation
I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations
Well, I called my congressman and he said quote,
"I'd like to help you son, but you're too young to vote"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

Well I'm a-gonna raise a fuss, I'm a-gonna raise a holler
About workin' all summer just to try an' earn a dollar
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

Yeah, sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
No there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

Yeah. Having a dog is great for getting out and meeting people. Without her I would just be some guy wandering around there for no reason and the dog (or dogs) is something you can talk about and gets conversations started.

It's a start anyway. I didn't even find out if that woman was single but she didn't seem like somebody that didn't want to meet a guy in the park anyway and she was kind of gorgeous, so I suppose Keira will be getting quite a few walks in the park this Summer and I'll be hoping to meet that girl again, or maybe somebody else.

Feel a bit like I'm moving on anyway. Like I said, that park tends to bring back memories for me about ex girlfriends and I've both avoided it because of them and gone there to hold onto those memories maybe. I don't exactly know what to do in these situations. It isn't a porno and I don't expect to just go out to the park and pick up women and bring them back to my place, although I suppose I sort of have done that before.

You know I was just trying to be helpful!! Imagine the possibilities!!!! He could choose the dog owner of his choice! He could show incredible sorrow and compassion to make a wonderful first impression! And ... if there were no datable chicks around, he could help rid the world of those little yappy bastards that no one likes anyway!!! ... for good practice!

I think your BBQ is burning!...

Tawt, I think there was a little voice inside that you were listening to and maybe not realizing that. I have had similar things happen...maybe she was giving off some ever so subtle cue that she was not available? Anyway, you know she spends her lunch hour there sooooo....you won't know if she's free till you ask


good luck

No. It didn't seem like that. She was really friendly and seemed keen to chat. I'm just a bit recitent about trying to chat up women sometimes and was kind of shy with girls when I was younger.

Also, I am still moping a bit about how a young lady that I really liked and knew for a year stopped calling me and although that means I should just move on and go out and meet somebody else I suppose that I have mixed feelings about that and if there was a little voice it was maybe telling me that the girl in the park isn't the girl that I like but I should probably try to ignore that voice and I'm sure that it would go away if I did meet somebody else and click with them.

The girl in the park was eating a picnic anyway. I suppose I could have sat down next to her instead of standing there but that seemed a bit forward and although my dog pinched one of her sandwiches, she didn't offer me one. I don't exactly know that she eats her lunch there. It was just a nice day and she said that she had decided to eat it in the park. I'm not sure how she could have her dog with her when she's at work and where it is near that park where she could work. She could have driven there I suppose.