One of my closest female friends asked me if I would be interested in meeting someone a few months ago. Ever since I reentered the dating world 3 years ago I've been open to meeting anyone...this time I was especially interested since this friend has the exact same personality as me and is very protective of me. I knew that anyone that she wanted me to meet would be an incredible person...and she is!

She introduced me to a woman that I had heard about before but had never met, seems like every time her family had an event, one of us was there but never both. We both had heard great things about each other but we never actually had met. Anyway, we finally had a chance to meet when we both stayed at our friend's house for a family cookout...I didn't even make any kind of move I just observed how she was with her kids and the rest of the family.

Due to the hectic schedule we both have, I didn't get a chance to see her again for another month when it was much lower key weekend. We both had some time to talk and I asked her out to an "official" date to a scavenger hunt that was taking place in her town and she quickly and enthusiastically accepted.

We talked on the phone a few times and traded e-mails and met up the following weekend at our friend's house again but this time she was much cooler towards me. I'm very laid-back so I really didn't read anything into it.

We finally went out together two weeks ago and had a great time. The scavenger hunt was a lot of fun and we had a great dinner together afterwards (in reference to another post I was reading earlier, I dropped $300 for dinner, LOL!). We walked back to my hotel and she had latched on to my hand on the way. Once we got back, we sat and talked in the lobby while I had the concierge get a cab. I paid the cab driver to take her home and gave her a hug and told her how much I enjoyed the evening and she said she did as well. The following morning I had to call her because she had left her purse and jacket in my car; she told me to come over at anytime which I held off until around noon to make an appearance. When I showed up this time, she was very guarded and cool towards me. I figured she’s just trying to put things in perspective and didn’t think too much of it

Well, that was two weeks ago and my contact has been minimal since then though I continue to try. Some background, she is not completely divorced yet…early January it will be complete. Her Ex emotionally abused her and when it turned into physical abuse she ended it. From what I’ve been told, I’m the first “good guy” that she has ever dated…she apparently had a habit of dating jerks.

Anyway, I really like this woman…intelligent, creative, courageous, down to earth, good mother, and absolutely gorgeous. I really don’t want to be harassing her with calls, e-mails, and texts if she isn’t interested. If she is, great! I have no timeline at all and don’t want to rush her into anything. If she isn’t, that’s fine too…at least I know where I stand and I can stop making unwanted advances.