Category - Your Emotions

From: Michael To: Claire Subject: Matched last night Claire, You’re a beautiful woman. I’m 62, divorced, with two grown children, and I develop commercial real estate. I liked your smile, but I have to admit it was your eyes that made me write. There’s something very warm about them. I’d like to know more about …

“You know what’s funny?” Laura looked up. “What?” “I was more nervous tonight than I expected.” She laughed. “You hide it well.” “Years of board meetings.” “Does dating make you more nervous than presenting to a room full of executives?” “Much.” “Really?” “Nobody’s ever called three days later to say they didn’t feel a connection …

Robert suggested the weekend over dinner. “How about getting out of town for a couple of nights?” Margaret looked up. “Just the two of us?” He smiled. “I wasn’t planning to invite anyone else.” She laughed. “You’ve thought about this.” “I have.” “What made you decide now?” “These client projects are killing me. You’re pulling …

Renee: Hi, good to finally meet in person. Eric: Yeah, finally. You too. Sorry about having to reschedule last week. It’s been a busy stretch. Renee: It’s fine. Life happens. Eric: Sorry I’m running a few minutes behind. Work emails wouldn’t stop tonight. Renee: No worries, I just sat down myself. How’s your week been …

“He asked me to meet his friends this weekend,” Sarah said. Her friend looked up. “Are you going?” “I said I’d let him know.” She turned her glass. “He’s wonderful. He really is. I just keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. And it doesn’t. And somehow that makes it worse.” “What are you …

Sarah’s marriage ended years ago. Since then, she’s built a good life — a career she’s proud of, her close friends, and independence. She’s been seeing someone new for a few months. He’s kind, consistent, easy to talk to. Their first conversation lasted three hours. He asks real questions and listens to the answers. It’s …

They’re on their third date, having dinner. The conversation is good – until he brings up his ex-wife. What starts as a brief mention becomes a long explanation of their marriage, the divorce, what went wrong, how she changed over the years. She listens. She nods. She waits for him to finish. She feels herself …

She’d been invited to a friend’s engagement party. The invitation sat in her inbox for a week. She kept meaning to respond, but didn’t. Every time she opened her email, she saw it — and clicked on something else. She told herself she was just busy. But the truth was, she didn’t want to sit …

This is a feeling many single women over 40 know well, even if they don’t mention it. She arrived at the holiday party just after eight. The host’s living room glowed with candles and string lights, the air thick with wine and perfume and competing conversations. She handed over her bottle of red, accepted a …

They’ve gone out four times. He’s initiated each one, chosen restaurants she wouldn’t have found on her own, paid without hesitation. Between dates, texting is light but steady – a few exchanges every couple of days about articles they’ve read, weekend plans, nothing particularly revealing. On the fourth date, they’re at an Italian place near …