Okay so I went on a dinner date - first time in eons. Really nice having somebody across the table �� So things are actually going pretty well and the conversation is flowing pretty good and I start thinking maybe I'll get a second date! But wait, about halfway through our dinner she mentions that she was going to Vegas to see her best friend. So I said oh that's great and I said I didn't care for Vegas (really don't!). I didn't really pursue the Vegas thing until she brought it up when we were having coffee. I asked about her friend and she said it was a guy that she had just started seeing and she really liked him ☹️ I took the high road and asked about what he did (yikes!). Anyway, I felt used and very lonely once again. I don't know why she agreed to go out - I guess because we're friends. So all through dinner I started having these ridiculous visions of what our second date might be - it ain't gonna happen! So $80 later I'm home alone again starting from scatch. I gotta tell ya I think I have my own special kind of hell - onward!