My RL love life is a dud. But in Second Life, it's become quite active... and promising.

First there was David. I mentioned him before. He's in England. He's 12 years younger than me. But it was that "first romance", if you know what I mean. Things happened too fast. And it's hard to have a romance with someone who is has a 6 hour time difference. Frankly, it's no good for him to be on at 2am to see me at 8pm my time (he has a lot of medical problems). We discussed it. And I realized something - David is a "romantic". Sort of "in love with love" - despite the fact it might not always be the right thing. We're still friends though. And I'm always telling him to go to bed, and he says he's talking to a girl... nowhere near the same time zone.

Then there was Marque... well, there was ALMOST Marque. I liked him. He was closer to my age. He was closer to my time zone (Indiana). He's also Jewish. But there was kind of a "vibe" that just didn't feel right. I slowly pulled it out of him... he was divorced once with a son... and still married with a 6 month old daughter. Then one of my SL friends asked if there was anything going on between us. I said no. She jumped all over him and they've had this on again, off again relationship (let's just say that my friend is "no bargain").

And now, there's Gary... and this is something totally different. He's only 3 years younger than me; he's Jewish; he's in Texas (Lubbock, so 5 hours away, but still in the same area) ; he's willing to move to Dallas. Most importantly, we have a lot of things in common. Science Fiction, fantasy, similar music... and there's a real connection. I met him through the SL Synagogue. We're taking things slowly. But this relationship has a chance to become something real outside of Second Life. Oh... his RL name is the same as one of my sims characters... and shares the same first 3 letters as my favorite comic book character (so right now, I can claim I have my own Gar )

I spoke to Ava... a friend of mine who is a tarot card reader. She said this relationship has a real chance if we don't rush it. She also said David shows up in my reading as "the child" - still friends, but very immature. Very true.