My path seeking love had been long and circuitous and took me through many L.A.-area neighborhoods. I kept looking for 'The One' but kept getting stuck with 'Not This One.'
I attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in West Hollywood, the Fairfax district, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, the Valley and Silver Lake. At each of the hundreds of meetings I frequented, I looked for my next boyfriend. The rooms were full of good-looking men.I kept on dating too. I still had a few neighborhoods — and men — to explore.
There was a brief dalliance with a cute, younger guy, a trendy home goods designer, who lived in the hills of Echo Park. He had his own TV show and several books published. There were plenty of “anti” signals, such as changing plans at the last minute. Still, I decided, as with others before him, he was “The One.” He strung me along before dumping me. At least I’d spent quality time in Echo Park.I also tried to get in touch with my erotic self.
The closest I got was meeting an oversexed massage therapist whom I fell for, even though he was clearly unavailable. He drove up from San Diego to visit me in my new condo in Atwater Village a few times. But San Diego and Atwater Village were too far apart — as were he and I — for anything meaningful to develop.Still, I learned from all those bad dates that I needed to adjust my outlook to find a suitable mate.
Our dating life took us between my condo and his place in Burbank, a city I didn’t know well despite working in the area as a feature film marketing consultant for many years. We took our time getting to know each other. But he fast became my “One and Only.” Unlike the others, he was available, he didn’t play games, and he was one of the sweetest people I’d ever met. I knew he was the one for me when my 78-year-old mother told me during a phone call, “Tell Robert he gives the best hugs.” Need I say more? We’ve been together for 13 years and live in Glendale, another city I didn’t know well then but do now.
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