I was 34, and not dating much. What was worse, I worked so much, I was not meeting any young ladies who were "marriage material."
It was 1993. If my life to that point could be put on a tombstone it would say, "Here lies a good fellow who left this world much too soon, a man who never got the women he wanted, or wanted the women he got."
My name is Seth. I lived in the American South, along the Dan River, in the historic city of Danville, Virginia--the last Capital of the Confederacy! It is located on the Virginia-North Carolina border, just north of Greensboro.
I worked then as a dispatcher for a nearby sheriff's office. We generally worked twelve hour shifts, which were brutal. Three good things about that job though--it paid well, it was interesting every day, and our extra long shifts often gave us extra long weekends. In brief, my work life was pretty good, my personal life was pretty bad.
Socially speaking, I needed to figure out a new way to meet a nice woman who was sexy and single. I wanted to be married by the time I was 35. At least that was my goal. My best years were passing me by, and I well knew I did not have much more time to waste.
So--I put two personal ads in the style section of a newspaper. Personal ads were a big deal back then. People paid close attention to them, and not only the folks looking for a date or a mate. Who doesn't like a good love story, right?
Looking back, I enjoyed writing the personal ads more than going on the actual dates, but it was all a fun process. I created several ads. Since I did not want to put all my eggs in one basket, I ran two ads at a time. If the SWF, 22 to 35 I was looking for did not care for one ad, she might like the other one I put in the paper.
This was not deceptive on my part---just a test to see which ad attracted women, and which ad did not work. There was a knack to writing a good personal ad, and I was going to figure it out. I studied other ads, how risque were they, what seemed to be out-of-bounds? I quickly found that out. One of my early ads was rejected for being too wild, but I re-worked it, and tamed it down. Then it was accepted for newspaper publication. After that I just waited.
The responses came back sooner than I thought. I eventually received 17 letters and dated every lady, at least once. It was expensive, but exciting. I had to keep notes on who I took where, what did we eat, what did we talk about, etc. Above all--was there a love connection?
There was a lot to discover, but finding out all the stuff would be a fantastic journey. How much did I really like the woman? Did they like me? Were they pretty, brainy, did they have good bodies, were they nice people? Did they have a good sense of humor? Did they show any cleavage, show their legs? Had anyone actually flashed me in public during the dates?
Sexy bare legs, and creamy white thighs turned me on. I also had a foot fetish. Sexy sandals or flip flops on a woman have always been hot in my book. Did my dates wear panties, a bra, or neither? What about touch? Were the 17 women hand-shakers, big huggers, cheek-kissers, nymphos, great lovers or both.