The following story is for entertainment purposes only and any similarity to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
Hello, let me introduce myself, my name is Elaine and I live in Suffolk, I'm 46 years old and a widow. My husband died in an accident at work some 7 years ago. I was just 18 when I married and we quickly had 3 children who have now grown up and left home, so now I find myself living alone having only known the love of one man. Things have gotten increasingly difficult these past 7 years as my children found their own partners and moved on with their lives. I still see them and my grandchildren when they pop round to visit but I miss having a man around, someone to share the long nights with.
My daughter has suggested I join a dating site on the internet, claiming that I could spend my long lonely evenings just chatting with people on-line. She told me I can be very choosy, use an alias and chat to people without them ever actually knowing who I am, she said I could even get men to show me naughty things to help me have 'pleasant dreams' at night.
At first I was shocked that my daughter would suggest such a thing but over the following days I found myself more and more drawn to the idea until eventually I decided to give it a try. I searched the internet and found dozens of sites, it took some days of trial and error, getting to find a site which I felt comfortable with (browsing as a 'guest' to see some of what the sites offered). All of the sites seemed pretty much the same and so I bit the bullet and chose to join one of the sites using a name I felt comfortable with, 'NannaE'.
Filling in the profile for myself I decided to be completely honest, I could have pretended to be a young, sexy lass in her early twenties but felt that if I were to make friends with someone it would just ruin any trust, so brutal truth it had to be; Age, 46. Height 5ft 5. Hair, Shoulder length and currently a deep red. Eyes, Brown. Then it came to the 'body description'. I selected 'pleasantly plump' with 48" DD bust, a cake lover's tummy (but I'm trying to diet) and what I described as 'Motherly hips'.
Then I came to Profile Picture and the site suggested a full face pic with me holding something with my user-name plus the name of the site so that they could mark me as a 'verified member' they assured that this picture would not be posted on site, and for my profile picture I should post 'whatever I felt comfortable with, provided it didn't contravene the site rules.
So, selfie time, I made out the card as required and then took a selfie to submit, I then had to browse all my other photos to find something I could use for my profile that was recent. I eventually decided on one which my son-in-law had taken earlier this summer when we were all on holiday in Spain, sitting at a table in my bathing costume wearing a wide brimmed hat, sunglasses and sipping sangria from a big glass. I was a little nervous about how much of my breasts were on display but at least nobody would be able to clearly see my face.
Finally satisfied with my profile I then submitted for approval and publication. I then had to fill in the 'about yourself' section where you tell things about yourself and what you are looking for on the site. In that I explained that I am a widow and that I am just looking for friends to chat to and that I expected people to be respectful, warning that anyone who was crude or attempted to send smut would be blocked and reported.
When I went on line again later that day I found my profile had been approved and I already had over fifty messages. Over half of the messages were from crude men sending pictures of themselves naked and saying what they wanted to do to me. I deleted and blocked every one of those men after reading their messages and looking at their photos (hey, I'm still a woman with needs and there is no harm in looking). There were even two messages from 'other women' whom I soon deduced were actually men pretending to be women. I have no idea where they thought they would get with that pretence but they too got deleted and blocked. Checking the messages and profiles of the remaining 'candidates' it was obvious that some simply didn't appeal to me, some seemed to be boring and some seemed to be so up themselves I just simply didn't want to know.
I eventually began to converse with just three of those who had contacted me so far, there was Clive, 63 from Windsor, a tall retired gentleman with a neat moustache and posing with a silver-topped cane. He was very much the old-fashioned gentleman and I enjoyed chatting with him but deep down I kinda knew he was 'too old'. Yes, I know age shouldn't matter if all I'm wanting is a friend to chat to - but be fair - who actually puts on those profiles what they are actually hoping to find?
Then there was Paul, 52 from Cambridge who claimed to be a freelance physical education teacher and I don't mind admitting he looked quite a hunk. His chat was nice and easy, relaxed. He would compliment without being over-the-top and he seemed to be able to make me laugh and feel comfortable even though sometimes his comments were a little risque, I found it very easy to flirt with him.
Last, but by no means least was Trev, 23 from York and a full-time university student. Probably a bit young for me but he was 100% a looker and his attention was a massive boost for my ego. I found myself having naughty thoughts while chatting with him, I would get quite moist if you know what I mean.