It's not easy being Gina

Gina with Scott Johnson and Kima

"To win at the dating game, it is a big mistake to believe that just because you want to date someone, that you are going to be a couple". Seems like reasonable advice from senior dating sites....however, I am pretty sure that cute little Shiner Man has not explored advice from senior dating sites...In fact, I KNOW that he hasn't. How do I know this... 1) He does not have a computer and 2) He would not have told the world that he was going out with Gina....

Poor Gina...what do you do when you have a cute little Shriner Man vying for your love? Ignore it....that works huh? Yea...that works. Oh yea....NOT!!!

Never in a million years did I ever imagine that I would be the one to give my mother dating advice. Couple that with the fact that I am not really good at giving this type of advice...this really has disaster written all over it. I understand that it would be hard to resist this cute little man...he calls Gina every morning at 8:30 to check in and wish her a good day. He sends her flowers with heart written cards...and he makes sure that she has all the things that she would ever need..most importantly...he is patient. And believe me....he needs to be patient. Very, very patient.

Gina really could not understand why cute little Shriner Man keeps calling her..she has been honest with him about not wanting to date him...

Really Gina...really....could it be the mumbled "I love you too" when you hang up each morning? Could it be the agreeing to be his date at various Shrine functions? Or maybe it is the invitation to spend all holidays with us? Hard to say really Gina...if I was a betting woman I would say probably all three...

Secretly I would giggle away at her discomfort...and of course share it with my best friend in my best barbed whit...for Gina I would point out, what to me, was the obvious infractions that might lead to the misunderstanding. Gina, was not so quick to arrive at the same conclusion. Now I suppose that 45 years of not dating might be part of the problem here, but you would think it is like riding a bike...you just adjust to a new day...or century in this case. Just try being in the middle of this triangle....envious I know.

What's a good daughter to do?

Maybe I will try to see if I can get cute little Shriner Man to make an offer to put in a good word for him???? I just might make a buck or two..