Tag Archives: dating

What Is Your Type … and Why Do You Even Have One?

Posted on November 21, 2018 by winesoakedramblings - The Blog of Vickie van Dyke

I have a bunch of single friends and I, aspiring to be cupid when and if I can, am always attempting to fix them up. More often than not, however, after I’ve offered up a descriptor or a photo, I … Continue reading →

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Are You A “We” Guy Or An “I” Guy?

Posted on July 16, 2012 by winesoakedramblings - The Blog of Vickie van Dyke

I’ve just had this big revelation.  I mean huge.  We’re talking the kind of monumental epiphany that could go down in the history books as life-altering, glacier-moving, cosmos-shifting  BIG. Ready? Dating is hard.  Especially when you’re old. I know my … Continue reading →

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Love Languages … and why I (sometimes) hate my Blackberry.

Posted on July 8, 2012 by winesoakedramblings - The Blog of Vickie van Dyke

Are you familiar with Gary Chapman’s book “The 5 Love Languages”? Quite a brilliant concept, actually, and one that is easily understandable and more importantly, fairly simple to act on. I have come to believe that understanding and then acting … Continue reading →

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One Magical Word

Posted on June 3, 2012 by winesoakedramblings - The Blog of Vickie van Dyke

If you could be described in just one single word, what would you choose? I don’t mean how would you describe yourself. I mean how would you hope to be described by someone else? A few years ago there was … Continue reading →

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A Fish May Love A Bird (Do Opposites Really Attract?) …

Posted on May 31, 2012 by winesoakedramblings - The Blog of Vickie van Dyke

I’m struggling.  I am struggling with dating and the arguable concept that opposites attract. I mean, mostly I’m just struggling with dating period because I honestly didn’t think I’d be back at it again at this stage of my life. … Continue reading →

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Don’t go changing … or maybe do?

Posted on May 21, 2012 by winesoakedramblings - The Blog of Vickie van Dyke

Change: to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone. There you have it.  The dictionary.com definition of the word change. I kinda like it, … Continue reading →

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Which way ya going, Vickie …

Posted on April 4, 2012 by winesoakedramblings - The Blog of Vickie van Dyke

“Don’t look back. You’re not going that way.” I love this quote.  Simple and succinct. And yet, man oh man, do we ever spend a lot of time looking back.  Especially when we are recently single. Why? Why do we … Continue reading →

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