First Time

Ok.  This is my first time Blogging.  Didn't think I could do it!  But here I am.  I feel like Carrie Bradshaw in "Sex and the City".  Which brings me to the real reason why I really DID invent this Blog.
You see, my husband passed away last year and I did a 360 degree turnaround with my life.  I retired from my job, gave up my apartment and moved to Southern California.  Yes, they took the Brooklyn girl and turned her into a valley girl!
So getting back to the title of this Blog, "Single in Cyberspace", has dating really changed that much over the years?  Way back in the 1960's, dating was usually done in the traditional way:  boy meets girl (at a party, through friends, in high school/college, at a disco/bar, etc.).  The boy and the girl "go steady", get engaged, get married, and you know the rest.
Now, in the 21st century, it's all about joining a dating website.  With all the ones out there, it's mind boggling!.  So I decided to take the plunge and joined 4 of them!  But here's the catch:  two were free, two weren't.  (I dropped one and still belong to three.)
Well, let me just say......this is purely a lot of work!   Pages and pages of faces meet your eye on your little screen.  The big question:  so who really is Mr. Right?  Who would be a nice guy?  Who would be honest?  Who is not a stalker or a serial killer?  Is the 55 year old really 55 or is he really 75 TRYING to look like 55?  Who knows????  
I remember when I was a naive 18 year old and went into clubs and discos.  Boys on one side, girls on the other.  (Some things never change, do they?)  Anyway, the boys used to 'rate' the girls as they walked into the joint.  Were they kidding me?  
So it's still very much like that as I 'flip' through the screens and screens of 'cyberfaces' and rate all of those faces.  
Therefore, doesn't it really feel like the 1960's all over again except this time we're not 'flesh & blood' but a face on a page hoping to make a connection?
Sometimes when you think things change, they really don't.......