I feel sad. I went almost 3 years without putting myself out there for connection. I convinced myself of multiple things… 1 that I was “working on myself” 2. That Sedona doesn’t have any men. 3.That I’m
just really selective about who I end up being interested in. It’s rarely anyone that even looks good on paper.. it’s likely a combination of being karmic with some some shared interests and intellectual connection.

I met someone online in December who lives in my area. We hit it off with conversation right away… or maybe he was just asking me questions about things that really interest me. He’s really smart and was sharing lots of cool things that were interesting to me as well.

There were red flags. He always mentioned getting together, but would never officially ask me out. At some point I just invited him to hang out with me at the salt room where I work.
We would often spend hours messaging with each other, and even spent 8 hours on the phone a few times.
To shorten the story.. ...