Setting the Tone

So, it is probably important to illustrate one "cutesy" little nuance about this upcoming adventure.  Most, if not all, of my potential suitors were told about the blog.  It was never a secret, it was never meant to be some sort of exposé, and it most certainly was not meant to invade on anyone else's privacy, with the exception of my own.

However, keeping anonymity in check could pose a potential problem.  Sometimes the smallest thing could give away someone's identity.  I could divulge nothing specifically personal; about looks, where they lived, family life, or even the type of car he drove.  I would use no names, of course, but how would my readers (not to mention me!) relate to each character, when they didn't even have names?  Use their occupation as a name?  Nooooo...  The chances I might have a date with more than one lawyer, or more than one police officer were so great it was almost a certainty.

I fumbled through the first several entries.  I tried to keep each date confined to one entry, but it didn't take long before I realized there would be return appearances after I'd already written an entry, thinking it would be closed.  Then the solution was presented to me from the most peculiar source.  One of the men I met, and even though we never quite hit it off romantically, we did want to be friends and remain so to this day.  I was even invited to his wedding.  :)

He suggested that I choose Disney character names to tag each man.  This way, I had an almost endless list of options to choose from, and I could further personalize each one by choosing a character that mirrored the personality, or looks, or both, of each one.  It was fabulous!  And it was perfect!

I had my topic, I had my theme, and I had more material, and the ability to acquire more material, than I could ever possibly write about.  This was gonna be fun....