Hopeless in Love

All dolled up at the 2017 SEPHORA holiday party

One of the few perks of working late is slowing down just enough to have non-work related conversations and connect on a personal level with my coworkers. On a recent occasion, my cubicle neighbor who's single, about the same age and often works late too, asked if I've started dating yet.

The answer is no, but to my defense, it's not from the lack of trying!

I did the online dating thing last October because I was both bored of my single life routine and curious of the world beyond the daily interactions with colleagues, family and friends. During the short stint, I chatted with a few guys but nothing really came from it. 

It wasn't a completely waste of time though as I learned the eligible bachelor pool in the Bay Area is quite small. This was based on the fact that I'd see the same profiles multiple times rotating through on a single app, as well as the same profiles on multiple dating apps. (Seriously!)

The coworker who I was chatting with that evening agreed the pool is indeed dismal. While there is slightly more men than women in San Francisco¹, only 8% of the men in their 40s are unmarried². And who knows how many of them may already be in a committed relationship. Furthermore, the eligibility count continues to dwindle as there is a large LGBT population³ here. So, she and I basically concluded that finding an unicorn is pretty much impossible, much less finding an eligible bachelor in the Bay Area. 

Where does that leave a single and straight woman like me?!?

Yes, pretty much hopeless! LOL!

It's okay since I'm in no hurry to fall in love again. I do appreciate the simplicity of single life. However, I'll keep my evening free this Valentine's Day, just in case Cupid strikes! 😉

Spreading the love at work with home-baked cookies

Sources:

¹ 50.7% men vs 49.3% women. Source: 2010 US Census

² http://www.towncharts.com/California/Demographics/San-Francisco-city-CA-Demographics-data.html
³  http://news.gallup.com/poll/182051/san-francisco-metro-area-ranks-highest-lgbt-percentage.aspx