They reminded me that it was one thing to have found my career-woman self, but now I needed to get back to dating so I could have balance. Saying that my core group of girlfriends urged me to date is an understatement. Forced me is more like it, really. Now in order for me to talk about dating, I need to change the names of the innocent. Just like in Dragnet, “Ladies and Gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.” In this case the names have been changed to protect the guilty as well. After Aaron died I wasn’t ready to date or even think about dating for quite awhile. To be honest, it was the furthest thing from my mind. After about a year, my friends kept saying that I needed to get out there and do whatever. It was the “whatever” part that made it all so difficult for me. It was daunting to think about. I hadn’t done any dating since I was nineteen years old and started dating Aaron. Except for one or two dates during our breakups before we were married, Aaron was it.
