I don't feel it necessary to reiterate my immense cluelessness in regards to the opposite sex. Just read my blog here or here. What I'm here to wonder aloud (or a-type) to you all now is: where exactly am I going wrong with seemingly promising prospects that suddenly and inexplicably go away? I have a long list of examples. I'll start with some from my dating site venture. There have been many women I've gotten to the final stages with, and had begun the process of conversing via email, who just suddenly stopped the correspondence without explanation. One girl I had invited to come to one of my shows. She had committed to come to the show, and meet me afterword if she felt like she wanted to. She called me the day of the show and told me she couldn't make it because of some emergency. That didn't bother me. However, the next day, she had "closed" our contact on the dating site with no explanation, and I never heard from her again. Not sure what I did.

Another girl had gotten to the point with me where we were speaking on the phone almost daily. We had just begun to discuss the prospect and logistics of relationships where those involved are separated by a continent (she lives in Alabama) when she, also, suddenly closed contact with me. Never heard from her again, never was offered an explanation.

Most recently was the woman I had mentioned in the "Pigeons" article. We had moved our communication off-site to regular email. And she had even begun to read this blog, including the above article that mentions her. She didn't seem bothered by being mentioned. We had both affirmed that we found the other very interesting (as I had, in fact, stated in the article), and she had even halfway convinced me to re-open earlier plans to visit Fort Collins, Colorado this year. I had planned to go to FC to visit spiritual sibling of mine, Mike, and she lives in nearby Denver. Then, about three weeks ago, she didn't respond to an email, and I haven't heard from her since. Was it something I said? Is there something in this blog that would frighten off would-be mates? Probably. I wish I knew, though. What am I doing that makes women drop me like a bad habit and flee like the wind, randomly, when things seemed to be going well?

I've been told in the past, many times, that I'm not nearly aggressive enough. This is undoubtedly true. But I don't think that explains these cases. Women often used to give up on me after being impatient for me to "make a move" or whatever. But, in all of the cases above, I never even had the opportunity to make a move, or was in fact moving forward as best as I  know how under the circumstances. Is there any hope for me? Sometimes I wonder. And people wonder why I don't mind being single...