The Scarlet Edit: Infidelity, Divorce, Starting Over.11 Jun

Why I Got Back on a Dating App After Swearing It Off

I matched with a guy on a dating app. We planned a date. Thirty minutes later, he unmatched me. That's the open. That's where this season starts.

Welcome to the Summer of George. The reference is from Seinfeld, where George gets let go with a three-month severance and decides to make the most of it. That's where I am this summer. Not unemployed, but standing in a quiet moment after a busy four months and realizing my social life in Scottsdale was built on other people's schedules. The snowbirds left. The visitors stopped coming. And I had not done a very good job of building an actual life here for myself.

So I'm doing something about it. I got back on a dating app after saying I never would. I'm going to workout classes I've always wanted to try. I'm networking. I'm saying yes. The whole point of this summer is to put myself out there and see what happens.

There's also something most single women in midlife won't say out loud. I love my life. I wake up grateful. And I still get lonely sometimes. Both can be true at once. I'm not settling, and I'm not waiting around either.

The unmatch story is the perfect kickoff because it sets up something I didn't think about when I started this show: I'm single and I'm Google-able. The person I end up with is going to love this version of me. Anyone who can't handle my past has saved us both some time.

The Summer of George runs June 10 through September 30. Weekly bonus updates wherever I happen to be. Scottsdale, LA, back to Scottsdale, then Greece. Come along.

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How to Tell He Just Wants a Hookup (The Summer of George #9)

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Getting Back Into Dating in Your 40s (The Summer of George #8)

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7 Aug 15min

I Broke My Own Heart When I Ended It

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Reconnecting With a Friend I Thought Was Gone for Good (The Summer of George #7)

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31 Jul 13min

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30 Jul 13min

How to Start Dating Again When You're Too Independent (The Summer of George #6)

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26 Jul 8min

Nobody in His Life Knows I Exist: Being the Other Woman

A couple of months ago I said something on this show that I want to say again, because it's the whole thing: you are worthy of someone who can be with you 100%, 100% of the time. When you're in an aff...

23 Jul 17min