Come and Get Your Love

By Lovely

Come and Get Your Love is an Emotional roller coaster. It provides three short stories a middle-aged woman looking for love in all the wrong places.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jan 26, 2023
• ISBN: 9781365402692

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COME AND GET YOUR LOVE

A collection of short dating stories based on real life shared by Lovely The Author

Copyright © 2022

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All the material contained in this book is provided for entertainment purposes only. No responsibility can be taken for any results or outcomes resulting from the use of this material.

While every attempt has been made to provide information that is both accurate and effective, the author does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy or use/misuse of this information.

Dedication

I pray that ‘Come and Get Your Love’ brings joy and the courage to continue dating until you find your soulmate. I’d like to dedicate this book to all the hopeful lovers. Date on! ~Lovely

Table of Contents

Another Lovely Date

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Boofriends

Another Lovely Date

Hello, I’m Allen, my first 3-minute date said as he flashed a million-dollar smile and sat across from me. I noticed that he had a cute little gap and warm puppy dog eyes. I thought to myself this could be promising or trouble because I was speed-dating, I only have 3 minutes to find out. I decided before I even let Sissy, my bestie, talk me into coming with her that I would not prejudge any man until the complete speed-dating evening was over.

I’m Lovely, I responded and flashed my smile back. Allen began to tell me about himself and didn't stop until the bell rang and the hostess told the men to rotate. I didn’t get one word in! Next up was Henry; he is a lot taller than Allen but has no million-dollar smile or puppy dog eyes. Don’t get me wrong, Henry is cute also, just in his own way.

The evening was filled with potential mates. Some made me blush, some made me laugh, and some even made me cringe but I had lots of fun. I didn’t pick anyone although Allen did approach me after the event asking for my number.

Hi! I’m Lovely and this is my adult love life. Welcome! I think we need to start with a proper introduction. I mean, this is the introduction afterall. To start, I think that I am funny. I love this about myself and tend not to care much if others don’t. I love corny jokes and pick-up lines. Honestly, laughter is my all-time favorite! I love the sound of it, I love how I feel when I’m doing it, and I love watching others do it. A smile is the most attractive part of a man’s body, in my opinion.

I’m excited about how, in today's world, self-love is so encouraged. I'm a firm believer in taking care of oneself. Self-love can be a small thing or a big ordeal; it just depends on what you like.

Before I get too deep into the subject, I have a small disclaimer. I've noticed that the promotion of self-love is always alone time, and I slightly disagree. Alone time is great, don't get me wrong. My company is very valuable to me, but why can't loving yourself be based on a decision to include a person that makes you feel good about yourself? I'm not suggesting depending on another person for your happiness but hear me out before you write me off. Self-love is about taking care of your mind, body, and soul. And we've all heard that laughter is good for the soul or that it's the perfect medicine. So if there's a person that makes you laugh until milk squirts from your nose, why not spend time with them. That's what friends are for anyway, right?

Sissy just feeds my soul. She's perfect for this role because we grew up together, and she can relate to me on more than one level. We laugh y'all! We laugh at memes, outfits, hairstyles, confusion, each other, awkward moments, and anything else we can find to laugh at. When we were younger, we would have what we called a laugh night. We would stay up all night reminding one another of funny stories, looking through books and magazines for stuff to laugh at, and even do things to try and make each other laugh. Back then, we had no idea how therapeutic it was to laugh. We just knew it made us feel good. How could this be overlooked as a form of self-love?

Sissy is tall and slender with a gorgeous face. Beautiful full lips, thick long lashes, deep brown eyes, and the smoothest creamiest looking skin in the world. She can wear anything! Sometimes I’m almost jealous because she can put on anything and look great in it! She is always in a relationship but worries about my singleness, so she drags me to all kinds of potential husband meetings events, like speed dating.

I tried an online dating website called Come and Get Your Love. My profile describes how pretty I am and how I posted the maximum pictures allowed, as well as describes how I feel about the lazy hey beautiful message. I feel like it is so unoriginal and lazy lazy lazy! If any men are reading this, please stop it! That message makes us feel like we are on a list of women you text that to. We feel like you’re not interested and just send anything to string us along. Again, I say STOP IT!

Online dating was a whole thing. Some men had advice but didn't know me, some men were there for just sex, and some men wanted to promote their businesses. There were women that liked women and couples looking to add something more to the relationship. I can go on and on about the different types. As a matter of fact, I could write a book about it, pun intended. I promise to share more from it in future chapters.

I’m a Christian and a firm believer. I love music, food, people, and all the things that come along with them. Although I love my thickness and feel pretty healthy, I often yo-yo or trend diet, and as mentioned earlier, I’m single single. Yes, two singles, that means it’s real. I'm independent, beautiful, and a good mother. My bills are paid on time. I'm not a clingy woman because I just don’t have the time for that, which can be both good and bad. Good because all men don’t like to be bugged, and bad because it makes me seem like I’m not interested.  I take care of myself. Stay in shape and shower daily, kind of take care of myself. I know you're probably thinking the daily shower is a given; trust me when I say it is not!

I wonder often, what's wrong with me, like why don’t I have or keep a man, but every time I do there's a meme or an inspirational speaker telling me there's nothing wrong with me and that It's the men or society. So that thought quickly disappears, but it makes me think if there's something wrong with the men, do I really want one or maybe a woman? And if there's something wrong with society, is this a good time to be looking for a life-mate? Which leads to more questions. Like, do I want a life-mate or just a boo or a bae?  Am I too old for this? Can one be too old to date? Surely not! It just means I'm wiser. WAIT!  Did I learn anything from my past relationships to even be considered wise or better yet, wiser? Into my rabbit hole I go again. Questioning and doubting myself. I hate when I catch myself doing that. How long was I staring at nothing, mulling over my nonexistent love life? I always think, Just settle already, but that's not the right attitude, so back to dating!

I am a good-looking woman, in my opinion, so, of course, I don't mind putting pictures of myself on social media. I'm often compared to a doll, but I'm not conceited. I believe the comparison to the doll is because I have freckles which are cute to me, and I think it's a good feature. I have beautiful brown eyes, they're not dark brown like the rest of the brown-eyed community, and they're not light enough to be considered hazel. Just a beautiful brown that gets noticed. I sometimes wear false lashes but not to the extent that it looks like if I bat my eyes too fast, I'll fly away. They look natural, and people often ask, Are those your real lashes? I usually just bat my eyes and smile. I have naturally high cheekbones, so there's no need for me to contour to make them look high; instead, I add a little blush, and that works just perfect for enhancing them. I have smooth skin, and because of the freckles, I don't wear much foundation or base. I guess I'm not what they call a mac girl. I like to show my freckles off. My lips are kind of thin, so I don't wear much lipstick either, but I do like my lip gloss. Some would say my nose is a little big. It's my father's nose, so I don't mind it so much. I'm also in love with the rest of my features, so one small flaw is not a big deal to me. My teeth are a gorgeous white, thanks to the monthly treatments. You can say that means I'm in love with my smile financially and physically. My hair is naturally dark black, like jet black, but in today's society, that does not have to be so. Depending on my mood, it will be long, short, blond, red, in a messy bun, curly, straight, or however I feel that day. Lately, a copper colored bob has been my go-to.

Dating is an emotional subject for me because sometimes I think that my friends and family don't trust me to choose the proper mate. I mean, do you have that friend that stays single? You know, the one that can't keep a man, and you just don't know why. She's a good person with a nice personality, a nice body, and a pretty face. Every time you hang out with her, you have a blast, so you know she's fun. You even heard from one of her ex's that her sex is good. She's independent and a sweet person all around. You wonder why she's single and almost wants to date her yourself!? Well, I'm that friend! Yes, of course, the lovely me! For some reason, my friends and family think that I need to be set up. I like to think that they just love me so much they want to just share me with the whole world. The reality is that they love me so much that they don't want to see me lonely. I don't complain about being single or about being lonely, and I don't mind being set up the majority of the time. Now the sympathetic setups really get to me. That and the awkwardness, but I've been on enough dates now that I think I'm good at breaking the ice. There's always pressure to want to get along with the person you’re being set up with, like you don’t play well with others or win the date like it’s some sort of competition. So this is what it’s come to. I think that there is someone for everybody and just because a friend or family member thinks that they have found