I have no pity for anyone when it comes to blind dates. When I was in high school, my cousin set me up on a blind date. The guy picked me up, and then took me back to his home, where he pulled out these coupon books. And he told me – we’re going to Arby’s, but you can only eat one of these designated choices.

We’re supposed to go see a movie afterwards, but things weren’t going so well. So (and this is horrible…not one of my prouder moments in life) I asked to use his phone (we’re talking pre cell-phone….you know one of the bag phones) I called my girlfriend Christina and find out she was going to a party. Hmmm….party or lame date??? So I I told her to meet me at the food mart in thirty minutes – I’m going to tell this guy I have to be home early, and you’re picking me up because you’re going with me to my “family reunion” tomorrow.

So I tell this poor guy that I was really tired, and I wanted to skip the movie. He takes me to the food mart, but of course, it’s not just my girlfriend there. People begin to pour put of her car….just visualize a clown car!. I was soooo busted. At that point, what’ya gonna do?!?! I just said “Thank you!” and in the car I went (with the rest of the clowns). It wasn’t one of the nicer things I’ve done. But you know what – I was 16! The last thing I wanted was to be on a date with a guy who wouldn’t even let me order a Beef and Cheddar!Being on the other side of the “set up,” there are plusses and minuses when it comes to setting up people you know. With my mom, I know her so well, and I know what she would want. When I met that first guy, I immediately knew he was not it. But I was supposed to send her out on a date in just a couple of hours. So I just approached Keith, out of the blue. I asked: are you single, will you go on a date with my mom in 2 hours, and will you be on TV? He said yes to everything, so it worked out. It was a total fluke, but it seems like they had a nice time so we’ll have to wait and see!!

Honestly, nothing REALLY stresses me out. I am who I am, I’m pretty confident when I do something, and I like to have a very positive attitude. If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work, it’s not the end of the world. I’m not arranging a marriages here. In a perfect world all of the people I set up will run away, get married, have babies and live happily ever after (right next door to Hadley’s mom and Dad, hahaha). Seriously people, it’s one date, if it doesn’t work you move forward. Pretty simple!!!

It helps that my mom was positive and excited about her date. Her positive energy transfers to me, and then I’m really excited about something. On the other hand, Julie was so hesitant and negative about the experience from the start. Typically, in a business like this – people come to you wanting dates, it’s not like you’re out begging people to go on dates. And that’s what I felt like I was doing with Julie, I felt like I was begging her. And because there was so much negativity in the beginning, it kind diffused my excitement about potentially putting a good match together.

I should mention, since at this point, people have really seen a lot of me crying and dealing with difficult times in my life – I am generally SO positive. I really am not a negative nancy at all. And if I feel that coming from someone…I usually evacuate, asap!

The other big thing in this episode is Emily’s hair. Here’s the deal with me…I have had the same haircut all of my life, well at least for the last 25 years. I have really curly hair. And it’s not like these big beautiful round bouncy curls. It’s like, nappy curly hair. If I cut my hair short, I would look like Michael Jackson at the age of 5. So I’m really limited. And I’ve always said that I think that there’s a certain time in life when women should really not wear their hair too long, but I’m kind of stuck. So I’ll ultimately be like, Laura Ingalls, and wear my hair back in a bun for the rest of my life.

So no, I’m not scared of change – in this instance, I just know it’s not going to work. So why try it?

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