Day 1

"And for one final hit, Stoddard steps up to the plate and CRACK!  It's a fireball!  The crowd is histerical.  

Hold on, wait a minute...holy jockstrap!

Team Leah has caught the fireball.  And Stoddard's out.  Seems he's gonna take some private bench time, sit a few games out.  Quite a show, Joe!  Looks like Stoddard's ripped some more muscle - heart muscle - but as we all know here at Love Stadium, ripping leads to growing."

No hitting on girls for an unknown period of time.  It's day one.

Rule 1: I cannot use any online dating sites, unless Rule 3 or 4.

Rule: I cannot ask anyone out or go on dates unless Rule 3 or 4.

Rule 3: If a girl makes it easy for me, and circumstances bring us together or she approaches me and gives me a clear hint that she wants me to ask her out, I can then break this agreement and do so.

Rule 4: If I am asked out, then I can say yes.

She blew me off, in the nicest way she could manage.  At least she was candid.  I realize I ask so many girls out because I never want to feel the pain from failed dates or relationships and that's sort of my bounce-back, my defense mechanism.  But this time I'm going to feel.  Every time I've been hurt, I've filled in the dents with new dates.  It's time to let defeat sink in and do its necessary healing on me.  It'll hurt for a while, but hopefully the process will lead me to a better, more patient and self-sufficient me who meets the right one when it's time.  

We'll see how long I last.