Yes, Again:(Mis)adventures of a Wishful Thinker by Sallie H. Weissinger
Publisher: She Writes Press, (October 26, 2021)
Category: Memoir, Grief, Loss, Romance, Dating
Tour dates: May 27-June 9, 2022
ISBN: 978-1647423155
Available in Print and ebook, 224 pages
Description Yes, Again by Sallie H. Weissinger
In this laughter-through-tears memoir, Sallie H. Weissinger, a late-in-life widow, recounts the highs and lows of navigating the tricky online dating world of the 2000s. Interwoven throughout her adventures in search of a new relationship are stories from her childhood as a military brat, her southern heritage, her various marriages, and the volunteer work in Central and South America that helped her keep moving forward through it all.
Weissinger keeps her sense of humor as she meets men who lie, men who try to extort money, and men with unsavory pasts. When she experiences even more loss, her search for a partner becomes less important, but—with the help of friends and dogs—she perseveres and, ultimately, develops her own approach to meeting “HIM.” Blending the deeply serious and the lighthearted, Yes Again shows us that good things happen when we open up our minds and hearts.
Review Yes, Again by Sallie H. Weissinger
“I opened accounts with match.com and OkCupid, the two online personals sites I'd heard the most about. I drafted, edited, and painstakingly reedited my profile narrative and submitted a few photos. Again rejecting the sexy, heavy-on-makeup look, I chose photos that showed me as slim, natural looking, and okay-pretty, not hot-beautiful.” – 'Yes, Again: (Mis)adventures of a Wishful Thinker' by Sallie H. Wessinger.
Recently widowed and longing to find love again,
Sallie H. Weissinger began her online dating career
at the age of 58, with no idea what she was in for. Sallie had tried blind
dating in the past. In 1978, as a recently divorced single mother, she placed
an ad in her local newspaper looking for a kindred soul who was bright,
serious, fun, strong and gentle.
After fielding many unsatisfactory letters from men
(including two prison inmates who wanted her to visit them on the weekends),
Sallie eventually met Matt, the man she married and had a 24-year relationship
with. In 2002, Matt passed away from cancer, and soon after Sallie realized
that she did not wish to spend the rest of her life alone.
So, she created the 21st century equivalent
of a personal ad: an online dating profile. On her quest to find her new
soulmate, Sallie had to go through many dates with men who talked too much,
talked too little, lied about who they were, or who didn't seem to be able to
talk about anything but sports, among other things.
Eventually, she came up with a list of exactly what
she wanted to find in a man and labeled it with the acronym PASTRAMI, for
attributes like physically fit, adventurous, spiritual, etc.
Sallie's quest had some better direction, but it was
still not over and this memoir follows along with her as she tries to find love
once again, while taking many missteps along the way. This wonderfully written
memoir made me laugh and cry throughout.
I hope Weissinger continues to write and publish, I would love to read
more!
About Sallie H. Weissinger
Sallie H. Weissinger is a native of New Orleans and was raised as a military brat away from the South (Germany, New Mexico, Ohio, Japan, and Michigan). Every summer, she and her family returned to visit her mother’s relatives in New Orleans and her father’s family in a small Alabama town. She has lived most of her life in the Bay Area and also in New Orleans. These days, “home” includes not only New Orleans and Berkeley, but also Portland, Oregon, where she lives most of the time with her husband, Bart McMullan, a retired internal medicine doctor and health care executive, and their three dogs.
A retired executive herself, she now teaches Spanish and does medical interpreting for non-profit organizations in Central America and the Dominican Republic. Weissinger is a passionate member of the Berkeley Rotary Club and has served on the boards of Berkeley Rotary, the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley, and the East Bay (formerly Oakland) SPCA.
Website: https://www.yesagainmemoir.com/
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Hey Suzie, I am so glad you enjoyed 'Yes, Again'! I also laughed and cried throughout reading it!
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