It's not all it's cracked up to be, that's for sure. I divorced over a year ago after being with the same person for over 18 years and have not had too many good dates at all. A few were "nice" but that was about it. It is kinda fun to go to dinner and talk and to get to know somebody, but there's just a lot of weirdos out there nowadays! lol :) I like the suggestion Mami had about pretending they just met!
Well at some point you had to have dated your boyfriend from the beginning right? It's really not all it's cracked up to be. Sometimes you have a great experience, sometimes you don't. You really don't know what to expect. There are times I do miss that new dating feeling but I enjoy going on a date with my fiance over going on a date with a new person. We pretend like we just met and have the best time. It's really the effort you put in to keeping your relationship fresh and alive.