Dear Annie: I joined a dating site and receive so many responses that it overwhelms me.
The problem is that I’m an older woman who looks completely different from the picture I sent.
Let me explain: I put on my makeup and hairpiece (I have thinning hair due to a thyroid gland).
When all this is done, I look like a totally different person. It takes all of 30 minutes for the transformation to occur. Do I tell the gentleman that I wear a hairpiece or let him find out on his own? I’m so afraid of being rejected. — Hairless in LA
Dear Reader: Nothing is more attractive than confidence.
So when you are dating, do whatever is going to make you feel the most confident.
From that starting place, you can decide who you like rather than being worried about what they like. In the end, if it is true love, your boyfriend will love you with or without the hairpiece.
But in the beginning, you are trying to put your best foot forward. In time, you can reveal your vulnerabilities just as he will reveal his.
No one is perfect. Best of luck to you on your dating journey.
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