“To what extent was I the problem—what was wrong with me? Were my expectations unreasonable? Was I looking for the single submicroscopic needle in the vast haystack and missing out on numerous acceptable larger needles in plain sight?”

A truly inspiring tale of one woman's search for love through the treacherous world of online dating. Sallie H. Weissinger was in her late-50's when her husband, the love of her life, died of cancer. 

After spending some time on her own, Sallie eventually decided that she felt ready to get back into the dating market, and that she wanted to find someone to spend her life with. However, this was the early-2000's, and 'getting back on the market' meant trying online dating. 

Sallie actually had some experience with a similar type of dating. In the 1970's, Sallie was a recently divorced single mother when she placed an ad in the local newspaper looking for love. This was how she met her husband, Matt who later passed away. 

Sallie soon discovers that online dating is nothing like she would have expected. After going out on countless dead-end dates with lackluster guys, Sallie eventually decided on a system. She labeled it with the acronym 'PASTRAMI' to denote the characteristics that she was looking for in a man, (physically fit, adventurous, spiritual, travel aficionado, etc), she enlisted the help of her friends, offering $5,000 to the charity of their choice if they could manage to set her up with a man that she stayed with for at least one year. 

Yes, Again: (Mis)adventures Of A Wishful Thinker, is a compilation of the greatest hits from Sallie H. Weissinger's adventures in dating, and every anecdote is a treat to read! This is a one of a kind read for all of the romantics out there! 

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.

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