Oh, honey...trying to find someone great...what a challenge.
When my first husband died I gave dating a try. I was open.
i was alone in that though. I had friends match me with people they thought would work well. I was left wondering what my friends were thinking AND wondering where common decency fell into a black hole. I was most often left wondering why it seemed assumed that I was desperate and incapable of understanding that the man didn't find me his cup of tea. Does that mean you can't even make chit-chat over dinner?
Wishing you the best, hoping that you will find an A+ on the other side of the bridge when you get there.