The only person I have really ever dated was my boyfriend and that was twenty years ago.
When he decides he's leaving for good, I don't know if I would even know how to begin dating again.
I have been thinking about dating and how to go about it more often lately, since it does seem that my boyfriend has made up his mind about moving away.
I don't even know if I'd want to date, and I am with jeanne on the whole why bother, if you know it's not going to be what you are looking for anyway.
As for my Master, I don't know how things will progress between us in the future, as I am the second submissive in his life, but I am happy with that and it is definately something I would like to continue.
I know that poly is more to my liking and it's something I prefer over being monogamous.
I think that for me when I am alone, I'll be seeking out more people who are not vanilla and taking it from there.

As for dating well for me it's going out with someone who you may want to continue a longer relationship with. I don't even know if I could randomly date men because they had some sort of compatibility with me.
There might be a man who is seemingly vanilla, but turns out to be Dominant, however I wouldn't want to start dating and in the long run try to find out.
I want to date someone I know is Dominant first and compatible with me on other levels second.