Babette's Comments

Hi again! Saturday sounds good. I'll try to see if we can play at Mission Hills. I am just a guest there; my friend lives there and I'm not sure if he can bring in another person. It is quite expensive to join MH at $2500 initiation and $188 monthly. Indian Wells Tennis Garden has a much better proposition. We can play at Palm Desert Civic Center or somewhere else if you prefer. The courts at PDCC are excellent and well-maintained. They are also lit until 10 PM. Let's keep in touch as Saturday comes closer so we can get the details on what time to meet and such.

Thanks again! I look forward to playing a good match!

Hi Darryl - I like reading your notes! You have a nice writing style which is important. Glad to hear you may chose Palm Springs as it would be nice to meet. I used to travel quite frequently to Las Vegas for work and have stayed at the Hilton many times. As far as the rooms and location go, its not my favorite place. I think thye may be updating the rooms but its hit or miss and to whether you will get a nice new room or a 70s version of the Hilton! They do have a nice bar there though that makes great margaritas. So you are from CA! I am actually from Boston originally and have been making my way west over the years and am now her ein the desert. I have a home in LA with my ex (also not husband) and we had a vacation home out here. When we split up in August I moved to our home out here. With the real estate market the way it is selling either place is not in the cards for probably another year so we are trying to make it work splitting payments on both homes. Its worked out well so far. I am lucky enough that I have a job where I work from home mostly with travel thrown in at least every other week. I work for Wells Fargo Bank and I manage a marketing department for a group that does credit card processing for merchants. To be honest, I used to be an avid tennis player - I lived in Scottsdale AZ and played about 4 times/week. I played in USTA plus lots of tournaments. At that time I was a 4.5 player and won quite a few tournaments. About 5 years ago I pretty much stopped playing tennis because I was traveling so much for work and couldn't find a group to play with that I was into, plus I had a bad back. When I moved out here to the desert and became single again, I wanted to pick it up because I thought it would be a great way to meet people. I joined a tennis club but was disappointed because most players were about a 3.5 skill plus 30 years my senior! (That's the desert for you!) I wasn't finding the competition that I craved so once again I've sort of put the tennis on hold. I joined this site because I do want to start playing regularly again, but its hard to find the right place to do it. There is a club here called the Tennis Garden - its where the Pac Life tournament is played every March - and I hear there are good players there so Im thinking of looking into joining there instead.

Anyway, I do hope you make it out to the area as it would be fun to meet you. Your photo is very handsome as well. I'd be happy to send you some more photos - perhaps you could give me your email address so we could stop blogging on here? When are you planning your vacation for? I have this urge to do like a week at a resort somewhere and lay by the pool, play tennis, eat great food, etc. etc. WOuld be a little awkward doing that with someone you don't know though but if you have any good suggestions I'd be open! Hawaii, Mexico, etc.

Hi Babette! I'm definitely game for some hitting and maybe match play. I usually play at Mission Hills CC and Palm Desert Civic Center. Let me know when you are available to play and let's get to the courts!

Thanks!

Clearly there is a great deal of truth to what you've said here. I suppose it's easier for me to give guys the benefit of the doubt because I don't know what it is like to be a woman being pursued. On the other hand, I know my intentions are honorable so I'm reluctant to make assumptions about what the others might be after. Could be superficial I suppose. I know in my case, I love the game so much and intend to play it for the rest of my life, God willing. My last girlfriend was a marathoner but she didn't play tennis. While we kept active and often did things together, it's not quite the same. I want to be able to hit with my significant other whenever the opportunity presents itself ... maybe even play mixed-doubles events from time to time ... hit with other couples. The most important thing is that we do these things together. This is what I meant by the holy grail. "Hot chicks" come and go but someone who shares my love of the sport will likely win my heart everytime :-) .... And I wouldn't worry about the bio and the pic (I happen to think you're quite attractive). How much can we really know about a person's heart, mind, soul from reading a profile? And yes, I'm thinking Palm Springs, Vegs (LV Hilton has pretty good courts and pros on site ... also there appear to be a few good players there), and then there's still Saddlebrook. To be perfectly honest with you though, now that we've exchanged a few emails I think it'd be great to meet you and play some tennis. I have a feeling you and I would end up friends.

Well, I am a Software Developer for a large Philadelphia based telecommunications company. I lived in Southern California with my ex-(gf, not wife), from 2001 thru 2005 and only relocated back east because of my fathers health. I'm hoping to move back west sometime this year or next. Whatever the case, I sincerely hope that my final destination is one where tennis is king ... or at least queen :-) ....

Hahahaha, to be sure, you are an attractive woman ... and it wouldn't suprise me one iota to find that we have more than tennis in common, but that isnt why I joined this particular site. I'd actually thought about writing a site like this a couple of years ago, but then work got in the way. I came here hoping to find steady hitting partners ... the kind that love the game and don't flake out because they want to hit the bars instead of getting out on the court (did that sound judgemental?). I've also been trying to decide on a tennis destination and Palm Springs seemed like a good place to look ... and voila, there you were :-)

I think this site is great, but sometimes I wish there was a tennis dating website. I have vowed not to marry again until I can find a tennis playing girlfriend at which point I'll propose faster than you can say 40-love!

Saddlebrook, sorry ... it's outside of tampa ... they have 3 day adult camps, intensive, 5hrs/day and then "free play" in the evenings. How much tennis would you like to play? If I came out for a visit I'd love to hit for 2-3 hrs a day ... rally, points, sets, but mostly drill.

Hi! It's great to have you here! This is my *new* generic welcome message that, fortunately, is required due to the enormous growth. We're growing by 100 new members a day, and I just couldn't keep up. But that's a good thing. ;-)

Invite your friends too. We’re trying to reach 20,000 members by Wimbledon. :-)
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