The thing about being a single romance writer is that you want to use your dates as writing material. A sex blogger once wrote about this issue: once her identity was revealed, people became leery of hooking up with someone who might spill all the details to the world. The guys I get involved with don't get transplanted into my stories wholesale, but there are definitely recognizable elements — bits of their signature style embedded into my characters and scenes. But that's what writers do with every part of their life, right? And thankfully, none of these boys so far has read romance.
Anyway, I do have a date tomorrow night (after lots of hand-wringing over whether to call him and other such girlish insecurities — I think I write romance to get away from that), so we'll see what inspiration arises.