Ok, so I'll file this one under WTF??? So y'all know I'm doing the online dating thing........yeah, I haven't given any more updates since date 3, but I will. I promise. Date 3 took too much out of me. If you read it you know that I'm still nursing that bruised black eye. Seriously, I am. It made me rethink some things, you know? Anyway, back to me singing the dating blues tonight.
So I winked at this guy on match.com. Yeah, for those of you who don't know, you can wink or send emails if someone catches your eye. Actually I always send emails. This was my first time winking. I don't like winking. When was the last time some dude walked by you and winked? When was the last time you winked to get some dude's attention? I guess for some of you it was last night at the club. For me, it was years ago in undergrad during a really boring chemistry class. Anyway as usual, I digress.
So I winked at this dude and he winked back. Okayyyyyyyyyyy...... So I emailed him and told him I liked his smile (yes, I know its an overused line, and yes, I'm going to keep using it!!!!). He emailed me back thanking me for the compliment saying, in pertinent part, "Thanks for your wink and email. You have a pretty smile too even though your lips are really thin, but I'm curious about one thing, how did you find me since you live in [East Coast] and I live in so far away in New York." Just for the record, its only an hour train ride away, but who's counting? You're wondering why this gives me the blues?
Maybe its because this is the 5th guy who has asked me how I found him. MFKR you're on the Worldwide Web. It's not a freagging gated community. You pay your cash, you get instant access. If you post your picture on the web with a corresponding profile looking for a date, someone is bound to find it, read it, and respond to it. An interested party might even have the ..........gasp......... the nerve......... to wink or send an email. Does he think he's hiding or something? I mean, does he not know that anyone with a keyboard can find you if they're looking for you? Dude, its not the witness protection program............you're not undercover. You're on an Internet dating site.
If you say that you're looking for someone within 5000 miles and I live an hour away from you, then don't tell me I live too far away from you. Do the math, ok. If you post your picture and a dating profile on the Worldwide Web and I respond, don't ask how I freaggin found you. Please!!! I know you're probably wondering what is wrong with her? Why is she so mad? She should be more pissed about her "thin lips" comment. Yeah, I know, I am pissed about that too.
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6 comments:
See, this is the mistake *all* guys make. What we want is Alyson Hannigan, 24, living two streets away from us, and into exactly the same things we are. But see, we feel that might isolate too many potential matches who, while not perfect, will 'do'.
So, we put in our profiles that we're looking for someone between 18 and 78, any height, any colour, any interests, from anywhere.
Then, when someone gets in touch, we look at their profile, say "hmmm, not really my type...but she wrote to me and is interested, so there's a decent chance of sex at the end of this." So we go on a date regardless.
And that is why so many men (myself included) complain that the internet is full of dating psychos.
Oh my! Isn't that the TRUTH!
I am right there with you on that "how did you find me" comment. You should have responded: "I felt like looking under rocks today & stumbled across you." "sorry to disturb you, I'm putting the rock back down now." See Ya!
OH you guys are hilarious!!! Shopgirl, I'm definitely using your line the next time I get that question....... i'm sure i'll get it again this week :-).... i'm heading over to your blogs now----
Oh Sassy u gotta wise up! Names, gotta be a clue in em sumwhere.
Self centered Ego Drivel is all u found so far. Funny tho! When are men gonna wise up the answer ain't in dem it's in you.
A for effort D for results = If all dey wanna do is talk bout demselves HANG UP hmm das a few D's innit?
I like the way u write dat gets an A
Gonna put summin in my blog for yer
The Dude
hi sassy, just passing by.....nice blog by d ways..pay such men no mind....dey're obviously time wasters.
This is why I stopped subscribing to Match. I was a (victim) of online dating for years. I stopped paying, went to the freebie sites, and guess what? All the same losers that are on Match are on the freebie sites.
It has become a huge online human grocery store, and sites like these have made serial daters out of good people. People have become too picky, and haven't given enough time to get to know a person so that possible chemistry can grow in time. They are all looking for that instant gratification, and it doesn't always exist. Great post, by the way.
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