First Person Singular by Wendy Braitman

Richard says:

http://nickandzuzu.com/2001/01/frustrated-cupid/

Bring it on?

Kit says:

Ha! Thinking of a good user name is so hard, but they do tell you so much about the person! Have had some real doozies. But I hate when you click on the profile and the irst line is: ‘hello ladies’. Gag

mary c. says:

glad to see you’ve joined us on okcupid, wendy. of all the dating sites, okc is probably the best of the bunch, though that’s not saying much. i’m ready to hear what other intelligent women have to say for it.

bitterbabe says:

Mary C.–
I like that OKC is free, and I’ve seen men I know on there, so perhaps it is no worse than what I encounter in my regular life. I’m in my early forties though and my biggest complaint about OKC is that it skews young. Still a decent number of mid-forties men on there, but that demographic, sadly, doesn’t seem interested in a woman near their own age. Closer to 50 there are very few men on there. I get a lot of non-responders as well.

Beauregard says:

Everyone on dating sites lies. Women lie about important things like age, body size and height (they use height with heels).
Men lie about trivia such as marriage and job status, criminal record and bankruptcies.

v65 says:

But Wendy, where’s the fun in honesty? I kid, I kid! 🙂

My favorite so far is “AuthenticSmrtFun” who said he’s 44 and I google-busted him as being 51. He justified his lie by saying he had an affair with a much younger woman when he was married, so he must still be attractive to (and deserve) younger women.

Most guys I’ve met, though, are just normal people putting themselves out there, warts and all, for the same reasons and with same fear/hope that I am, no disrespect to them at all. Good luck!

JoDa says:

As I said in the earlier post, I was thinking of jumping back in the game…and I lasted all of 3 weeks. I made it permanent this time, though, and officially deleted my profile when I quit. Nothing had changed, the guys who contacted me had nothing in common with me and seemed to, I guess, be playing a numbers game, just messaging everyone and seeing if something stuck. The few guys who contacted me who I thought were okay based on their profile confined themselves to one-line messages, even for a reply…uh, I’m not going to beg to have a conversation with you. The one date I went on fell completely flat. It’s not worth my time, I have plenty of male companionship with my friends, and my dog keeps me company the rest of the time (I have very few girlfriends…I’m not very girly and find most women kinda bitchy and shallow).

But one of my friends invited me to join another softball league this spring. That’s a 70/30 male-female ratio right there. I’m also joining a “baseball watch group” for us hopeless souls without cable who just want to drink beer and watch our teams in good company. That should also be man-heavy. Hope spring eternal.

Dienna says:

“oompalicious (profile states he’s 6′ tall, but he looks much shorter in his pictures)”

Of course he’s 6′ tall…when he wears his platform shoes and stands on a pedestal, he is!

I don’t know why people lie about who they are on the Internet. The truth will be found out soon enough!

mary c. says:

manallover Sirbonealot forevercute
whataboutBob

and my favorite: whatamidoinghere

Yes, I ask myself that, too, about Okcupid. And I confess: I lie about my age. I’m in my fifties and I shaved 5 years. I didn’t mind turning 40, but 50 was tough. Bitterbabe, I see more 50’s men on Okc now than 2 years ago, but yes, it skews young. I get 25 yr. olds looking for that cougar experience.
I wish I didn’t feel like my age gets in the way of finding happiness.