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Slim Pickings on Match.com
Today is the 3-month anniversary of my experiment on Match.com. I’d marked the date in red capital letters on the calendar, so I wouldn’t forget to cancel my subscription. I signed up as a preemptive New Year’s resolution, and as most of you predicted, it was a bust. But I did get a lunch date out of it that was so bizarre as to be worth the price of admission, because of how many times I’ve enjoyed telling the colorful story. (I’ve not posted the details here because he’d know it was him, and it seems tacky.) Sometimes, a good anecdote is all you get. And sometimes, that’s enough.
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I’ve gotten one meet up for drinks out of being on Okcupid. I call that night, “the night I waited too long for a prick to come meet me for drinks and was then rude to our waitress.” It was a one time meeting.
Rude to Waitstaff = Dealbreaker
Plus being rude after being almost an hour late? Extremely poor form. He had nothing going for him at that point. It’s a miracle that I even stayed for that long.
I had accidentally left my gloves at the table after we had stepped outside to leave. I went back into the restaurant to get them, and I threw more tip money on the table. He was still outside when I left, so he hugged me, and I ran away.
Ewwwww.
I agree. That’s a big red flag.
Are you giving up the search now? Maybe join a free service like okcupid or something so that you can search in the background continuously, rather than the Match 3-month spurt.
I’m not giving up. Just taking an online dating coffee break.
I went off OKCupid and on Match for 3 months starting last week. I’ve been around the online dating scene long enough now that I’ve learned to keep my expectations low. A few nibbles of interest but no dates have materialized yet. I’ll keep y’all posted. By the way, did I tell you about the time I was stood up for a date? That sure thickened my skin.
For my last online date, he was 15 minutes late, and I was seconds away from bolting. But he did show up. The only good thing about getting stood up is not having to sit through meeting someone who is obviously a jerk.
Wendy, you tease! Now I want to hear your lunch date anecdote….
Haha; try Seniorpeoplemeet.com if you want laughs
Thanks for the seniorpeoplemeet mention, Camla. It was fun to look at. In the web site’s ads everyone looks so attractive and vital. It’s like the Viagra ads — the men are always rowing or chopping wood just before they get seduced; they are never 40 pounds overweight drinking a beer.
Seniorpeoplemeet is really frightening. The difference between the models in their ads (chopping wood, perfect teeth, lots of lustrous hair) and the real guys is breathtaking. I try to stay away from senior sites; I don’t need more evidence that growing older is not pretty. Especially for the guys! Women seem to finesse it much more easily.
Ditto.
Interesting song by a young woman. Thought you all might appreciate it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJjeWDvh6J0
Kacey Musgraves, Merry Go ‘Round
Love it, Juliet. Thanks for sharing.