Though I well documented my disappointments and rejections on match.com and e-harmony (worse than match) and it would stand to reason that I'm just not the kind of girl who conveys well over an internet dating site, OG signed up for plenty of fish (POF) and has been on 3 dates with 3 different guys in the last 2 weeks. So I thought, hey, maybe I should try this as well. Virtual rejection is now mere amusement for me. I expect it. And I know the guys who find their way to me are some version of inappropriate for me, either because of lack of attraction and general weirdness (Batman), age (60 and higher, and they did send me winks), or being this guy.
So far (I'm on day 4-the point at which OG had already been at least 1 date), my experience has been consistent across all sites. I write an awesome funny profile but Ava gets no love. What. Ever. Except for some random 22 year old guy in Jersey with a user name of PorkchopNJ who is sweating me. He sent me an e-mail on my first night with a subject line of 'hello beautiful' and a one line e-mail about wanting to get to know me better. I sent him what I hoped was a nice but clear note indicating I felt our age differences were too great and that I hoped he had fun meeting other people on the site. Tonight another e-mail, this time with a subject of 'hey beautiful' (you like the way he switched it up there with hello/hey substitution? dope, right?) and another one line of content requesting my consideration- 'couldn't we at least try it out?'
Try what out, son? Try out my comparing you to my sister who is the exact same age, as much a daughter to me as she is a sibling? Try out your one line communication style? Try out impressing you with things that seem far away but are closer than you think like graduating from college, first jobs, first homes, first loves? Go download The Graduate and leave me alone.
Still, I'm a little curious about this persistent guy. He may just be another 'Nickie' would-be Nigerian scammer with a white face. I'm going to mess with him a little bit. If he's real, he'll tire of me. If he's not, he'll move on even quicker. Either way it should be good blog fodder which is my silver lining in almost any crap sandwich. Stay tuned.
2 comments:
so, my pastor, who is very fantastic, is married to a woman ten years older than him. she, too, is also very fantastic.
just putting that out there.
Point taken, Angela. :-)
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