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I'm starting to think that online dating might not be as insane as I think it is.
No, Mike - breathe - i'm not shopping for a new man, I'm making a point :P
I've always berated the many men in my life with match.com, etc... profiles because how insane a concept is online dating - really. First off, odds are that these people are feeling just as desperate as you are to have put their profiles online. Doubtless you're already aware of why you are as desperate as you are, so don't you think they're probably equally fucked up? Half of the time, they live far far far far far away which makes the entire courtship a little awkward. Wouldn't you rather meet someone the old fashioned way. Drunk. In a bar. Trying to stand up straight?
Course, I haven't been single ever in my adult life, so what the hell do I know.
Anyway, we all know how much and why I hate being alone. Now I have a few real friends and not a single one of them has asked how I'm doing. I'm okay with this for several reasons. 1. Most of my friends weird me out on one level or another. 2. My friends are assholes - so to hear them being too nice to me - considerate and friendly...It makes me fucking nervous and I start to wonder what they've done. 3. My friends can be damn annoying from time to time. Of course, at times like this, i'm almost willing to put up with "damn annoying" just to have someone to talk to.
Anyway, what does this have to do with online dating? Well, over the last few years i've forged rather a few e-friendships with what must be the only 5 females on the face of the planet I could ever get along with. They're scattered from London to Colorado to Texas and Australia (the geography behiind the relationships might be the reason it works.) What's ironic is that of everyone I know, these are the only people who checked in on how I was fairing with my empty house. When I was freaked out about a procedure I was underinformed on, it was one of them who jumped up with information, medical reference books and experience. When my boyfriend terrified me with phrases that had the word "join" and "military" in the same sentance, it was one of them who came to the rescue with 6 hours of filling my brain with more than I ever wanted to know about the air force.
I'm thinking that maybe there is hope for online dating - maybe people like me really do have to scour the globe for people they can stand.
No, Mike - breathe - i'm not shopping for a new man, I'm making a point :P
I've always berated the many men in my life with match.com, etc... profiles because how insane a concept is online dating - really. First off, odds are that these people are feeling just as desperate as you are to have put their profiles online. Doubtless you're already aware of why you are as desperate as you are, so don't you think they're probably equally fucked up? Half of the time, they live far far far far far away which makes the entire courtship a little awkward. Wouldn't you rather meet someone the old fashioned way. Drunk. In a bar. Trying to stand up straight?
Course, I haven't been single ever in my adult life, so what the hell do I know.
Anyway, we all know how much and why I hate being alone. Now I have a few real friends and not a single one of them has asked how I'm doing. I'm okay with this for several reasons. 1. Most of my friends weird me out on one level or another. 2. My friends are assholes - so to hear them being too nice to me - considerate and friendly...It makes me fucking nervous and I start to wonder what they've done. 3. My friends can be damn annoying from time to time. Of course, at times like this, i'm almost willing to put up with "damn annoying" just to have someone to talk to.
Anyway, what does this have to do with online dating? Well, over the last few years i've forged rather a few e-friendships with what must be the only 5 females on the face of the planet I could ever get along with. They're scattered from London to Colorado to Texas and Australia (the geography behiind the relationships might be the reason it works.) What's ironic is that of everyone I know, these are the only people who checked in on how I was fairing with my empty house. When I was freaked out about a procedure I was underinformed on, it was one of them who jumped up with information, medical reference books and experience. When my boyfriend terrified me with phrases that had the word "join" and "military" in the same sentance, it was one of them who came to the rescue with 6 hours of filling my brain with more than I ever wanted to know about the air force.
I'm thinking that maybe there is hope for online dating - maybe people like me really do have to scour the globe for people they can stand.
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