Oct 20 2005
Internet dating
Across the 24hr period of ’singleness’ I’d posted a ‘profile’ on an international dating service. I received emails from
- 55yr very polite fellow. Looks and writes like he could be older than even my dad….
- 51yr Seattle East-sider self-described ‘techy’ with big income, requires his girlfriend to have a PhD, wrote 2x making ‘overgenerous’ suggestions. No evidence of a sense of humour.
- 48yr handsome artsy gentle natured buddist with silver hair and a painful, giving, low-paid job (technical support helpdesk).
- 45yr Seattle local who recognised my boat, can cook, has firm abs, a witty email technique and humorous profile.
- 44yr rotund, big income (self-reported) business man based in NY (?!).
2/5 almost matched my ‘requirements’ list. The Seattle guy with humour and the Buddist smelt of potential….
I didn’t pay to let them know of my unexpected lack of single-ness. Their messages go cruelly unanswered. This internet dating thing involves a lot of uncertainty and requires robustness.
Feel bad about not paying to reply.
3 other guys ‘winked’ (for free) at me. This seems like a good way of working-out whether writing will be well received…. ….I don’t feel bad about not returning the winks.
The service sent me links to 12 profiles that were ‘mutual matches’, they fit the explicit requirements I’m looking for and I fit the explicit requirements they are looking for. Judging by the 12 photographs, self-assessments of body-type vary dramatically. Either these people have lost a lot of weight, or seriously toned-up, since they posted their photographs!
Internet dating
