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Junk Mail.

20 Aug

Just when I think nothing more can surprise me when it comes to online dating.. I get a first online dating message such as this:

“8======D~~~~~~”

What’s classier than sending a dick pic?  Sending an emoticon dick pic, of course!  And let me tell you, my friends, am I uber impressed.

Luckily for him (and you..) I was feeling a little feisty, and although a message like this would normally be ignored.. I couldn’t resist the fun that could be had:

“Interesting.. Let’s be real here, though..  You don’t want to be misleading:  8==D~~”

I really want to know what he thought I would respond to his massive dick.. but, even at that moment, I was calling my response a win.

“Yeah I know its only 3 instead of 6 :/”

“We will make a great pair then since I only have a two inch vagina.”  (Many thanks to @DatingMary for this one.. making the score CatLady – 2,  Moron – 0.)

“Lol that’s a good one”

…and that was it…  Crickets ever since.  Granted, I am okay with not meeting this fine specimen in person, or even talking further… but what was the point of all that?  Can someone please explain to me how the male mind works?!

 

 

Online Dating Faux Pas

13 Aug

I’m sad I have to blog this, because I thought it would be common knowledge – but since I came across it today, apparently it is not.

As you online-daters know,  OKCupid has somewhat of a “News Feed” on your home page, which shows you what users have added photos, or added something to their profile.

Now, I have always told you that having a photo with a member of the opposite sex on your online dating profile is a bad idea..  But, a user uploaded one of these with the caption:

“this pic was taken back in 2006 for my Ex girlfriends prom (sigh) Miss that girl sum times.  We were together for 4 years…… I just hope she’s happy and finds what she’s looking for and I hope she knows that I will always love her.”

1)  Again – pictures with a member of the opposite gender are NOT a good idea.. ESPECIALLY if that person is an ex!

2)  Pictures from 2006 are NOT acceptable.   Hell, pictures from 2011 are not acceptable at this point.

3) If you publicly announce in your profile that you are still in love with your ex, your online dating journey will be a boring one.  No one is going to message you, or respond to your messages.

4)  Let’s pretend everything I’ve said so far is bullshit..  You clearly screwed up big time back in 2006, or whenever it was that this girl clearly dumped you.   What did you do?!

5)  Prom?  Really? … And you’re 30 years old..  Really?

 

Your Online (Dating) Footprint

9 Aug

I’m going to be totally honest with you guys –   I have signed up for a RIDICULOUS online dating website, which I will disclose at a later time.  The reasons were three-fold.

1)  A co-worker told me about how ridiculous it is, and suggested I take a look.

2)  Without me mentioning the site AT ALL,  they randomly started following my CatLady account on Twitter.

3)  You know I am hoping for some entertaining material for you all.

So, again, more to come on what the website is, and my experiences with it.. but, I started looking around to see the kind of people on there.  All but one were not my “type” at all..  and that one.. that one was FREAKING ADORABLE.

Suddenly, I had a sense of horror..  I want to meet this guy, but I can’t possibly meet him on this site.   I don’t mind that he’s there..  (it’s not a fetish site or anything..) but if this is the future Mr. CatLady… I really don’t want to announce to anyone that I met him on ReallyWeirdWebsite dot com.

I did what every sane female would do.  I immediately reverse searched his photo to see if I could find him on any other, more respectable, dating website.   Apparently not.

I, then, google searched his username.   Bingo.  He IS on other dating websites, like No Strings Attached dot com,  Adult Friend Finder dot com,  Ashley Madison dot com, and Tranny Connections dot com, just to name a few.  (Complete with photos.. definitely the same guy, for the record.)

So – here’s your lesson for the day:   Men of the interwebs…  I know you are males, and I know sometimes you do shady stuff.   Okay, a LOT of times you do shady stuff..  If it’s not something you’d be proud of anyone knowing, for goodness sakes  – don’t use the same fucking username!

Then, he popped up as a quiver match on OKCupid the next day.  Umm.. pass.

*Bangs Head Against Wall*

5 Aug

Here is the cliff notes version of this dude’s form letter:  “Dear Pretty Girl on the Internet,  If you like what you see, hit me up.”

“Hi, I saw your profile and realize that you seem interesting. I know what you put in your profile description does not tell me everything about you since its overwhelmingly far too much to write. However, it gave me enough to send you this message..right?? lol..Enough to be curious in knowing more about who you are. Thus, I was hoping to get to know you better and go from there so we can see what nature have in store for us I know this site is weird and/or awkward because several strangers are sending you messages and you might be hesitant to respond. So I would not take it personal if you decide to ignore this message, but if you would like to stay in touch and you feel we might hit it off feel free to respond to this.

Thank you for taking the time to read this long message (I tend to talk a lot btw), and thank you for putting yourself out there on a site like this. It takes courage for people to do this because you don’t know who is reading your profile and there actual intent behind it. Even myself is a little freaked out by putting up a page on here, but if you don’t risk anything in life your chances of getting what you want will be reduced by ALOOT! lool

Thanks again and enjoy 🙂 !!!! “

If you are going to stoop to the low level of form letters, at least make sure it’s grammatically correct.   (Although, I still strongly encourage making it at least a little personalized.)

Your Online Dating Profile Sucks.

20 Jul

Hey.. you.  Yes, you.. the one reading this.  Your online dating profile sucks.

As a female who has viewed many an online dating profile, let me be the first to tell you that I am 95% sure that your profile is boring.   Do any of these sound familiar?

You hate writing about yourself.

You’re kind of a nerd about some things.

You like going out, but you are also content with staying in sometimes.

You’re looking for a “partner-in-crime.”

You love to laugh and have fun.  (Someone PLEASE find me the person that does not!)

What you’re doing with your life:  Living it.

You can’t live without:  Air, Food and Water.

You should message me if:  You want to know more.

If you have even ONE of those on your profile..  your profile is one of the thousands.

I’m going to tell you a secret… If you can be true to yourself, and stand out in your profile, you will be much more successful, even if you aren’t smoking hot.  I can’t tell you how you should do that as I don’t know you personally.. however, I will show you a POF profile I came across that stood out to me:

 

“Reviews of [Name] gathered from the internet and microfiche:

“Would date again! Not only was he helpful and caring, but he smelled amazing 87% of the time!”

“The epitome of what a man should be – without the spare tire!”

“I have never had such incredible experiences, and I’m an astronaut.”

“His hands are strong and bracing, as is his jawline. Impressive.”

“His bear wrestling skills are unparrelled.”

“So what if he can’t grow connecting sideburns, have you seen that head of hair?!”

“Je voudrais qu’il aurait choisi moi de porter ses enfants.”

“He fixed my broken heart, and my sink!”

“…. … ….. … ……” (Speechless)

 

FIRST DATE:  Three words: Pudding. Waterslide. Kiddiepool. Lets do this.”

This guy could possibly be the biggest tool on the planet, and I don’t even care.  He’s hilarious and fun.. I have very minimal information about him (Has good hair, likely speaks French, can fix things, probably has good hygiene) and I would totally meet up with him.

Like I said before, you can’t just copy this.. you need to do something that suits your own personality.   So, change it up and send me a link!    Let’s make online dating less boring!

Meeting People OFFline.

11 Jul

This post is fueled by competitiveness and alcohol.

As you may or may not know, most Wednesday nights I host a podcast with a great Twitter friend of mine, @A_Dude79.  Our last two podcasts now have been the two of us bickering because of a suggestion I made about where to meet chicks:  Zumba class.

(Listen all about it:   Episode 11 and Episode 12.)

My argument is:  If a guy goes to a Zumba class, and OWNS Zumba.. (as in, participates and has fun with it, makes eye contact with fellow zumba-ers and has confidence..)  he is immediately totally hot, and could easily suggest drinks and get some phone numbers.

A_Dude’s argument is:  Girls will automatically think he’s either gay or creepy.. and girls subconsciously will rule him out because he won’t be giving off enough testosterone.

Now,  I am going to be testing this theory with my heterosexual male cousin.  We have a Zumba date lined up, and even though he is going with me to Zumba – we won’t be going in together, and we will pretend not to know each other.   So – the follow up will be on NEXT Wednesday’s podcast. (Always held at 10PM Central Standard Time.)

But-  in the meantime…  We need some people to weigh in so we can put out the fire and lay this beast to rest!!   I ask you kindly to only answer the poll for your own gender:

 

Feel free to give me a piece of your mind in the comments, too!

Someone Forgot His Asshole Medication

6 Jul

On a whim last night, since I was going to the bar with some friends anyway-  I threw out an OKCupid local broadcast in case anyone wanted to join my table.  I normally wouldn’t suggest that feature, because it seems like an easy way to get abducted.. but, since I was among friends (a few of which were big strong men..) I decided to go for it.  I think more people should utilize OKCupid/POF etc for new friends – you might just meet the love of your life through a new friend.

So, to have the following make sense – I also need to tell you that last night, my profile my picture was me, holding wads of $100 bills.  (That’s just how I roll..)

“With all that money you can buy the drinks at [the bar] :)”

(I should also mention that this guy’s username indicates that he thinks he is the funniest man alive.)

“Right? Too bad its gone.”

“Spent it all on drugs didn’t you? Tsk tsk”    (Hi-larious.. ?)

“No.. I steal my drugs.. I spent it on responsible things.”

What came next came as a surprise to me:

“You should have spent it on a new hairdo.”

That’s… interesting, I guess.   Not knowing this guy – I didn’t know if I should have taken this offensively, or if this was just him being the funniest man alive.

“Oh, is that right?”  

After twenty minutes of no response to that, I sent another message:

“So.. are you coming or not?”    (I wanted to be prepared if I was going to be meeting this dickhead in person.)

“Sure am, i never turn down free drinks and getting hammered :)”

“Oh, are you bringing your mom?”   (Haha.. because I certainly wasn’t buying him a drink.. and I am the funniest WOMAN alive.)

“Sure am, that way I’m guaranteed to leave with a girl”

“Good plan, bro.​”

Shock of the century:  He did NOT show up at the bar..   So, what was the point of that conversation?   Guys online dating who’s objective is to just be an asshole are really ruining for people actually trying to make it work.

What’s YOUR Kink?

29 Jun

It’s funny – when I was 22, I thought 28 was ridiculously old.   Now that I am 28, I realize it’s not as old as I thought – but I do now view 22 year olds as cute little puppies.   That being said, a cute little puppy sent me an IM on good ol’ OKCupid the other day.

“may I say, you are gorgeous”

“Thank you, I appreciate that.”

“Just realized…I seem to be quite a bit young for you”

“Yeah, little bit.”

“you seem pretty open minded though”

“am I correct?”

“About some things, sure.”   (About considering dating a 22 year old, not really.)

“can i ask 2 things without explaination?”

“Sure.”  

“1. do you need to pee? even just a little urge? be hinest”

“No.”

“grr…”   (Aww… aren’t puppies cute when they growl?)

“2. when did you go last?”

“An hour and a half ago.”

“how open minded do you feel tonight? and do you find me attractive?”

“I find you to look 14 years old.”   (In other words, cute in a little puppy sort of way.)

“i want to ask”

“but im afraid youll judge and run away”

“Whatever.”

“would you be willing to fill your bladder to its max and hold it while we talk?”

“No.”

“see? sorry i’ll go now”

“That’s not judging or running away.. that’s me saying no.”

“i knoe but its kind of judging”

“because its not that you CANT”

“you think its weird and dont want to”

“It’s because I don’t want to.  Here’s the nice thing about life- you get to choose what you want to do.”   (He must have been one of those spoiled rotten children who got everything he ever asked for..)

“look”

“we are two strangers”

“this is a one time deal that no one needs to know about”

“LOL. I am not worried about people knowing.”   (Am I EVER not worried about people knowing!)  “I don’t believe there is anything in it for me to fill and hold my bladder. That doesn’t sound fun to me.”

“then what is YOUR kink?”

“That’s none of your business.”

“fine i concede. i need to… ‘go’.”

“and i cant wait oo much longer”

“sorry for suggesting”   (Perhaps he was more sorry for wasting his own time.)

“I don’t believe the intent of OKCupid is so you can message girls odd requests so you can take care of special time.”

“says the girl with the s,all bladder and the closed mind”

“I only have a small bladder at work.”  (True story..)

“actually, lets not say the b word right now”

“Oh for fucks sake.. Are we done now?”

“apparently”

See.. just like a little puppy… cute until he starts humping your leg.

 

 

Intense Magnetism

28 Jun

I don’t believe for one second that this guy actually speaks like this:

“Its not to often external beauty inspires internal emotion in the way your photographic pixels did.  I am not the most amazing you will most likely ever meet, but I may be the most unique and interesting.  I love music with a passion.  I record and produce my own music.  I also play the guitar and sing.  Its puts my mind at peace and my soul at rest.  It can make this ever growing dissatisfaction with the world seem like a better place.  You really have caught my interest, not anyone can make me ramble and give me goose bumps through an LCD screen!  The sharing of emotion through written word is a lost art that is rarely appreciated anymore.  I like to consider myself a wordsmith in the poetic and song writing essence.  Its more of a hopeless romantic way to live…we are all star dust, created by a supernova.  Essentially the carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen inside us is all the same yet so radically different.  The question is why are my molecules drawn to yours with such intense magnetism?  I would really love to find out?  Would you like to explore the rabbit hole?.”

Not to mention, I would suggest that no less than five women per day can make him ramble in an online dating message and give him these alleged goose bumps he speaks of.

While the message itself is quite endearing,  it is still a form letter.  He could have added a mere two sentences that proved he read what I had to say on my profile, and I would have at very least responded.

Real Life Profiles

26 Jun

Seriously.. I cannot make this stuff up!   I got a message today from a guy who sent me his form letter.  I looked at his profile, and what I found has literally made my day.  (My absolute favorite part is underlined.)

“What I am doing with my life:

I run my own bussiness out of my home for the time being doing freelance work for privately owned companys online i make a pretty good liveing at it as of lately. and i can’t wait for my bussiness to pick up so i can buy a car, i know it may sound a bit sleezey but i want too buy a VAN so i can go camping in it when i’m tired of staying at home eather a van or a RV so i can also take my bussiness on the road.

The first things people usually notice about me:

my since of humar and my half balding head kidding my since of humar not really bout my balding head, to much stress did it too me
Favorite books, movies, shows, music, and food:
The Dictionary”
Oddly enough, he managed to spell dictionary right..  I guess that’s a start?  Maaaybe he hasn’t finished reading it yet..