Internet Dating
We all know my thoughts on the whole "internet dating" ordeal. I just feel like the only people looking for "love" are degenerate perverts using the internet to sex up vulnerable singles. I can't say I know that for a fact but people I've spoken to have pretty much said the same thing, that you have to weed out the good ones. Wow, if I have to put all that effort forth, I may as well ACTUALLY date.
Well, my friend Kristy has been "internet dating" some guy for about 2 weeks now and Friday she had her first face to face. She went about it the right way, I guess. It started out with emails and moved up to phone calls and moved up to an actual date. The guy lives in Crabapple (aka Ballersville) and seemed pretty nice, according to Kristy. So she went to meet him (after telling me her exact location like I was her personal portable gps handheld device) and called me later to tell me her next move. Which was to his house to watch a movie. At midnight on a Friday. I have this thing where I call a spade a spade and don't really mince words when I do it. So I told her she was gonna sleep with him. To which she admitted. So of course I advised her to look at the whole situation and where she wanted it to go (I DID toss in a dig about her perpetuating the online dating stereotype that all people who meet online do is meet and have sex, but I couldn't resist). So she met him Friday and they had a date that lasted until Sunday morning. And I think she likes him and he may very well be borderline stalkerish of her. But only time will be able to tell on this one. I met him Saturday and he seems all right. A little clingy, but all right. She may very well have ended up with a good guy. We'll see.
Either way, it won't change my thoughts on "internet dating." It's wack. It's not like it's someone you know and really like and you "date" via the internet and end up happily ever after. I know, you see the commercials for the sites like EHarmony and Match.com with the people who got married and found their soulmate and bl-bl-bluh and you think, "Wow, maybe I should give it a try." One word of advice: Don't. Chances of happiness and a long lasting relationship are slim to none. You're gonna end up with a stalker, a pervert or someone that's married. Sure, they have personality tests and ratings on your compatibility with others but all that doesn't do much to make up for not seeing the person. Take me for example; online, I am funny, I'm charming and seem like a pretty okay person. In person, total bitch. Though I may not mean to come off that way, my body movements and inflections in my voice make it seem like I'm constantly trying to play you. Which, 70% of the time is true, but there's 30% when I'm really not. But people tell me all the time that they'd much rather prefer to chat with me than speak with me. Which makes sense, cuz I get to censor myself when I'm online. When I speak, my mouth does it's very best to catch up with my brain and the A.D.D. becomes very apparent. I'm easily distracted, I talk to other people and the concentration level just isn't there. At least online, I can hide it (that's why I've stopped using the webcam as well). My point is, someone dates me online, they'll fall in love, but once they meet me, they won't be able to deal.
Well, my friend Kristy has been "internet dating" some guy for about 2 weeks now and Friday she had her first face to face. She went about it the right way, I guess. It started out with emails and moved up to phone calls and moved up to an actual date. The guy lives in Crabapple (aka Ballersville) and seemed pretty nice, according to Kristy. So she went to meet him (after telling me her exact location like I was her personal portable gps handheld device) and called me later to tell me her next move. Which was to his house to watch a movie. At midnight on a Friday. I have this thing where I call a spade a spade and don't really mince words when I do it. So I told her she was gonna sleep with him. To which she admitted. So of course I advised her to look at the whole situation and where she wanted it to go (I DID toss in a dig about her perpetuating the online dating stereotype that all people who meet online do is meet and have sex, but I couldn't resist). So she met him Friday and they had a date that lasted until Sunday morning. And I think she likes him and he may very well be borderline stalkerish of her. But only time will be able to tell on this one. I met him Saturday and he seems all right. A little clingy, but all right. She may very well have ended up with a good guy. We'll see.
Either way, it won't change my thoughts on "internet dating." It's wack. It's not like it's someone you know and really like and you "date" via the internet and end up happily ever after. I know, you see the commercials for the sites like EHarmony and Match.com with the people who got married and found their soulmate and bl-bl-bluh and you think, "Wow, maybe I should give it a try." One word of advice: Don't. Chances of happiness and a long lasting relationship are slim to none. You're gonna end up with a stalker, a pervert or someone that's married. Sure, they have personality tests and ratings on your compatibility with others but all that doesn't do much to make up for not seeing the person. Take me for example; online, I am funny, I'm charming and seem like a pretty okay person. In person, total bitch. Though I may not mean to come off that way, my body movements and inflections in my voice make it seem like I'm constantly trying to play you. Which, 70% of the time is true, but there's 30% when I'm really not. But people tell me all the time that they'd much rather prefer to chat with me than speak with me. Which makes sense, cuz I get to censor myself when I'm online. When I speak, my mouth does it's very best to catch up with my brain and the A.D.D. becomes very apparent. I'm easily distracted, I talk to other people and the concentration level just isn't there. At least online, I can hide it (that's why I've stopped using the webcam as well). My point is, someone dates me online, they'll fall in love, but once they meet me, they won't be able to deal.
Don't get me wrong, there are some success stories out there, like my FLY shorty Ryan Reynolds and his fiance Alanis Morissette. They dated online for 2 years and are now going to get married. Why they had to do that, I have no idea, cuz they're both ballers, but whatever works. They've been together for a while and he's just so FLY I'm sure he was having ass tossed his way more than a damn receiver. So why did it work for him? Better yet, how did Alanis pull the coolest mother f*cker alive? But I digress. How do you know when it's real? Look at Kenny Chesney and Renee Zellweger, they dated online, got married 3 months later and got divorced 3 months after THAT. Doesn't make a good argumnet for the whole fiasco.
I'm not one to judge, I'm sure many a couple get together and stay together, it's just not for me. It all just breathes fake. I'd rather be single and meet someone who wants me for me (all sides) than do the online dating thing and end up with nothing to show for it but a rash and a restraining order.
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