Monday, February 13, 2012

My introduction to online dating....hilarity (and frustration) ensues

So, I'm not gonna lie.  Recently, I tried online dating to meet some "normal" women.  So far, I've had absolutely zero luck with POF.com. (formerly Plenty of Fish)  There are a lot of profiles on there but none of them ever respond making me think they're fake profiles or something.  I've really only found one person on there who I actually decided was worth talking to.  After 3 weeks of trying to actually meet her in person I've gotten really frustrated.  I'm a patient guy but 3 weeks?  She lives 20 mins away, not in California or something.

I have 2 pet peeves:  1) bad drivers and 2) people that don't return phone calls.  This girl never returned any phone calls and sometimes would text me 8-10 hrs later or just not at all.  I know she's busy but give me a break....nobody's too busy to return a text or a phone call.  She's a teacher, not working in a sweatshop. Heck, if she's actually trying to get to know me then she'd answer her phone or tell me when a good time to call would be!  The first time I talked to her on the phone we talked for over 2 hours.  2 hours!  Girls I meet at bars sometimes can't even carry a conversation for 2 minutes!  She's very intelligent and we seem to have a lot of things in common which is always important.


Things in common (everything?):



So, after 3 weeks of trying to meet her, I texted her about Carolina baseball starting in a week (1 of many things we had in common).  She responded fairly quickly (for once) so I continued to ask what she was doing this weekend.  She said she had no plans.......but when I asked if she wanted to hang out, all of a sudden she had plans to trade her car in which she had been talking about since she wrecked it.  To give you a little background, she hit a deer the first weekend I spoke with her on the phone.  So, I didn't want to rush things.  Heck, she said she had a concussion!  The following weekend I was super busy and she and I texted a few times but that's about it.  I figured this past weekend might work out so I figured I'd give it a shot.

So, being the straightforward guy that I am, I asked her if she's playing games with me.  I don't have time for these stupid games.  Even if you're getting a new car, it doesn't take you the entire weekend.  I wanted to meet the girl, not waste my time.

Oops.

She didn't like that very much.  I called her out on it!  The funny thing is, she said she wasn't playing games but never gave me a proper explanation.  She just said that I was being an ass.  Well EXCUSE ME for asking but if you're on a dating website, then what's the deal?  Was I supposed to wait another 3 weeks?  So, that's my experience with online dating.  I got sort of tired of meeting the same types of women that I meet in bars because it's always the same thing.

Like one of my very good friends tells me, on to the next one......


On a side note, I just got the new Tucker Maxx book, Hilarity Ensues.  I'm hoping it was as good as the last 2!  

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