About half way into the month I thought to myself “Mercury must be in retrograde” and it came as no surprise that I was right; it’s been a very weird month. I haven’t dated in 7, almost 8 years *gulp* so I started the process of getting myself back out there because I’ve been feeling pretty good about myself lately. I’m not getting any younger and I have a lot to offer someone so why not, right? I didn’t lie on my profile. I put in the details that I was full-figured. I posted pictures one of which was a full length picture so I felt like I was being honest about whom I was and if a decent man showed any interest, then great. I don’t believe that all men are pigs; if I did, I wouldn’t still believe there was someone out there for me especially after this most recent experience. This was everything I dreamed it would be...and more. *sarcastic snicker*
I knew going into this that I didn’t want to pay to put myself out there so I went on one of those free sites aaaaaaand I collected the trash that trolls on the free sites. The douchebaggery was appalling! Men that didn’t pay ANY attention to the age range I’m interested in, men that had no clue how to speak to a woman, men that just wanted to “hook up”, men that didn’t even live anywhere near Utah, men that just wanted to exchange email addresses so they could send me spam, and men that I’d exchanged phone numbers with before meeting and they were quickly inappropriate with no provocation from my side. One guy I had been texting fell asleep in between texts and after a 4 hour conversation that would’ve taken 10 minutes max if he’d actually been alert; a conversation in which I asked all the questions and he answered them but had no actual interest in getting to know me and then he, out of the blue, turns the conversation into something out of a romance novel, a very horrible romance novel...most likely written by a lumberjack. Dude, you just earned yourself a one way ticket to Blockedville. Thanks for playing...NEXT!
A lot was learned in the week and 2 days that I was on the site so thank you, universe, for those quick lessons. I will start up the online dating again but I’m going to wait until after the holidays and I’m going into it with different rules. I will be signing up for one of the paying sites to hopefully cut back on the riff-raff, shenanigans and ballyhoo of the free ones. I will really listen to who a person is when they tell me the first time and I will not give out my phone number or send pictures to someone I have not met. Tune in after the holidays if you'd like to live vicariously through me and all you married people, be grateful that you don't have to do this anymore. It blows.
