Online Shopping

I'm often asked how I meet men.  I'd love to say 'normal' typical ways, in a bar, at a dinner, through friends, but that's bull.  I never meet men that way.  Not suitable single men I want to date anyway.  No.  I get my dates online, like I used to my groceries, before I had a car.  Unfortunately though, with on-line dating if you end up with something you didn't order you can't send it back or get a refund :(

I've used most of them.  Match, Dating Direct, My Single Friend, Plenty of Fish, and even Sugardaddie.com.  AND I didn't even get accepted into that Beautiful People one!  HOW RUDE!  I get asked "But don't you meet loads of weirdos?"  My answer to that question has always been "I meet weirdos in bars, you never know who they are until you get to know them".  

I like the premise behind Internet dating, I like that you can (hopefully) view pictures, read a biography, read about what they enjoy doing.  You can check to see if they use 'text chat' like 'LOL' or 'PMSL'.  I'm sorry, it might be cool for the kids, but not for adults.  I also like that if you get any unwanted attention you can always rely on that handy little "block" button.  You can keep your own profile hidden and surf for men you like instead of getting bombarded with emails and 'winks' from men you wouldn't even look at, for example young 20-something men with topless shots of scrawny, just-finished-puberty bods!  


What I don't like about it is how disposable people become.  If you find someone more interesting you can just ignore the other person you were emailing until they go away.  Well, not that I do that, but you know that's going on.  Also, when some people get behind a computer and a screen they start to become web-cam pests.  They think that self-taken photos with their tops off is good advertising and even think it's cool to ask you to I.M. and start asking dirty 'leading' questions, one of them being... "Do you have a web-cam?"  Ugh, please!