trekkies need not apply
I've pretty much given up on the online dating thing. I think I liked it better a few years ago when people were still ashamed to admit they did it. When the nerdy/loser stigma loomed, it attracted a better breed of people methinks. I had a really good run of smart, gorgeous women for a time. Lately... bupkus. Ever the glutton for punishment, I'll go back now and then to do some shopping. The experience usually proves fruitless and it reminds me all over again why I swore off the thing in the first place.
I usually frequent two major online matchmaking sites. I've tried branching out but I always found myself returning to the same two. Tonight I randomly remembered one that I signed up for a couple of months ago. I felt a glimmer of hope stir within me because I thought that maybe, just maybe, I'd be exploring new terrain. Yeah, not so much. I went through the whole "Forgot Password?" rigmarole and finally signed in to find several messages entitled "I Found You Interesting!" This is the same crap as the Nerve Collect Call/Wink. It means these asswipes are too cheap to sign up for the premium service but not too ashamed to publicize it. Penny-pinching is wise in some respects but in this forum, I suggest keeping it under wraps. If I had a dick (a real one at least), it would go limp at the mere thought of these tightwads. I think this bothers me more than some of the women who prattle on about spirituality or list a bunch of shitty movies or crappy bands as favorites.
Today I discovered that there is something more troubling than being an internet cheapskate -- being an internet cheapskate who is REALLY into science fiction. I read the profile of one of the cheap broads who contacted me and, no lie, she mentioned UFOs and anti-gravity boots (and not in a kinky way either). I reread it looking for the wink-wink factor but it's completely devoid of anything resembling humor, sarcasm or wit. This frightens me. It's slightly discouraging and a tad ego-bruising when one of the only nibbles I've gotten lately is from some 37-year-old geek with a hard-on for space camp and an appreciation for ducks (oh yes, she's into fowl too!) Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to delete that profile -- and all others -- FOREVER.
I usually frequent two major online matchmaking sites. I've tried branching out but I always found myself returning to the same two. Tonight I randomly remembered one that I signed up for a couple of months ago. I felt a glimmer of hope stir within me because I thought that maybe, just maybe, I'd be exploring new terrain. Yeah, not so much. I went through the whole "Forgot Password?" rigmarole and finally signed in to find several messages entitled "I Found You Interesting!" This is the same crap as the Nerve Collect Call/Wink. It means these asswipes are too cheap to sign up for the premium service but not too ashamed to publicize it. Penny-pinching is wise in some respects but in this forum, I suggest keeping it under wraps. If I had a dick (a real one at least), it would go limp at the mere thought of these tightwads. I think this bothers me more than some of the women who prattle on about spirituality or list a bunch of shitty movies or crappy bands as favorites.
Today I discovered that there is something more troubling than being an internet cheapskate -- being an internet cheapskate who is REALLY into science fiction. I read the profile of one of the cheap broads who contacted me and, no lie, she mentioned UFOs and anti-gravity boots (and not in a kinky way either). I reread it looking for the wink-wink factor but it's completely devoid of anything resembling humor, sarcasm or wit. This frightens me. It's slightly discouraging and a tad ego-bruising when one of the only nibbles I've gotten lately is from some 37-year-old geek with a hard-on for space camp and an appreciation for ducks (oh yes, she's into fowl too!) Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to delete that profile -- and all others -- FOREVER.
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