imaginary friends to fill the void that is your gaping gash.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I am recently single

Do you want to be my Valentine?

[barely_legal]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I have specified a certain income range, a height range, an age range, a "must be good-looking" in my profile - I have said I don't want kids and don't want to get married.

And yet I get ugly, poor, elderly midgets who want 8 kids and a soulmate to settle down with. I'm beginning to think the illiteracy rate in the US is severely understated.

You have made the understandable assumption that these guys actually read your profile before e-mailing you. Trust me, all they do is look for pictures of women who aren't fat and e-mail every damn one of them (except for maybe the ones who have kids).

There are some nice guys online, but you have to sift through a lot of crap to find them. Have you tried looking for men who meet your criteria and e-mailing them first?

[lookingformarket]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Do you want to be my Valentine?

What part of "normal" is confusing you?

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
We're not allowed to win.

On Sunday, I attended the debacle. I was in Jacksonville, in Alltel Stadium, seated in Section 212, Row Q, Seat 5. I had the fucking time of my life.

You know, it would have been more fun had the Birds won. But not by much. It was an exciting game. We were wondering if we were going to witness the "Miracle on the Saint John's River" (tm) right up until the last 9 seconds. MC Hammer, dressed in a purple fedora and a long, silver fox coat, shook hands with several people sitting in front of me. My dad asked me who I was and when I told him, Dad said "Who?" I ate hoagies fedexed in from Lee's on Chestnut Street. Complete strangers dressed in green in the parking lot greeted me with "Dallas sucks!". I learned that it really irks Patriots fans that we spell Eagles, over and over and over again. And that it's kind of fun to irk Patriots fans.

God willing, I'll be in Detroit this time next year... (I can't believe I am wishing to be in Detroit at all.) And hopefully, there'll be a little more to cheer about. If not, Miami the year after that will at least be an easy trip for me.

Oh, and in case you are wondering, TO's the man.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by lookingformarket
What part of "normal" is confusing you?

Did you just call me a fat?

You are hurting my feelings. I am a good person -- a fucking good person.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I have specified a certain income range, a height range, an age range, a "must be good-looking" in my profile - I have said I don't want kids and don't want to get married.

And yet I get ugly, poor, elderly midgets who want 8 kids and a soulmate to settle down with. I'm beginning to think the illiteracy rate in the US is severely understated.

Ah, you are looking for that handsome 35 year old professional making $200,000 or more a year who doesn't want any emotional attachments or meaning in his life.

Have you responded to the ads headed "Married Man wants something on the side" yet? Because otherwise I think what you're looking for only exists in Sex in the City reruns.

It is a cold, hard truth I speak.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
good question. For now I'll take normal and semi-hot. Or nothing.

If this were me, I would take any picture I had up off (pictures attract weirdos) and emphasize how much I want someone who is normal normal normal. I'd also take out the income range and the "must be good-looking." IMHO, it sounds kind of high-maintenance (may turn off some normal guys), and it's not like the guys emailing you are paying any attention.

On the other hand, you may not want to date anyone who isn't absolutely definitely aware upfront that you have high standards about the income and looks thing. Which is not the impression I have of your personality, but . . . .

I think using the income limitations thing would work better where there's something other than self-screening (e.g., if it only let people who were in the specified income range see your profile).

ETA I second what barely said about sorting through THEM and emailing some on your own; and I forgot to include the standard disclaimer about how I'm not normal and suck at anything resembling a relationship so my advice is probably worth shit.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Do you want to be my Valentine?

Yay!! Of course.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Did you just call me a fat?

You are hurting my feelings. I am a good person -- a fucking good person.

I could see the ABBAKiss/Gwinky match. This one could work.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
IMHO, it sounds kind of high-maintenance (may turn off some normal guys), and it's not like the guys emailing you are paying any attention.

On the other hand, you may not want to date anyone who isn't absolutely definitely aware upfront that you have high standards about the income and looks thing. Which is not the impression I have of your personality, but . . . .

I agree - I added that stuff because I thought I sounded too friendly and that's why I was attracting the weirdos, but it didn't seem to do anything when I added it. Perhaps I'll take it off.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I agree - I added that stuff because I thought I sounded too friendly and that's why I was attracting the weirdos, but it didn't seem to do anything when I added it. Perhaps I'll take it off.

Just ignore the real weirdos. Some people who may seem a little weird may just be trying to differentiate themselves a little from the vast multitudes, and you may want to give a little bit of the benefit of the doubt. I think guys have a much harder time of it on this stuff. If you start corresponding and lose interest, just tell them you don't think you are interested and wish them luck.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
who doesn't want any emotional attachments or meaning in his life.

It is possible to have emotional attachments with people and meaning in your life without a spouse and kids.

God, you're smug and self-righteous.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I forgot the one who moonwalks in his office late at night - just to be "zany".

Why share that?

Edited to note that the women who have so far responded to my posting on the other site at least all appear to be non-desparate and normal. Not hot at all, but normal. I think we can guess which way I'll be swinging for the next little while.

Here's a (brief statement followed by a) question:

I once thought that only people who couldn't get dates through actual real life interaction would use internet dating and that the whole "I just don't have time to get out and meet people" thing was a fucking crock. But, gwnc (and a few others) show that there are normal people who use it.

Has anyone tried it and liked it?

TM

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Ah, you are looking for that handsome 35 year old professional making $200,000 or more a year who doesn't want any emotional attachments or meaning in his life.

Have you responded to the ads headed "Married Man wants something on the side" yet? Because otherwise I think what you're looking for only exists in Sex in the City reruns.

It is a cold, hard truth I speak.

How do you know? Are you actively dating men in this age range? That's what I thought. There are men that fit this criteria. Maybe you'd call them commitment-phobes but they are out there.

GWNC, I think fringey is right about income and looks requirements sounding high maintenance and possibly attracting the wrong sort of shallow asshole. The old, poor, ugly midgets will probably be undeterred so you'll just have to ignore them politely.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Online dating fun

Honest question:

Wouldn't a bar/pub provide you with a better filter? You can usually distinguish the normal, successful & good-looking people from the others right off the bat.