He winked at me!

On-line Dating.  Yuck.

So whoever said online dating was easier than meeting someone in real life, was smoking crack.  The same rules that apply for lets say, picking up someone at a bar, still applies in the wonderful world of online dating.  Except here, guys & girls can narrow done their search for Mr. or Ms. Right down to weight, eye color, and political views. What a way to start a relationship! “Hi, you meet 90% of my criteria, let’s chat.”

I am no saint.  I have also narrowed down my search when looking for Mr. Right.  Silly me though for thinking if I try to find someone with most of the same interests and physical appearance as me, this would even the playing field for love.  But I was mistaken.  Online dating is just another form of rejection, only I am paying to be rejected.  At least in a bar I can drink while being judged.

Now before you think I am just being Debbie Downer, let’s think about it.  In a club or a bar, people are judging you.  You are judging them.  All the single (sometimes the married ones too) are scouting the place, looking for a perspective mate.  There might even be some physical winking involved.

But the rejection is not at the surface.  There is nobody walking by going “Thank you for your interest but due to a, b, or c we are not a good match.”  No at a club or a bar you can have a good time and live in perfect fantasy that you are having a good time even though nobody noticed you.

Maybe I am just being Bitter Betty.  For some people it actually worked.  But guess what, for some people it actually worked to bump into someone on the street.  I am not going to give up yet.  I still have five months paid for on Match, and if I don’t get a match by the end of the five months and I followed their protocol. I get another 6 months for free.  (Claps both hands and jumps)  Yippee!!!

Here is to winking,
E