Online dating. I know-it's a crazy taboo topic! Millions of people are doing it but no one really discusses it. Well I thought it would be fun if we all got accounts and tried it out for a week or so. I had learned about this one particular site from some friends that is free called OkCupid and decided to get an account last week. But of course I couldn't keep it a secret from the Nature Triumvirate. Sooo I might have demanded that they get accounts too. And herein starts the craziness of online dating. First off the bat, if you are to try such a thing, you must turn off the IM tool. Who wants random guys that you have never met before and wouldn't know from Adam IMing you? And it's so awkward to try and leave the conversation once you've said Hello. Plus people are always giving out entirely too much information. One guy even told me that talking to me at that moment was making his week especially since he literally almost died last week from a horrific fever. First off, now I'm not only entirely confused as to his motive in telling me this but I'm stuck between feeling sorry for the poor guy and frightened at the sheer fact that he's spilling his guts to me, a stranger, over the Internet.
And of course there's always those one or two interesting and fairly sane individuals wandering around on dating sites too. So I wouldn't say it is all creepers out there on the site because I have talked to a few neat people. I'll even be honest to say I went out to dinner a few nights ago with one guy who I could definitely see myself becoming good friends with. Of course this is after he passed a few crucial hoops to get there. I'd say before you start an account you make distinct boundaries of what's acceptable behavior and what is not. For example, one of mine is that they have to be able to type complete sentences. If a guy sends me a message where he can't even spell "What's up" correctly then perhaps he's not the one for me. Another is no IMing, therefore I turned off that capability on my account. But also common sense rules for your safety such as not giving out personal information like even your phone number until you've gotten to know the guy pretty well.
I will keep everyone updated on my progress over the next couple weeks. You should be hearing from Delilah and Liza soon, though, about their experiences now that they've had their accounts for a couple days.
~Robyn Waters
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