Archive for June, 2007

When you first join a dating Web site, the hardest thing to do is to describe yourself. Writing about “you” is so difficult because you want to project the right image of yourself, but you also want to seem interesting, exciting, and a little mysterious. And let’s face it, what you write about yourself is going to be carefully read and thoroughly analyzed by the people that view your dating profile.

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La primera vez que trat� una cita en l�nea un hombre de 70 a�os ofreci� mudarme de localidad hacia Florida.

Entr� al sistema de mi cuenta de correo electr�nico 24 horas despu�s de poner mi perfil personal sobre Match.com Hab�a seis nuevos mensajes en mi buz�n de entrada - uno de mi madre, otro de una compa��a que vend�a alargadores de pene y otros cuatro correos electr�nicos de Match.com.� Mov� mi cursor sobre el primer mensaje de Match.com y mi est�mago dio un volteo.

Dos meses antes me mud� a Boston y sent� la soledad que inevitablemente se desliza mientras viv�a en una ciudad de Costa del Este. En ese momento estaba pasando la mayor�a de mis tardes a solas con un vaso de vino disfrutando mis minutos libres de m�vil-a-m�vil con mi amigo Kim, una cita de Internet legendaria de San Francisco.

Cuando me prepar� para abrir el primer correo electr�nico repet� el mantra que Kim me ense��: “No estoy buscando a mi esposo; estoy buscando una distracci�n.” Entonces le� el mensaje.

Joe � todos los costos pagados
Joe era un hombre de setenta a�os de Miami que dice que parezco bonita.� “Usted parece alguien a quien me gustar�a conocer”, escribe Joe. “Oh, y a prop�sito usted deberia verificar mi perfil tambi�n.� Pienso que podr�a encontrarlo interesante.”

Entr� al sistema de Match y verifiqu� el perfil de Joe.� Ahora no piense por un segundo que consider� salir con un hombre que no vivi� en un c�digo postal circundante o que consider� salir con un hombre que triplica mi edad, pero necesitaba un chiste.�

Resulta que Joe est� interesado en trasladar a una dama joven al �rea de Miami.� “Una vida con todos los costos pagados por mucho tiempo, tanto tiempo como su diversi�n, diversi�n, diversi�n.”

Navegu� de regreso a� mi cuenta de Hotmail y me me prepar� para el correo electr�nico numero 2.

Mark - ningunos acompa�antes por favor
Mark es un vendedor de 32 a�os que no posee una camisa aparentemente.� No s� esto con seguridad, pero su correo electr�nico dice “Hola” y una de las fotograf�as adjuntas lo muestra apoyado contra un Honda Civic sin sonrisa y untado en grasa hasta arriba del pecho.� En la segunda fotograf�a est� apoyado contra una c�moda con su propio pecho desnudo para que el mundo lo observe.

Como regla est�ndar no salgo con hombres que posan desnudos delante la c�mara, pero una vez mas, por diversi�n, observ� el perfil de Mark.� He aqu� el lo que encontr�:

��Apuesto soltero que gana $100K al a�o busca novia leal.� No se contacte conmigo si usted es un acompa�ante.”

��Acompa�ante?

�Despu�s de un r�pido segundo de risa nerviosa le� number tres de correo electr�nico.

�Craig - �qui�n es su pap�?
“Como su pap� usar� el poder conferido a mi papel de moldearla y darle forma; ayud�ndola para crecer con la fuerza, el caracter, la confianza y la esencia.� Continuar� ayudandola a desarrollar sus habilidades como una peque�a ni�a sumisa.� Ser� recompensada cuando sea buena y castigada cuando sea mala.”

No s� nada m�s sobre Craig, aparte que sus correos electr�nicos son asustadizos. No me molest� en mirar el resto.

Llame a Kim para acusarla de la falsa publicidad. “�En qu� me metiste? ��sta es la piscina de citas?�O peor, �ste es el lo que atraigo?”

Kim me calmo de mi repisa de desesperaci�n y me tranquiliz� por que de cada tres combates malos hay uno que esta dirigido a ser un buen combate.� Tom� su consejo y abr� el cuarto correo electr�nico.

Bob - bobo susceptible busca pecho delicado
Bob es un estudiante de 29 a�os de Boston que busca a una esposa exactamente como �l “Estoy buscando a una mujer con la autoestima por decirlo as�, debajo del promedio.� Soy el tipo de persona con una autoimagen mala � por buenos motivos.� No soy tan atractivo.� No soy extrovertido. Soy sin educaci�n.� No soy llevado por la ambici�n hacia ning�n lado o algo. No tengo pasatiempos interesantes, y bueno, no cubro ning�n requisito leg�timo que la mayor�a de las mujeres est�n buscando. Eso no quiere decir que no tenga ninguna buena cualidad.� Soy honesto, afectuoso y leal. Me considero una persona simp�tica. S�lo estoy buscando a alguien con quien pueda sentirme c�modo. Juntos podemos hacer que cada uno de nosotros se sienta bien.”

Llegado este punto, Bob era mi cita m�s prometedora.

Despu�s de que mis 30 d�as de admisi�n terminaron, estaba de acuerdo con Kim que mi experiencia saliendo en l�nea no era tan mala.� Habl� a algunos hombres interesantes, descubr� tres nuevos restaurantes, y encontr� a un tipo para jugar por aqu� durante seis meses.

The fight that my boyfriend (BF) and I have is about the telephone. With cell phones our lives are so much easier, but yet he still doesn’t call. Below is a list of reasons the BF gives me in order of frequency. Please comment and add to the list. I know I’m not alone.

1) I didn’t want to tell you no. Socially, I’m overbooked. The BF is under booked. We both know and enjoy this about ourselves, yet it doesn’t stop me from wanting him to go with me to the cocktail party, or the movie, or yoga, or whatever else I must do on a random Tuesday night. He gets tired of turning me down, so he just doesn’t pick up.

2) I forgot my phone in the car. This one is a biggy. The BF insists on using the phone during his commute. As a result, the phone is left in the console, he ends up on the couch, and I’m across town wondering where the hell he is!

3) I fell asleep. Lazy bum.

4) Phone wasn’t working. The phone might not be working for a variety of reasons. There is the very common dead battery, the even more common poor reception, and then the not so common occurrence of dropping the phone in the toilet.

5) It was too late. He knows I won’t pick up once I’m asleep, but in the morning when I see he still hasn’t called it only makes matters worse.

6) I knew you were mad. I don’t have huge anger issues, but I have my moments. When the BF’s phone is turned off, my moment turns into an event.

7) In the hospital. This only happened once and is not as horrible as it sounds. Apparently any minor flesh wound prohibits the use of cell phones.

Why can’t he say that he just didn’t want to?

Sara

Don’t Date the Ape

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about analogies to all the negative aspects of dating. Because I can’t help but try to find the humor in everything, I thought comparing men to gorillas and pigs might make me feel better. I hope you get a chuckle out of this too.

Sara

Marriage Proposals Gone Awry

For some reason I keep hearing stories of marriage proposals gone awry. Not because he botched the job, but because she spoke too soon.

I received a surprise wedding invitation last week from my college friend, Rachel. I called the next day to get the whole story. You know what are the colors, what does she really want off the registry and, of course, how did he propose?

The answers were blue, something small and easy to return, and well he didn’t really ask, I sorta ruined the surprise.

Turns out the day before Ryan proposed she told a story of a co-worker who proposed to his girlfriend on Christmas Day. Rachel went on and on about how that was a total cop out and a real proposal should come at a romantic time not the most commercialized, generic holiday of the year.

Ryan went silent and the next morning Rachel didn’t have a gift under the tree. Confused and disappointed, Rachel kept silent pouting the whole day at her parent’s house. It wasn’t until the morning of the 26th that Rachel figured it out. She opened her eyes to see Ryan lying in bed with a small box next to him on the pillow. Apparently he wanted to get engaged on the 25th, the most commercialized day of the year.

Another friend of mine ended up with an injury over the matter. After weeks of ring shopping with her boyfriend, Janet left the mall frustrated she couldn’t find what she liked for the right price.

After about the fifth sigh in 30 seconds, her boyfriend looked over at her from the driver’s seat and said with a smile, maybe you don’t really need a ring.” Without hesitation Janet lifted her hand to playfully karate chop his knee. He, of course, saw it coming as it was her trade mark move and moved his legs to the right. At that moment, Janet karate chopped the metal seat belt insert and fractured her left hand.

Today, Janet’s left hand is entirely wrapped and her engagement ring is taped to her right ring finger.

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