Internet dating is like entering a science fiction book--some truth and a lot of fiction. After trying it several years ago, I swore I would never do it again. Well, I must be a glutton for punishment and thought I'd sign up for a month again. Truthfully, I usually only can stand it about a week or two before I bow out. I have had a few dates courtesy of a couple dating sites. Maybe it's just me, but I seem to be able to connect with the most unusual people. Let me tell you about my dates. The first one was 55 and went home to mama every weekend. I think it is admirable that he liked to spend time with his mother, but EVERY weekend!. Date number two suggested I make a meal, rent a movie and he would come over to enjoy it. Okay, since I had other company at the time, I cooked and got the movie. He showed up half an hour late (mind you, I mean it when I say we are eating at such and such time). He then told me he had almost not come, as he handed me a rose which he had so squeezed the life out of that it wilted over his hand. So we ate, and he and I attempted to watch the movie. At least I attempted. He was busy petting my arms and legs like I was a puppy dog. (This happened for the ENTIRE movie) That was our last contact, if you haven't figure that out already. I waited for a while before trying the dating thing again. I wish I would have waited forever. The third date and I met at a movie theater for our first contact and after the movie stopped at Applebee's. We ordered some appetizers and while eating he asked me if I liked the show Fear Factor. I don't really like those kind of things and REALLY don't like to think about them when I am eating. It seems that he found a large spider on his desk at work and followed his impulses to scoop it up, take it into the next room where his co-workers were and ceremonially ate it. He then asked me if I thought I could eat bugs because he liked it. There went my appetite. Time to go. Okay, the fourth date was much better than the first three unless you are bothered about the guy talking nonstop about the awesome female he met at church that morning. The bike ride was nice, the conversation, not so much. I say all that to say this. I have waited several years to try internet dating again and so, in a moment of insanity, I signed up to meet what may turn out to be an alien from Mars. Here's how it has been going. I started communicating with a guy whose profile said he was in Virginia, but it turns out he lives in Colorado and supposedly works in DC. His profile also said he was 62. His picture didn't really line up and I asked him about that. Of course, his answer was he actually was 63 (remember the profile said 62 and it also said he was a new member). By this time, I am wondering more and more about the veracity of his profile. Once he gave me his name and I knew he was in Colorado, I could do a internet search on him. The search turned up that he was actually 77 years old, not 62 or 63.
How do I do this? Oh, you know the best part, on his profile he wrote:"I trust people until they show me otherwise".
Am I the only one who has such strange things happen when they try internet dating? I keep telling myself that even if I met the person at church, on the street or wherever that I they same type of thing could happen. I don't know, but it makes for an interesting blog.
If you try internet dating, I hope yours turns out better than mine. My sister and her daughter met their husbands online. Perhaps I have too high standards. I expect honesty, faithfulness, liking to travel, a passion for learning, and an interest in cultural activities. I don't want a drunk, someone who smokes, has tons of issues, is married/legally separated, or someone who is a control freak. I also have discovered that I don't want someone who is tied to mama, pets me like a dog, only wants to talk about other amazing women, or pretends to be 15 years younger than what they are.
In a science fiction book you never know what the alien will do or be like. You also never know what planet they are from at first. Perhaps they are shape shifters or transformers. Do you really want to get into their UFO before you find out a lot more about them? Do you see how I think internet dating is like a science fiction story in the making? If you wish to enter the sci-fi world of dating, I wish you more luck than I have had.
