Alright, so I gripe and complain and whine about dating, specifically online dating. Everybody is like, but you get dates, and you could meet somebody, etc... Yes, these things are all true, but there are things very specific to online dating that are annoying. Let's start, shall we.
1) Snap Judgement
You're going to judge a person by a bunch of photos and a few paragraphs? Hells yeah. I am just as guilty as anybody else who's doing it. It's unfair and it sucks, but it is what it is.
2) The Misleading Photo
I understand you're trying to sell yourself, but there's selling yourself and then there's misrepresentation. Let's be fair about this. First of all, have a profile photo to begin with. Do people go on blind dates anymore? I think not. Secondly, include a photo of yourself on a regular day. Not when you were a bridesmaid or some new years party where you spent two hours dolling yourself up. I doubt you'll be spending that much time to get ready for a first date. Thirdly, profile photos should include at least one photo of the entire body. Listing yourself as 'fit' or 'curvy' or the ever non-descript 'average' tells me nothing. If anything I've learned, girls totally lie about this part.
3) The Empty Profile
The whole point of this is to get to know somebody. You want me to write something interesting to you other than "hey", then maybe you might want to actually divulge something about yourself.
4) If You're Not Active, Get Out
There are some profiles that are listed as last logging in well over a few months ago. Especially on eHarmony when they send you limited matches per day, stop wasting my damn matches if you're not on anymore. Number 3 also applies to this.
5) Quit the Games
We met on a dating website, like fuck! There's no need to play this game of cat and mouse. We both want to meet somebody, there's no point in playing hard to get. I'm not saying to make it super easy, but if you're going to lengths to see how far we'll go, then you're just being bitchy.
6) We're All Dating Multiple People
It should be fairly understood by this point. If you don't want to know the answer, don't ask. I know I don't.
7) Distance Matters
Okay I may be deemed a hypocrite based on my history of long distance relationships, but if you're not within an hour of diving distance, forget it. And to be fair, all the girls I went out with were just barely within an hour. :P
8) Give Me Something to Work With
This is somewhat of an expansion of number 3 (you have no idea how often it happens). Yes, I get you're a nice person, but please be something more than that. Also a sense of humour and/or wit would help greatly. Women have no idea that is a rare, vastly underrated and very appealing quality in a woman.
9) Let's Just Go Out
I get the whole 'three message' process. But really, if you answer the first one I send, you know it's coming, so lets just see where this goes and save both of us the time and energy of coming up with something to write.
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