Lest anyone get behind on how the e-dating is going, here is an update to a previous post.
Guy #1: closed
Guy #2: closed
Guy #3: never heard back from connected to my favorite football team match. We both went away for a weekend and he was getting back second and nothing. It reminds me of a guy I very briefly dated in college after getting set up on a blind date. Spring break rolled around, we both went away, and neither of us ever called the other again. We ran in to each other a couple of times and just said hi. He had previously closed the match because we were communicating outside of the website. We'll consider this one closed-ish.
Guy #4, the cook: Really nice guy. Had dinner and went to see a cover band for date #2. He's super busy with work this week but I haven't heard back from an email I sent. I suppose I should call. My sister is rooting for this guy because, and I quote, "He would be a good addition to the family dynamics." I think it is just because he really knows how to cook.
Guy #5, now known as the "right on" guy because he says it so much: Met up for a drink and got ice cream. Seems pretty laid back. We are REALLY good at playing phone tag, but actually talked tonight and are meeting up for a second time next week.
Guy #6 was parenthetical in the previous post because there had been no communication, let alone meeting. This #6 is still for the taking but there are a couple of possibilities (temporary epithets that may be altered if I get to know them): tall guy (as in more than a foot taller than me); Latino guy (my friend's El Salvadorian boyfriend is excited about this one); the guy who likes to fly planes; another physician (see guy #1 from previous post); and the guy whose picture I had to request.
Have I already posted about this whole picture thing? I fully expect to be judged by my pictures when a guy receives our match. I assume that if a guy initiates communication he must think that I am attractive in some sense. I would like the same opportunity to be judgmental if I am paying to use this service. Is it wrong of me to say that?
Closed matches: 283.
5 comments:
Not to mention that pre-judging based on looks saves so much time! (And it's usually just as accurate as getting to know someone.)
I still like the chef.
Mm, I don't know about the chef. If he hasn't responded to your email, then he might not be worth your time. Harsh, I know, but dating is harsh.
And, I'd like everyone to know that I am responsible for that oh-so-successful blind date you went on. I take a bow.
Jer, I have decided that if matches aren't comfortable just putting a picture of themselves out there, I probably won't be interested in them.
This whole e-dating thing gets me all confused on the emailing vs. calling thing. Mr. Chef and I have not talked extensively on the phone, but when we see each other, conversation comes pretty easily. "Right on" guy is a good phone conversationalist though.
KHC, it wasn't a bad blind date! It just didn't work out. I would still be willing to go on blind dates, so it didn't turn me off. :)
My sister met her husband on a blind date. A mutual friend set them up.
I'm not impressed with someone who doesn't take the time to email. Even a short note? Unless, do you think they use it as a stalling tactic while they are waiting to see if some other match works out? I had a friend who realized she was someone's back-up for a while.
Mr. Chef who was neglecting to email apparently ended up working 70 hours last week. I suppose that is more excusable.
Being a back-up match would not be cool. I don't really have a primary, secondary, tertiary thing going. If this keeps up, I may have to weed guys out after dating them, even if it could potentially work. I don't know what kind of social calendar I can really keep now that the school year has started!
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