So, I'm back in the online dating world and I'd forgotten (it's been a few years) what it was like. At first it was exciting to have all this attention from all these men, but then slowly reality sinks in and you realize that there are just so many creepers out there and finding a good guy is difficult. I recently had a date with a guy who seemed like a real possibility; my age, nice looking, because of his former tennis-pro life hadn't had a chance to settle down but was looking for something serious now, works directly with John McEnroe but in New York. Comes to town frequently though to see relatives and really wants to relocate. Emails were nice and then came the phone number exchange to set-up a time to meet.
We ended up speaking with him on a Sunday night...when he was drunk. He had spent the whole day boating and drinking with his family. I won't bore you with the details of the, "getting to know you" convo and just say that I shoulda known better. Because at some point in his effort to impress me he tells me about a modeling show that took place at the tennis arena with Serena Williams as the MC. He went on to say that all the female workers at the facility lamented the fact that all the males models were gay and when I commented that it must have been nice for the male workers he says, "Well, you know what they about models... The only advantage of their height is you don't have to bend them over in the shower to have sex!" WTF?!! Seriously, you don't even know me and you're making a gross comment like that? By this point we had made plans to meet Monday night and every bone in my body screamed CANCEL, BAIL, BAIL, BAIL! But being polite I thought, "Well, he's drunk, maybe he'll be fine in person." Wrong. So, wrong. Within the first two minutes he was talking about kissing me, yuck!!!
At the end of the date he asked me for a ride to his cousin's house (what?!!) and tried to lay one on my lips AFTER I had made it clear he wasn't getting a ride and my body language clealry said I'm soooooo not interested.
I practically ran from him. BTW he did NOT look like his pictures, he had a weird limp, Frankstein shoes to compensate for the weird limp and was shorter than he claimed even with Frankenstein shoes on. All that aside, what was gross was his immediately trying to get to sex. I cannot believe men my age are sooooo freaking gross and immature! Have you tried online dating yet and if so, how's it going?
-Disgusted Hot Mama
Oh Hot Mama,
What is that saying... "You've got to kiss a lot of frogs before you find a Prince." Well, I certainly think you've found one of your many frogs. I recently took the plunge into online dating (literally less than one week ago), and so far I don't really know what to expect. I think that your story is pretty much exactly how I imagined online dating to be. Men say that they are 5'10" when really they are 5'8" and 30lbs overweight, and look nothing like their pictures. And why would he put pictures up that don't even look like him??? Are you seriously supposed to get there and not be annoyed by the fact that he looks nothing like what you expected? I don't even understand that. I look 100% like my profile pictures. Because if someone finds me attractive, I want them to find the CURRENT me attractive, not the me from 6 months or a year ago or whatever. To top it off, I cannot even believe that he tried to freaking kiss you! Especially when you were clearly giving him the cold shoulder and trying to be completely uninviting. I wonder if men just figure that they might as well, since they never know when they are going to get a chance with a living, breathing, attractive woman again. I think you probably should've gone with your gut and cancelled, especially after the drunken Sunday night phone call... Really, how old is he anyways?? Getting drunk on a Sunday night and then calling you. How rude and inconsiderate. Yet, despite your story, I am still going to go through with it. I have my first date with someone I met online tomorrow night. I am getting a little bit nervous and anxious, but he seems like a nice guy. Hopefully he will look like his pictures. Wish me luck! Can't wait to let you know how it goes...
-Hopeful Eager Beaver
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