I am back on match.com and immediately questioning that decision right now! I have a couple of guys I am chatting with who seem normal, but here are two clunkers.
Below is the first profile I find after rejoining. For those not familiar, you have a couple of paragraphs to describe yourself and what you are looking for in a partner. Here is what one guy put (including the grammatical errors for amusement).
In their own words
well, never a dull moment. I could not log into match, so I called and they fixed the problem, but then I went to check my profile and i had been subsituted with a guy from san francisco including his pictures, too much!...I had to start over so here we go again. these are my weekend plans, tonight I am going to a charity fashion show with a bunch of people, a friend is on the board so I need to make a contributemake an appearance, it's a good cause, tomorrow morning concorus judging school, hopefully nine holes in the afternoon, tomorrow night dinner50th birthday party just down the road, ambringing my famous key lime pie, sunday all day autocross at maywood park, it's a "tune up" event, one of the several prior to the start of racing season...the club has quite a number of gals who compete, a few of whom are really good and have reached instructor status as I have...it's actually really a blast to see novice drivers after you have instructed them from passenger seat get out rip off helment and gloves and the little kid christmas moring ear to ear grin and the inevitible, "holy blank that was cool", never ceases to crack me up..so I guess I'm fairly well rounded and have a lot of different interests...in short we do not need to have the exact same interests, if it's a saturday and i'm playing golf and you want to work in your garden fine, we just go out for a killer dinner or burn some steaks on the grill and plan our next trip, oh caveat here you have to have a valid passport, serious deal breaker.
p.s. am i the only one who thinks covid has made everyone nuts?
Sue here - no match.com guy, you are not the only one.
Next guy. We actually liked each other so we are communicating via the app. For reference, here is the way he described himself.
In their own words
I'm a healthy, polite man for your consideration. I'm bright, creative, funny and witty. I'm looking for someone interesting who makes me come alive. If that's you, send me a message and let's go on a date!
And, here are our texts:
Match guy: You have nice teeth.
Match guy: You look like you know how to have a good time! I like it!
Match guy: What's your favorite fruit?
Match guy: What's your favorite fruit? (I didn't answer so he asked again)
Match guy: My favorite fruit is a pineapple, and if you were a fruit, you would be a FINEapple.
Me: OK, I chuckled a little on that one.
Match guy: You never told me what your favorite fruit is?
Me: My favorite fruit is a grapefruit.
Match guy: Nasty. Grapefruit is terribly bitter. You must also like to eat chalk.
Me: You do seem passionate about fruit. Almost like a fruit fettish.
Match guy: I'm not passionate about grapefruit, that is for sure.
Match guy: Good thing you have nice teeth because when you smile, you are all teeth.
Match guy: You're pretty cute for an old woman though.
Me: Says the man my age. I know your type. Insult women in an attempt to strike up some banter.
Match guy: It took you 3 days to reply? Did you break a hip? You shouldn't go out without your walker.
Me: Comedy is hard...
Match guy: Thank God I am good at it.
Me: Not even slightly amused.
Match guy: I gave you a compliment even after you scored zero on your fruit choice. Be grateful.
Me: Too bad for you I don't like my guys like my fruit. Bitter.
AND, SCENE....
Lesson Learned? Just because they are paying to be on the site, it doesn't mean they are better quality guys. This is a lesson I continue to learn. And, my favorite fruit is a banana but didn't want to give him that layup. :-)
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