So, I found some interesting people to chat with today which I loved. One was an awesome lady in Florida who is also a mom. Even though she is married she felt my grief with the men you meet on "pen pal" sites and the like. I am not sure that men grasp the concept of pen pals. Seems to me they want to meet up in person as fast as possible.
I am listed in my area on PlentyofFish.com. I don't know why I signed up on there as I don't really want to date someone right now. But we'll leave it there a bit and see how it goes. What I know is that the men do not take much care when doing their profiles and posting photos. Almost all the men have photos but they all fall into a few definitions:
1. Taken by a cell phone camera (which in this day and age I suppose is okay if you got a clear picture)
2. If they have decent abs, they will flaunt them. They leave nothing to the imagination. Women who show that much skin in a profile picture are called a lot of unflattering words but men I guess are special and we should just make them feel good about their abs.
3. If they have tattoos they feel the need to show them all. I don't know that there is anything left to discover of some of these men as far as their bodies go. They leave nothing hidden.
4. If they are on Craigslist you need to be VERY careful, you will get a photo of something you never wanted to see and good luck finding the tree for the forest on the one I ran into. I mean has that person never heard of manscaping? EW!
As for profiles - men are not great with words. Not only that but they obviously cannot spell and they don't even care about uppercase letters. I suppose the shift key takes to much work to operate so why bother. :)
All men want someone fun, adventurous, casual, independent, happy and "NO DRAMA". I am so sick of these requests that I could cry. I must say that the men I know are much more dramatic than the women in my life. Few are fun, few are adventurous, all are far too casual, none are independent (they all still need a mommy) and they claim to be happy but one has to wonder how much happiness you can feel if you have no command of the English language. :)
I know, I am cranky and middle aged and a bit scorned but good grief men. You want a good looking package on your arm but we want the same and we want you to have a brain and be considerate enough to our intelligence to put your best foot forward. Pretty please? I'm almost afraid to hear how any of you eat. The thought is frightening to me.
Okay, enough gripes. I am quite content with my days prospects of pen pals and maybe even a date or two down the line.
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