Okay I’ve done it. Yes…it. After many (many!) recommendations from friends and acquaintances...and a few strangers, I have joined the world of online dating. I’m telling myself it is just a blogging experiment, but to tell you the truth, I’m already slightly addicted. A friend told me to give “OkCupid.com” a try, and after much deliberating and Google searching, I decided to put myself out there. I have no planned dates yet, but I have had a few conversations and have had a couple of people message me with interest. I am enjoying this site mainly because it seems like one of the few free sites that asks you tons of questions (I’ve answered over 80) in order to help match you with a compatible partner (I know the sites you have to pay for do this as well, but do other free sites spend this much time helping you find a match?). There are also a lot of young, attractive men browsing on this site. I used to think online dating was only for old people who couldn’t find husbands or wives. I’m now learning the error of my ways as I see that a lot of the people posting are city dwellers like myself looking for someone to enjoy a fun date with. Some even show no qualms about their search for a “casual hookup.” That’s not my style, but to each his own.
I’m going to try to have as much fun with this as possible. Earlier tonight, I quickly got over my fear of online rejection – when someone you message does not message you back – and started to message people. I decided since I was rejecting potential matches left and right, people had the right to reject me. If you can dish it, you can take it, right? I promise if I do win a date with a match, this blog will be the first to hear about it. It will be a new section of my blog where I can tell you about the pending hilarity that will surely ensue when I travel to different parts of Manhattan to meet men I have never met in real life. I promise, I will be safe and a mass text will be sent to all of my 'in case of emergencies' of the location of the date.
I’ve had a few friends venture into this cyber world of relationship mingling and they have had mixed but mostly positive results. So far, no marriages have been solidified (but who wants that anyway!), but friendships, new restaurants and free drinks have been scored. As I was signing up for this site, no less than three commercials aired on TV for Match.com. I was typing and then a voice stated, “Today, 1 in 5 relationships begin online.” – I feel like that, along with other tell tale hints (Thanks T), was a sign from a higher power that this is a risk I should take to help my romantic life flourish. When you think about the choices I have in front of me, there really is no dilemma: Sit on the couch Friday night or spend some quality time with a charming new friend? I’ll go with the latter.
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