Internet Dating
I didn't think many people actually did it, but internet dating seems to be a trend on the rise. Or it has risen and I totally missed the submarine.
A few nights ago I had dinner with a friend and she mentioned internet dating. She told me that she has dated several guys from dating sites and that she met her current pin-up the same way. And then yesterday a couple of women from my office were talking about internet dating over lunch and asked me if I had tried it yet. YET!?! I just really don't know what my opinion is. It felt as if "yet" meant I am required to give this technologically engineered match maker a chance.
I suppose I am just old fashion and expect that I'm just going to be knocked upside the head by l-o-v-e. I imagine that one cold winter evening, while hibernating at Barnes and Noble and minding my business, I and some tall, dark haired, intellectual type, will just bump into one another. We will say our pardons but lock eyes for a few blissful seconds (that feel like eternity) like we've just seen something familiar. Then after a totally heart pounding moment realize that we happen to be holding the same book. And from that springs a lifelong friendship/romance with the whole package: a future filled with ups and downs, grandkids and all. But does it ever really happen as you imagine it? I'll let you know if it does.
For now I'm going to investigate these internet dating sites and let you know what I find. But don't go looking for my face posted up on your screen...I'll be at Barnes and Noble, in non-fiction.
A few nights ago I had dinner with a friend and she mentioned internet dating. She told me that she has dated several guys from dating sites and that she met her current pin-up the same way. And then yesterday a couple of women from my office were talking about internet dating over lunch and asked me if I had tried it yet. YET!?! I just really don't know what my opinion is. It felt as if "yet" meant I am required to give this technologically engineered match maker a chance.
I suppose I am just old fashion and expect that I'm just going to be knocked upside the head by l-o-v-e. I imagine that one cold winter evening, while hibernating at Barnes and Noble and minding my business, I and some tall, dark haired, intellectual type, will just bump into one another. We will say our pardons but lock eyes for a few blissful seconds (that feel like eternity) like we've just seen something familiar. Then after a totally heart pounding moment realize that we happen to be holding the same book. And from that springs a lifelong friendship/romance with the whole package: a future filled with ups and downs, grandkids and all. But does it ever really happen as you imagine it? I'll let you know if it does.
For now I'm going to investigate these internet dating sites and let you know what I find. But don't go looking for my face posted up on your screen...I'll be at Barnes and Noble, in non-fiction.
posted by elocin at 12/03/2005 09:22:00 PM
8 Comments:
Good for you. I wouldn't really want to make out with a computer anyway. SMOOOOOCH!
talk to stacie dennis. she's engaged now.
aiiight lady- time for some new stuff yo. I LOVE YOU
ABBY
NEEEEEW SYUFF PLEASE
I'll get on it! I swear!!!!
Surfed in through Ashley's site. I tried internet dating once, but came down with a nasty virus that slowed me down, and locked me up. Not to mention all the "enlargement" emails that caused self esteem issues that doomed the relationship from the start. Good little blog...and happy hunting!!
I was thinking of using a spear fishing technique.
Funny...I've had several people come up to me lately and say..."have you tried that eHarmony thing?"
I mean, they haven't tried it...somehow they were able to find a husband without help of an internet database, so why are they suggesting I try it?
I'm skeptical and maybe a little old-fashioned too. But then again, that special someone hasn't found me in Barnes and Noble yet either.
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