4/12/2017 0 Comments The AftermathOne of Google’s definitions of the word “Aftermath” is “The consequences or aftereffects of a significant unpleasant event”.
If you need to be brought up to speed, the “unpleasant event” that I’m referring to is my one and only week on Plenty of Fish....the “aftereffects” are the dudes on there that are certifiable. From a “Truth in Advertising” stand point - I think POF’s tag line should read “the free site for the criminally insane” or perhaps "felons welcome" because I know for fact there are a few on there that actually are convicted felons. In my brief time on POF, I encountered more “artistic expressions” (aka dick pics) than I ever would have expected, was called a loser, and a liar (because I thanked them for their note but said I wasn’t interested) and learned about some interesting “preferences” (aka fetishes….no, lie, there’s actually a guy on there that multiple women know as the “foot fetish guy”) I was hit on by a quite a few young 20/early 30 somethings (which was actually sort of flattering (but the age gap was less between them and my son than me, so I opted out… and I’m confident none of them would even know what “Calgon, take me away” means…and that would just make me feel old) I was solicited by more than one married guy. Ironically, they were honest about being married as if that would make a difference. I did find one “married” message SUPER entertaining.…the dude (using the elephant poo definition this time) sent me a message that read “To be 100% honest, like your profile, I’m married but I’m a really good looking guy, l live in your area, and I bet we could have a lot of fun together. I’m also a really great guy, you should get to know me” Is it just me or is that a little contraindicated? There was a little more in the message about how great he was but I thanked him for his note with a “thanks, but no thanks” and suggested that perhaps his wife might feel differently about him being a “great guy” but who knows, right? (Heads up for my fellow chicks and dudes (the good guy definition) on dating sites – the trend I noticed - if there was no picture, they’re probably married) The final “kiss of death” for the POF site came from this one dude (Elephant poo definition) finally crossed the line, with what I considered to be a threat so I said to myself “yeah, fuck this shit. I’m out.” I decided it would be best to probably go ahead and change my original (hilarious & honest) profile to something a little more realistic (kind of like a “not so” fond farewell note)…. The Headline went from “Attempt at the most honest profile…” to “Peace out, how do I delete this quick enough” The new ABOUT ME section (which I felt was, once again, as honest as possible): 90% of the people on here are psycho. That's not a good ratio for me. Best of luck to the "normal" ones. My advice to the good guys that feel like they're getting a bad rap and lumped in with the psychos – 1. this isn't the site for the good guys. Suck it up and either pay to try eHarmony or Match - because in talking to a guy friend that's on here, the female ones that respond are a lot like the crazy psychos that send the normal girls threats because we don't want to meet for coffee 2. The girls aren't responding because: - they're either normal and overwhelmed, - know what they want and something in your profile isn't for them (so don't take it personally), - or they're not into juggling people and think they've found a nice one that they're talking too and don't want to start a conversation while they're already talking to someone else. Good luck good guys. I hope you have better luck on a different site but if you meet on here, make sure you do a background check :) Surprisingly, even this new profile got some hits, LOL! One in particular was really sweet, Hawaii 5-0. To back up, Hawaii 5-0 had sent me a message off the original profile that just said my profile really was honest and he hoped I found what I was looking for…I pretty much took that as, “you’re pretty funny (a little too crazy for me) and best of luck” But after the “A bid you adieu” profile, he reached out again and appeared to be genuinely nice. He said he was sorry to see that I’d had bad experiences, suggested I try a few tips to make the site less intrusive, and then wished me well. I responded with appreciation and told him if he needed any advice on what chicks were thinking or just wanted a good laugh, he could follow the blog :) I logged off (semi- permanently) after the new profile was listed and only kept the account to go back and reference emails for the blog but I deleted all my pictures and hid my profile quicker than Donald Trump or Pinocchio could tell a lie. A few weeks later, I officially deleted myself off of the site and determined that maybe I wasn’t quite as ready to date as I thought. On a positive note, I did meet one guy that was really nice and good company and I re-connected with someone I’d known prior to POF. So it wasn't all bad and frankly, without it, I never really would have gotten off my ass to start this blog. Who knows what will happen from here but if and when I decide to hit a dating site again, it will definitely be in safer waters. (I wonder what Match costs these days? :) Until next time my friends...
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