tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364614859747751623.post308155263514930529..comments2023-10-26T07:31:02.467-07:00Comments on I May Be Invisible...But You're Transparent: The Moral of the Story is: Online Dating is for Smucks.g_whizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239758875167277254noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364614859747751623.post-66721563042813150092010-10-26T07:36:26.892-07:002010-10-26T07:36:26.892-07:00Its funny, the site that inspired this post has SC...Its funny, the site that inspired this post has SCORES of people commisurating over their awful online dating experiences. Sure I've had a few doozies. "You won't mention this to my girlfriend/Its not you its me" deviations into extreme social awkwardness, but ultimitley the most delibitating aspect of Ok Cupid for me was and is that I feel stupidly slighted over the master status angle. <br /><br />The idea that a bunch of people who I'm 95% compatiable with on paper aren't compatable off of paper because their "standards" are too ..high *cough* biased towards ideal types*cough* I'm pleased OK Cupid published those stats about race and response rates, because seriously, I was getting a complex...but it just makes me not want to even bother.g_whizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15239758875167277254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364614859747751623.post-35479255836708476632010-10-26T07:04:46.784-07:002010-10-26T07:04:46.784-07:00you know, sometimes i am REALLY REALLY GLAD that i...you know, sometimes i am REALLY REALLY GLAD that i never had to do this. i mean, perhaps i missed out on some life experiences by (1) having a college sweetheart and (2) actually marrying him, but you know what? i am also glad that i never got to experience the particular, um, joy that is online dating.<br /><br />you've known me a long time: who in the world would i ever match up with? you, maybe. i can't think of many other people who could tolerate me for long. and even then, it's just a personality match. (although we do both have delightful personalities, if i may say so myself.)rocklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00666217858869960421noreply@blogger.com