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I know, I know, it’s been 3 weeks since my last post. Sorry, friends. I also know that I’m supposed to post about my first date with Tom, but I want to post something else instead. Consider this a commercial. A commercial, that isn’t trying to sell you anything but laughter.

From time to time in my internet dating journey, I receive matches or e-mails that are unbelievable. They’re not unbelievable because the person is out-of-this-world amazing. They’re unbelievable because the person is out-of-this-world ridiculous.

While on eharmony a guy tried to start communication with me who had the saddest profile picture I’ve ever seen. It was his only picture. He was sitting on the middle of a couch with his right arm stretched out as if it was around someone seated next to him. Instead of a person, there was a cat. The cat’s face was turned away in utter disinterest. As I can’t post the picture for you, I have rendered a stick figure drawing so that you can get the full depressing visual.



It’s as if he’s saying, “I’d like to replace this cat with you.” wink wink

The other day I received a very special e-mail featuring a very special compliment. It read:

Hi,

You certainly are German, you’ve got a great German Schnauze! I’m serious, I love your nose!
I’m right around the corner, please let me know if you’d like to meet or chat sometime.

Ken

Um……..seriously? My nose? Thank you for using a German word that basically means, “snout,” to describe it. Be still my heart. I’d like to bear you a son. Maybe two. One and a half.

Gents, when complimenting a girl for the first time, try to stick to the basics: eyes, smile, and hair.

Now, back to your regularly scheduled programming….

On match.com, one of the first ways to express interest in someone is to wink at them. It’s kind of like poking someone on facebook, but much less off putting. It’s actually a little cute.

I’m not the type of girl that wants to make the first move, but I don’t really consider winking to be an aggressive first move. It’s just sort of a flirty thing that you’d do if you were out scooping for guys anyway. You see a guy that could potentially spark your interest and give him a look that says, “I like the cut of your jib, sailor. I won’t punch you in the face if you approach me. At least, not initially.” (Maybe your thoughts are less violent. ;) Anyway, winking is sort of like that.

I decided with my three day trial, I was going to wink at every guy that struck my fancy. The grand total of that little exchange ended up being 10. That’s right. I’m a tawdry internet flirt. Three guys responded. One of them didn’t respond until after my three day trial, so I never had the opportunity to hear what he had to say.

P.S. I’m not currently subscribed to match.com. I decided I would wait until after the holidays to start up again. Things were just too crazy then to devote any time towards looking for Mr. Right. Subscribing to match will be my birthday present to myself, which is Friday.

The first guy that communicated with me was Aaron. He IMed me and we talked for about 20 minutes. He seemed nice, but there were things in the conversation that sent some red flags a wavin’.

His profile showed that he had an interest in B movies. I too enjoy the occasional bad movie with friends. Once I mentioned this to him, it was like I opened wide the floodgates to his geekdom. All he wanted to talk about was B movies and Mystery Science Theater 3000. He kept sending me youtube links to various little movie bits. Quite frankly, I was only half paying attention to the conversation, as I was watching a movie with one of my roommates at the time.

We ended our conversation and I was left a little concerned, but still willing to give him a chance. I’ve been told that I write guys off too quickly and that’s probably true.

The very next day I received an e-mail from another guy, Tom. It was pretty much a perfect e-mail. He listed all of the things he liked about my profile and why . He said that he wanted me to know that he liked more than just my, “attractive pictures.” He seemed funny, thoughtful, confident, and the kind of man who know what he wanted out of life.

With giddy anticipation, I forwarded the e-mail to my friend, Bryce. No only that, I also forwarded her a copy of both guys profiles. Yeah….we’re those kinds of girls.

It should be noted that Bryce is basically my go to friend for advice on the gents. She’s had plenty of experience sifting through freaks. Bryce has always got my back. If I mention a guy’s name, before I can form another sentence she’s already googling him to make sure he’s top quality. It’s hilarious and I love her for it!

Bryce really liked Tom’s profile and his flirty, adorable e-mail. Bryce’s husband, Mathew, was looking over her shoulder. He preferred Aaron’s profile.


I e-mailed Tom back within a few hours and he asked me out in his very next e-mail.

To be continued…….

~Annaloe

For those of you who previously followed this blog, I completely wiped it about a week ago. It didn’t really contain anything of interest, so I’m sure you’re not in mourning. It never really had a focus. So to ring in the new year (24 days in) I’m ready to make a fresh start.

I’m throwing it out there. I’m pretty new to the dating scene. Though I’m 26 years old, I just recently began dating. Why you ask? There’s a lengthy complicated answer to that. Maybe it’s not complicated.

In the past year, I’ve lost 65lbs. I still have another 65 to go, actually. I’ve been a little bit of a manatee for most of my life. There were guys who came along that were interested in me over the years, but I was never interested in them. They were usually creepy mccreepsters who were trying to find a girl to sleep with for the evening. No thanks. Some of the guys interested in me were overweight, like myself. Though it sounds shallow, and maybe it is, I’ve never been attracted to heavy set guys. It finally dawned on me one day that if I wanted to find an averaged weighted guy, I was going to have to become an average weighted girl. Guys are visual creatures.
Aside from wanting to lose weight to attract the type of fellas that attract me, I want to be healthy for myself. I want to be a wife and mother one day. I don’t want to be the type of mom who sends her kids out in the yard to play soccer. I want to be the mom that goes out to the backyard with her kids and plays soccer.

I’m not a bar scene girl. I’m a Christian and remaining a virgin until I’m married. For most girls in the Christian world, (at least the portion I’m from) a girl meets her husband in high school, college, through friends, or at church. Clearly, all of these things have failed for me. I finally decided to explore other avenues of dating. My friend, Bryce, met her husband, Mathew, through eharmony. My cousin, Ryan, met his wife, Kathryn, the same way. I decided to give it a try. After three months, nada. I was very briefly in communication with a few guys, but no date ever came of it. Then a friend, Jane, who shared my situation, went out on a few dates with some guys she met on match.com. I was only on it for 3 days and had two guys lined up in that time wanting to take me out. Therefore, I’m sticking with match.com and seeing where it takes me.
In this little corner of the internet, I’m going to be chronicling my adventures in this new phase of life. I’ll be changing everyone’s names, even my own. Thanks for following!

~Annaloe