Do I Know You?

One of my reasons for joining match is to meet people that I would not otherwise meet in real life. But from time to time, while browsing through matches, I come across profiles of people that I recognize (mostly from my social activities/hobbies). Some I'm surprised to see, some not so much. At times, I click on their profiles out of pure curiosity to see what they have to say.

So I suppose I wasn't that surprised when I got an email in my match inbox from someone that I've met before. What did surprise me, however, that this individual had no idea who I was.

Which made me wonder...
A. Do people not pay attention to me when they meet me?
B. Do I look totally different in my profile photos?

Thou Shalt Not txt

Remember the good old days when people didn't have cell phones? Back then, if you were trying to avoid talking to a person, but still wanted to appear gentleman-y and as someone who calls ("oh, i called, now the ball is in your court"), you would call them during the hours when they wouldn't be at home and leave some lame message on their answering machine. Those were the days!!!

Then came pagers and cell phones and people became chained. No longer do they have an excuse of calling during unreachable hours and leaving a message. So what do you do instead? Apparently, the answer is text! You practice your mad typing skills, while punching in some non-discrete and grammatically incorrect message, just to send it out there into the universe. Why have a conversation, right? Who has the time?

"What is the problem with texting?" you might ask. "It depends!" is the answer. Surely, text messaging is great when you want to let someone know that you are running 5 minutes late, or need an address, or maybe just want to say good morning.

But in general, text messages are impersonal. They shouldn't be your main mode of communication. And frankly, text messages send the wrong message.

Here are a few favorites from my personal phone:

"Cold as ice, or better yet heartless" - quite poetic,
"I think I love you, correction, I know I do" - sent after midnight, the only message this text message is saying "I had too much too drink"

So the next time you're reaching for your phone, try something new or forgotten. Dial the person's phone number. Hear their voice. Make them giggle and smile.

The Answer to My Prayers

Perhaps there's something to the whole Secret movement...you know... the Universe is listening...the law of attraction (aka your thoughts attract the reality...what you think will happen).

Remember, some time ago I wrote about profile names? Well, guess what I got yesterday? I got a wink from "City"Jesus. I'm not even kidding! Except in his case, Jesus would be pronounced as Hey-sus, not Gee-sus, but nonetheless, I thought it was funny.

So, since the Universe is obviously listening and paying attention to what I'm saying/thinking/writing, I thought it'd be only appropriate to write out a list of some characteristics I'm looking for (in no particular order).

Single, straight, male. Emotionally available. Honest, sincere, upfront. Kind, thoughtful, smart, intelligent. Sense of humor, on a dry side, with understanding of sarcasm. Tall. Open minded (I have to be careful with that one...I've met some people who were open a little bit too much for my comfort). Passionate about travel, food, art, music. Wants family and children. Free from addictions. Comfortable, but not settled. Strong. Mutual attraction, respect, and adoration. First letter of the last name is in the top half of the alphabet.

My First Google Search

Whoop hoop! I've got to say, it's quite exciting to know that people read this blog. As far as I know, so far, it's been primarily my friends and acquaintances who have read the blog (except for some random guy Ted who has kindly left a comment on a previous post - thanks, Ted!).

So, imagine my surprise tonight, browsing through my sitemeter information, when I noticed that one lucky person got to my blog, all the way from England, by googling "Famous Dating One Liners." Hope you come back and spread the word all through England. Put a pot of tea on, smear some jam on your scones and biscuits and keep on reading.

Dating Math Part 2: Division

This math lessons comes thanks to the Weak Bladder Dude. It was our first meeting. He asked me out. I said yes. We met at a restaurant, he was a bit late, but apologized, blaming bad traffic. Not a big deal.
We proceeded to the bar area and ordered a round of drinks. Next, came the 101 questions of why/when/what that made me feel like I was part of a secret match.com survey that I didn't know about. I understand that the first meetings are meant for two people to get to know each other, but perhaps if you can't talk about something other than match.com itself, it's a bad sign, eh?

So alright, we chatted, it was kind of clear that it wasn't a match, but that's not a reason not to be polite. So we continued to make small talk while I sipped on my drink and he ordered another one. The conversation went downhill, we both started gazing around for our waitress, and I even attempted to pay attention to a football game broadcasted on one of the large screens.

Ah, the waitress finally came by with the check. And that's when the dude looked at me and said the magic words "Let's split this". Now, don't get me wrong, I don't believe that men have to pay all the time, I really don't. But perhaps, when they are asking you out the first time, and all you have is one measly drink, it is ok for them to get it? But this was clearly not the case.

"Ok," I said, pulling out my credit card. Why I didn't take out cash and ran away right then and there, I don't know (perhaps I am a masochist). So there we were, sitting, waiting for the waitress to come by and get our credit cards. When she did finally get to our table, the dude said once again the magic word "split." Here's when we finally get to our math lesson of the day. Get your pens and paper ready.

Splitting, implies an equal division of total amount between the parties, for the equal amount of consumption. Let's look at this in math terms. If total consumption is x and total amount is t, then each party will owe t/x, once again assuming that each consumed the same amount. But since in our case my consumption was 1, and his was 2, I was quite puzzled why he thought that I would want to pay for his half of the drink. And I have to say, math is not a strong subject for all, I understand, but the dude was well educated, so I do think he was capable of doing elementary math.

So as I handed my credit card to the waitress, we locked our eyes, woman-to-woman, and I clearly and loudly announced "Please put my drink on my card, and he can pay for the rest."

All it Takes is One Month

Here's a little bit of current events. In the news: Khloe Kardashian gets married to her boyfriend of one month! Hooray - this just goes to show that love, marriage, long-time commitment and serious relationship don't have to take a long time - in fact, who says that there's a timeline for love?

Thanks Khloe for giving us hope! Did you notice that she did not even date her bf, now her husband, for a whole month and then planned the wedding. She managed to meet, date, fall in love, get engaged, plan the wedding AND get married in o-n-e month. And with two, not one, personal Vera Wang dresses. Khloe, you are my hero! Just think, a month from now, I could have my dream wedding....

...wait...I never wanted to have a winter wedding...I'm still holding on to the idea of peonies and lilacs for my wedding flowers (which means late spring, early summer)...must wait till spring and then jump into my own one-month-dating-turn-wedding relationship

Famous One Liners

Over the years of dating, I've collected quite a few one liners. Some are funny, some shocking, but all are unforgettable.

Scenario - after the first meeting, on the way out of restaurant.
The dude: "I would love to walk you to your car, but I really need to use the bathroom."

The end.