Post # 2: Guys without at least the ability to take a somewhat normal profile picture…need not apply! (Is it that hard to do-really?)

After I sorted through each wink, interest and email I was shocked to discover there were only a few guys worth considering in the end. What the heck, I stared out with hundreds of men who have indicated some level of interest in me and I was down to a few? Either I was being EXTREMLY picky or, the guys on this website sucked! I settled on maybe there was some combination of both. So, I took a deep breath and proclaimed to myself I will take it upon myself to send an email to a few guys I found interesting. The hard part was trying not to judge a book by it’s cover, this is virtually impossible since everyone has a picture of themselves on their profile and I couldn’t help but see the picture and think to myself…guy with cell phone, standing in front of what- is that really a toilet behind you??? -pass, guy with his arm around some girl in the picture-pass (granted it could be his sister but still, is it necessary to use THAT pic as your main one?) Guy proudly displaying some sort of version of the I’m a super cool, badass peace sign (thumbs up, cowabunga, etc…) PASS PASS PASS! After those were weeded out (this is starting to feel a lot like work!) I had to review dozen’s of men’s wordy profile content, I get it-you like sports, and very surprisingly reading-after 100’s of the same profile over and over again I started to feel like a hiring supervisor feels when they inevitably get hundreds of wordy repetitive cover letters. After about ten I was like uh huh, blah blah blah. I didn’t like the insensitive route that this was heading, was it so much to ask that I just wanted a profile to stand out from the rest? Do not for a second think I didn’t realize most men probably had similar feelings about my profile. I made a mental note to jazz mine up a little. Once I had ruled out all tmen guilty of being both extremlpy boring and cheesy to the point of no return, you could start to see why I was only down to a couple of potential dates. I figured since it took me all night to find these guys, I might as well take the liberty of shooting the chosen ones a very intriguing and witty email. After I sent a few I crossed my fingers and sincerely hoped I was not about to be rejected by men from a dating website-my self-esteem was seriously on the line here!


Lesson learned: After sorting through many a men’s online pictures and profiles, putting on your beer goggles and heading out to the closest sports bar to snag a date starts seeming like a brilliant plan!