So here's a new one

Well, a new one for me, at least.

I have been trading emails with a guy named Matt on POF for a few weeks now. He has been sorta complaining that I take forever to get back to his emails, but that's because I usually go on POF once a week, while I watch the Bachelor. (Multitasking!) So he asked if we could become Facebook friends to, I guess, chat on there? I was not totally into that idea, because I don't want people to be able to google me and/or have access to my pictures. 

So next I suggested we text each other, which I also didn't love, but he said he has had "bad experiences" with texting. (I was so curious about that!)

He then sent me his Hotmail address, so logically, I emailed him. The email bounced back. Wtf? So I wrote back and asked if he had mistyped his email address. This is a cut and paste of his reply (asterisks added by me):

lol i gave you my facebook contact and its mattsp*****698@hotmail.com my mistake and i will admit it

"I will admit it?" Yikes.

So logically I added him to Facebook, and he immediately accepted. 

A different perspective

I know I do a lot of complaining about online dating on here, and it's rare to read someone saying anything positive. 

So, here is something positive! (Read to the end.) Thanks, J!  

Huh?

Another one for the "online dating is the WORST" file.

I emailed a guy on Match last week who seemed interesting...owned his own business in the trades, and lived in Pickering, where I also currently live. He replied right away and seemed interested in getting to know more about me, which I inferred from his statement "looking forward to getting to know more about you!" at the end of his email.

He explained to me that he was interested in politics and hoped to run one day. I explained that I used to live in Ottawa and worked on the Hill, and was therefore really interested to hear that. He asked me how I ended up going to Sarajevo. I explained that I took a sabbatical from work and travelled for five months this summer.

And I never heard from him again! 

I can see that he's read the email, and also that he's online right now (Match is good for stalkers). I get a lot of flack for being attracted to older guys, but older guys don't seem to be as put off by a woman who has had actual life experience. 

Anyways, I suppose he could still at some point write me back, but given that his emails normally arrived the day after I had written mine, I am not holding my breath.

I can't wait till my three months is up and I can get off of Match (end of March). It has been nothing but a waste of my time!

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Curtis

This story is not really exciting, but I will tell it anyways since I don't have a lot of material right now!

Last weekend, a few friends and I went out for a drink. We started at a wine bar and then tried to get into our favourite Friday night dancing spot. It was so full that even knowing the bouncer didn't help us get in! So we went a few doors down to a pub to get a drink before last call.

We sat at the bar, and started talking to the bartenders. One of them had long-ish hair and one of those hipster moustaches. He was wearing skinny jeans and a plaid shirt. To sum up, he was not my type. But there was something about him! Even other C mentioned that he totally seemed like someone I would click with. She kept trying to get me to talk to him, but I couldn't. When I actually care if a guy is interested, I can't speak. 

I officially fell in love, though, when he got the bouncer to remove this really annoying drunk guy who kept aggressively hitting on us. I was so impressed that he took it upon himself to solve our problem. (Rereading this, I am thinking my standards might be a bit too low?!) He also seemed kind of serious and low-key. But, to repeat...there was something about him!

I did try and talk to him, but nothing stuck. I didn't know what to do! The pub is right near other C's place so we could just repeatedly go back until he is forced to talk to me. But that seems like a bad plan. Please, give me tips on how to chat with strangers whose job it is to deal with random drunks all night!

Another coffee outing

Don't get excited...it was about a job. I am starting to realize that I really need to prioritize being employed.

p.s. Anyone curious about an update, I never heard back from last week's coffee outing!