Instant Love…Just Add Water, Hun
Well things started slowing down some on datingsiteotheday.com, so I decided to set up a profile on rapturousmatches.com and see what that site had to offer. This is one of the many sites that has you take a personality questionnaire to better set you up with potential love matches. I found this questionnaire fluffy and inane and sure enough, it came up with a “Likes/Dislikes” page quite similar to those of deep meaning found in Playboy Magazine (not that there is anything wrong with those fine young ladies who take off their clothing and pose for pictures – I’m sure some of them even use their brains occasionally). So I didn’t set my expectations high, which turns out to be a very good thing. I immediately got a match sent to me based on my answers to the questionnaire. The man was ok looking, but a bit too artistic for my tastes. He had long hair and the look of a tortured and starving artist, definitely not my type at all. So I browsed around a bit looking at other men in my area, eventually getting bored and signing off.
The following day I had an email from a gent who liked my profile. He and I exchanged a couple of emails and decided to chat in IM. The fellow purported to be Native American, but would have made an excellent example of Hitler’s idea of Ayrian ethnic purity. So this is one of the first things I brought up. He assured me that he is half Native American, I shrugged it off deciding that his half must be from the waist down.
After this, the next thing that struck me was that he kept referring to me as “Hun.” I am used to elderly southern women sometimes referring to me as “Honey,” “Sweetie,” or even “Hun.” But this guy I just met! So I told him that I just met him and that I was not his “Hun” and that he should refer to me by my name, Suddenly. He apologized and it worked for a while until he started doing it again. I asked him again to stop - and also asked him why he was doing it. He said that was what he had always called his dearly departed wife, and that I was so sweet and lovely, he just couldn’t help it. I asked him again to please refrain. He assured me he would try.
We chatted on a bit more when suddenly he tells me that he loves me. Imagine my hilarious laughter…I even had to wipe my eyes….haaaaa….soooo funny! I told him that he didn’t know me or anything about me at that not only was I not his “Hun” he couldn’t possibly be in love with me. He then started blathering on about love at first sight, yada yada yada. Um…yeah…RIIIIGHT! So I told him that I don’t believe in love at first sight. If he’d like to get to know me further that was ok, but he needed to slow down and be realistic. The remainder of the chat from there was pleasant, but I came away with the feeling that he was a bit….odd.
Over the next couple of weeks, I made sure that when I logged into my IM tool that I was in “invisible mode.” I really didn’t want to talk to him again. Several times I would get a popup message from IM showing him trying to talk to me, asking if I was there, etc. These, I studiously ignored.
During this time I did meet another very nice man on my old dating site. I decided it would be appropriate of me to send “Hun” a sweet “blow off” letter. I explained that I met someone really nice and that I wanted to see where it led. I also pointed out that I don’t “play the field” or date multiple people at once, so I wouldn’t be chatting with him again. I wished him luck in his search, etc.
A few days later, I’m online and a chat window appears from him again, “Hi, Hun, are you there?” Imagine my astonishment…imagine the size of his testes! So I asked if he got my email, he asked where I’d set it. This is actually a pretty stupid question since the only way I have to contact him is via IM or the dating site. I told him it was via the dating site. He insisted he hadn’t gotten it. So I gently explained what was in the letter and how I would not be chatting with him again.
This guy takes the cake for melodrama, I must admit. He comes back with, “How can you do this to me? I’m in love with you!” After rolling my eyes wildly, I told him how that wasn’t possible. He goes on to tell me how I’ve broken his heart and he doesn’t know how he will go on. Now I’m falling out of my computer chair laughing, I tell him to get a grip, he doesn’t really know me, he just met me, we’ve only chatted in IM one time and that he needs to pull himself together and move on. The man keeps going on and on, so I set my IM to ignore and closed the window.
A few days later, he sends me an email through the dating site saying he has no choice but to accept my decision. That while he feels we are supposed to be together, he will respect my wishes.
WHEW! Finally!
Seriously, what planet are these guys from anyway?
The following day I had an email from a gent who liked my profile. He and I exchanged a couple of emails and decided to chat in IM. The fellow purported to be Native American, but would have made an excellent example of Hitler’s idea of Ayrian ethnic purity. So this is one of the first things I brought up. He assured me that he is half Native American, I shrugged it off deciding that his half must be from the waist down.
After this, the next thing that struck me was that he kept referring to me as “Hun.” I am used to elderly southern women sometimes referring to me as “Honey,” “Sweetie,” or even “Hun.” But this guy I just met! So I told him that I just met him and that I was not his “Hun” and that he should refer to me by my name, Suddenly. He apologized and it worked for a while until he started doing it again. I asked him again to stop - and also asked him why he was doing it. He said that was what he had always called his dearly departed wife, and that I was so sweet and lovely, he just couldn’t help it. I asked him again to please refrain. He assured me he would try.
We chatted on a bit more when suddenly he tells me that he loves me. Imagine my hilarious laughter…I even had to wipe my eyes….haaaaa….soooo funny! I told him that he didn’t know me or anything about me at that not only was I not his “Hun” he couldn’t possibly be in love with me. He then started blathering on about love at first sight, yada yada yada. Um…yeah…RIIIIGHT! So I told him that I don’t believe in love at first sight. If he’d like to get to know me further that was ok, but he needed to slow down and be realistic. The remainder of the chat from there was pleasant, but I came away with the feeling that he was a bit….odd.
Over the next couple of weeks, I made sure that when I logged into my IM tool that I was in “invisible mode.” I really didn’t want to talk to him again. Several times I would get a popup message from IM showing him trying to talk to me, asking if I was there, etc. These, I studiously ignored.
During this time I did meet another very nice man on my old dating site. I decided it would be appropriate of me to send “Hun” a sweet “blow off” letter. I explained that I met someone really nice and that I wanted to see where it led. I also pointed out that I don’t “play the field” or date multiple people at once, so I wouldn’t be chatting with him again. I wished him luck in his search, etc.
A few days later, I’m online and a chat window appears from him again, “Hi, Hun, are you there?” Imagine my astonishment…imagine the size of his testes! So I asked if he got my email, he asked where I’d set it. This is actually a pretty stupid question since the only way I have to contact him is via IM or the dating site. I told him it was via the dating site. He insisted he hadn’t gotten it. So I gently explained what was in the letter and how I would not be chatting with him again.
This guy takes the cake for melodrama, I must admit. He comes back with, “How can you do this to me? I’m in love with you!” After rolling my eyes wildly, I told him how that wasn’t possible. He goes on to tell me how I’ve broken his heart and he doesn’t know how he will go on. Now I’m falling out of my computer chair laughing, I tell him to get a grip, he doesn’t really know me, he just met me, we’ve only chatted in IM one time and that he needs to pull himself together and move on. The man keeps going on and on, so I set my IM to ignore and closed the window.
A few days later, he sends me an email through the dating site saying he has no choice but to accept my decision. That while he feels we are supposed to be together, he will respect my wishes.
WHEW! Finally!
Seriously, what planet are these guys from anyway?
posted by Suddenly Single at 4:26 PM
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