Hints that many men don’t read profiles:
Candidate 1: Winked, rather than writing an email. Buh-bye.
Candidate 2: Wrote, and the email was at least not blatant spam mail, but it said nothing about why he was writing to me, as opposed to any other woman online. From his profile, copied and pasted verbatim:
The […]

First, a little profile business. I recently added this to my “about my match” section:
PS: You don’t send winks. If you’re interested, you take the time to write telling me why.
Happily, the deluge of guys who wink but aren’t confident enough to write a damned email has subsided.
Not-so-happily, this means I get emails from […]

How sad is this? I’m sort of looking forward to this second date this evening. (Yeah, I know. Don’t get excited or anything.)
But much, much, MUCH moreso? I’m looking forward to an evening minus a nearly-two, screaming her head off, mad because she doesn’t get what she wants, teething, pissy toddler who’s […]

It was good — really good. Maya accompanied me (at this age, I have no problem with her hanging out with mama and a friend — and she’s actually a good jerk-filter), and we enjoyed a leisurely lunch, followed by a slow (then fast, then slow, then fast — like I said, Maya was […]

The other day, I was talking to my hiking partner about dating — she’s been married nine years and never really did the dating-as-an-adult thing. She lives vicariously through my experience and frequently comments how glad she is to NOT HAVE TO DO THIS. Can’t say I blame her.
Anyway, we were talking about […]

Seen on the “who’s viewed me recently” page:
I am a small town boy, who loves his momma.
Alrighty, then.
Yes, yes, I KNOW this can be a good thing. I want a guy to love his mother. But for the first sentence of a match.com profile?

Eh, more likely just an excuse to procrastinate for five minutes…
I’m starting to think I should offer profile consulting to people on match.com (men and women alike — but definitely men, since I’ve read hundreds of men’s profiles over the years). What would one charge for that, anyway?

Received:
From: tallman
To: (me)
Subject: hi
Hello….I am a 35 […]

…I had a very nice first date last night.
The food was simply awful (but my date was rather gracious about it, even when the restaurant owner stopped by to visit). I ordered: Crepes Provencale: Sauteed beef tenderloin in crepes with a fresh thyme and mushroom cream sauce. For the starch, I chose pasta […]

(chemistry, but really, it’s the same thing)
This description goes with the theory that less is more so….I’m a laid back, athletic, type B person. I’ve travelled. I’ve stayed home. I like both. Prefer college sports to pro but even more, prefer doing to watching. Thats all you get for now. Since you’ve read this far, […]

I remembered that I haven’t visited chemistry.com for a bit (match’s attempt at something like eHarmony — they gave me a “free” lifetime membership), so I popped on to see who they’re suggesting I might like. Here’s the first entry:
Looking for Hot Lady
Looking for a hot lady not a moron to spend sometime with […]

Do you know what really annoys me?
I mean *really* annoys me?
Being treated as if I’m an inactive slug who eats badly, because I’m still not skinny after having a child. Actually, it doesn’t annoy me. It pisses me off. It also hurts, and I find myself questioning this whole “dating” thing because […]

Photo posed with Dodge Ram truck? Check.
Photo posed with motorcycle? Check.
Sports fan who loves to watch on TV? Check.
“Likes” includes “having fun”? (Because you know, so many people *hate* having fun, after all.) Check.
Has a favorite NASCAR driver? Check.
Religion is Southern Baptist? Check.
Numerous grievous misspellings throughout profile? Check.
Ditto for grammatical errors? Check.
Ummm…did you even bother […]

Rough paraphrase of something I told my counselor last week:
Growing up, I never had a concept of myself as an adult.
Seriously, I think my first major depression (at age 26) was largely brought on by a lack of vision for myself and my future. I’d grown up expecting to go to school, get good […]

I may add a little more on this later, I may not. Whatever, it was SO nice to have a date I actually enjoyed, rather than tolerated.
From: Allison
Date: Jul 15, 2006 6:08 AM
Subject: Accolades and Apologies
Hi, (name)!
First, the accolades:

I had a blast. Seriously, what fun — I’ll pay for it on the trail […]