shrubbery
by rantywoman
love this:
Right now, I have 28 men I’m ‘communicating’ with, which is to say I’ve approached them and all but two are apparently ignoring me. They haven’t written back to say ‘thanks, I’m very flattered but not interested’ and they haven’t ‘closed the match’, they are just refusing to respond. Like cactus or some small, terrified animal who has decided that if they stay very still and don’t make any sudden moves, the scary, size 10, age-appropriate woman who isn’t hideously unattractive or strangely deformed standing before them might take the hint and go away.
from:
http://redactthatblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/internet-dating-hell-civil-unrest.html
and further:
http://redactthatblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/internet-dating-hell-9-profile-writing.html
http://redactthatblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/internet-dating-hell-date-camp.html
Oh that was good for a laugh. The next time anyone suggests internet dating to anyone I would like them to read those first.
As for no getting no response, let it go, they are not interested, do take the hint and go away. Sure they lack manners,but you just look like a fool to persist when it is so obvious they are not interested in you, no matter how appropriate you think you are for them. It is not your job to teach them manners, that needed to be done when they were children, and complaining about that lack will not suddenly make them interested in you either.
Haha! Thank you, and thanks for the links to my blog.
I had some interesting feedback from a guy I went out with once, who reminded me that you can only ‘communicate’ with your matches if you’re paid up to the site. Sure, you can review your matches for free but actually talking to them requires payment.
Therefore, with the benefit of hindsight, I’m going to assume that the bulk of the 28 weren’t rude. They were just total tight-wads!
Thanks again for reading.
Your posts are hilarious! It is true that paying members can’t respond, and I think that has something to do with it, but it’s all a bit of a mystery. I used to have a lot more success with the whole thing.
Very interesting. Have you said that you are offering yourself and how?