Lands’ End bathing suits are getting cute and I’m gold to the online oldies.
Random thought:
I’ve always thought that each person has many potential soul mates, matches, partners etc. Though I’m beginning to wonder if my potential matches have been run over by trains, sniffed too much airplane glue, live in less “red” states, are stuck in loveless relationships, lack the ability to hold onto something good when they’ve fucking got it, frustrated into celibacy by dating, preemptively received vasectomies or realized they’re gay.
Whatever the reason, I wish he’d hurry the fuck up and find me; I’d like someone to watch scary movies with, followed by oversexed sleep overs.
Does land’s end still have that virtual fitting room thing? That was fun.
I had an ex who got himself a vasectomy for his 23rd birthday. He was also, apparently, a swinger. Go him.
I think they do…
I don’t understand why someone would want to get a vasectomy at a young age when there are very easy ways to prevent getting someone preggers.
I thought I found a possible soul mate about this time last year. Without going into details, life got in the way big time. I’ve decided to just smile and try to let it go. I don’t know when it will literally happen deep down, but what else can I do?
Now to leave a less self-centered comment. I think the problem is that people don’t know themselves well enough to find true compatibility nowadays. I’m not positive as to what causes this, but I know that when I am unsure of what I want in life the last thing I want to do is be anchored, so to speak.
You’ve got some great dating stories!!!
Spending time on the exmo and atheist blogs, I get the impression that there are a whole lot of reasonable, desirable guys looking for relationships and that women seem to be at an advantage in terms of supply and demand. But I can’t say for sure since I’ve never actually tried looking for a relationship online. Seems like a lot of women who try it end up with stories kind of like the dead cat guy. ;^) Personally, I met my husband the old-fashioned way (IRL) back in the days before I became a total Internet addict.
But seriously, I wouldn’t get too discouraged. It sound from your dating site stories that it’s more a question of picking through the list to find the reasonable ones.
Ahhh… dating. I think I just threw up in my mouth. But it’s funny that you bring up the scary movie thing. Just last night I was telling my friend about how I was forced to watch a scary movie alone Friday night, AND how I thought it would be great if you could hire (sort of like a dog sitter) someone to watch them with you. Wow… it sounds even more pathetic writing it down.
But I’m still waiting, ever impatiently, for my “soul mate”. At this point I’d settle for someone with low levels of douchebaggery.
A psychic told me that my one and only soul mate stepped in front of a bus on August 23, 1995. Oh well.
The Grunt,
I think you’re right about people not knowing themselves well enough. You can have a fantastic connection with someone that may not mean anything if you’re unable to participate in a relationship.
C. L. Hanson,
Thanks, I think I do have some great dating stories…the dead cat guy is a classic, for sure. I don’t think I mentioned this because I was afraid to mention too many personal details (beyond his love of dead animals), but he was a disgruntled postal worker. SCARY!
Yes, it is about picking through the list to find reasonable men in there. One weird thing about finding men online is that there are men out there hoping to catch your eye through a medium (writing) they are not comfortable with. I find myself picking strangers apart for offenses (grammar) that I wouldn’t normally use to judge a person. The first contact you have with each other is just a few sentences…and I find myself clicking NO to men who say things such as, “Your funny.” While I may be funny, I also know how to use a contraction.
meggypoo,
Low levels of douchebaggery is on my mister right list, too!
yournamehere,
Have you been calling late night infomercials again?
He will show up!
I promise!
And, chances are it will be at the least expected (and sometimes desired!) moment!
And, you will be swept up into the warmth and comfort that can be found in love.
It will happen.
Tho, I’m not sure I like the Land’s End bathing suits. No. I don’t like them.
…go away from the Lands End light, Pants! Turn away!
1. I fully agree with the thoughts on “soul mates”. I had a discussion at work with a single girl who had dated the same guy I had, after I had without knowing. We decided that between all of the girls we know we’ve dated this whole city and all that was left to do was wait for “The One” to get divorced.
2. I like the bathing suits. I don’t need one though, I have a perfectly good black and white tankini that’s very similar to those that I bought like three years ago when we went to Disneyland. I wore it twice, at the hotel pool in the dark, so it’s still in great shape to sit around in the dresser drawer for another couple of years.
matty,
When I least expect it? I hope he isn’t the janitor who walked into a public restroom when I was making number one.
rockandcookies,
I hope mine gets divorced soon! (Tee hee!)
Went out with a guy who wants to date a friend of mine…does that count? And I’ve been in the internet dating thing here long enough to recognize men who I know have dated my friends. Oh joy! Had to move away from California after depleting the pool of available men…hope that doesn’t happen here!
dude, who says you have to have a soul mate to do it? you can just pick some random guy to tide you over and give you sex. the beauty of that is you can just send him home when you are sick of him and not have to deal with him dropping a duece in the same bathroom where you are getting ready for work EVERY SINGLE MORNING and doesn’t even wait for you to leave before he wipes. he will just wipe right in front of you!!
whoa…
i think i may need to see my shrink.
I had to throw away my catalog because I was finding things “cute” and I have enough sense to know that it just means I am getting old and my standards may be lower…that seems like it could apply to either the LL Bean or the dating, doesn’t it?
Crystal,
There’s wiping with you in the ROOM?! Whoa. I might need to go see my shrink and that’s a little complicated since I don’t currently have one.
radioactive girl,
I have gone out with a few men who fall in that category…
Was Todd’s dream date Brad Pitt? Isn’t that about the time he starred in that crappy Meet Joe Black movie?
If I ever see you in a Talbot’s, then you’re in trouble.