Scary!

Okay, here's the kind of guy that makes online dating actually scary: username Hot4Puss. And here's his entire profile:

I am a six foot 186 pound scorpio with dark navy blue bedroom eyes. I have dimples but they are hereditary. They want go away !!! I can be demanding but in a very fun way. I am choleric and have a type A personality !!! All you therapists will figure me out eventually !!! lol I love romance. I love foreplay. If you can't kiss we want have another date !!! Iam dead serious !!! Love to be teased and I love to cuddle. My ex told me I smothered her. Hell I quit and joined a Bass Club. She got what she asked for right? lmao

80's Hair Band Seeks Groupie

Okay, not true, but here's another bizarre photo. One of the gentlemen in this photo lives in Houston, Mississippi and wants to meet me. Do you think he might know the guys from Duran Duran?

So...tattoos.  Sometimes I feel like the only human without one.  And I'm generally okay with an occasional discreet tattoo.  But discreet isn't what people take photos of for their online profiles. 

Here is the entire profile of a guy who emailed me last night:

I know how to hold a grudge
I can send a bridge up in smoke And I can't count the people
I've let down, the hearts I've broke You ain't gotta dig too deep
If you wanna find some dirt on me I'm learning who you've been Ain't who you've got to be
It's gonna be an uphill climb Aww honey I won't lie
I ain't no angel I still got a still few more dances with the devil I’m cleanin up my act, little by little
I’m getting there I can finally stand the man in the mirror I see I ain’t as good as I’m gonna get
But I’m better than I used to be...

Are these the lyrics to a bad country song or what?

And now the photo to go with the profile...

  

oh yeah - he's the whole package!

It sucks having a conscience.  Now I'm feeling a little bad that the concept of this blog is basically to make fun of people.  Okay, now that I've admitted it, is it okay to proceed?

I do think I need to add an editorial caveat.  "Normal" is a really loaded word.  I think it was Whoopi Goldberg who said that "normal is in the eye of the beholder" and I fully agree.  In fact, I think that my range of normal is far more broad than that of many of my friends, and I've generally prided myself on having friends from a wide range of backgrounds and experience.  So, when I joined the dating pool, I was surprised to see exactly how many guys fall far outside even liberal bounds of what I would even consider acceptable dating material.     

Okay, here's where we'll start.  I'm sure this is a very nice man (confession: his written profile actually makes him sound like a decent prospect), but seriously - would you make this your primary profile picture?

I've thought about blogging before, but I'm not the most disciplined person, and I really don't think that I have too much to say that others might be interested in reading.  It's hard enough coming up with an occasional pithy Facebook status, much less regular blog posts. 

But there has been an area of my recent life that has brought me some material - it's the world of online dating.  Maybe it's that I'm a fairly progressive person in a conservative part of the world, or maybe it's that I have standards that are fairly high, but I've been astonished and greatly tickled by the dating pool I'm finding online.  And since I rarely have a friend looking over my shoulder when I'm surfing Match.com or Plenty of Fish, I thought I'd start to blog some of the greatest hits...

Enjoy, and please give me your feedback!

Peace,
Susan