“Don’t you think it’s time you tried online dating?” My best friend Melissa pleaded with me, not for the first time I might add. “You’ve been single for ages and if you had a boyfriend we could go on double dates. You and him and me and Dave.”
Now let me set things straight, before you start feeling sorry for me, I had not been single for ages. In fact I had been on quite a few dates, it just happened that by the end of the first date it turned out the guys were losers or already in a relationship. My friend has been in a long term relationship for 4 years, so it was hardly surprising she wanted to share the love with me, but online dating? Really? Surely that was for wrinkly, old divorcees, not a twenty something with plenty of time to find The One.
Still my friend did not make it easy to say no and in a blink of an eye she had posted an ad online, on a popular classified site describing me as “blonde, fun loving twenty something seeking casual relationship with attractive, animal lover with a decent job.” It seemed innocent enough. I thought it implied I was looking for a few friendly drinks to see how things went before embarking on anything more serious. How were we to know that casual relationship on this site meant no strings attached sex? Soon my inbox was barraged with revoltingly close up photos of mens’ private parts. Did they seriously think that would make me want to meet up with them? My friend soon regretted adding the phrase animal lover too. Well I will let you use your imagination on that one, but let me tell you the photos were not pretty.
After that experience I resolved never again to resort to the free classifieds. Only proper membership dating sites for me. Here is a useful tip for all you guys interested in meeting a woman online. Please only send photos of your face.