#OKCupid: A man's perspective on internet dating
#TalkNerdyToMeLover's DivideByFive
It hasn't even been a week and I'm already seeing hilarious social mores' on this website. From my point of view most women on here are out of their damn mind. You people watched WAAAAAAAAAYYY too many Disney movies as a kid.
First off: This is a DATING website. NO MAN is interested in being your friend. At least not at first. If you think anything different you obviously have one of those brace faced, nice guys that come over to rub your feet and tell you how great you are. NEWS FLASH: That guy wants to do you too. He's just really patient. If a guy spends a day with you and you both, mutually, decide you're not into each other but have a lot in common, then you can be friends. This is the one and only exception to this rule.
Second: Expect forward emails and a lot of them. You are on here too. This means you accept that meeting people in public places is difficult now and your looking for a change. You're not gods gift to men even if you get 1000 emails in a day. I look at it like my business. Right now there are very few properties on the market. Agents spam offers to dozens of brokers in hopes to get one accepted. This doesn't mean that there are as many buyers as there are offers. There may only be 1 buyer for every 10 offers placed in a day. In other words...you're getting 1 of 10, 20, maybe 100 emails that guy spammed out hoping to get his face in front of you. The typical email response is 4/10 according to OKCupid.com. Knowing what I know about sales I'd say the actual date/email ratio has got to be 5/100 for the average guy.
Third: If your profile says "loves to travel" we know you are a gold digger. We're not going on a date that costs more than $20 for the first 3 dates. There's NO WAY I'm gonna pay for your meal and drinks so you can leave to fuck the guy you met last week you liked better.
Fourth: I don't care how hot you are. If you are boring and stupid you're going home. I know you spent the last 10 years of your life getting by on looks alone but we're grown ups now. Some of us actually care about politics, transforming tech, world issues, etc. Keep that in mind when you are crying yourself to sleep, lonely, wondering why there are no nice guys out there. Oh, there are plenty of them but Karma is coming back with a vengeance for all those years you put your high heels through their hearts.
To summarize: Take the time to complete at least 100 of the questions OKCupid.com asks. They actually make a HUGE difference in your results. I've met a few great girls on here in less then a week because I cared enough to read about them and make sure we were at least 75% compatible. It's like John Cusack said in High Fidelity, "It's the little things that matter, the music you like, the movies you watch, world views, etc." Like it or not, opposites DO NOT attract. You just put up with each others shit for the hot sex and flaming debate only to burn out in, what is usually, a huge mess of a fight.
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