I guess you can probably tell that I had a couple of relationships in there. One for a year, the other for three years. The one that lasted a year wasn't from online dating, the one that lasted three years was. So yeah, I guess you can find success in online dating.
The differences between the women then and now are pretty striking. When I was doing the online dating thing back when I was 32, women still seemed a bit normal. Now, at the age of 37, I'm finding women in my age bracket are pretty much nuts. Total basketcases. Worn down by losers, life, age, and more losers, they've turned into all of the worst things that the phrase "thirty-something" can possibly mean.
When I started online dating, the typical dating profile of a woman below the age of 30 always included the following banal - but more or less innocent - stuff: "Must make me laugh...I love travel...Must have a car...Must have a job...Don't pose in front of the bathroom mirror with you shirt off...I like funny guys." Etc.
Now, it's a lot of this: "I will not settle...Look, here's me ziplining in Costa Rica....My kids will always come first...I'm not looking to fool around....I have a great career, you should, too...I just decorated my condo and it looks great...Do not message me if you're only looking for sex."
You get the idea. In the old days, women just wanted a guy who had some money, a car, and maybe a sense of humor. Now, it's all about the lady herself: Don't fuck with me. I am woman, hear me roar.
Boring. And at least partially untrue: almost every woman I've dated who said they didn't want a fling had my hand in her pants by the end of the second date. (And incidentally, I don't know who is running the marketing campaigns for Costa Rica, but they ought to give that bastard a medal. The amount of "Here's me ziplining in Costa Rica," photos is unbelievable. And yes, honey, ziplining in Costa Rica shaves ten years off your life and hips. Honest. Really).
Women are boring. Below the age of 30, they have nothing to say. After the age of 30, they have a lot to say, but who could possibly want to listen to it? They all sound the same. Broken records.
I love women. No one will believe that from reading the stuff above, but it's true. I love them, but they don't charm me much, anymore. A few have, and I love them for it. We broke up because it was sometimes my fault, sometimes their fault, but I've been very lucky and had some wonderful ladies in my life. I'm looking for another one, but damned if I know where I'll find her.
