POF: Plenty of Freaks

Post number 3! Welcome back!

For reading this week, I figured I would tell all you girls about a book you must get! Thirty Things Every Woman Should Have and Should Know by the Time She's 30. This book is part of a Glamour Magazine list and has stories by actresses, singers (Taylor Swift!), women in finance, and news anchors. This is the best list and I have really tried to make sure I do these things. I have a little under 5 years left and love checking some of the things off. For example, the list includes things like:  By 30 you should have: Something perfect to wear if the employer or man of your dreams wants to see you in an hour, one best friend who always makes you laugh,  and a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill and a black lace bra. By 30 you should know: How to fall in love without losing yourself, how you feel about having kids, and how to live alone, even if you don't like to.  This really is an amazing book. These are things I would have never thought to make myself aware of but am so glad I can check some of these things off my list!

Now, on to more fun things... like internet dating!! Yes, I know how ridiculous it sounds. And those of you in long term relationships with fabulous significant others, well you are lucky to have met them in college, at work, or even at your local fair and shared a drunk make-out. Since college is over, there are 3 guys at work (not one of which who is under 40), and my friends, who I love dearly, can't set me up with anyone to save their lives, I am/was hopeful of ending up like one of the one in five relationships that now start on an online dating site. Well, I started on Match about a year ago. I figured while it may cost money to have a subscription, the free dinners would make up for it. Yes, being a girl you may have a monthly gift, but you also get free dinner and drinks. Boys, you are really missing out on that.  Especially since you all have to pay for match and buy drinks. Anyway, after a few messages back and forth with a guy from the Castleton area, the date was planned and we went to dinner. Now, I have always heard you should never date a police officer. I didn't get the point of that since grandpa was a cop and he was totally normal. Well, this guy was less than normal. Super awkward the whole time and at some point mentioned he wondered what I would look like in his uniform. Seriously!! I wonder what my face looked like when he said that because I'm sure it was ridiculous. I know first dates can be nerve wracking, but who cares! There is no excuse for that kind of stuff to come out of your mouth.  These are usually people you will never see again, especially with online dating, but if you are really interested in dating, that is not the route to take. Needless to say, that guy didn't get a second date.  Fast forward a few months and I end up going out with a cop again. I don't know how I attract them, but I do so I figured I would give this guy a try. Date planned and we met at a restaurant about 10 minutes from my apartment. Disaster yet again. The guy barely talked and when he did, it was just about his job. I know as a police officer you must see some pretty interesting stuff, but you do have a life outside of work right? No? Oh, then that explains it! No more dates with cops. Although now I am hopeful that if I'm pulled over in Marion County or Hamilton County, maybe it will be them and maybe I can get out of a ticket! ;)  My grandpa must have been a rare breed or my grandma is a saint. After failing at everything on Match, I stopped paying for that (neither date was worth it obviously!). 

Then, one of my friends told me about POF: Plenty of Fish. And it's free! That means more guys and better chances right? Not even! Oh my gosh the amount of creepers is ridiculous. I don't even think I have had 1 date from POF. If I have, clearly it wasn't worth remembering. Now I know girls who have met their guys on there but it just may not be in the cards for me or I am too lazy to spend all my time digging for the good guys.  I'm pretty sure guys on there all want hookups or to be a pen pal. If I wanted a pen pal, I'd pick someone a whole lot cooler and in a better locale than Indy. I'd rather have a 5th grade pen pal from Indonesia than your boring butt. So here we are, about one year later and I decided to give match another try. I'll keep you up to date on any awkwardness that stems for that! Until then here's the disclaimer I put on my profile:  If you are old enough to be my dad, or your profile has you drinking or making obscene gestures in every picture, we won't be a match. I try to live my life in a way that makes me the nice girl you can take home to mom. The crazy party boy isn't the guy I want to take home to meet dad. That's not too much to ask right?  Laugh at it.. because guys really don't read it! Nothing like getting a wink or message from a 53 yr old..

Oh, and the funniest part of online dating (Match in particular)... seeing people you know! It always makes you feel better when you see you aren't the only one who is unlucky in love. The weekly emails of who your best "matches" are makes me laugh because every now and then, I see my ex listed. That should automatically make me lose all faith in the online dating system. If you think that's my match, you must be drunk. The temptation is there to look at the profiles of the guys I know, but then they know I looked. Online dating is less than sneaky...