Dating Sites Revisited; Pathetic Loser Wants Same

Many years ago, when I was writing for my local rag, I did a column on Cyberspace.  I went to a lot of sites and then realised that Dating Sites would be a great article.   I’d go to a site, use a nick, stay close to reality; that is around my age, my profession, likes/dislikes, just to see how much matching would be done.

Now I’ll admit, way back in the early days, there was a European site that really did match.  I mean really.  There was a lot of questions, but the answers mattered.

I am emphasising this now, to prepare you what follows.

Anyway, I was matched with a few chaps and one was really special.  Unfortunately, he died.  Yes. Really.  He was ill and a widower and was reaching out for companionship and I suppose, although we were thousands of miles apart, I gave him a bit of that.

Subsequently, I stayed off of dating sites, then, went back on for the purpose of an article.

The reason I emphasised matching on the first site, is that I can say without hesitation, NONE went on in the subsequent sites, save:

a) sexual connection; that is a woman who wants a man would be matched with men, a woman who wants a woman would be matched with women.

b) age; within range, i.e. a twenty five year old would be matched with those between twenty four and thirty six and sixty year olds would be matched between fifty eight and seventy.

Other than that, unless you specified religion and race, well, even then, you would have some sloppy slip ups.

To say you are an attorney at law and be matched with a toll booth operator was not unusual.  As there was very little analysis, as had been in the first site.

If I had been visiting the site for a date I’d of run after my first disastrous matches.  However, it made good copy so I stuck with it.

Those on the site with whom I was matched fell into two categories; pathetic and very pathetic.  The sub-categories were scammers, parasites, sickos and plain ordinary losers.

As I was wise enough to create a new email account for the dating site I was not besieged until I went onto my dating email.

There were those who wrote an mail like every few minutes demanding messenger and other instant chats. There were those who were straight up scammers and never read what I’d posted, going hard for the ‘send for me and pay my way and put me up’ kind of trick.

There were those who simply wanted an all expense paid vacation in my house, those who wanted money and those who were just obnoxious.

I developed various methods to deal with them.

Those who emailed frequently I would write back every other day complaining about the prices in the supermarket.  This got rid of them.

Those who tried to ‘rush’ the ‘relationship’ also got supermarket letters.

Others were quickly unmasked as scammers to which I would write;

“I am in Jamaica.  We are better at scamming than you.”

I can say this without pause; I never met anyone on any dating site, (save the first) that I would want to have coffee with.  They were devoid of conversation, they were less than two dimensions, and I don’t know how anyone can ever fall for the scams that were run as they were so pathetic.