The intricacies of online dating sites
All right then, prepare for some insecurity of the MA sort....
I joined OKCupid last night. It was fun, sfeley helped me come up with my user name (which is Miss_Deep if you are interested - and you get bonus points if you catch the reference), and I could hook up to it on my Sidekick, so I answered a bunch of questions when I got bored today.
Then I got on tonight and was playing around. And got IM'd, by someone that lives only a few miles away. He was cute, and seemed nice - if overly in love with Netspeak shorthand. So we were chatting. And after 5 minutes, of not much more than "Your pictures are beautiful" and a "You are cute" exchanged, it turned to - "Let's go out this weekend", and "Give me your phone number". Is this normal?
Now I have no clue what I'm doing this weekend. Last weekend the kid was with his dad, so I was hoping for some cool one on one time. Plus I don't know what night my parents will take him, if they will at all. So I'm not being coy, I really don't know. Not to mention I started talking to this guy only minutes before.
Am I wrong in wanting some conversation before meeting in person - or am I being an uptight bitch, like this guy made me feel? That gave me the creepy vibe.
THEN - after I get off IM with this guy - ANOTHER ONE pings me. This time from in the city. Again, five minutes of meaningless chatter and flattery that contained more netspeak than not, then insisting on a date this weekend. And this one was old enough to be my dad, and called me a tease when I said I wasn't sure what I was doing this weekend. Sigh.
And I was having so much fun with my other messages. Needless to say, I turned off IM for now.
So, am I an uptight, bitchy, tease? Really, I'm thinking not. Though I can be a glorious bitch when I want to be. THAT, is an art form.
In other news - I've been WRITING! Mistress mightymur commands that we should JUST WRITE IT, and I have been. A little bit of fiction, and enough essays to last me for a while on the podcast. Yay for writing.
I joined OKCupid last night. It was fun, sfeley helped me come up with my user name (which is Miss_Deep if you are interested - and you get bonus points if you catch the reference), and I could hook up to it on my Sidekick, so I answered a bunch of questions when I got bored today.
Then I got on tonight and was playing around. And got IM'd, by someone that lives only a few miles away. He was cute, and seemed nice - if overly in love with Netspeak shorthand. So we were chatting. And after 5 minutes, of not much more than "Your pictures are beautiful" and a "You are cute" exchanged, it turned to - "Let's go out this weekend", and "Give me your phone number". Is this normal?
Now I have no clue what I'm doing this weekend. Last weekend the kid was with his dad, so I was hoping for some cool one on one time. Plus I don't know what night my parents will take him, if they will at all. So I'm not being coy, I really don't know. Not to mention I started talking to this guy only minutes before.
Am I wrong in wanting some conversation before meeting in person - or am I being an uptight bitch, like this guy made me feel? That gave me the creepy vibe.
THEN - after I get off IM with this guy - ANOTHER ONE pings me. This time from in the city. Again, five minutes of meaningless chatter and flattery that contained more netspeak than not, then insisting on a date this weekend. And this one was old enough to be my dad, and called me a tease when I said I wasn't sure what I was doing this weekend. Sigh.
And I was having so much fun with my other messages. Needless to say, I turned off IM for now.
So, am I an uptight, bitchy, tease? Really, I'm thinking not. Though I can be a glorious bitch when I want to be. THAT, is an art form.
In other news - I've been WRITING! Mistress mightymur commands that we should JUST WRITE IT, and I have been. A little bit of fiction, and enough essays to last me for a while on the podcast. Yay for writing.