The online game of love not what it seems
Leslie Philip
Online dating, the new dating craze that has swept North America has become a more efficient way of meeting people. As an experiment, I decided to join an online dating site to see if people actually find matches.Two days into my campaign, I was forced to take down my page because my message box was filled with “Want to chat pretty girl” and “Let’s get XXX” trash talk from forty-year-old men who were clearly lost and trying to find a porn site.
Internet dating has been portrayed as an easy and safe way to meet people. But it’s really just about spilling your guts into the small “Bio” box and declaring that you want “to get busy” with anyone that is willing.
When I created my profile page for the dating site, I originally had planned to try and connect with some people. I evidently made a mistake when I saw Naughty1 trying to Instant Message me. I immediately rejected.
It’s safe to say the experience of online dating for me was very awkward and uncomfortable. In a word, eerie. The first few guys seemed the same, generic and quiet. Then there were some that talked non-stop about how much they liked sex.
As I was reading some of their messages, my thoughts kept wandering to how creepy and smarmy their minds must be. Eyes never lie, and a person reveals their true colors in the first couple minutes of speaking. In this case typing.
So I scanned the screen and silently analyzed them. For instance, some of the men buffed up their pictures and tried to appear innocent. I felt like all of the guys were either quiet perverts or lions on the prowl with come-hither-eyes, and I was the gazelle.
Online dating was definitely a horrifying experience, one that I will not repeat.
