Come Hither
I said I was hanging up my dating shoes--not! Yahoo personals reeled me back in with promises of exciting dates. So, Caleb is potential #1. He has actually emailed me and we have arranged to meet for coffee after Thanksgiving. This is what Caleb's (age 43) write up says:
Busy professional who does not take the time to make his self available. I am easy going but very active, love to laugh, have fun and enjoy life. Also have a serious side when needed. Confident with out being arrogant. Born in a small town in New York State but reborn a Southerner. I believe in trust, respect, and thoughtfulness but communication is what makes or breaks a relationship. Ambitious,energetic,hard working, and passionate about the important things in life. Never married, physical fit, and lives with a cat. (The neighbors are starting to talk.) I enjoy travel, reading, sports, cooking, metal detecting, (No white socks and sandals) wine, movies on T.V., music (Blues and classic rock.)Looking for someone with a sense of humor who does not sweat the small stuff, life is to short. Whom is emotionally healthy...we all come with some baggage with life's experiences but please don't fill the trunk. Someone whom is self confident and believes in herself through life's ups and downs. Someone who likes to dress up and hit the town as well as stay in with a glass of wine (Or beverage of choice.) get comfy with good music and a board game. Most importantly someone whom is kind to herself and others. So give me a contact and we'll see if both of us can save some money on these monthly membership fees.
I initiated contact with this email: "Is ------- {town} where I think it is? You sound very interesting, would you like to meet for coffee?" (I know, not very original, but over 70% of the time, no one responds to the stupid intro emails anyway).
His response, "SassyAssy, Thanks for the email. Would like to get together sometime for coffee. I'll be in and out of town the next two weeks on business. I'll drop you a email when it slows down.
Keep enjoying those lattes, Caleb"
Candidate #2 has attempted to contact me via IM, but no email. This is the scoop on him:
Jack's profile starts by saying he wants a woman who knows what she wants. His write up reads:
would love to meet a confident woman who knows what she wants and likes to have a good time....there is nothing more sexy on a woman than confidence...... are you her?..............................................................................
So, I send the following witty intro email, "Wow, a guy who is not intimidated by a confident, goal-oriented woman...are you for real?"
Now, as I have said, he has not emailed back, he did try to IM me, but I was not at the laptop. I Im'd him back and apologized. He added me to his IM list, but has not attempted to contact me. I probably should just send him straight to the graveyard, me-thinks.
So, Utenzi, Dave & Mz. B--what does all this translate in real life terms? Break it down for me! Let's just make this a free-for-all and maybe place some bets here. Let's make this dating/waiting thingy fun & exciting...possibly this game will be way more interesting than the actual outcome. So what are the odds I will actually hear from these guys ever again???
PS--Ghosts from my graveyard are reaching out. B-boy aka #1 boy has apologized a million times for bad boy behavior over weekend. To redeem self, he has invited me to have Thxgiving with his family...probably won't, but hey, the thought counts for something. Then Mr. DC 2006, popped up the other day on IM (again I was not around--actually it was same night as Jack's attempt). Maybe he wanted to try to convince me to do a webcast striptease again.
posted by SassyAssy @ Tuesday, November 14, 2006
13 Comments:
Your period of dating abstinence was short but no doubt intense, Sassy.
Jack sounds like he's just out for a bootie call. Caleb is harder to decide on. At least he's got a sense of humor and writes with a certain style--so I'll forgive the who/whom and to/too problems. :-)
Good luck, Sassy--you're brave to go right back out into the ring!
HAHAHAH that last line was absolutely priceless! i am not very savvy in the technological dating world, so i have no pearls of wisdom!
sounds like an adventure though!!!
Caleb sounds very interesting!
Caleb definitely sounds interesting...and I decided to overlook the who/whom & to/too problems because of that (funny, you picked up on that tooooo Utenzi). For the record, everything in my life seems intense.
Despite your obvious adorableness, Sassy, I have to risk annoying you by pointing out that too only has two o's. ;-)
Public places only on the dates.
Single guy never married that lives with a cat, drinks wine and is gone all the time? What does he do with the cat?
Second guy think he just wants some cat.
Book boy? HELLLLLLLLLL NO, he can't be that cute.
I have been watching/reading you now since we exchanged links, sassy... and I have to say all the candidates you've presented always strike me as not right some how.
I guess I am no one to talk about what is real and what isn't in the modern dating world - being married now for 28 years - but being a guy myself, I wouldn't believe half the crap these people are feeding you.
The guy with the "confident blah blah sexy" business is looking to get laid by either his first... or his tenth... online partner. And the first guy sounds every bit the poseur.
I don;t trust thisd online dating stuff - and am very glad I don't have to do it!
But I actually can spell and punctuate when I put my mind to it...
Well, the first guy has a really good write up, very personal, very human and almost too perfect sounding. He put alot of thought into his profile info so that shows some brains. But he mentions wine more than once so I see a person who likes to drink-not a porblem for most-I see humor in him -The Neighbors are starting to talk, no white socks and sandals, and please dont fill the trunk-
Now, if he wrote this up himself I see something worth a second glance.
There other guy, hmmmmmmm sounds like someone with an S&M domination fetish. and with a write up that shallow I dont see that he thinks any farther than his willy can stick out.
Good luck with the two and be safe out there in the internet dating. If I was single I would probably be right in there too.
Tip for the day:
If you test drive a car and it is bumby, the engine sputters and everytime you put on the turn signals the trunk pops open would u still buy it as is?
Well I think it is unanimous that candidate #2 should be moved to the graveyard without another passing glance. Consider it done.
I am still on the fence about Caleb.
What to do????
Heard from Mr. DC 2006 last night...I will have to post our chat for those nights you guys have insomnia.
you're more brave than me...my friends keep telling me to do that yahoo personal stuff or the other online dating thing but I can't make myself do it.
I wish I could be like you!
Hmmm... yeah, #2 is a no go... as for Caleb... these things are so hard to read and people can lie if they want to but yeah, Caleb made me laugh and I say that it is worth giving it a try... coffee in a safe and crowded place never hurt anyone!
And then... DISH! WOOH!
Yup. Probably a good thing to file #2 Away. A bit too 'I Tarzan, You Jane'. #1 though...sounds a bit too...how shall I put this? Rehearsed? Like someone who clips out articles of women's magazines and pastes them as his 'profile'? Everyone loves to laugh, have a fun time and enjoy life. And what does he mean when he says he is after someone who 'doesn't sweat the small stuff'? That's a loaded statement. Does he mean someone who doesn't mind if the dishes pile up for a week? Or does he mean someone who stays relatively calm when he runs over a drifter ("Aw shee-oot! Not 'nuther dent on thuh hood! Hand me mah shuvel, we gots us 'nuther ol' fashioned swamp burial!") And just one last thing: Who says 'Someone whom' in this day and age? Who the hell actually talks like that?
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