Sunday, April 14, 2013

Notes from Cupid (Return to Sender)

As a follow up to my previous entry, here are some legit messages I've gotten from the dating site I have joined:

I read your profile and noticed something that I can't say about many girls on this website, you actually have a personality. Strike that and I'll take it one step further, you actually have a pulse. 

I've read vanilla profile after white bread profile on this website and came to believe I was dealing mostly with robots. And nobody wants to date a robot, they are made of metal and have claws.

This made me legitimately laugh out loud. I love, love LOVE the irony and unintentional humour here. This dude, who is going on about not being vanilla, not being a robot sends me the most generic, impersonal message there could be! He doesn't point out what it is about me that speaks to him, he doesn't mention my real name which is literally the second line of my profile, nor does he even mention my damn user name! He obviously copied & pasted this to me and some other non-vanilla ladies out there. The irony, it burns.

I actually wrote back and called him out on it. Not in a mean or bitchy way, but I made sure to point out how hilariously ironic it is. If he writes back, I'll post his response, too.

Another one:

Saw your profile and like to know more of you. It means a lot and like to know u better. I will be glad if you don't mind, just want to say that have not seen anybody's profile has soft and warm before but its means a lot and its real that is why I like your profile .Hope u happiness in your life and hope to know u . Thanks for putting your profile ,if not I will not see someone like you.

This is a bit of cheap shot, since English isn't his first language. I do feel a bit bad for posting this, because I don't like to be mean-spiritied (for the most part, heh). It's actually quite sweet, from what I can tell. I'm glad it means a lot.

Annnd:

Hi, I'm (name deleted). You seem like a cool girl that I'd definitely click with. I was wondering what type of things you like to do for fun?

I love the contradiction - how can I be someone you'd click with if you don't know what my basic hobbies and interests are?

There are a bunch more, but most of them are the same old generic copy & paste (Hi how are u? is pretty common). Anything superbly interesting and unique, I'll let you know!