In the beginning there was kilt guy and turkish guy. After arranging a date with me, turkish guy canceled the date claiming he had a last minute business trip. I suggested he reschedule when he returns and never heard from him again (although I saw that he checked out my profile again more than a week later ( Read more... )

1. Candidate for King County Prosecuting Attorney who looks suspiciously like Dwight Shrute ( Read more... )

After a not-so-great date last weekend with someone I met through normal channels (a mutual friend), I was inspired to start responding to winks and emails, and even send a few ( Read more... )

Today I sent several winks and replied to a handful of messages. I'm still having a hard time coming up with something to say, especially if I don't see anything in the profile that I'm curious about ( Read more... )

From a co-worker:

"It's never too late to put your clothes back on and go home."

I just replied to a message on Match. Why is this so hard?

1. Post a picture that seems at odds with your stated age. I'll think you are either lying about your age or using old pictures ( Read more... )

I'm still dragging my feet about responding to messages from guys on Match, but I've been thinking more about the profile I created ( Read more... )

So I finally get my profile up and running, and scowlingkitten tells me that my photo sucks! OK, what she actually said is that it doesn't look like me and it's not cute enough. Meant to be helpful. In fact, it is helpful feedback. But I'm feeling ambivalent about this whole thing and now I find out that I'm not putting my best face forward.

I'm still getting a lot of attention from the over-40 crowd, and I'm hitting the "no thanks" button on pretty much all of them. But I also have received a couple of winks and messages from men who seem to fall into what I said I was looking for, so I guess I actually have to respond to them. I can only hope that this won't be as bad as what I'm