Why NOT To Online Date

Just in case you all didn't know I have been part of the online dating scene for over 3 months now. I always thought I had high self esteem, feel good about my self worth, etc. Well online dating has changed that. Ok, not really but being rejected so many times does takes its toll on a person. Let me break down how to get rejected in a few easy steps.

Step 1) Be Honest, perhaps write something like this in your profile:

"It seems very hard to write this as I think I do better person to person, but here is a quick overview: I am very outgoing and not afraid to voice my opinion. I can be loud at times usually when I am excited. I have been described by friends as gregarious. I have no problems letting people know what is on my mind, I do mean that in a good way. I am an open book. Just ask! What I am looking for: Someone funny and knows how to have a good time no matter what the situation. Someone athletic, I go for runs quite often and it would be nice to have company on a run. Someone who is outgoing, and enjoys meeting new people. Meeting new people or hanging out with friends is important to me, socializing is key. I am excited to try new things, and am always up for adventure."

Step 2) Find only old pictures of yourself to post since none of your friends have any good pictures of you from recently. This also should be considered you aren't hanging out enough with people if they only pictures they have of you are eating at bbq's (any pictures of you eating are bad so naturally you should post them if you want to be rejected see step 3).

Step 3) When looking for others with similar interests let them know you are interested. Send an email or you can "wink" at them. Wait for them to never response, or send you "not interested" emails. These would be all the athletic, tall men.

Step 4) Wait for only short nerds to show interest in you. After being rejected by the people you are interested in, this groups starts to look good. At this stage you should be feeling sorry for yourself but don't feel too sorry until you review the people who have been scoping out your profile and realize they are old men (40-60 year olds) and when you do see this, you think "oh well, it can't get any worse". On the contrary, because these old men KEEP LOOKING AT YOUR PROFILE.

Step 5) When you start looking to see who is looking for you (reverse match up), you officially realize those dirty old men who are looking AT you are the ONLY ones who are looking FOR you.

Congratulations, if you follow those steps you too can have low self esteem. Also because you realize this takes up a lot of your time, so it gets you a little depressed to realize that instead of online dating you could have gone out to meet new people. So you pick yourself up, dust off the negative feelings and go play co-ed touch football. =)