Cupid and the Tax Man

I have finally gone on my first date from OkCupid.  And I must say it didn’t go as expected.  Given my history for bizarre dates one expects that this internet date would also prove to be something of an oddity.  But what happened was far more disturbing and upsetting.

We had talked for quite a while on the dating site before we finally exchanged numbers. I’m always a little hesitant to pass out my phone number to people I’ve never met in person, but have no fear of passing it out to strangers I meet in the street.  Odd, I know, but by now you’ve surely guessed that I am far from normal. Once I finally did share my number with this person we chatted about growing up in the Midwest and how much the Ohio State Buckeyes are hated throughout the country. We finally set up a Sunday brunch date a few weeks ago.

Now, I haven’t been on too many dates lately as my life had gone a little off kilter and this was my first time back on the horse.  And if I had been born any kind of normal it would have been the perfect date to jump back in on.

Wait a minute Dana….I thought you said this date was disturbing and unsettling!?!

You’re right, I did say that.  And it was.  The date was completely normal.  100% standard! And for me that is extremely disturbing.  I have never had a standard date before.  Even the ones people would consider to be a normal set up for a date end up taking a weird twist.  I had no idea what to do on a date that’s normal.  We had brunch, and talked about his job in corporate tax. YAWN!  I’m boring myself just thinking about it.

So that’s a little harsh.  I did enjoy my time with him because I did get a brief respite from my wack-a-doodle life. But as someone who can’t seem to stay in one place too long the thought of being with someone who was putting me to sleep upsets me deeply. I did give him a second chance, chocking up the boring time as nerves.  Mr. Tax Man was just as boring on the second date. So we parted ways.

But I’m about to meet my second OkCupid date as I type this post.  Tea at Tin Roof Teas!  Even if this new person is boring at least I’ll get to try some exciting new teas.

Tea > Boys

Letting Cupid Do His Thing

So I’ve grown a bit tired of random tinder messages and in the interested of diverse research I’ve signed up for another free dating service.  I’ll let you take a guess which one…go on guess….Give up?  Its OkCupid. And here are my first impressions:

1) There are just as many awkward sex requests as there are on Tinder.  No big deal, I really didn’t expect that to change.  In fact given that we don’t have to both like each other in order to send a message I expected more.  Though I have already had 2 strange request. One asking if I wanted a BDSM relationship that wanted to treat me “like the queen [I am]” and another asking if he could help me orgasm but didn’t want to have sex he just wanted to massage me.

2) I like that there is a bit more questions and descriptions to be utilized.  It makes it easier to start a conversation with someone rather that just saying “Hi, how are you? ;)” Now I can ask questions like “I see you like basketball, who’s your favorite NBA player?”  or i can be asked questions like “You take karate? What belt level are you at?”

3) Premium Cupid… Okay I understand this is a company that needs to make money and there are some people on the internet who will pay for pretty much anything, no big deal I just wont pay money for something I can get for free.  That is not the issue I have with the Premium membership.  I don’t like that people can see when I read there messages and then bombard me with more.  Some people are quite desperate and the “why aren’t you responding?” questions get old very fast.

As for dates I haven’t had one yet.  I’ve received a few invites but have yet to bite on any. But don’t worry it won’t stay that way for very long.

PS Sorry about the late post…its been a busy week!