My favourite tv ad comes on, the match.com advert, you know the one that goes 'I like old movies.... like the godfather.... threeeee... not considered the best one.. But thats just me'. Brilliant advert, so cute. Anyway, so I though I would just check it out, see what all the fuss was about, mainly because I like the advert I'm not ashamed to say, I am influenced that easily by adverts. But Alas, you have to set up an account to actually see anything other than the log in screen. I should mention now, I am not looking for love. certainly not on the internet! There is something about online dating that screams 'desperate and can't get a date'.. I would like to assure you, thats not me! (yea sure jemma, keep saying that and it will most definitely be true)
So after spending a good hour filling in my profile page, carefully thinking about how many times you can use the word 'cool' before you start to sound like a teenager from the 80's, the profile is finished. Who knew that a brief description of yourself could be so hard? One of the questions: 'how would you describe yourself?: Very attractive, attractive, average, unnattractive'.. Well what on earth am I supposed to say to that?! If I put very attractive I sound really narcissistic, if I put average I'm underselling myself, unattractive then nobody will be interested. But if I put attractive and people don't actually think I am (which they can tell by the carefully selected profile picture, which may as well have been painted by Davinci after the amount of time spent chosing it) then they'll think I'm really vain! You see the dilemma. And do I really care anyway?!
Some of the things the men put on their profile, jesus christ! A man in his 40's, probably was atrractive once, not so much anymore due to the hair protruding from his nose and ears, puts 'if you are unnattractive please don't expect me to email you'. Good god! Its a dodgy business this online dating malarky, particularly because if you like someone's profile, you let them know by metaphorically winking at them. *CRINGE*. I definitely feel like Ive entered an online version of take me out, where everyone is judging me and saying cringy things and winking all over the shop.
And can you really find love online anyway? I'm a firm beleiver that you don't find love until you stop looking, and I honestly don't know if its good that you can pick and choose your future partners traits. It should be called BuildmeaBoyfriend.com. And what makes a good partner anyway? Someone who is exactly the same as you in every way? because that sounds insanely boring to me. I mean lets face it, if you dislike everyone who isn't the same as you then there must be something quite wrong!
So I guess what I'm saying is that this online dating thing is qute frankly weird. It makes me feel like a combination of how I felt when I first watched Requim for a dream and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Like something isn't quite right and that a dominating transvestite might jump out and wink at me at any point. No, not quite like that. I didn't check the 'I'm looking for a transvestite' box.
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