TIme Crunch

So I have totally been slacking on this whole "becoming a blogger thing" but that is just because I spend way too much time lurking on OKcupid instead of writing about it and the fact that I am just lazy(but that is a whole other story).  But actually online dating is proving to be quite a formidable task and rather time consuming!  Who would have thought?!  I swore Laura told me online dating would make everything quick and easy but I guess that really is what she said as opposed to what actually has happened.

So yes online dating is time consuming as there are many steps to be a successful online dater which I am (I have even received an e-mail from OKcupid stating so much but that is for another post).  If you are considering online dating I strongly suggest to enlist a trusted friend as your profile manager.  Someone who knows what you are all about and can quickly weed out the weirdos.  Or you can just hire Laura and I to do it for you as we are excellent at it.

But yes, so online dating is time consuming for the following reasons:

1. The Written Profile: and no you cannot just sign in with Facebook and use that profile.  This is important!  You have to create a profile that describes you and attracts your ideal mate!  One must strike a fine balance between cute and funny and just trying to hard.  Some questions you might face when writing about yourself: How much do I want these strangers to know about me?  How do I make myself sound accomplished but not pretentious?  Will be judge my spelling? (the answer is yes)

2.  The Sexy yet Sophisticated Picture: along with writing about yourself you also have to upload pictures!  So not only do you have to trick people into thinking you are awesome you also have to make them think you are somewhat attractive!  The pressure really starts to mount and you begin to question why you got into this whole online dating thing in the first place!  But don't worry just upload a few pics because OKcupid has your back and has created a convenient app that tells you which picture will get you the most dates! They really are so thoughtful...

3. Reaching Out:  now this is a question for people to consider: do you want to be the initiator of a message or do you want to sit back and wait for the masses to write to you?  Which really brings up the question of because you are so 21st century and dating online does this mean the age old traditions of males initiating relationships are thrown out the window??  It is quite confusing so this will at least take you an hour just to wrap your head around.

4. Reply to Messages:  So once you start getting messages you have to weed through all the characters that think you are awesome and decide who should receive reply messages.  At first this is fun, but then it can be a bit overwhelming as more and more messages begin to build up.  But I have a few quick guidelines to share with you all to help you weed threw your potential suitors.  Also this is really where your profile manager comes into action, helping to quickly delete those men/women that fall into the "no way jose" category.

So those are the major steps of online dating which to the unexperienced person may seem easy but really take quite a bit of effort.  You are trying to find your soulmate here so maybe you should put some time into it, right?


Disclaimer:  read most of these sentences with a snide, sarcastic tone.  Also, I know I need to get my blog act together so I don't post more sucky entries I apologize but the next one will be awesome!