Because I’m just that tragic (and a little bit drunk.)
I just committed the worst on-line personals sin possible, if not the tackiest. I just sent a third (yes, third) message to someone that has yet to respond to my original reply to his ad. In some weird and delusional way I feel like I am at least owed a ‘no thanks’ Quick Message seeing that I PAID the $30 subscription fee specifically to reply to his ad earlier in the month. He was kind of cute, and had things like “I’m a nice, friendly guy” and “just say hello if you like” in his ad. I’ve placed ads on tons of personals sites over the year and if there’s any phrase that’s over-used it’s “just say hello.”
Of course, even as I was typing “not even a ‘no thanks?” and clicked send, I knew it was going to make me look totally pathetic and desperate but I felt like I was at least speaking up for all the other totally
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September 8th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Oh dear, I did that once….and got a stinging reply in response.
Ouch!
I naively liked to chalk it up to not getting the message, but well….I guess I learned the hard way.
September 8th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
I know. While I don’t believe I’m to the point of desperation, I suspect I’m getting a little lonely.
I’ve made friends since moving to DC, but most have either remained on-line in some alternate IM/twitter/blog universe, or they just live too far away to be very spontaneous.
As thankful as I am to have a friend like Alberto, I really miss having a group of (gay and/or girl) friends that I can just hang out, be catty or play board games with. :)
I miss you guys!
September 9th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
ah…we miss you too.
I seem to vacillate between “desperation” and “exhaustion.” :)