5 New Matches

I checked my email this morning to find a message from the dating website that I had five new matches. Let's go check 'em out!

When I click on the link to show me how brilliant they are in matching me up with someone, I am immediately shown my first possible match. What I get is a snippet of his profile. It gives me his age (47), weight (about average), relationship status (currently separated), if he has kids (yes, and they live away from home), if he drinks (social), if he smokes (occasionally), and his religion (Atheist). (I am purposefully leaving out race/ethnicity as that isn't a factor for me.) Except for the Atheist, so far so good. I can overlook the religion thing for now.

Then I get to the part where he writes his own bio. He says he uses both sides of his brain. That's original. He can't tolerate stupidity, cowardice, racism or religious fanaticism. Who can? He says he doesn't watch much TV but then says there is no God, but Stewie comes close. Hmmmm.... I find it interesting that he feels there is no God, but capitalized God. Leads me to believe that he was raised with some kind of religion. Most atheists don't capitalize god, since they don't believe he exists. (Do you see the difference from God to god?) Anyway, moving on....

He says he LOVES movies. That's promising. I LOVE movies! Oh but wait! He says he wrote a screenplay that got praise from an Academy Award winning actress. Is he singing his own praises or bragging? Makes me think he's a bit of a peacock, this one. Let's keep reading. Oh, AND he made a few short films at the NY Film Academy. He's committed to writing another screenplay and producing it himself. Interesting. Sounds like whoever decides to be in his life will have to play second fiddle to his career. That's something to take into consideration.

He says he's very social. Wants to go out a lot, he said. He says the most important attributes a woman can have is intelligence, sense of humor, kindness and honesty. And if you speak Spanish or French, even better as he needs the practice. LOL

He likes going to punk and alternative concerts. Music interest is similar. A few of his favorite things: Love to play guitar, read thought provoking articles, take cruises, snorkel. Meet interesting people. Walk in great cities. Beautiful white sandy beaches and turquoise water.

He sounds a bit like a romantic, but it seems to me he's trying too hard to impress. A peacock is the image I get. I'll give him a maybe for now and visit his full profile later.

Okay, 2nd option is 46 years old, about average, divorced, has children who live away from home, is a social drinker, non-smoker, catholic. I am immediately on guard because he doesn't smoke so he probably wants someone who doesn't smoke, and he's catholic. I wonder how catholic: practicing or non-practicing? He describes himself as confident, funny and candid. He loves to laugh. He loves to cook, visit SoCal, golf and play tennis. He is looking for the right person to share the rest of this journey with. Someone who is passionate and affectionate, is tired of the game playing and wants to be loved and cared for. This sounds almost too good to be true. Except for the catholic thing, and the fact that it appears he loves to play golf, he sounds really interesting. I will give him a maybe and visit his profile later.

Number three is slender, which tells me right off the bat he ain't looking for a fat woman. But here are the particulars: 48, divorced, no kids, social drinker, non-smoker, spiritual but not religious (which is what I put on my profile). From his bio, I am getting that he's a club hopper (favorite places to visit: 107 Lounge, Ghostbar, Silverton), probably doesn't make a lot of money (doesn't have cable cuz he's not interested in main stream TV - right), but wants to travel (interesting). Looking for a free spirit who is willing to share the journey together. And he's looking to fill a void (yes, he actually wrote that!). This guy is a definite NO. Now that I look at his picture better and think about it, I've looked at this guy's profile before. I think he came up in a search a couple of weeks ago. Hopefully putting a NO on him will get him out of the search database for me.

Number 4 is interesting already. His profile picture is a long distant shot of him sitting under a tree in a campground. So he wants to create the illusion that he's an outdoorsy type. Got it. When I look at his other photos, which I don't always do, (there are 9 of them), I see a nice sunset, a toy-hauler, an ATV, a picnic table at Redrock Canyon, a self-portrait taken with a phone in a mirror minus his head holding in his gut, one of him lounging on a couch with a little girl standing next to him (cutie), and a nice shot of the number 99 car driven by Carl Edwards which tells me he's a NASCAR fan. I think I might maybe this guy just because of that. But it seems odd that of the 10 photos he uploaded, he's only in 4 of them. That tells me he has low self-esteem. 41 years old, divorced, no kids, social drinker, non-smoker, spiritual but not religious. Why do they keep matching me with non-smokers?? His bio is short at sweet (very short). He's laid back and reserved. Wants his match to be her own person and not change for anyone. Likes back yard BBQ's, and attends all NASCAR and NHRA events. I'm definitely going to maybe this guy and look at his profile.

Two things pop out at me with number 5. One, he has no picture .. why? Two, he's LDS. NO WAY. I already know I'm going to say no, and would have, but I'll give you his particulars, just cuz I know you're curious. 37, athletic and toned, never married, no kids, drinks moderately, smokes occasionally. I could never do this bio the justice that it deserves, so I'm just going to copy and paste it so that you can read it for yourself: "This is my favorite part,I want a woman thats down to earth,that likes to feel sexy,and not afraid to be herself.a woman that dont think shes better than the human race but knows what shes worth.Life has its ups and downs i truly under stand,but with me my sole mission is to make u feel that when u with me there are no downs only highs.And with that being said, "get with me". Sincerly,your PUSHER(love sex and magic)" I knew you'd get a kick out of that one!

Of those that I maybe'd, which, by the way, is quite a lot on this round, I am going to, without looking at his profile first, cuz that will sway my decision, email the NASCAR guy. In the email, I will say that I am also into NASCAR and attend those races as well. Then I'll ask him to check out my profile and hopefully he'll feel that we have something in common. I have a feeling, he's going to send me the "thanks but no thanks" response. But I'm not going to worry about that right now. After I send the email, I will check out his profile. It will tell me the particulars of what he's looking for.

Okay, his full profile, which gives even more information about him than the initial search match, says he has blond hair and blue eyes, exercises 5 or more times a week, his occupation is Political / Govt / Civil Service / Military, and he earns over $100K a year. He's a Sagittarius, owns a dog, and his politics are middle of the road. I like that he owns a dog and his sign says that we are kind of compatible in the astrological world. I wonder what kind of exercising he does 5 or more times a week; gym, walking the dog, or part of his work?

He's looking for a woman between 5' and 6' who is athletic and toned, slender, about average, curvy, or has a few extra pounds. A social drinker who smokes but is trying to quit; who is white, asian, latino/hispanic, or a pacific islander. And it says he was on about an hour ago. So he's fairly active in here. That means I could get my answer fairly quickly.

So, now I wait for his "thanks but no thanks" which I am sure is what he's going to say... if he's going to say anything at all. He could just decide to ignore my email, especially once he looks at my profile.

The suspense is killing me!