Date and Delete: Serious Single

Ike reached out to me today in the most of unusual ways.

"My name is Ike. I am mr serious single very long 5 years now not play game I am mr serious good person angel. Are you serious single ?. I'm sit don't have lady dating there plentyoffish .I live alone in Brooklyn,NY 11216. If You do thinking we are good weak match angel faith. Sound ms are you serious nice person caucasinan good match me mr black relationship or dating ?. I'm not looking no single black women someone Brooklyn and NYC. Your place NYC to Brooklyn like 15 or 20 mins near us."

Well, Ike...me not serious single angel faith, nor want mr serious person angel relationship - DELETE.

The Back Story

I'm 37. I moved to NY in Sept of 2007, and shortly there after, my 8 years of marriage went into the crapper. Finding myself in the throws of a divorce was shocking to say the least. It's been months now and I've been dabbling in the dating world somewhat unsuccessfully. My dates have been funny, alarming, weird, chaotic, charming and just plain fucked up. For those of you feeling your eggs dry up inside you and realizing this isn't your parents white-picket-fence-storybook-ending of a life...hang out for the ride.

I have no idea why I'm doing this.

The Rules to e-Dating

Read "The Game" by Neil Strauss. This book will help you sniff out pickup artists. They have very specific ways of bedding you...so, armor up ladies!
Be prepared to be stood up once in a while. It happens, even to the best of us.
Have an exit strategy. Just like a firedrill, you may want to practice it for effectiveness on a guy friend.
Beware of the sex hookup subculture of online dating. It's lurking behind every click.
Expect to pay for your half. It's NYC and when your mom burned that bra, it ended your free drink ticket.
Grabbing your cell phone ends the date. Abruptly sometimes.
Include body shots with your profile, yep, men want to see the goods first.

The Sites

Plenty of Fish - free
http://www.plentyoffish.com/
*toomanyoffish = noqualityoffishing
Largest free site out there.

OkCupid - free
http://www.okcupid.com/
*artsy types, all ages, the occasional naked freaks (yeah, some men sell themselves by showing their man bits)

Match - paid
http://www.match.com/
*land of khaki pants and tucked in shirts

eHarmony - paid
http://www.eharmony.com/
*your eggs are chillin' in the frig and you wanted to get married yesterday

JDate - paid
http://www.jdate.com/
*for your Jewish friends, try sneaking on if you are not, but it's all in the name people

Nerve - paid
http://www.nerve.com/
*still reviewing

SugarDaddies - paid
http://sugardaddie.com/
*cute guys with money, but is it too good to be true??? Why yes it is!

Date and Delete

Serious Single

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