Ahhhhhh…all of the potential men of my dreams that have fallen between the cracks. Fallen into the background, the Sea of Forgotten Matches…..

Let’s talk about Hinge. Hinge as I’ve told you before is an app through Facebook. The app tries to match you through mutual friends or connections that you may have on Facebook. It’s definitely through 3^rd party connections because I have asked and been asked on hinge dates who we had in common and neither of us knew the person mentioned. You are sent a bunch of “matches” daily that you like or don’t like and then if its mutual, shazam! You’re matched.   It’s very similar to Tinder but is supposed to be a little more sophisticated, and give you the reassurance that you may know people in common. When in reality, it’s more like you match and then fall into the abyss.  All of these men take the time to open the app, go through their matches and click yes on you to never take the next step and contact you. Why bother matching if you’re never going to contact someone?  Then there are the ones that I wait a couple of days for some contact and I get nothing, so I figure what the heck, I’ll send them a hello.  Then….still nothing.  It just rubs me the wrong way ya know?  Here’s the thing about these apps, like I’ve said before a million times…. it’s so easy to hide.  To pretend that you’re looking for at someone when you’re really not.

After my little break from all of this I am so intrigued that nothing has changed. But then again I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. So now what’s happened to me is that I just don’t really take any of it seriously anymore. It’s becoming amusement when I’m bored.

As for this past week, I went on a second date. It’s always amazing how different someone can look to you, both physically and mentally after only the first date. I really have yet to be on more than one date with someone that number one knows how to dress, and number 2 takes care of themselves. Now listen, some of you may not agree with me, but I think that it’s much easier for men to get away with dressing poorly and covering up that fact that they just don’t’ give a sh^t about their appearance. Brush you hair. Pick out a nice shirt. Maybe pick out shoes that go with what you’re wearing. It’s really not that complicated. Pick up a GQ every now and then and see what works for men in general. I think this guy had a stain on his shirt from lunch for crying out loud. Huge bags under his eyes and that weird stubble, that’s not a beard and not trying to be a beard. Just lazy crap on your face. How about, I don’t brush my hair, shave my legs or my armpits and show up for a date in a skirt and a sleeveless top? I would be considered disgusting. Right? But it’s ok for him. After giving it a little more thought when I got home. No, it’s not ok. The next time that someone shows up and they aren’t dressed appropriately for a date I’m gonna do what trendy holster wallet dude did. I’m gonna leave. And please keep in mind that I’m referring to a first date or second date. Maybe even a third, where things are still a bit formal. We’re not meeting to go hang in the park on a bench in our shorts and sneakers. Cuz I’m cool with that too, but when that’s the PLAN!

Then I had a match date planned for this Saturday night and the guy called me an hour and a half before we were supposed to meet and canceled because he thought he had food poisoning. Ok I understand. Things happen. He seemed sincere and has already been in touch asking to reschedule, so we’ll see about that one. It’s hard to be ok with things like that sometimes. Probably because they person canceling usually isn’t being sincere and is full of sh^t. The true gem of the week is that Kyle, the guy that I wrote about in my very first post, who asked me for money after our disaster of a date asked to connect with me on LinkedIn!!!   Priceless.

So long story short I’ve been encountering men that are simply going to fall into the Sea of Forgotten Matches. The list is long folks and getting longer. Stay tuned.

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