The Dating Game

For centuries women and men have had the same problems, communication. Well, men not knowing how to communicate. (kidding) Seriously though, many women do not know how to communicate either. They are too afraid if they speak their mind, the man will run the other way. So they keep quiet, and the men use it to their advantage. How do you communicate when neither person knows how? Dating has changed so much since I left the dating world years ago. It's all new. You have the cell phone, you have texting, online dating, online chats, instant messaging, video chat, phone sex, social networking, speed dating, the list goes on and on and on. Seriously what constitutes dating anymore? I have no clue. I have not yet met one man who does not expect sex on the first date. What is that? What happened to courting someone? What happened to getting to know someone first? Condoms? That's a joke! It's like pulling teeth to get a guy to use one. One girl I talked with said she didn't ask the guy to use a condom because "she didn't know him well enough." Seriously?

Where do you meet the men? Dating sites? I have heard bad things about those. Work? Well, if it doesn't work out you have to see them every single day. A friend fixing you up? NOT ON YOUR LIFE! Those never work out and just will make it uncomfortable between your friend and you. Sports clubs? Well, you probably want to be into sports for those to work. Bars? Those aren't supposed to be good either, but truthfully that is where most people end up finding dates.

The Internet has revolutionized the way many women and men irrationally get their hopes up. To date, I have steered away from Internet dating, yet I do realize somewhere down the road, I may end up there. Sad, lonely women and men across the country are using online dating in futile attempts to change the course of their pathetic lives (I am not "dissing" anyone here, my life is pathetic as well). Dating in the information age gives both sexes the opportunity to seek out someone who won't call back all on their own. It used to be you had to wait and wait and wait for someone to reject you. Now, with the magic of Internet, you can get rejected right away! This wonderful invention saves you time on wondering if he or she will call you back or is interested in you so you can just get on already with the next rejection. You masterfully sort through hundreds of men and women, you rejecting them, they rejecting you, all in a short amount of time. The wonders of online dating, aren’t they just smashing? The art of destroying one's self esteem is as easy as a click of the mouse. Not only does one get to be rejected on the bar scene, they also can be rejected online as well, but what's the beauty of online rejection? It's on your own terms. The guys don't have to meet you in person to determine if you are not good looking enough for them. This really streamlines the process. It doesn't matter how pathetic they look, in this day and age, fat, overweight, balding men, can look in the mirror and see a buff, six pack abs with a full head of hair. Delusional! I believe it's called alcoholism.

Well, probably exceeded my time for the day… til tomorrow !