So—I recently tried this Ok Cupid thing. Quite a few of my friends use it, so I was aware of its existence, but I didn’t take the
plunge myself until I was sitting around at 2:00 a.m. and drinking wine with a
friend not long after the last break-up. He suggested it—mostly so he could see
what my answers to the questions would be—and I was feeling just silly enough
to go for it.
Here is my experience in the first few weeks:
First,
those questions are addicting. I think I have answered about 600 of
them--it became somewhat like a video game as I worked to get my match
percentage higher. Right now there is a guy in Oregon who is a 99.85%
match (call me!).
I
have been contacted by quite a few people (I would say it is probably
about an 80/20 male/female ratio), and for the most part they have been
positive.
Of course there have been a few
less-than-promising emails (little tip—do not send a message to a woman you
don’t know and open with “hello, princess”), but there have also been some
great conversations, and a few pleasant hours spent over dinner and window
shopping, and a couple of possible somethings.
I am finding that there are a great many intelligent, fun,
geeky, attractive, and slightly odd men in the Cleveland area (who knew?).
It also turns out that quite a few of the people I have
already played with and/or fucked are listed as my possible matches, so I guess
my choices have been validated. lol
The bottom line is that I my experience has been pleasant
enough that I will happily continue to log in and answer questions, and emails, and see where it all leads.
