Despite being spot-on most of the time, Buzzfeed got my love life prediction totally wrong. The last twenty-four hours did not produce love, just one mediocre date.
I could recount the date in all its average-ness, but it's more or less like the other less successful dates I've been on. Not much physical attraction...conversation was easy enough, but he didn't ask me hardly any questions or show interest in me or my opinion. He's smart. He has a doctorate, and knows some interesting facts. But for me, the successful recounting of facts does not make for a great date. I gotta tell you -- I'm experiencing some serious first-date fatigue. I don't even get excited or nervous anymore. I just think, well, I said I'd do this three more times, so might as well check off number eleven while I'm in town.
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Apologies to anyone who's been enjoying this blog, but I took a Buzzfeed quiz while I was drinking my coffee this morning and apparently it'll all be over soon. What a relief.
Tonight I googled "rural dating." Here are the top four hits: Farmers Only "City Folks Just Don't Get It" Farmers Dating Site That's literally what it's called. Farmers Dating site. Something's happening with their punctuation. I feel like it should be "Farmers' Dating Site." Or maybe "Farmers: Dating Site." POF Apparently there are quite a few rural Manitobans who use Plenty of Fish to find other people from rural Manitoba. They have user names like "truckinfarmer" and "backroadslegit" and "RomanticFishingGuy." I guess "RomanticFisherman" was taken. BTW, Plenty of Fish is currently trying to rebrand itself as "POF." Say that out loud, Marketing Team. Actually, introduce yourself that way: "Hi, I'm on the POF Marketing Team." It just sounds weird, dude. Country Passions While I like the name better (so sexy!), it looks like this site was made in 1998 with Angelfire. By someone who doesn't know how to code HTML. (In the spirit of transparency: I don't know how to code HTML.) There are a few more, similar sites (partners4farmers.com and muddymatches.co.uk among them) and a couple of articles about Farmers Only. But excepting POF, all of these hits are for people who prefer a "rural" or "country" lifestyle. It makes sense, but if you're a frequent reader, you know that's not really what I was looking for. So next I tried searching "young professionals rural dating," and I got this: Just kidding! I got nothing. Nothing relevant, anyway. I shouldn't be surprised. I read everything I stumble upon about online dating. I know the magical internet hasn't created a solution to my particular quandary yet. But all I want is an answer to this question: How does one date when work you love takes you to a small town with few prospects for a more intimate, man-woman (in my case) kind of love. Work is awesome, and I'm lucky to get to do work that I both find meaningful and genuinely enjoy. But longer-term romantic entanglement continues to elude me. This one is violence-themed! SHOOTIN' Once again, I fail to see the appeal. Is this supposed to be sexy? Make you look powerful? Communicate your strong favor for second amendment rights? I mean, who can resist a crossbow? Or a pistol? Honestly, most of them seem to be dudes who are in the military. Which is fine! I got no beef with dudes in the military. Although I don't post pics of me at my job... DEAD ANIMALS I mean, I've got all these guns... First: turkeys. Deer. Fish. So many fish. And a shark! Ducks. |
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