That Internet dating thing

Shadarr · 2010-07-30T11:30:59.000Z

jeffd:

I had another contact out of the blue today. A girl who seems relatively intelligent; interesting profile, but no picture. This of course sets off the DANGER WILL ROBINSON alarm bells in my head. :(

Does she have private images? My girlfriend had no public images because she was teaching a class, and didn’t want her students recognizing her on PoF. As long as she’s willing to send you a picture, it’s all good.

ElGuapo:

You know what my worst OkCupid shoot down was? Get ready, it’s pretty bad.

There was this cute blonde girl who said she was Jewish, and a lawyer of some sort, living in DC. So my opening line was some joke along the lines of “A Jewish lawyer? No way!” and then some other stuff about her profile, like what’s her dog’s name, or whatever.

She writes me back and says “FYI, unless you are one of the Chosen, Jew jokes aren’t very funny.” And then she deleted her profile.

Awwwwwwwk-ward.

Wow, somebody’s got baggage. And also she’s wrong, that joke would still be totally cliché no matter who tells it. Maybe she should stick to Jewish dating sites.

Supersport · 2010-07-30T11:32:19.000Z

Oh so like my own profile?

http://www.okcupid.com/profile/supersport10/pictures

AaronSofaer · 2010-07-30T11:33:32.000Z

ElG: Yeah, I’d have laughed, and I am one of the supposedly Chosen people.

jeffd · 2010-07-30T11:34:00.000Z

Shadarr:

Does she have private images? My girlfriend had no public images because she was teaching a class, and didn’t want her students recognizing her on PoF. As long as she’s willing to send you a picture, it’s all good.

She does. What’s the protocol for asking for those?

Shadarr · 2010-07-30T11:44:28.000Z

“Please provide a photo to prove you have the requisite number of limbs.”

ChristienMurawski · 2010-07-30T11:45:03.000Z

Bill Paxton’s involvement in “Big Love” just started making a lot more sense.

-xtien

“I got signals, I got readings, in front and behind!”

ABailey · 2010-07-30T11:57:06.000Z

ElGuapo:

So are people posting the profiles of people they’ve gone on dates with? Or is that too personal?

[B]YES.

[/B]Way too personal. And super skeezy. WTF, man?

jerri_blank · 2010-07-30T12:12:39.000Z

Supersport:

Oh so like my own profile?

http://www.okcupid.com/profile/supersport10/pictures

Mr. and Mrs. Supersport, ready for action! (ifyouknowwhatwemeanwinkwink)

Creole_Ned · 2010-07-30T12:27:27.000Z

Man, what with the guns and sharks and…um…other stuff, my life looks downright dull in comparison. I have a picture of me standing on a rock. A rock! It’s not even a real rock, it’s all smooth and safe.

The PoF guy I’m meeting for date #2 tonight declined my suggestion for dinner and instead wants to just do coffee again at the same place as last time (a large vet bill has him wanting to keep expenses low, he says). I am unethused.

Zylon · 2010-07-30T12:32:04.000Z

ABailey:

[B]YES.

[/B]Way too personal. And super skeezy. WTF, man?

Hey, if you were a Jewish lawyer, you’d totally be down with that.

Supersport · 2010-07-30T12:40:22.000Z

@ Ned. Hmmm. Nothing wrong with being frugal. At least he takes care of his pets.

Supersport · 2010-07-30T12:45:00.000Z

So our third came back last weekend and she stayed over on Wednesday night.

We talked to her about what we been doing. She said she would be interested in the polyamory group meetings with us but has no desire to be with other couples with us. We told her that was fine.

She is definitely getting more secure with the relationship she has with my wife and I. She was talking about some guy she met back in New York and how she really liked him. Then asked me to take some intimate photos of her so she could send him some pics. I obliged and we had a lot of fun doing that.

Just found out the neurologist and nurse couple are hanging up their swinging boots for awhile. Thats two couples we knocked out of the scene so far. WTF?

Creole_Ned · 2010-07-30T12:46:14.000Z

I don’t object to being frugal but meeting at the same place for coffee again just seems a bit blah. Since that was his counter to my suggestion I didn’t feel right making a counter-counter suggestion. I suppose I could always suggest another place once we’ve met.

John_Many_Jars · 2010-07-30T12:46:18.000Z

[Jackie Mason]

What did the Jewish mother yell to the lifeguard?

“Help! My daughter the lawyer is drowning!”

salwon · 2010-07-30T20:59:06.000Z

The first Jewish president is about to give his inaugural address. His mother’s in the front row, beaming. As he takes the stage, she pokes the person next to her, and says, “See that boy up there? His brother’s a doctor.”

kerzain · 2010-07-30T21:02:56.000Z

I don’t understand these jewish jokes, is this an east coast thing?

Andrew · 2010-07-30T21:19:40.000Z

I’m from the East coast and I don’t understand them either.

Creole_Ned · 2010-07-30T21:44:09.000Z

I cannot offer any insights into Jewish jokes and how they might relate to Internet dating but if someone has a link to gayjewishhotguys.com or something, feel free to share.

Date #2 was rather short as PoF guy came straight (!) from work and was tired. He had also promised to visit a friend working nearby who apparently got glass in his eye and is now swaddled in cool-looking mummy bandages or something. This is how I picture him, anyway.

On the plus side, PoF guy said he’d like to do something a bit more substantive next time and our chat was mixed with lots of joking and silliness. I told him I’d be watching the pride parade on Sunday as damn near everyone I know will be in the parade and he said he might be up for that (watching, not participating). I am feeling okay about the direction of things so far.

John_Many_Jars · 2010-07-30T21:47:20.000Z

sigh See ElGuapo’s post above.

Also, these aren’t Jewish jokes; they’re “Jewish mother” jokes. The Borscht Belt. The Catskills. Look it up! Do I have to do ALL the work around here? Shit

DoomMunky · 2010-07-31T00:35:04.000Z

John, you’re doing fine, honey. Just have some of that tasty knish and take a lie-down. You can’t help all these ignorant goyim.