That Internet dating thing

Murph · 2010-12-29T14:39:45.000Z

Mightynute:

It’s not the size, it’s the inadequacy and disappointment!

I lol’d.

JoshV · 2010-12-29T16:26:41.000Z

Raife:

So this ASCII image of Mightynute’s junk is going around, and if that is actual size, I am so sorry, man. Maybe you can tell people it was really cold.

You’re looking at it in the wrong font.

ZekeDMS · 2010-12-29T16:51:52.000Z

I find Mightynute’s penis looks best in wingdings.

TimElhajj · 2011-01-07T22:33:09.000Z

That’s like when the ultrasound tech pointed to the screen and said she saw my son’s little penis. I said, “Little? I think it’s about just the right size for his height.”

fire · 2011-01-10T21:29:00.000Z

TimElhajj:

That’s like when the ultrasound tech pointed to the screen and said she saw my son’s little penis. I said, “Little? I think it’s about just the right size for his height.”

Ours freeze-framed his balls and said, “Would you like to know your child’s gender?”

Thanks, I think we have a good idea.

Creole_Ned · 2011-01-11T01:29:00.000Z

Meanwhile, in other vaguely penis-related news, radio guy and I are about to celebrate three months together. That’s five years in gay relationship time*. I have not yet been out to the farm in Langley to see the radios but to be fair, we haven’t sat down and played co-op Diablo 2 together, either.

Things seem to be going well. We have hiked multiple times and dealt with my month of late night shifts from hell about as well as can be managed (couple that with me working weekends and it made it tricky to get together at times). We talk every day and are both looking forward to even more outdoorsy stuff in the summer. He’s also a good cook and I’m a good eater. A perfect match!

All of my various dating profiles have been updated to note my unavailability but I’m still on PoF’s mailing list, as they’ve sent me a message recently which seems to be a new way to get people to meet. The message excitedly informs me “SomeGuyWithPants wants to meet you!” and includes a link to the guy’s profile, as well as a handy link to my PoF inbox, which is invariably empty. I’m not sure how it was determined that SomeGuyWithPants wants to meet me. I suspect shenanigans at play on PoF’s part. I think I’ll just set my profile to hidden or whatever it is.

I am glad to be out of the dating game. Snuggling on the couch with my partner and watching Them! on AMC is way better than having my eyes glaze over while reading a bunch of profiles on OKC.

note: joke

jerri_blank · 2011-01-11T05:40:00.000Z

Ooh, you used the “p” word.* Congrats. :) And just three months? That’s just a first date for us lesbians. :)**

*Partner. Get your minds out of the gutter, people.
Oh, wait, he used that other “p” word too. Carry on.

** Sadly, less of a joke than I’d like.

hong · 2011-01-11T05:47:21.000Z

Go Ned!

Tin_Wisdom · 2011-01-11T06:12:59.000Z

I guess I’m happy for Ned and the occasional “all’s quiet” posts are better than nothing, but posts about how well relationships are going are invariably less interesting than dating disaster stories. No update from SuperSport in several months now either.

I used to see that this thread had been updated and would eagerly pull out the popcorn maker (<-- not a euphemism) to read all about the human train wreckage. Now if the thread shows as updated, I just kind of glance wistfully at the cabinet where the unpopped kernels sit in their jar.

Now I’m not hoping that everyone’s relationships go to Hell and produce stories that end up somehow involving an emergency room and an ill-positioned French baguette, but… well, maybe I am hoping for that. But not actively, you understand, just on a semi-subconscious level. That makes me a bad person, doesn’t it?

Mightynute · 2011-01-11T07:24:52.000Z

Someone wants more hilarious crash-and-burn stories of Dating Fail? I’m on the case!

Shit, I should get something like the Bat-Signal for this.

Editer · 2011-01-11T11:16:20.000Z

So is ElG still going steady, or did he tire of the abuse from the Qt3 right wing and just stop posting?

Creole_Ned · 2011-01-11T12:02:23.000Z

Yeah, ‘all’s well’ isn’t exactly thrilling to read. The others out there still dating need to step up! I look back on my experiences over the last year and a half and the most positive thing I can come up with at times is ‘it takes all kinds’.

I’m just happy to still have intact nipples at this point.

BrianRubin · 2011-01-11T12:06:48.000Z

Creole Ned:

I’m just happy to still have intact nipples at this point.

raises eyebrows Sounds like there’s a story there.

AaronSofaer · 2011-01-11T12:19:06.000Z

Tin Wisdom:

I guess I’m happy for Ned and the occasional “all’s quiet” posts are better than nothing, but posts about how well relationships are going are invariably less interesting than dating disaster stories.

This would be why I’m not posting in this thread. grins Nobody wants to hear the far-too-sappy stories of me and Speak watching How To Train Your Dragon together or other such activities.

Even if it was gloriously squeeful.

Creole_Ned · 2011-01-11T12:36:00.000Z

Brian Rubin:

raises eyebrows Sounds like there’s a story there.

Already posted back on page…uh…no idea. But somewhere in here.

Tortilla · 2011-01-11T12:37:17.000Z

AaronSofaer:

This would be why I’m not posting in this thread. grins Nobody wants to hear the far-too-sappy stories of me and Speak watching How To Train Your Dragon together or other such activities.

Even if it was gloriously squeeful.

Shortening her handle to “Speak” is going to summon all the wrong images for those of us old enough to have enjoyed the Tick cartoon.

AaronSofaer · 2011-01-11T12:43:38.000Z

Tortilla:

Shortening her handle to “Speak” is going to summon all the wrong images for those of us old enough to have enjoyed the Tick cartoon.

Would you prefer SWB?

Mightynute · 2011-01-11T12:44:47.000Z

Siblings With Benefits? Sounds a bit too Star Wars for this forum.

Speak_With_Bread · 2011-01-11T13:03:14.000Z

Just use my full handle, dear. I have no idea what Tortilla’s talking about, but it’ll just be easier. :)

Tortilla · 2011-01-11T13:06:53.000Z

You could also just use bread as a short form. Carbohydrate rich forum handles are awesome.