I’m looking for someone beautiful: a strange introduction to online dating

I don’t know if I have mentioned this, but I’ve entered the world of online dating.

It’s been only a few days and already I have a question, why would you write, “I’m looking for a good looking (or attractive or pretty or beautiful) lady/girl/woman.”

Really? Oh it’s really good you clarified, because I thought you were out looking for the ugliest person out there. I think this is an issue for three reasons

1. The first is a complete lack of interest of getting to know someone
2. You force people to decide whether they think they are good looking. Do I think am I pretty enough to message this kind-of skinny, gapped toothed dude?
3. Makes women feel terrible when you don’t message them back because they will have assumed it has nothing to do with what they’ve said and everything to do with how they look — and most women I know already have enough body image issues.

This is good, I’ve already narrowed down the pool of people I’m willing to message or accept messages from.

I expect the online-dating world of Plenty of Fish to be an endless source of things to write about. Here fishy, fishy, fishy.

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Why I’m a beautiful apple

My mom found this and sent it to me with a note that said, one for you … don’t you forget it.

Women are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the tree. Most men don’t want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they sometimes take the apples from the ground, that aren’t as good, but are easy. The apples at the top think something is wrong with them, when in reality, they’re amazing. They just have to wait for the right man to come along, the one who is brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree.

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