So, I’m trolling okcupid.com again. The gayer/more explicitly sexual websites, not so much. But, whatever.
And today I got messaged by a kid who has alot of growing to do. At least in dating terms. You see, he wants to find true love. And cuddle alot. And just love his boyfriend, whoever that ends up being. And he’s so tired of all the cheats and fakes out there, and all the time he’s spent along the way. At the ripe old age of 17. Also, he’s a state away and he “likes” me, based only on my profile (including some dated pictures). I think I might have been there at some point. No, check that, I’m 90% certain I _was_ there (or, you know, somewhere like that) at some point. A linguistics student from MIT named Nathan comes to mind. (Let’s not even discuss my first trip to NYC at age 19).
I told him I preferred someone a little closer to my age, no offense intended (which happens to be true, if not all of what was going through my head). I wish there were some way I could have told him something more helpful. But sometimes, people just need to figure shit out for themselves. Good luck, kid.
I think I was propositioned for a stealth date today while I was at work, but I’ll find out soon. “Let’s get together to hang out and talk about X, Y, etc, etc. sometime soon.” Where neither X nor Y are romantic type topics, but I wonder.
I think I prefer west coast directness. Though midwestern self-containment is definitely ingrained in me.
Well we can’t all be 40!
What?
It cracks me up when teenagers complain about the trials and tribulations of dating. But oh, how I do love OKCupid… even though I can never find anybody on there.
What do you mean, west-coast directness?
BTW, when are you in town next? Wanna fuck?
precisely. =)
What is “Nathan”‘s last name? I’m all about linguistics gossip, but no one ever tells me!
I’ll claim I was clever enough to change names and universities to protect the innocent. 😉
Well, he doesn’t sound so innocent to me 😛
He just let me know that it wasn’t ever going to happen and ignored me after that. A perfectly reasonable course of action. He may have been gentler than that makes it sound. =)
I’m pretty sure most of us were there at one point. For me a certain trip to Arizona (from Chicago) at 18 sticks out in my mind. Some things never change.
I too am amused and annoyed (but only slightly, as I remember myself at that age) when teenagers and 20-21 year olds complain about how frustrating dating is, and how they just want to settle down but fear they’ll never meet the right man.
Also I’ve found that I can now easily attract guys in that age bracket, but find it difficult to get guys my own age to give me the time of day. I guess they are all busy living it up with the youngsters. . . and probably breaking a lot of hearts.
how about southern crass and charm?
So that’s what you guys call it… =)
It does have a certain appeal to it, but I’m a yank, through & through. =)