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	<title>Bad Dating Stories &#124; Dates Gone WRONG!</title>
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		<title>Free online dating sites</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 16:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re single now-a-days it&#8217;s pretty standard to try your luck in the online dating world. The way I look at it, you can check the person out, get an idea of their likes and dislikes, have a phone / email / conversation and really get a feel it you and your potential mate click. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;re single now-a-days it&#8217;s pretty standard to try your luck in the online dating world. The way I look at it, you can check the person out, get an idea of their likes and dislikes, have a phone / email / conversation and really get a feel it you and your potential mate click. I will take that any day or the bar and club scene. Even if you&#8217;re short on funds there are tons of <a href="http://www.koopa.com/">free online dating</a> websites that you do not have to pay to join and you can meet people for free. As with any online dating site, you should take caution because the internet does give an element of anonymity, so make sure to use your head and be cautious. </p>
<p>For a new twist on dating check out this free <a href="http://www.livedatesearch.com">live video chat dating</a> service</p>
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		<title>How to help Christian dating services to meet senior single Christians?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 13:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent days, the world has been increasing faster of computers, modern technology and more complex issues in the economic challenges. There are thousands of online dating services available. If you meet some people in online dating service, you have to register free online dating services. It has registration, subscription and membership fee only. Registering [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In recent days, the world has been increasing faster of computers, modern technology and more complex issues in the economic challenges. There are thousands of online dating services available. If you meet some people in online dating service, you have to register free online dating services. It has registration, subscription and membership fee only. Registering your e- mail address in the confirmation form then completing your registration. There are many free <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutonlinedating.com/christian-dating">christian dating</a> services available in these days. These services give opportunity to meet one Christian to other Christian in same community from different countries.</p>
<p>It is a unique way to meet for Christians and get to know with each other. It is one of the largest free dating, matrimonial site and friendship social networking sites. Christian dating is more popular and it offers generally message boards and chat rooms. If you are a Christian single and you have 50 years old, you have so many problems to meet other senior single Christians in church or other events. But in these days, it is done easily.</p>
<p>The Christian dating services help you in various ways. It is used to find older partner, soul mate and wife or husband for dating. These services are provided for love, friendship or marriage. These services have different general dating services and it is dedicated to the Christians. These services are made with the Christian principles. It is different from regular dating site. It is based on faith. But in these days, dating is not easy and safe especially for Christians. But these services are very popular on the Internet. The main advantage of these services is potential for bible study or for prayer partner support.</p>
<p>The Christian Café is one of the largest online sites in Christian dating services. There are more than 100,000 members in this site. Other sites for Christians are such as eHarmony, single Christian Network and Christian Connection Matchmaker. These sites offer very inexpensive. The free dating sites are available and it means free to join and free to register. These Christian dating services does not provide sexual and casually dating around. It is only for above 18 years old. It is looking for friendship, love, dates, personals, courtship or romance.</p>
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		<title>My Valentines gone wrong</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that Valentine’s Day is a miserable time of year. If you’ve spent February 14th alone, you already know what I’m talking about. If you have a long term partner, then you know it is nigh on impossible to avoid this supposed celebration of love turning out to be a huge anti-climax, unless [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We all know that Valentine’s Day is a miserable time of year. If you’ve spent February 14th alone, you already know what I’m talking about. If you have a long term partner, then you know it is nigh on impossible to avoid this supposed celebration of love turning out to be a huge anti-climax, unless you are willing to shell out a small fortune each year.</p>
<p>Perhaps the worst Valentine’s Day experiences are those that involve hastily-arranged dates and disastrous <a href="http://www.interflora.co.uk/category/valentines-gifts/">valentines gifts</a>. And believe me, I should know.</p>
<p>My Valentine’s nightmare featured a rather over-eager young buck named Jan. I found him through a dating website and quite liked the sound of a “Norwegian gent with a passion for fine food and the great outdoors”. After all, I quite liked A-Ha back in the day and I hadn’t heard any horror stories about Norwegians. Not since Viking times, anyway.</p>
<p>Jan suggested a picnic in the local park for our Valentine’s date, which roused my suspicions that he was not only a bit forward, but also insane. A picnic? Outside? In February? But he assured me it would all be fine, promising to bring a warming flask of Irish coffee and some delicacies from his homeland, so, keen as I was to discover a cultured, well-travelled man, I agreed.</p>
<p>What I didn’t anticipate was that Jan would spend the entire morning before our afternoon rendez-vous in the florists.</p>
<p>When I arrived at our meeting place in the park, I couldn’t see Jan. Not that he had stood me up or kept me waiting. No, the reason I couldn’t see Jan was because he was hidden behind the largest bouquet of <a href="http://www.interflora.co.uk/category/valentines/">valentines day flowers</a> that I have ever seen in my life. There must have been over two hundred flowers of all descriptions in this monstrosity. I almost expected local <a href="http://www.interflora.co.uk/">florists</a> to appear on the horizon demanding he replenished some of their stocks, but I awkwardly accepted his gesture and we got on with the picnic.</p>
<p>But the valentines day gifts did not stop with the flowers. So keen was Jan to give me a good impression of his beloved homeland that the first item out of the enormous picnic hamper was a huge, stuffed, cuddly elk.</p>
<p>After almost taking my eye out with one of its antlers, Jan announced that he had brought with him a warming dish to kick off our picnic. He then proceeded to take out a camping stove and a saucepan, in which he warmed up our main course –  elk stew!</p>
<p>The date seemed to last for days but, when it did finally come to an end, I bade Jan a hasty farewell and walked home as quickly as I could, depositing the valentines day flowers and bizarre cuddly toy in the waste disposal of a local factory. I tried to throw the memory of a disastrous Valentine’s Day in there with them, but it proved a little harder to shake off!</p>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s a few tips on how to make money with online dating.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are tons of online dating sites that will pay you from 30-200 dollars when someone signs up to their site from your affiliate links. With millions of singles online looking for love, your earning potential is huge. First thing you&#8217;re going to want to do is generate traffic. The possibilities are really endless but [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are tons of online dating sites that will pay you from 30-200 dollars when someone signs up to their site from your affiliate links. With millions of singles online looking for love, your earning potential is huge.<br />
First thing you&#8217;re going to want to do is generate traffic. The possibilities are really endless but i will outline a few ways here:</p>
<p>1) You could start a blog giving advice love and relationships.</p>
<p>2) You could start a review site reviewing all the different dating sites that are on the internet.</p>
<p>3)You could make a nice landing page and buy traffic from Google Adwords.</p>
<p>Next thing you&#8217;re going to want to do is find a dating affiliate program that will convert your traffic into money. Some programs sell better than others and there is 2 ways you can find out what works best for you. One way is to just test your traffic. You can send x amount of hits to each sponsor and at the end of a specified time frame review how much money you made and go with that sponsor. The other way is to find other <a href="http://www.online-dating-affiliate-programs.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Dating Affiliates</strong></a> and ask them what is selling best. You could join webmaster forums that cater to <a href="http://www.online-dating-affiliate-programs.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Dating Affiliates</strong></a> or find sites that review dating programs.</p>
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		<title>Date #15—Earl, the Earl of Messy Eating</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think I mentioned once that I would settle for a Duke or an Earl in lieu of a Prince, but having met this Earl, perhaps I shouldn’t settle, and instead hold back for the real thing.  Earl had reservations about meeting up, which he voiced in a long-winded message on my answering machine the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I mentioned once that I would settle for a Duke or an Earl in lieu of a Prince, but having met this Earl, perhaps I shouldn’t settle, and instead hold back for the real thing.  Earl had reservations about meeting up, which he voiced in a long-winded message on my answering machine the night before we had plans.  You see, he had only ever talked to my answering machine, and I to his.  I’m a very busy person, and an unfortunate side effect of that is that you had better love me, love my answering machine.  I always return phone calls, but not always at the best time.  Earl thought this was weird, but I figured that there was nothing that we could talk about on the phone that we couldn’t talk about in person.  His reservations, in fact, were making me wary.  Jump in with both feet, and don’t be afraid to get wet.</p>
<p>Earl had picked a couple of possible locations, all in my general neighbourhood, that he was willing to make the lengthy commute in from the suburbs to come and meet me at.  We decided on a neighbourhood jazz club to catch a band after some supper there.  I had never been there, despite having walked past it for years, and my brother and his wife had happily dined there in the past, so I decided that this would make a fine date spot.  So on a rainy weekday night I meet my earl in the foyer.  He’s tall, gangly and geeky, normally attributes I find charming in a guy, but somehow, it’s just not working for him.  He’s wearing a terrible shirt, a grey short sleeved button-down covered in a strange static linewave pattern that looked like he bought it in the Dixie Value Mall.  Not that I judge guys based on their wardrobe, but there are some things that say volumes about a person, and his choice in clothes on a first date is one of them.  If he cares about his appearance, it is important, but if he has no clue, it’s tragic.  Anyways, we sit down, order some wine, and peruse the menu.  It’s apparent that he has no clue about wither, but I think it’s charming that he is putting in the effort.  He orders a run of the mill Seafood Linguine and a glass of Chardonnay.</p>
<p>And then the terrible happens.  Bread arrives.  He tears into it, butters it and takes a bite.  And had butter all over his face and crumbs all over his shirt.  He doesn’t really notice it, but then again, butter and crumbs are light, right?  You might not notice them.  But pasta sauce, linguine remnants, shrimp tail segments… the list continues.  His entire meal at one point or another ended up somewhere on his face.  This was rather unattractive.  I found it impressive that he didn’t even notice, or alternately, didn’t seem to care.</p>
<p>About a half hour after dinner, and an hour into a thoroughly uninspired conversation that prove to me that not only did we have nothing in common, but that he really had no interests, no motivation and no sparkle, the band started.  And what a so-called treat that was.  A mediocre cover-band, we were treated with funkified renditions of George Michael’s Faith and several Stevie Wonder classics.  He loved the band, and moved around the table to sit next to me, he said in order not to have to crane his neck to watch the show.  Not that I thought they were worth watching.  And not that there was any chemistry between us to justify this little move (the food and the shirt had taken care of that).  If you have seen more than, say, 5 live bands, I don’t know how you could think that this was a good show.  But alas, what do I know!</p>
<p>After one set of painful tunes, accompanied by absolutely zero conversation, I was tired enough to go home.  We left the <a href="http://www.eharmony.com/senior-dating">senior dating</a> meat market (I swear, everyone looking to hook up in the Yonge and Eglinton neighbourhood over the age of 50 was there checking each other out) and went our separate ways.  I tried to duck the hug, but was unsuccessful, so got instead the awkward rainy half-hug.  I just didn’t want to press up against that shirt, for both the fashion, and the food.</p>
<p>You may be what you eat, but don’t wear it on your sleeve for the world to see.</p>
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		<title>Date #14—Todd, Revenge of the Family</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It took a lot of analysis to figure out if my date with Todd was a bad date, or just an indifferent date.  I mean, I considered going out with him a second time, not because I was wildly attracted to him, which I was not, but because there was nothing overtly wrong with him.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It took a lot of analysis to figure out if my date with Todd was a bad date, or just an indifferent date.  I mean, I considered going out with him a second time, not because I was wildly attracted to him, which I was not, but because there was nothing overtly wrong with him.  We met up during the hockey playoffs, in one of my local neighbourhood haunts.  He’s from Mississauga, which he had just recently moved to in order to be closer to his job as an Air Traffic Controller.  How cool is that?  I mean, I think dating an Air Traffic Controller would be wicked cool.  Type A personality, for sure.  Just my type, I think.  We had nothing else in common, other than the fact that I thought his job was cool, and so did he.  He was from a small town and was intrigued by my big city ways, artsy tendencies and devil-may care attitude.  I like dating pilots (his former job) since there’s usually travel opportunities.  Shhhh… that’s not shallow, it’s practical.</p>
<p>So needless to say, being unfamiliar to the big city, he was late.  And in the intervening wait time, I had a sudden urge to flee.  Being in one of my local pubs meant that there was a good chance that I would run into someone I knew, and I did.  My entire family.  Both my brothers and their wives (ok, one wife, one girlfriend).  I begged then to keep their distance as this was a date, and already a socially awkward situation.  I mean, can you image?  “Nice to meet you Todd, this is my entire family who will be judging your every action.”  They were well behaved, and only came to bug me as they were leaving, at which point they were introduced.  What bugged me more is that Todd was annoyed that I didn’t introduce them earlier, nor have any inclination for us to join them.  Sorry, but not my style—see comment above.  Little things kept gnawing at me, but they were petty.  He looked awful when he laughed, something that should happen to no one.  Laughing traditionally makes everyone beautiful, or should, anyways.  He had an awful earring, which he explained as his only shot at rebellion.  Rebel on, white boy.  But nothing was genuinely that bad.  Neutral, but not bad.</p>
<p>Until the post date made the date bad.</p>
<p>He called me the next morning, explaining that if he was up after a late night out with me, I should be up too.  Ok, if not a little too familiar for me.  He asked if I wanted to go bowling with him and his sister, who was coming into town to visit.  Now, just because you happen to meet my family in a bar does not mean that I want to meet yours the next day.  He called again in the afternoon, and again in the evening.  He called the following day, and the day after that.  And then he lost his job and left sad messages on my machine like “You’re probably working right now, but of course, I’m not any more.”  Yikes!  One night out and I’m suddenly your only support system.  Slow it down, farm boy.  It took me over a week of not returning his messages to finally stop hearing from him.  I like eager, but not desperate.  One date does not a relationship make.  He had shown no stalker tendencies while we were out, but making me wish my number was unlisted is just wrong.  Next time, I’m looking for aloof.  And an only child.</p>
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		<title>Date #13—Tom, Rain Man as a Monkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My oh my, what a hellish mistake this was.  A text message in the middle of the date hell, pleading for some kind of family emergency.  I suppose I shouldn’t be that hard on Tom, since, after all, it is mostly my fault that I found myself in this miserable predicament, but, let’s be honest—it’s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My oh my, what a hellish mistake this was.  A text message in the middle of the date hell, pleading for some kind of family emergency.  I suppose I shouldn’t be that hard on Tom, since, after all, it is mostly my fault that I found myself in this miserable predicament, but, let’s be honest—it’s never truly my fault.</p>
<p>I made the mistake of going out with Tom without ever having talked to him on the phone.  I have done this before, but from hereon in, I will never do it again.  We had several interesting conversations on Messenger, exchanging anecdotes and photos, lamenting the profusion of cars in the city and death of good cycling routes.  He was an illustrator, who wanted to move into doing children’s books, but found that encyclopedias and illustrated bibles did a better job of paying his rent.  He typed in complete sentences, and generally avoided common grammar errors, something I appreciated.  Overall, entirely capable of carrying on a lucid conversation.  We made plans for an impromptu meeting, as we were both at home without plans on a Thursday night, really, the new Friday.  We met at a pub, about midway between our neighbourhoods.  It was immediately when I walked in that I wanted to turn around and walk right back out, but he spotted me.  There, bouncing back and forth at the bar, was my unwashed date.  I mean, really greasy, and disheveled.  Needed a hairbrush, cut and shave, and some clothes that hadn’t made their third time through a local vintage store.  He laughed nervously and waved, and as soon as he spoke my first thought was “Oh my god, he’s retarded.”  I know, I know… not nice.  But I can’t help these things some times.</p>
<p>We sat down and I ordered a drink.  He seemed to be half in the bag already, although it could have just been the way he was.  He couldn’t focus on any one thing, nor complete a sentence.  He was constantly at a loss for words, simple words that most people have ready access to he thought for belaboured minutes trying to construct.  My guess is that he was autistic, and highly socially stunted.  He kept making monkey faces, which he thought was funny, but I thought was creepy.  He would blow out his lips and widen his eyes, and then laugh hysterically.  He embraced his monkey nature, something I did not.  To make matters worse, he was incredibly boring.  He had never traveled, had no firm opinions about anything, and, since he couldn’t finish his sentences, decided that point form was often an acceptable was of order spoken thoughts.  It was painful.  His Rain Man-esque demeanour got worse as he drank, and I, thankfully, could manufacture an early class the following day to get out of it.  I craved a conversation, not a long series of awkward giggles on his part while he patted down his hair.  Evolution, indeed.</p>
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		<title>Date #11— John, A Little Lunchtime Something Something</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the shortest dates of my life—45 minutes.  We met in one of those usually interminable lunch lines for Greek food in First Canadian Place.  I had a slew of meetings that afternoon, and was visibly impatient.  He was tall, well-suited and charming, and struck up a conversation about our current lunch line situation.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the shortest dates of my life—45 minutes.  We met in one of those usually interminable lunch lines for Greek food in First Canadian Place.  I had a slew of meetings that afternoon, and was visibly impatient.  He was tall, well-suited and charming, and struck up a conversation about our current lunch line situation.  I agreed to meet him for after work cocktails the following day.  He suggested Canoe, and being one of my favorite places in the city, I quickly agreed.</p>
<p>Alas, from the moment I walked in to the fateful event 45 minutes later, I knew that this would be something of a bad date memory.  I ordered myself a glass of red wine at the bar.  He flagged the bartender, and said “Actually, get her a Sour Apple Martini.”  He turns to me and tells me “This is my secretary’s favourite drink, you’ll like it.”  But I don’t like Sour Apple Martinis, I do like red wine.  I don’t like chauvinistic assholes who order my drinks for me, despite the fact that I had already done so.</p>
<p>So our conversation progresses from there.  As it turns out he’s a broker.  Quel shocque.  I should have guessed from the perfectly tailored Zegna suits.  Actually, let’s be honest.  I like brokers, or any kind of type-A financial type.  I like the high-strung, pushy bordering on obnoxious personality type that a broker make.  I like the glam, the sense of entitlement and privilege, but sometimes it just goes a little too far, and John was one that really took it too far.  Although the date was headed squarely downhill from the start, we gained momentum when we started talking about restaurants.  One of my faves in the city is Crush.  His wife’s as well, I find out, although it’s often too difficult for them to get a sitter and dine out as often as they would like.  Wham!  Square across the face with that one.  There were no signs—no ring, no cell phone on the table, no previous comments.  “Oh, you have a wife,” I say.  He then describes her to me—the typical power wife with the perfect power kids.  Kind of like Annette Benning’s character in American Beauty.  And he loves her, in his strange way, he admits.  I become silent, trying desperately to figure out how my presence in this situation fits in.  I have been involved with married men before, but this seems different.  He doesn’t seem to be your typical wandering eye.</p>
<p>Turns out John has a proposition for me.  He’s not looking for any baggage, not looking for any involvement or commitment.  He’s looking for a little lunchtime something something.  A liquid lunch, and a quick spin in a nearby room.  I’m cute, I’m sexy, I’m outgoing, he says, so what do I think?  I’m floored is what I am.  Although hindsight being 20-20 and the proposition now may not be so absurd, in the heat of the moment I was livid.  I had my first (and so far only) drink slinging episode.  The last of my hated sour apple martini in the middle of his chest.  Without witty point, I left immediately in silence.  I had always thought I would say something really cutting, but I was just offended.</p>
<p>In retrospect, I wish I had said something.  Heck, maybe it wasn&#8217;t such a bad proposition, but then again, I only have an hour for lunch.  The less I can do to promote premature ejaculation, the better.</p>
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		<title>Date #10— Dan, The Angry White Man</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really liked Dan. I mean, he was probably the funniest guy that I have dated in the past year. I also would never go out with him again, let alone talk to him again. The problem is, he wasn’t really funny in an outright humorous way, more so a ha-ha strange than a ha-ha [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really liked Dan.  I mean, he was probably the funniest guy that I have dated in the past year.  I also would never go out with him again, let alone talk to him again.  The problem is, he wasn’t really funny in an outright humorous way, more so a ha-ha strange than a ha-ha funny.   You see, Dan was the most bitter, hostile and angry man I have ever met.  There is a serious chip on his shoulder.  Maybe a boulder.  At first I thought it was an act, sort of in the way that Janene Garofolo has that angry cynical thing going on.  But it wasn’t an act. From the moment I walked through the door to the Green Room, to the moment he left me at the subway, our conversation was just one long rant about exactly how much he hates this messed up world and the moronic denizens of our society.</p>
<p>We met online, through a mutual extreme dislike for bad grammar.  One Sunday night, a random and sudden MSN chat about how terrible Sunday nights are at home alone led to an impromptu meeting.  He seemed like a pretty interesting guy.  He had just returned from establishing some kind of IT infrastructure in Mongolia.  I never knew they needed IT in Mongolia.  Apparently, neither did the Mongolians, making our bitter protagonist just a little more bitter.   Apparently, this also means that there is little else to do in Mongolia than drink overproofed vodka.  This does not shock me.</p>
<p>So we meet on an early Sunday evening in a café in a back alley.  If I didn’t know any better, I would think this has all the makings of some kind of strange and twisted Black Comedy.  And lo and behold, it was not far off.  Close to the door he sits, chain smoking and pint half empty.  He has been there 10 minutes.  He mutters an apology as he cannot be within 10 feet of beer or within 30 seconds of negativity without a drink in hand.  I find this honesty somewhat charming.  After all, he’s very cute in a Black Comedy kind of way— Dark hair, dark eyes, black framed glasses, the ubiquitous black trenchcoat.  I grab a beer and sit down.  I get few words in between rants.  And I keep snickering, which he just scowls at.  I am to feel his pain, not mock it, which I am not, but he is so bitter and negative it’s truly comical.  The highlight story is while we talk about relationship baggage.  The last blind date he had, he admits, he had reduced to tears within the first hour.  It started with the baggage talk.  He then pushed her off a park bench (the reason behind which is still unclear to me), causing a seizure.  He left her there crying because she proceeded to berate him not only for being insensitive to her issues with her ex (why do people discuss exes on the first date anyways?) but also for pushing her off a park bench and causing a seizure (understandably, I would think).  Charming.</p>
<p>After three hours of hearing about why people suck, bars suck, non-smokers suck, non-drinkers suck, the café we were in sucked and pretty much everything else sucked (in a nutshell—I mean, you get the picture), we parted ways.  In the rain.  The weather sucked.</p>
<p>I saw his online profile again a few weeks later.  His original list of 10 random things about him had turned into the following, the most brilliant and truly witty thing uttered by him:</p>
<p>10 reasons why this doesn&#8217;t work for me:</p>
<p>1. I&#8217;ve started judging people by the horrible interior decorating displayed in the backgrounds of their pictures. You might think pastels look nice, but deep down you know they suck.</p>
<p>2. Too many people here clearly cannot spell, or have invented their own form of grammar. Word to the wise &#8211; if the comma confuses you, avoid the semicolon completely. Please.</p>
<p>3. I&#8217;ve become strangely fixated on people who write about their love of both laughter and fun. Bingo. Who the hell doesn&#8217;t like laughter or fun?</p>
<p>4. Endless correspondence. If you could have a pen pal from anywhere in the world, would you honestly choose your home town? Get out, meet people. If you&#8217;re somewhat worried about your personal safety, have your parents drive you.</p>
<p>5. Shopping lists. Originally designed for fruits and vegetables, but now apparently relevant to finding a &#8220;soul mate&#8221;. Ugh.</p>
<p>6. People referring to themselves as &#8220;intelligent&#8221; or &#8220;easygoing&#8221;. I&#8217;m now completely clear on how subjective and interpretive these two terms really are.</p>
<p>7. Yes, it&#8217;s almost a god-given right to be boring. Much love to those who&#8217;ve been practicing.</p>
<p>8. Baggage. Apparently there was a big sale somewhere and I missed it.</p>
<p>9. I used to think that a bar wasn&#8217;t the optimal place to meet that special someone. I take it back.</p>
<p>10. Answering the same questions over and over. Welcome to the online version of Groundhog Day.</p>
<p>Bingo.</p>
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		<title>Date #9 — Mark, The Date Formerly Known as the Most Boring Date in the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friend of a friend. Blind dinner date. One sentence sums it all up. One little sentence. “Enough about me, let’s talk about Auto Racing”. Let’s not. Can I gouge my eyes out with a spoon now? He used to be affectionately referred to as The Most Boring Date in the World. Little did I know [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Friend of a friend.  Blind dinner date.  One sentence sums it all up.  One little sentence.</p>
<p>“Enough about me, let’s talk about Auto Racing”.</p>
<p>Let’s not.  Can I gouge my eyes out with a spoon now?</p>
<p>He used to be affectionately referred to as The Most Boring Date in the World.  Little did I know there would be many more even more dreadful than he.</p>
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