Dating...Unconventionally [Part 1]

We all have our own ways of meeting people and I've learned never to judge.  I've tried everything from online dating to matchmaking and let me tell you- it's exhausting.  People always ask "Why can't you just meet someone normally?" But let's be real- what is "normal" nowadays, anyway?

Have I been successful? Though everyone measures success differently, I have learned more about dating in the past few years than most women my age. There have been plenty of interesting stories from theses encounters/escapades/whatever you want to call them, that certainly have kept all my friends entertained, but I would be lying if I said there hasn't also been a lot of drama and whole lotta tears.

Since I don't have any evidence from previous attempts, I decided to do a free trial of Match.com at the end of December/early January to gather material to share with y'all. Below are just a few of the 120 emails I received within 6 days.

[Please note that I'm not trying to deter anyone from giving online dating a shot, but rather expose the humor that goes along with it.]

Let's start out with the WORST possible email you could send someone when trying to break the ice:

 What am I doing? NOT messaging you back. 

Guys- I beg of you - when you send a message to a girl, please actually have something to say.

or

You get a message that looks like this:

Crazy sexy, really? Does that even deserve a response? Probably shouldn't expect much when their name is SwiftSnoogan or their headline says "rock and roll".

and

Sometimes you wind up with the
OVERLY enthusiastic guy:

 

 Gentlemen, we want you to show some excitement, but please keep the exclamation marks to a minimum, okay?

AND 

Other times you get messages 

that you have absolutely no idea how to respond to:

Weird, much?

         Don't worry, there is plenty more where that came from, but I'll keep some for future posts. :)