Conversing with the one-dimensional man

With the short stint on the internet dating thingamabob, I must confess that the internet is a very, very odd place. Dating websites are filled with people with intentions as diverse as the ocean is wide. Some are there to cheat on their partner, others are bored and just want to play a game to see what's out there, yet others are lonely and looking for a partner... *any* partner, while some are socially inept and can't seem to get it on properly in real life.

I think I fall into the last category. I wondered why I was getting hit on by all the old guys and the ones that I was actually attracted to didn't approach me. Well, it seems that I smile at people I don't feel threatened by... hence getting hit on by raisins. :)

Online, there isn't that issue. Some really hotter-than-hell men (if those are actually their real photos) contacted me when I had a profile up. I kept in contact with a couple people. What I am finding is that internet dating is for the birds, *vultures* to be exact.

Everyone is so busy that they think that it is safer to go the internet dating route instead of meeting someone in a more genuine way. It is safer, for certain, but it isn't real. People have perverse ideas about who they are (we're all a bit biased about ourselves since we can't see from someone else's perspective) and it's all one-dimensional.

Must learn to smile at the cute guys as opposed to avert the gaze as they pass or look my way while I blush...