PoetPhilosopher
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Taking @ChristineM 's advice to 'not be a stranger' and popping in to make this post...
I've been trying online dating lately. I tend to be playing a sort of role of being less talkative than the other side, and just kind of being a listener/observer.
What I've picked up is that some of the interactions online, I feel are rather shallow or scripted, and perhaps more shallow and one-dimensional than the interactions I've faced encountering people in real life.
I've been asked the following questions, sometimes multiple times, in less than a week:
"Do you own a truck?"
"How tall are you?"
"Are you a short (what I said for height), or a tall (what I said for height)?"
"Would you occasionally buy me things if we were to get in a relationship, if I did the same for you?"
"Do you promise we can be long-term friends if things don't work out?"
The last question was asked before we even talked about dating or being in a relationship. And I generally don't promise long-term friendship. So the answer was no.
And maybe "shallow" isn't the right word, I can see that *some* thought went into some of the questions, and they may be the right questions for the right person, but I tend to think a bit multidimensionally, and I'm sitting in my chair and looking at the screen, and probably giving this expression:
I've been trying online dating lately. I tend to be playing a sort of role of being less talkative than the other side, and just kind of being a listener/observer.
What I've picked up is that some of the interactions online, I feel are rather shallow or scripted, and perhaps more shallow and one-dimensional than the interactions I've faced encountering people in real life.
I've been asked the following questions, sometimes multiple times, in less than a week:
"Do you own a truck?"
"How tall are you?"
"Are you a short (what I said for height), or a tall (what I said for height)?"
"Would you occasionally buy me things if we were to get in a relationship, if I did the same for you?"
"Do you promise we can be long-term friends if things don't work out?"
The last question was asked before we even talked about dating or being in a relationship. And I generally don't promise long-term friendship. So the answer was no.
And maybe "shallow" isn't the right word, I can see that *some* thought went into some of the questions, and they may be the right questions for the right person, but I tend to think a bit multidimensionally, and I'm sitting in my chair and looking at the screen, and probably giving this expression:
