I just stepped in a big pile of sassy!

This rare personal post is brought to you by an off-putting comment from my mother.
Thanks, mom.

This afternoon, I went shopping with my mom. Pre-shopping, we grabbed some lunch at Panera. During lunch, my mom kept talking about old neighbors of ours, etc. that I “could have” dated (not really). Anyway, she said, “You should try match.com - now that Dr. Phil’s hooked up with them - they have some kind of guarantee now.” Really, what match.com has now is “If, after paying WAY TOO MUCH for six months, you don’t find anyone, we’ll give you another six months ‘free’ to not find anyone.” Awesome.

This made me think about all of the crazy dating (that has begun online) in my life. Keep in mind that NONE of my long-term relationships have happened as a result of online dating (and I’ve never paid for an online dating service).
I have met…
* someone from Wisconsin (on a geared toward a specific audience dating site) who was not very nice to me, that I took a long road-trip with a few months after we began long-distance dating
* other various long-distance folks
* a handful of random local folks
* someone local (on craigslist) that cheated on me. twice.

Really, what it all boils down to is you e-mail once or twice and that’s all that happens. One of you stops responding. Or you have a date and no more. Or you date twice and then the person drops off the face of the earth - months later, they are in a relationship, living with someone, and most likely they were hung up on that person when they went on those two dates with you anyway.

Now, I’m not saying I’ll never date online again. I’m just saying that folks online have the opportunity to be 10,000 times more flaky and shady than they can be in person. There’s no accountability. No security. Two essential things that I need in a relationship (dating, friendship, or otherwise).
I’m just sayin.