If the contents of your first email to me are:
I would to see you tonight?? (sic)
and you include a picture of your Hummer on your profile, then we are not a good match.
If we’ve exchanged two emails each over OKCupid, and you find and friend me on Facebook, then I will be creeped out.
If your profile states:
honestly….trying to find a total stranger in the area willing to help me with a quirky, simple, and safe favor….its odd…but i am serious….
and you have no picture posted, and you email me to say:
can you chat? favor to ask ya… then I will respond, “If it’s sexual, no thank you.”
(He didn’t get back to me after that one. Guess he didn’t need me to pick up his birthday clown from the airport.)
If your online dating handle is Fast_backhand, and your profile pictures are of you playing tennis, and in my email response to you, I say:
So…do you play tennis? (Ha ha. I make a leetle joke there.)
then don’t reply, “I do play tennis, yes.”
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I went on a date with a 25-year-old on Friday night. He was cuter than his picture and perfectly nice, but I kind of got the feeling I would eat him alive.
Also, etiquette question, since I’m trying this let-the-dude-pay thing: I’m also a firm believer in letting the guy do a little chasing, so I’ve always let him contact me first if he wants a second date. But when a guy treats, I feel like I need to email and thank him for buying me dinner. Thoughts?