There are a few close friends at work who love discussing my
dating exploits. Today, I went to lunch with two of my gaggle, both blondes,
both crazy chicks and both totally lovable! It became apparent that one of my
gaggle had missed out on my exploits about Grindr. I was shocked and appalled
that I failed to reveal this crucial important aspect of my single life.
She herself was recently single and was moaning about the
lack of talent in the straight talent pool. We then discussed Grindr, the ‘gay meat
market’ as I affectionately call it. I told her about the concept of No Strings
Attached (‘NSA’) and having a little ‘fun.’ She was instantly intrigued! I then
revealed that there are straight sites out there and told her about the free
site www.oasisactive.com.au. She instantly logged onto the
website and created her profile.
The first question was her profile name, I suggested
‘sluttyblonde’ or a variant thereof. She was uncomfortable with this so we
settled on ‘bubblyblonde.’ That afternoon the messages were coming in thick and
fast, in a space of two hours a total of 30 guys had texted her and were
wanting to know more about her (including what type of ‘fun’ she likes). She
had accepted 15 chats in the space of an hour and was getting overwhelmed with
both the directness of the guys messaging her and the amount of messages.
I was intrigued and asked to see her profile. The picture
was very nice, she described herself to a tee and the picture was lovely!
BUT (if I could capitalise that
BUT anymore I would…) she had unbeknownst made a rookie dating mistake. She had
used a phrase under “What are you looking for” that resulted in the serious amount
of attention given to her. Her response to this question was “nothing serious.”
Now I assume she meant that she wanted to get to know a few
guys without the pressure of sex and the pressure of a long term relationship.
Needless to say all the guys instantly assumed that she was after a bit of
‘fun.’ I was instantly amused and had the largest smirk on my face since I had my
first orgasm. I explained the concept of “nothing serious” and suggested to her
that it essentially means you want a bit of No Strings Fun (e.g. if you take
the first letter of every word and add an A you get NSA- “No strings
attached”). She was shocked that two words could suggest so much.
The final straw came when a guy messaged her and said “What
is a nice girl like you doing on a place like this?” Now my blonde gal is lovely
sweet and completely innocent, so she was totally unprepared for the underworld of dating
and the concept of ‘NSA’ and fun. The directness of some of the guys completely
freaked her out!
It just goes to show that in the world of online dating you
need to choose your words carefully, know what you want and give no indication
you want something else. If you are unprepared for the level of directness and openness
that anonymity gives to online dating then online dating may not be for you!
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