(for the record I'm into guys, but when you are as awesome as me, you can't help but make friends of all kinds no matter where you are)
What is really fascinating about the online dating scene is, that technology has made it so very easy for us to stalk one another across platforms. I mean you get one person's email and you can pretty much locate them on a few dozen sites easily. You can become completely fascinated with someone quickly and then, maybe, grab your balls and contact them. Because you know, that's not creepy AT ALL. Who needs "Missed Connections" now when you can Google search a stalker picture you took of your secret crush when they weren't looking? Or you could just FaceBook, Google+, Twitter, Friend Finder, Friendster, Zoosk, Match.com, EHarmony, Our Time, ChristianMingle, JDate, BlackPeopleMeet.com, Chemistry.com, PlentyOFish, their email or full name and BOOM, let the stalking begin!
Yeah, even the most innocent of "researching" can turn into a 2 hour trip down the rabbit hole of learning many things about your secret crush and then realizing you MIGHT have a problem lol
What happened to lurking behind trees and parking lots to spy your crush? What happened to talking to them casually and getting bits of information little by little to get details of where they live, where they hangout and where they shop? What happened to always being around them at work/school, even when you have no reason to be near them? What happened to sending your friends to get details about them? What happened to rummaging through personal files at work to know where they live so you can drive by slowly at night? What happened to visiting their job 4 times a week to buy things you don't need just to make sure they remember you and have idle chit chat? What happened to mysterious flowers being delivered with a "From your secret admirer" card on it? What happened to originality?! Where is the imagination? Oh look i found you on Facebook and can look at all your pictures and dig into your friend list...SOOOOOOO ORIGINAL *eye roll*
Nope, no one puts any effort into stalking anymore. We have gotten even lazy about that! I for one enjoy the classic, stare at his picture, hope to talk to him for maybe 5 minutes and then tell my girlfriends how amazing that 5 minutes was. Oh and following him from a distance in my car to see where he lives...and what color his towels are when he showers. Yeah, i'm an old school, classy stalker.
Have I told you lately how much I <3 you?
ReplyDeleteTried a bunch of the dating site, gave up and got asked on a date by the current one at the gas station! haha So it goes. Good luck on your search, there is someone out there worthy of your awesomeness!