trying to online date

Ok so I'm back to online-dating. And this is serious obsessively compulsive. I have four dates lined up for this week, and I'm going to a speed dating type of event in addition to that. I'll update you on all of them. So far, I went on one this morning. I said something about how my parents were trying to set me up with a guy who lives in Ohio and I thought it was too far and most men don't like to compromise, and this guy stops me and says "Whoa that's too heavy." I asked him to clarify, and he says that since I'm new to online dating (he has noooo idea!) I should know that the first rule is not to talk about sex, religion, politics, or anything too heavy. He says keeping it lite is the key ingredient to success. I wanted to ask him how his baldness was helping his success in the dating world.

And to be clear, it seems that people think online dating means you can't make it in the non-online-dating world. I don't feel that way. I think it's just another way to meet people (so far, not great people though).

-M

What I don't quite understand is why the guys I want to ask to meet in person don't (I mean, how many times can we write back and forth before they will want to meet?) and the guys who I barely know, ask to go out before I've even responded. Where is the middle ground? Will keep you updated on the rest from this week...