Online Dating, Part 1 (Date-Ditching, Part 1)

Date Ditching, Part 1...

In this series, we'll explore various stories from Cutie's repitoire of Online Dating experiences...

I have never been an advocate of online dating, although I may have to change my mind. Lately it seems like a lot of my girlfriends are meeting their beaus on sites like Match.com or even the infamous Friendster. Not every one of these experiences can be a complete walk in the park, however. My girlfriend, let's call her Friendster Addict (FA), decided to respond to one of those well scripted messages that seemed to find its way to her mailbox. The sender of the message, let's call him Friendster Guy (FG), seduced FA with the mindblowing line of "You're pretty." So FA checked out his bio and picture and decided to write back, "Thanks."

At that point, a new Friendster frienship blossomed, and the two wrote back and forth for about two weeks. However, FG was in medical school in Los Angeles, and my girlfriend was working San Francisco, so the two were having difficulty arranging a meeting. Finally, FA decided to head down to Los Angeles and visit a few friends and have dinner wtih FG.

Now, one of the unspoken rules of pictures on Friendster is that in real life, no one ever looks as good. Well, in the case of FG, he certainly took a lot of liberty with his photograph on Friendster. My friend met him in westwood and didnt' even recognize who he was. She was expecting something completely different than what she got. Also, he was the same height as her. (Did I mention that FA is 5'2''?). She did not know what to do. Should she yell at the guy for blatantly lying on friendster? Should she at least give him a chance considering she was already there and it would be really mean to completely dismiss him based on looks?

What did FA do? Check back tomorrow to find out.... in Date-Ditching, Part 2.