I have decided to sublet my dating profile to a friend of mine. Okay.....I'm not really subletting but she seems to think that my dating woes stem from user error as opposed to just plain crappy luck. Yes, yes, I know that I said I was done with the online thing but being that I got suckered into paying for a renewal and seem to do even worse out in the real world, I am allowing her to analyze and make recommendations on my choice of potential dates. So once again I put my profile out there and I subsequently received this email:
"Hello, Liked your profile would you do 57? LO! You want too get off the island and retire? I am looking for a a sian bride fri love and happiness."
First off "would you do 57?" is probably not a highly recommended way to initiate a dialog. I can think of (and have received) many worse than that phrase but it would make the Top Ten list of what NOT to write in order to elicit a response. Mr. 57 apparently lives in Florida....hence his suggestion?...offer?...to retire with him. Even if there was a compelling reason for me to pack up and relocate to Florida (and not just to meet a 57-year old complete stranger) this sounds like the start to a Movie-of-the-Week plot where I'd be yelling at the tv "What kind of idiot goes across country to meet a stranger?!?!" And finally, either Mr. 57 has extremely poor writing skills (WTF is "a sian bride fri love and happiness"???) or he might want to disable his autocorrect.
It is soooooo not user error.......
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