Poke 'em in the eyes and say "No"!

Has anyone reading this ever tried online dating? I've been doing it for about six months now. I've met some genuinely nice guys. I've also met a few crazies, as I like to call them. Now, I'm not an unkind person. I don't break hearts (on purpose), I'm not rude (right away), and I'm not sarcastic (okay, no modifier can fix that one; it's just not true). Point is, if I'm not interested in a guy, I always start off with polite hints. If he pushes the issue... well that's his own fault, isn't it?


Here are a few of the ways I've said 'no' to would-be suitors.


*~Over-zealous hardcore Christian who responded to everything I shared about myself with a passage or concept from the Bible that indicated I was somehow a bad person: 
"I'm sorry, I think you're going to have to find someone else to water your camels."


*~41 yr. old man whose first message to me was "Can i take you out": 
Nope.


*~Different 41 yr. old man, his posts in italics:
"Hi, I love your profile... I think we have a LOT in common :) Why don't you view my profile and write!!
I'll look forward to hearing from you soon!"

- Alas, if only we had the same decade in common!

"Mollie... I like that name :) Just write! I'm a fun guy and love the outdoors... don't let years stand in our way... you never know how many we got!! Seriously, just write and lets talk :)"

- As long as we're talking about how many years we have left...

Life expectancy for men = 5 yrs less than for women.

41-22 = 19

19+5 = 24 yrs that statistically speaking I am likely to live
longer than you.



Not trying to make you feel old. Just saying, comparatively, I'd
rather find someone quite a bit closer to my age. In my opinion,
you should too. What's wrong with women your age, that you hit on
girls half your age?

*~ Guy who was 38 yrs old:
You do realize that I am 58% your age, right?

Yes, the old ones are the easiest to pick on, but also the ones who need it the most. They won't go away unless I'm hard core with them. There was one guy, though, who was my age and still wouldn't take a hint. At all. I hinted, I told, I practically begged, and he kept IMing me. Now, of course I could block him. But is that fun? No. Is it satisfying? Not really. Was my solution mature, righteous, or admirable? .... probably no. But! It made for a great story.


I knew from previous conversations that some of my biggest selling points with this guy was that I was a virgin and that I was an honest sort of person. I also knew he was homeschooled, and as a former homeschooler I knew which buttons to push. :wink: Lets just say by the end of the conversation I had him convinced that I was actually a druggie prostitute, who was not a virgin but had a thing for virgins which is definitely different, I'm a compulsive liar, and I couldn't even count the number of guys I'd slept with. 


Hey, the guy wouldn't leave me alone. Don't judge!