Yesterday I got an email from a gentleman on Match.com who owns his own business. Yet his email had no punctuation other than periods and didn't use any pronouns. It literally said "name (and whatever his name was. I've forgotten already.)" Instead of saying he was interested in me he just used the word interested period. Maybe I'm a snob, I don't know. But if you don't use punctuation, capital letters, or pronouns I'm not going to respond. It could be that I'm a teacher and grammatical errors drive me crazy. I can't even text without using punctuation. This email is suppose to make me interested. It is suppose to entice me to respond and want to get to know you better. Shouldn't you make it your best effort? I tell my kindergarteners all the time they need to do their personal best (or as one child said personal breast). I have to expect the same out of the guys I date. Then that could be why I'm still single and don't have the best luck with dating.
So I'm talking to the Rocker again. I'm not really sure how I feel about it. I liked talking to him and then we went on the date and it was way awkward. As I've been talking to him more, I think he's being more himself. It is possible in an effort to best his best foot forward, he was trying to hard and it scared me off. I know. How can you win with me? I just said that a guy should do his personal best when dating me and then penalized one for trying too hard. There's a balance that has to be found between the best version of yourself and still being yourself. These profiles on match.com are suppose to make people interested in you. They should be the best qualities that you possess. But that kind of sets you up for failure. Your flaws are overlooked and hidden and then they pop out unexpectedly. I can't really be with the perfect guy. I need someone who makes mistakes and cusses every once in a while. I think guys read my profile and see a Christian girl who teaches kindergarten. They think that means I don't ever make mistakes or cuss or do anything bad ever. Not true. I screw up all the time. So what I'm learning is it is really hard to present yourself on these sites and basically everyone just goes with looks anyway. Even if they say the don't.