Finally Jessica Lacy Driscoll (Note: if you missed the introduction to this series, be sure to read it first.) I wondered for years if there was a place for me to be myself fully with a man. I’m energetic and sharp. I see things below the surface and have the courage, and sometimes just the […]
Yup, I’ve gotten to the phase in online dating when the site just starts throwing out random folks at me. You said you wanted a man between 28 and 38? Well, how about this 25 year old (note: I’m 32 and those kind of age gaps are only socially acceptable when the genders are swapped […]
Ok, so this was from a previous post, but it’s just as true today as it was back then. Last night I was looking at my matches and I started listing the things that elicit automatic no’s from me, or as Liz Lemon would call it, a Deal breaker. Enjoy! Jen’s Automatic Shut it […]
Last month I posted on how much I hate online dating. Guess what? I still do. I don’t know if it’s me, but I feel frustrated with the whole process. I get sick of reading profile after profile, each one sounding exhaustingly the same as the others. And the site I’m on has these stupid […]
I hate online dating. As I consider this sentiment, I wonder if anyone actually likes to be on an online dating site. I’m trying to imagine a person who is over the moon to be on eHarmony. She’s jumping up and down, “Woooo, online dating is the best!” This is just funny, right? I’m sitting […]
I have the joy of living with two single women. Some of my favorite moments with them are when we commiserate about singleness and the woes of dating. The other night one of my roomies shared a profile she’d come across on a dating site. As she read this man’s profile it quickly became clear […]
Let me take a minute now to discuss bad profile photos. There was a time, not too long ago, when you took a photo, finished a roll of film, then took it to get developed. Sometimes you hit the jackpot and got some great shots. Other times, your roll was blurry and out of focus, […]