Comments on: Online Dating: Honey’s Greatest Hits

By: Honey

Honey — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:37:19 +0000

I had a throwaway account that I used just for Match, so if someone turned out to be too crazy then they wouldn’t have “real” contact information. But I do see your point, for sure.

By: marc

marc — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:12:43 +0000

This is why I rarely exchange email addresses with dates. Email is too easy a form of communication that allows people to overthink and overanalyze, and get sucked into unnecessary drama. If I’m not interested in someone, I prefer the old fashioned no call back - as in: “when the phone ain’t ringing, you’ll know it’s me.”

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By: The Dateable Dork

The Dateable Dork — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:03:04 +0000

Holy shit! That was seriously intense, not to mention awkward, uncomfortable, surprising, and aggressive. Honey, I’m proud of you for handling this so well - I admit that you were more polite than I would have been in that situation, especially in the later emails.

On another note, it’s hard not to be intensely defensive in this type of situation - on your side AND on his. Your body’s natural instinct is to get on the defense when you’ve been dumped, and it’s also impossible not to get defensive when someone’s verbally attacking your friends and your character/judgment. With two people highly on the defense, strong words are bound to ensue, which always leads to this type of email exchange.

I think you were totally justified in ending it over email, considering it was only a few dates and you didn’t sleep with him. If he couldn’t handle that, well, he shouldn’t be dating in the first place. As for attacking your friends, that was totally out of line and completely unnecessary - just a defense mechanism to make himself feel better, in my opinion.

Man, I could go on and on about this! Suffice it to say: whoa, what a crappy situation. Thanks for sharing, hon.

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By: NML

NML — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:05:15 +0000

I was actually howling with laughter reading this! Serious assclown alert and exactly why I hate online dating. You actually did the right thing by keeping it brief - no explanation is the right explanation with these crackerjacks. If you’d sent him a four page letter in the first place, he’d have complained. You handled him well though!

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