"Grow in Faith. Fall in Love."
Oh yes. That happened. Needless to say August's experiment was a bust. For the first 6 days I got ZERO hits. Talk about a humbling experience. Just when I thought the whole Christian online dating thing wasn't where I belonged (imagine that), I started getting a few views... and then more views... and then some messages...
Over the course of the month I was contacted by 25 men - the majority in their 40s, including one from Texas who is a self-proclaimed "ex-gay" (I'm tempted to pay the $30 monthly fee to be able to correspond more freely with him and help him out of his lie of a life). 53% of them are from small town suburbs of NYC, in fact only one was in the five boroughs.
In the initial messages I was told an array of things such as:
- "I'm Jesus' favorite"
- "Which Greek goddess best describes you?"
- "I'm a great flirt. Can I prove it?"
- "I desire courtship"
- "Your profile gave me a smile, so I thought I'd send you one in return"
- And my personal favorite from a somewhat portly gentleman, "I'm attractive but not unto myself" which I have no idea the meaning.
And they were all politically conservative. I guess I shouldn't be surprised by that, but somehow I still am. The lesson I learned is that Christians looking online for other Christians to date are a bit smaller-minded than I'm looking for. I did not go on any dates from this experiment, so August has been a little dry in the way of dating. I think I only went on 2 dates total - both real... neither prospective. On to September!!
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