So I sign up for an online dating site, obviously one that I paid for. Now here is also where I tell you that I do not believe in dating websites that are free. I mean if you are the type of girl who wants to pay for your own drinks and dinner and then have the guy expect that you are sleeping over on the first date, then by all means please sign up for a free site, but personally I think that guys who are actually serious about finding "the one" will shell out $20 a month.
So I sign up and I start searching for matches, which if you ask me is basically just flipping through pictures and picking out which guy is the most photogenic. I find a guy who we will call Rob and start talking back and forth with him via email. He seemed great and we got along really well. Since he was my first "match" I wanted to make sure that I really got to know him before I met him in person. We emailed for a good two weeks and then talked on the phone for another 3 weeks or so. I would spend hours on the phone with this kid and he really seemed normal, so I decided it was time to meet him in person.
It was Rob's idea to go out so I let him pick the place. Now if any of you know of or have been to Geja's you understand me when I say that this kid solidified a second date before even meeting him on the first one. So I drive downtown with very high expectations for this kid,and he looks exactly like his pictures, so I feel like this is going to be great! We hit it off just like we had been on the phone, and he had me laughing and talking non-stop. Until the food comes...
So first he proceeds to pull out his phone and show me a picture of himself where he is at least 30 lbs lighter (he wasn't heavy in the slightest in person and was 6'3" so he was very well proportioned). He proceeded to tell me that was a month ago and he had gained 30 lbs since then. Why he was showing me this, I'm still confused about. So I mumble something about "it's only weight you look fine" and try to drop it. Nope. He then pulls out his drivers license, where he looks at least 50 lbs heavier than he was at dinner. He informs me this was only 2 months ago. Now do this math... Kid loses like 80 lbs in a month, then gains 30 back the next month. There is something seriously wrong with that. I try to lose 5 lbs in a month and can't do it but this fool can lose 80? Doubtful. So I dare ask "why does your weight fluctuate so much"? Now me being the person who is willing to give everyone the benefit of the doubt thinks he might have some medical condition. NOPE. He proceeds to tell me he has an eating disorder. First date... You share that on a first date? He tells me that he stops eating for days if he feels fat. Seriously? If I wanted to date an anorexic girl I would go find a lesbian sorority sister. So I asked how he was feeling today (I just love to torture myself), and he said because it was such a big meal, he had fasted for 3 days prior to our date. Needless to say the kid ruined his second date chance that was handed to him on a silver plater.
It took me about 3 weeks to log back in online to look for my next "match". The one thing that this date taught me was never to waste a month getting to know someone before going out with them. There is no need to waste all that time. Thus was born my first rule of online dating: I'm only allowed to talk to a potential date for max 1 week before meeting them in person.
Seriously a manorexic??
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