Online dating woes

I will admit to experimenting with the adventure that is online dating. I have made some nice friends along the way. Most people out there in the date-o-sphere are nice. But every once in a while an email comes along that makes me both do a full body shudder at the weirdness quotient yet simultaneously laugh at the absurdity contained within.

Example as follows (all names, details, etc changed to protect the innocent). My comments are in bold:

Message from [screen name here] 29, Male-Nashville, Tennessee :

Let's begin with the location- I live in New England. Having a relationship with someone in TN is really ambitious (I applaud anyone who can do that successfully).

I have never responded to personal ads (sure), but I read your profile and was intrigued. So I felt compelled to write and introduce myself. I am a young professional who strives to enjoy all the wonders this world has to offer. Four years ago abandoned my job as in the financial world and launched an internet venture capital firm. After the roller coaster ride I decided to continue my "trial by fire" learning and entered the chaotic world of healthcare. So now I travel all over the pursuing hospital acquisitions. This new endeavor consumes the majority of my time as one can imagine. But has been an amazing and wild experience. I can truly say that I learn something new every day. So I make the most of the limited free time I have. I work hard and play harder and need to find someone who can handle my intensity (how intense? like stalker intense?) and who thrives on spontaneity. When you have a chance I would like to learn more about you and what you're looking for.

-H.

If you wrote to introduce yourself, why sign it with just a letter?

Who do you think you are, Prince?
Is this an email or a cover letter?

And if you’re so intrigued why don’t you ask any questions about me?

Sounds like I’d just be another acquisition.

And so I decide to investigate further by checkingg out the accompanying profile:

A quote form his profile, ideal partner:

Someone who is just as comfortable in a formal evening gown at a prestigious social function one moment, then the next.. jeans and a t-shirt holding on to me tightly as we thunder down the road on my motorcycle... with the wind at our back.

Call me literal, but in my own experience riding

on a motorcycle the wind was slapping me right in the face.

Quotes Nietzsche in the What I've Learned From Past Relationships section.

I feel that most people do things like quoting famous, dead

philosophers to prove how smart they are.

I sense an inferiority complex for some reason…..

For more fun on this topic try Way Too Personal and this jdatersanonymous Q&A .