I've said before, many times, that the first message that gets sent on a dating site is the most important. It's the hook. It's what you need to use to get a response from the person you've eyed. It's the modern-day pick-up line.
Often, the initial message reveals a lot about a person. Is he funny? Is he sweet? Is he crazy? Is he shallow?
Today, I got a message from a guy who immediately sets off to insult my gender. Observe:
Now, let's look at these messages in a play-by-play. "You're too cute to be a lawyer." Does he think all lawyers are hairy beasts in black suits? Does he think that beautiful women are not smart? Clearly so.
Look at the next part of his initial message - "People who play games are simply immature. However, women are far more guilty than men." Chauvinist alert! These two sentences reveal that (1) he thinks that he is mature; (2) he thinks that men are less capable of being immature and playing games; and (3) women are the ones who are immature and play games.
That's why he got a three-word response from me. His initial message sucked! Note that he became defensive immediately when I didn't jump at his pick-up line. Of course, me being me, I called him out on his crap immediately. Observe:
I ended up blocking him because after this last message, home skillet wanted to fight. Really dude? You don't even know me and you feel the urge to demonstrate your manhood to me by fighting with me? No thanks.
In other news, I've been extremely selective in my dating since my last post.
I do have a date on Tuesday...
Fingers crossed that it goes well.
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