I've been using dating sites on and off for a few years now, I've met some really lovely people that have become amazing friends and I even dated one guy for 4 years, though that ended in disaster. As a single mum I understand that as I'm screaming at my youngest to put the pack of sweets back on the shelf in Asda whilst wondering where my teens have wandered off to, that I'm just not approachable. A guy isn't going to risk striking up a conversation and asking me out. I don't have childcare so nights out are rare, and to be honest I'm 38 (I think) and I don't really want to meet someone in a pub whilst they're drunk. So dating sites suit me.
However... Wow! The intellect amongst the guys to be found on sites like POF is so low my 8 year old could run rings around them in general knowledge, grammar and most definitely spelling. Now I'm no snob... Ha! Who am I kidding? I bloody am a snob in many ways. I have a lower limit for what I expect my next man to be like though and at the top of that last is the ability to write a coherent sentence with some attempt at grammar and punctuation. Before you pull me up on my grammar I know I'm no English professor and I over use the comma, but heck I know when to use a full stop and question mark! Ooh and sometimes exclamation marks.
This blog is going to share some of the worst photos, messages and interactions with some of these guys. I'll anonymise them where I can, I hope you're going to enjoy this journey with me, we'll have some laughs I'm sure.
So let's dive in, tonight I lay in the bath, the kids off playing so I log onto POF to check my messages. I'm greeted by the following photo, sideways (as it was on POF) it looks awful, straight up... Well I think a little vomit came up into my mouth. He's got bigger boobs than me and very clearly more chest hair.
So let's dive in, tonight I lay in the bath, the kids off playing so I log onto POF to check my messages. I'm greeted by the following photo, sideways (as it was on POF) it looks awful, straight up... Well I think a little vomit came up into my mouth. He's got bigger boobs than me and very clearly more chest hair.
His messages were no improvement:
And his attempts to impress didn't stop there.
As you can see the standards are high.
In the last couple of days the following have messaged me, I'll leave a few photos here and I'll blog more as new photos and messages come in.
This guy reckons he goes to the gym 3 times a week!
I'll leave you with 'Mr love'.
I hope you check back in to follow how not to date a single mum.
