Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Online Dating Services

I must admit, I use them.  But I'm really not a big seeker of companionship today. I have my father and mother for company.  I have the internet for internet chat.  I have books and the radio.  I'm set really.  I'd like to consider marriage at some point perhaps, but I will tell you that I am in no way comfortable with the idea of changing locations of residence and the efforts to build a home in a new house where I must purchase, evaluate in detail and do all the encompassing things to make a house a true home.  Thats a lifetime activity.  But that said, if my Creator so chooses that I must indeed find this to be my future, it will be so I am certain.  I am no Jonah. 
But about these wedding orientated dating sites that are up all over the place online.  I must say that in years gone by from maybe 1999 to about 2003, i used one in particular, the Jdate site and spent myself over 1000 dollars in that time frame.  Its about 40 or some dollar for a simple month of emailing back and forth today.  I say thats really extortion in the name of hopeless romance possibility and flame quests.   I must say that online dating is intersting.  I was embarrassed upon when a friend told me about 5 years ago that he saw my online profile.  It was quite frightening to know that the entire known Jewish world would see a bachelor like me trying to score a big one in a cyber space venue.  Not my cup of apple cider or cocoa.  I didn't stay and found myself nolonger a user of said venues for 5-6 years or so. 
Today I must inform you that I indeed have taken out 3 adds on 3 of the Jewish dating sites. I'm not looking for relations or any of the such.  I do find visiting some of the profiles is a fun experience to do once in a while.  I am not a major voyeur of that dating life.   I did write up 3 breif profiles. I really think I explained myself for who I really am.  I wrote "living a lifestyle of cigar smoking, music and online activity" or somthing of the like on Frumster, the orthodox Jewish dating service.  On this venue, I called myself Uglyduckling.  Ok, so I'm just having fun.  It should be obvious.  I'm not seriously thinking that a fine intersting and upstanding lady is going to check out the "ugly duckling" am I?  Actually if there is a brilliant lady out there with a genuine sense of security and humor, I bet she investigates me further.  To date I think 2 have written me, thought neither felt to be of the caliber I seek so I did not pay the 18 dollars or so that it requires to view their emails. Perhaps when more mail comes.  In that case, I remain with my facsimile of my image photographed in cyberspace in a jewish dating site.  All 3 of them. 
The third is called Jewishsingles.com.  The least likely place I'd expect someone to be of merit or interst.  I called myself "grapplewithme" to inspire someone to have a heart attack. Just kidding. I just want to proove that I am not a fool thats just here to smile at the camera.  My jdate name is "EatatJoes" with a number after it that they added.  Its all about the same.  Cigars, music etc.   I did extol my love for country music.
But another thing I did do in fact and feel is a blessing and mitzvah. I detailed in all 3 that if I marry, I should expect the lady to wear a head covering in her daily routine especially outside of the home. I think that Jewish ladies need to know that this is really the expected behavior.  Most do not wear one.  When I go to Cleveland, I am fortunately impressed that in shopping in kosher shops, this is the mainstay of the married women.  Good job.  There is still a God in the universe and you know you better do your part to be Jewish.  Thats being Jewish.  Not subdued.
Thanks.

1 comment:

C.J. Brenner said...

Ok, update today,
I just woke up today and decided I no longer wish to keep my profile on the online dating sites herefore mentioned. So as of this morning they are all removed. This is good and I don't think that a real orthodox jew would really want to advertise his own stature in the community on a web site for dating. That said, noone in the last six or so months of activity appealed to me and I'm hanging it up. I just don't like having my photo on those sites either. I did it for a bit but I am sure that the only real way to marriage is through personal relationships.