It's Time to Get Back On the Internet

I have to take pride in the fact that I will conveniently forget things. Maybe this is what they call "repressing" memories, but whatever. I'm going to roll with whatever works.

I had winked at a bunch of people and received some responses already. One guy from Plentyoffish.com emailed me on Saturday, so I wrote him back. "Ohio commuter guy" lives in Ohio but works in Robinson. He likes roller coasters. Don't know much more about him really.

Then there is the other Ohioan. He just emailed me today on Plentyoffish.com. "Ohio doctor guy" makes me nervous after "med student guy" - I'm afraid it's "med student guy" under another guise. The emails could be rather similar to "med student guy". Short, doesn't really answer questions...there's misspellings, too. But some differences. I'm going to continue being wary about this one. Besides, he lives in Youngstown. I'll probably never meet him. Especially since it seems to be "med student guy" again.

Now on to Match.com, that's where I did most of my man searching. The two responses I received from there were both from guys getting their PhD's. I just don't know what they're going to school for yet. We'll call the one "PhD coffee guy" and the other "Russian PhD guy".

So "PhD coffee guy" doesn't have much on his profile, but he does mention going for coffee if interested. I did wink at him and he did respond. He gave me some more info that he likes to read a lot and watches some sports (probably not nearly as much as me.) So I figured I might as well just jump on in and meet him for coffee and see if we have anything in common. I'm afraid he's not much of a communicator as evidenced by the bare bones Match.com profile. He should read my post on profile writing. Right now the plan is to meet for coffee Thursday. I suggested the Starbucks in Oakland because I'm lazy and don't want to go far, but I might have to start getting away from the Oakland stuff since I don't want these people close to my home turf. I'll keep everyone posted regarding "PhD coffee guy" to let you know whether we have anything in common at all. It's a maybe.

"Russian PhD guy" is also going for his PhD. I'm assuming he's getting it in Russian right now since he's fluent in Russian and has done a good portion of his research in Moscow. He's from the south so he bakes pies and likes bourbon. He seems fairly cool and normal. I had winked at him but he wrote me first. I replied yesterday evening so I'm just waiting to hear back from him. Hopefully he'll write back soon.

Looking at the post above, I feel like I'm being just a bit jaded. Possibly. I don't know if the sting of Friday has really worn off, but I definitely can't sit around being whiny about some creepy douchebag who stood me up. I need to have a new boy to obsess over then I'll be fine. "Super Bowl guy" has been on my mind, but I have no idea when I'll see him next and again, I have reservations about him anyway but I am keeping him as an option. At least I've met him in person and I know for sure that he's attractive, smart, with a great sense of humor! Maybe "Super Bowl guy" can be my reach goal.