Would You Date Me?

So a week ago I joined Plenty of Fish.  What?!  Oh, no, I didn't.  Oh, but really... yes, I did.  I'd had my profile hidden since then to work out the glitches but went "live" this afternoon. In the few minutes I was online I had an overwhelming response. Not that I'm saying I'm a success or anything or that the responses I got were even good responses but they were responses non-the-less.  My brain actually wants to explode and fall out of my head, it is that overwhelming.  I don't even know how to proceed at this point.

There really isn't a wading area nor is there wearing any floaties once you jump into the pond that is POF.  It's just straight into the deep end and you better know how to swim.  Since I am not the best swimmer I quickly jumped ship pond and have stayed offline since except for a few peeks to check something out.  Or to fix the spelling error Crystal caught.  The one that neither Karie nor I noticed.  That, right there, is why you have at least two people check your work.  I'm a bit terrified and cannot promise that I won't chicken out the next time I log on and some guy tries to chat, email or whatever.

So here's my profile...would you date me?  

XXXXX : Yikes, here goes..

About	Non-Smoker with Average body type
Details	34 year old Woman, 5' 4" (163 cm), Christian - other		Ethnicity	Caucasian Capricorn with Brown hair
Intent	XXXX is looking for a relationship.		Education	Some college

Interests Music     Movies     Going to concerts    Shopping     Eating out    TV About Me I always thought other people only did this. I am completely terrified to try online dating but I have a rule I try to live by...  If I want to do something but I find it too scary I, first need to figure out why that is, and as long as it won't hurt me or  someone else, I just need to get over it and do it.  At least once. So here I am. I work full time. I am currently in a serious & committed  relationship with my TV/DVD player. I do, however,  enjoy being outdoors and spend at least 4 nights a week wandering around a park/bird preserve near me. I lack the coordination needed for any type of sport. I have  3 cats and some days they are the most intellectual and  interesting conversationalists I encounter. If that makes me an  elitist and snobby, so be it. I love movies as long as I don't have to read subtitles. I am a girl, so romantic-comedies are always  good entertainment but sometimes there just really needs to be a lot of eye candy, shoddy plot lines and big massive explosions  (Yes, I am a fan of Michael Bay and I'm not ashamed to admit that  The Fast & Furious movies are on my favorite movie list). I tend to  say what I think and often find what I think to be hilarious... even if no one else gets it. I love animals & take care of strays when they let me. I will notice  a squirrel or prairie dog running along the road while driving past  but rarely will see deer or elk while standing still 10 feet in front  of me. I cannot live a day without music. Attending a concert is  just as energizing as taking an actual vacation. I have severe  crowd claustrophobia but prefer a small standing room only  concert to a sit down concert at a large venue. I've been told I  have "socially acceptable" nerdiness. I'm not quite sure what that  means but it sounds good to me. I have never played Dungeons  & Dragons or any online gamers games but I do worship at the  altar of Joss Whedon & Eric Kripke and follow Wil Wheaton on twitter/FB... If any of that made sense to you, we will get along just  fine. If not, well I am sad for you, but we can definitely work with  that as well. When I asked my friends for words that best describe my personality I got things like loyal & reliable, which sort of sound like something  you'd say when describing a golden retriever or some other furry  friend. I got loving, generous & helpful. To be honest I can, also, be high strung and moody but I like to think of that as meaning  I'm fun & passionate...which are another word my friends used to describe me. I think I am AWKWARD but my friends don't  (usually) tend to see me that way. My most favorite quote  regarding this situation is "...she is an inadvertent vortex of  awkward moments so she just rolls with it. I have no clue why  cuz she isn't awkward herself but awkwardness always happens  when she's around..."  So there you have it... First Date No matter the situation first dates are awkward. Period. Mail Settings To send a message to XXXX you MUST meet the following criteria: Male Live in United States Must not have messaged users looking for intimate encounters  or sex. Must not be looking for Intimate Encounter Must not be looking for Activity Partner Must not do drugs Must not be married Must not smoke

I think I need to add an age range to my mail settings.  I've gotten a lot of older men contacting me.  I swear it's the power of the boobs.    

I'm sure there will be plenty more tweaks that will need to be made the more I wade into this crazy online dating world.


To explain how I ended up joining POF I'd have to share the whole back story and the back story has back story so at this point I will just say I had a good reference.  A good enough reference that the thought there may be more out there online than just weirdo's and skeezy men occurred to me.  


Because I am me, and I am awesome, hilarity and hijinx ensued after I hit the “Finish” button on my profile the very fist time (when I joined, before I hid my profile).  I should probably preface this with a back story on that, as well, but really one can only endure so much public humiliation and mockery in one go so I'm just leaving you with a my profile and the little nugget that I am actively on an online dating site.  


*GULP*