Wednesday, 29 August 2012

emails, pen friends, offers and heart warming fuzziness. (post comes with vomit bucket)


Day15 to week three

Apparently I care far less about handing my email address out than my phone number to someone I have barely exchanged pleasantries. I was asked for my phone number and created a challenge for the possible recipient should he wish to accept it. Upon result he would then be allowed access to the digits. I did this for a couple of reasons. One, I thought it was a bit forward, which is ironic in the traditional dating sense. Two, he seemed a fun so I thought this could be a fun little challenge for him, and of course it depends more on banter ability than factual correctness. And rising to the challenge in the form of a joke also counts.

It does seem like a strange concept to have to make the effort to write down or type all sorts of details and experiences to a person you are ‘dating’ (can I really use dating at this point?), when my last experience of dating a guy was saying as little as possible in texts and being incredibly aloof. The term dating is actually incorrect because you’re not dating someone you’ve never met. You’re just getting to know them. Which is another contradiction because when you date someone you get to know them, but that’s normally in the flesh.

a couple of emails later…

When I signed up for this I thought the most I could get out of it was a good piece of writing fodder. I never thought someone would actually offer to show me around a city, promise me a hug (what a slut!) and want to get to know me.
Either way, I am more intrigued by this person the more I talk to him. Who would have thought! It’s quite nice really, my confidence is booming and for once I am genuinely interested in another person. At least for now I have a new pen friend and online dating is gradually winning me over. 

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