About me: I am randomly described by co-workers and acquaintances as "loathsome", "repulsive", and "reptilian". After my last relapse a co-worker used the adjective "odoriferous" because during my last "run" I neglected my hygiene for a fortnight. My most recent rehab (my sixth) is my last. I promise. No more crack, no more Jack, no going back.
My first marriage didn't last because we were much too young. My second wife came out after 7 months of what I thought was a pretty good relationship. I was just too in love to see the mullet, the flannel shirts, the fanny pack worn in front and her purchase of a pick-up truck as signs she might be gay. Don't get me wrong - I like the Rainbow people. 'Hope I'm not being politically incorrect here. I'm just being honest. My third wife wandered off the trail in the Adirondacks. She was never found. The private detective her parents hired to find her said I was involved but he just didn't like me.
I am glad the judge has garnished my salary for the back child support I owe. I am still able to put a little aside for an apartment of my own. The Men's shelter where I am staying doesn't provide any privacy. I am eligible for subsidised housing in 2009.
On our first date I would like to introduce you to my Home group, "The Sister's of Satan". I will take you to an undisclosed location where we will don black robes, light candles and stand around a Pentagram and summon our Master forth. After the vigil the goat will be lead into the circle and ... well, you'll just have to see for yourself. After the Mass I will take you to a cemetery where we can read gravestones by moonlight. If we "click" perhaps we can break into a Catholic church, have some sacramental wine and desecrate the alter by making passionate love on it.
Or, we could meet for coffee in a public place because hey, you know, you never know who you'll meet on the Internet and I have a need to feel safe when meeting a stranger.
My initital online profile did not draw many dates (see the first posting to this site from July). The women who I communicated with appeared uninterested in me. A reoccurring theme in what women on these sites are looking for in a man, a date, a partner is HONESTY and a SENSE of HUMOUR. Wow! Who knew? Honesty is so important to these women that they will colour their hair, wear contacts, use mascara and make-up, only submit head shots, post professionally taken pics, post a pic of a model and claim it is of them, not post a pic. The sites themselves carefully choose who they want to represent in the pool of available women and post those pics. These of course are extremely attractive women who, through an accident of birth, are blessed with the features we men find most attractive. Or, perhaps should I suggest what this culture tells we men we must be attracted to. And the women, who have learned to use their looks to be successful in life - to get the right jobs, land the right first husband (or so they thought), and generally benefit socially in a myriad of ways from their appearances - are looking for HONESTY. I realise at this juncture that what I am suggesting is misogynistic. As an undergrad I minored in Women's Studies so perhaps calling me a misogynist might be going a bit too far...
What I have attempted in posting the fictional "profiles" on dating sites was merely a psychological and social exercise to see what responses I would receive if I were "honest" and/or had "a sense of humour". I drew no hypothesis and I have no conclusions. What I do understand from reading the profiles of people on these sites is: there are a great many women and men "out there" who are searching for someone who only exists in their own private world. Shallowness is not gender specific. Neither is Denial.
Monday, August 25, 2025
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