Thursday, May 26, 2016

This is the note I sent to the LA Times, LA AFFAIRS desk, regarding online dating in Los Angeles.

I've have enjoyed serial monogamy with 6 women, since my divorce in 2002, thanks to online dating sites. In between relationships, I dated, a lot.

100 BLIND DATES IN A YEAR.  I buy a meal for a first date, it's generous and no one has complained yet!

A doctor (surgeon) had an insane story about her former husband's suicide, and then said (over sushi in Santa Monica) that she chose me since I was really big. I asked how is
that important?  In a hoarse whisper, "You can inflict pain".  "I could, but won't...check please...".

We had a nice breakfast. She asked if I owned the print shop, or if I held any patents.  And, wanted to know if my father held any patents. Then she had to run to the gym (so to speak).  I sent her a thank you note, she replied.​  "I'm really too shallow and mean to date you. Even though you will probably think this is the kiss of death, I would want to be friends with you. You're a cute guy, but I have issues. I'm sure I'm already disappointing you. Gotta run now. Late for dinner."​  ​I was disappointed with her subtlety, but impressed with her honesty!

Met a woman for a meal, I was definitely smitten.  I asked her out again, but it was fairly obvious she wasn't interested.  About 3 months later I got a call, "Michael" said a steamy voice, "can you join me later today".  It sounded like she wanted this Michael character REALLY BADLY. I didn't realize it was her until she hung up, after I asked who she was.

Met a woman, a widow for three years (age 45, rather young).  She arrived, in Mourning Clothes (all black).  Her mother moved into her house to help with the kids, and this was her first date since her husband had died!  We discussed her desire for companionship, but she was not ready.  She ended up in the restaurant bathroom speaking with her mother for 30 minutes.

Topanga Canyon is a gorgeous location, and I met my date at her house(!), which was not the usual "public place".  She was renting a converted garage, next to a fantastic house, and was raising 5 puppies (in the kitchen!), purebred and worth over $5000 each.  The front door of her 'house' opened onto a horse stable.  She was also helping tend to the livestock, as part of her rent.  Spent a really nice day in Malibu, but, no way to overcome the barking, flies, and smells!

Had my online date meet me in Venice, where a friend's photography exhibition was opening.  We were more than compatible, she actually followed me home, West Hollywood, (she lives in Encino!), and, seduced me in the living room.  She and I definitely had sparks.  At her place the following weekend, she made an announcement.  She and her boyfriend (a 300 lb. bike gang meth dealer, in prison at that time), had created sexy padded handcuffs for S&M.  B'bye...

A woman said she was 46 years old, and, more quickly than most (it can take days/weeks for some to respond online), we traded phone numbers.  I convinced her to come to my condo, and she did.  I realized that 46 had passed long ago.  I explained the worst way to begin a relationship is lying (she was 64, bit of a transposition error), and she left.  I saw her online soon thereafter, her profile now claiming 56 years old!

I have used for pay sites.  On my profile, I write a poem, so that an intelligent and truly interested woman can decipher my phone number.  Julie and I went out a few times, her home life was too complicated for the relationship I wanted (mom and daughter at home), yet, we remain close friends and have even provided consulting services together.

The best site, being free, is Plenty of Fish.  Sign on, search, find someone, write an email, and it gets to them!

Daters, beware!  Your picture can be dragged to google images and your real identity is often shown (since the pic's probably in your Facebook album).
Take a new, unique, and unpublished picture to post on your profile, if you want to maintain your anonymity, and get more folk to write.

The sites that are all about sex are scams, which is evident when you search their images, and find the same sultry (or brazen!) women on dozens of sites…

Frish