Single, White Female

I find the idea of internet dating exciting.  I mean, it's kind of like shopping on ebay.  You can look at lots of pictures, narrow your search down to your shoe-size and budget and get a great deal a pair of slightly used Jimmy Choo's.  And the problems are similar, too.  When shoe shopping on ebay, you start seeing the same pairs of man-made material shoes for $40 + shipping and you just wish you could skip the garbage and find the gems.

While pursuing the available men on various dating websites, you see a lot of themes reappear.  None of them want women that "play games."  I'm not even sure what that means.  I guess they don't like it when a woman goes on a couple of dates before she decides he's a moron, instead of deciding once she hears his first stupid joke.  

Also, they are all shy until you get to know them.  I get it, you have trouble meeting women out in public.  I have trouble finding non-disgusting men that don't try to stick their tongue down my throat after they buy me a drink, but you don't see me trying to explain-away my issues.

I think my favorite are the 40+ year olds with crap jobs that are all, "You're cute.  I wanna get to know you better."  Um, thanks.  I wanna get to know you better, too?  Age and loserhood aside, how are you supposed to respond to "I want to get to know you"?  My profiles are full are fun stuff that would work as conversation starters.  I try to make it easy for them, and instead I'm supposed to lay out my life story on a "I want to get to know you"?  Plus, why would I want some old man?  Who is fat, paying child support and making $30,000 a year.  I wouldn't and it goes to show how clueless these men are.  Or at least that they are spreading their nets very widely.  I prefer to be more selective and focus a gem or two that I locate.  

Unfortunately, if you find a gem, he lives in Virginia.