Oh, the horror! in Life After 60

Dating…at 61: Note to self, either be content to spend the rest of your life alone, or be prepared to deal with crazy. (That’s not an indictment, just an observation :) ) Rule number 1 of dating, (online) add ten years to the profile picture you are viewing. For some reason people like to believe they still look like they did in High School. Do you not realize that if you go on a date we are going to figure out the picture was of your younger self?
And that brings us to the whole of the online dating game. And it is a game, like it or not.
Russian Roulette comes to mind.
Friendly advise, don’t waste your money on paid dating sites. Okay may be it’s just me, may be my profile emits the aura of deranged psycho killer. I have been on pretty much all of them and my results were better on the free ones. E-harmony after a year was like going to a casino. I knew I was going to be throwing my money away. (Side-bar, never pay full price for E-harmony, they off big discounts to lure you in.)
And then there were those times when, yikes, I actually landed a date. I will not go into the details of the numbers albeit small, but the number of those that, after we met, actually had something in common–ZERO. But according to their profile and that wonderful algorithms used to match you on 365 dimensions, (fact that I made up by the way) we were made for each other. I work with computers daily, why would anyone trust one of those things to find your soul mate?
So, we learn to adapt. I am not sure where I read it, online I am sure, but we come to a place where we decide just how much of “crazy” we will deal with in a person and date them.
Not so fast cream of wheat for brains. While it is true we all come with baggage, some seem to carry the whole world in theirs. Am I perfect? No. Do I have issues? You bet. But please have some common decency and sense when you post your picture and profile. And last but not least, READ THE FINE PRINT, or in the case of online dating, the entire profile. And then read between the lines.
Above Average Female seeks male who is loyal, trustworthy, and honest. Which in plain language means, : I am somewhere between the Wicked Witch of the West and Mary Poppins, depending on which personality shows up. And I want a man who has all the qualities of my dog. (And in this ever changing world) Get a concealed weapons permit and carry a weapon.
And for the record, no I am not jaded toward women, I am a realist, trying to survive in your make believe world..