Personal about personals

Posted on August 28, 2003 by Gene

Now I remember why I stayed away from the internet personals.
About two weeks ago, I recycled my years-old personals ad on Match.com. I spiffed it up a little, put a couple new pics of me (a dour-looking shot taken in the mirror, but hey – I look good after having lost almost 20 pounds).
Well, in the last two weeks, my profile has been viewed a whopping 620 times… and I’ve gotten 7 responses. 5 of those were “winks” where someone doesn’t actually bother to respond to the ad, but just puts the ball into your court. (Of those winks, one was a 25 year old in India. Cute, yes. But there’s more than just an age hurdle to overcome, isn’t there?)
Two of the guys e-mailed me, then never responded when I e-mailed back.
So, in the end, that’s a 0% success rate, isn’t it? It just rubs it in even more that I am not someone who fits in. Anywhere or with anyone.
There are some decent and nice people who read this blog, and every so often when I post a “personal” entry you seem pretty supportive, so here goes: tell me what I should do here. Leave the ad up? Rewrite it? Or just give up on the Internet personals thing altogether?