bait the date. (des moines)
So this friend of mine is always praising the virtues of Craigslist. She likes Missed Connections and sometimes does the odd dating ad with fair to blah success. I was told recently to go on a date, which is much easier said than done in my present townage. Apparently, tattoos and such are saved for the drunk whore section of town and the fact that I don’t drink confuses the masses. The sober folks here are totally lovely… they are just 15-20 years older than me. So I did it. I took out a Craigslist ad. I sent it to a couple of my friends who had a great laugh at my expense. They decided that the facts I listed were true enough and I posted it. Then, I sat back to revel in the responses.
There was the fellow who responded with the only photograph on his work computer. He was standing in the back of his pickup truck dressed in blaze orange, holding up his newly killed buck.
There was the couple that thought I sounded fun and that wifey thought she could be “into” me.
There was the guy who said he was a “one woman man” and he wanted his lady to be the same. Then, I noticed the email was in response to 6 different ads. Read the rest of this entry »
