tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746115410093992577.post8640669766528725163..comments2012-04-27T07:41:44.827-07:00Comments on Reinventing Yourself at 35: Day 35 Sunday March 28 You know your single whenerinlalafoileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16354564215950258691noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746115410093992577.post-90392248822580281782010-08-24T19:02:28.293-07:002010-08-24T19:02:28.293-07:00Such a shameSuch a shameAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746115410093992577.post-70398782182051575452010-05-11T23:24:52.724-07:002010-05-11T23:24:52.724-07:00with no incentive to keep up with your blog, i hav...with no incentive to keep up with your blog, i have taken my sweet time reading the 35 entries. in the meantime i've been trying to put a few of my thoughts into words... my latest efforts are rather challenging.<br /><br />i have wondered why it is that a blog i stumbled upon for the silliest of reasons is no longer active. you were gung ho about blogging about this fresh, new and exciting chapter in your life, and now all effort seems to be gone. did you end up in the hospital? are you there right now? or worse? <br /><br />here's hoping there's a happy ending to your story, although i may never know it if there is.Arthur Fonzarellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13123536283851861987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746115410093992577.post-74886543089251812522010-04-29T10:32:20.699-07:002010-04-29T10:32:20.699-07:00Did you stop reinventing yourself?Did you stop reinventing yourself?Arthur Fonzarellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13123536283851861987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746115410093992577.post-56765586192281018892010-03-30T23:48:43.429-07:002010-03-30T23:48:43.429-07:00Ah, POF.com, I dabbled with it a couple of times. ...Ah, POF.com, I dabbled with it a couple of times. <br /><br />I'm not saying you should find Mr. Right via the internet, but you stand a good chance, I figure, better than men finding Ms. Right. <br /><br />I have always been turned off by the disproportionate numbers online dating has to offer. Typically you find 10-20 times as many men as you find women. I've been honest with myself for a long time, I'm not a great catch, so that kind of attitude doesn't help. But even being open-minded about the world around me, if you're a man, you're competing, big time, for attention. Women need never respond to an ad on a dating site, they'll get a truckload of responses. Add a cute picture to your profile and you'll have to close the flood gates after 24 hours. Fact. Many of those responses will be a waste of your time, but you'll likely get a few honest, decent responses in the bunch. Even providing those honest, decent responses, it never got me very far, and clearly I'm a guy who knows how to write. Although perhaps I write too much. (I'm stating the obvious.)<br /><br />I wish you luck. I've been of the opinion that if you use a pay site, like Match, you weed out some of the unwashed masses who can easily respond to your ad on POF, but there are pros and cons to each site. (In all my dabbling, I've never spend a dime on a dating site membership, perhaps that's my problem, I didn't follow my own advice.)<br /><br />If you are going to use POF, my unprofessional advice would be to keep your profile generic and faceless, and share details with those whose ads catch your eye. You can't know how much of the ad is fraudulent, but you can avoid having to sift through 100 responses to determine if there is a diamond in the rough. Some women want to be courted, but given what I know, you're better off being proactive rather than reactive.Arthur Fonzarellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13123536283851861987noreply@blogger.com