Group therapy in a blog.
True Dating Tales…
A friend IMs me today…she says she “NEVER” gets e-mailed on JDate. But in the last week she’s had 3 e-mails:
One from a gay guy telling me I’m cute and he’d date me if he was straight.
One e-mail from a lesbian asking me if I ever get curious.
And the last e-mail was from an Italian guy who is not Jewish and does not believe in religion.
And now, cue the reader who tells me how great JDate is and that her cousins and her best friends met on the site and are now happily married with lots of little rugrats. Also, the reader who tells me that I’m just bitter. And then the other readers who leap to my rescue.
I love you guys!
One of Mark Penn’s ‘Micro-trends’ is the ~40% of the population who as Non Jews are interested in ‘dating & possibly marrying Jews’. It happens, sometime in bunches. And of course there’s always the number one or 2 Google results for ‘Nice Jewish Girls’ just happens to be a lesbian anthology. Go figure. Cheers & Good Luck, ‘VJ’
http://www.amazon.com/Nice-Jewish-Girls-Lesbian-Anthology/dp/0807079057
What’s your friend’s Jdate screenname. I’ll IM so she can decline me. Maybe it’ll make her feel better.
“And now, cue the reader who tells me how great JDate is and that her cousins and her best friends met on the site and are now happily married with lots of little rugrats.”
Gee, Esther, who could you POSSIBLY be talking about?
BTW, been with my JDate guy a year, moving in together on September 30th.
I wish you the best of luck in the coming New Year!
She’s lying. I email every woman that pops up in my age range & my geographic area!
my 30-something cousin met his wife on JDate in 2001 and they were married in 2003. he was fortunate to meet someone who didn’t personify the bad stereotype that often accompanies JDate in conversation. JUST TO CLARIFY: this does NOT mean that every woman or man on JDate is weird, desperate, too religious, too old, etc. but i’ve heard some wacky stories. not to mention the fact that one of my close friend’s 25-year-old brother and 50-something aunt are on there and it creeps her out a little.
i tried JDate in 2004, but refused to pay the fees so i was limited to a 30-day free trial membership. out of that free round came two dates with the same guy, who actually seemed cool but then relocated to Baltimore for a new job. it wasn’t a huge loss, but it was nice to meet someone that had things in common with me besides religion. the fees were one reason why i never joined. the other was due to the fact that i found JDate to be a little closed-minded. i think it’s only fair for gay/lesbians to be able to utilize the site as well (i’m straight). the same applies to those who are in the process of converting. there was some article about how non-Jews are using the site because they want to date and marry Jews, and some actually want to convert. this just goes to show that Jews are quite a catch, not just to other Jews but to everyone.
I’m trying to decide whether:
1. JDate is simply a means for the cute, young and hot/hunky to get together, or
2. One simply needs persistence, good pics and funny essay, and luck.
I should elaborate on #1.
What do people SEEM TO look for on JDate?
Guys: appearance and age.
Gals: height and age.
But in “real life”, this stuff melts away when you meet someone and other characteristics take over.
That is, JDate encourages superficiality, big time.