Friday, 19 November 2010

  • Artificial Comfort: What If Dating Websites Just Aren't Freakin' Working?!

    I went through a horrific breakup last April. It broke me. Well, the guy that I was with at the time didn't break me; our situation at the time did.

    The break up entailed many things that are far too personal to write about right now, but we did play cat and mouse for a few months before I packed up my most valuable belongings into four little boxes and moved out of the state. Being broken and well past being an opportune "fix" for those relationship seekers who are "fixers," I've dated guys that I've, well, settled for... you know, guys who are not the sharpest crayons in the box. Guys who don't read books. Guys who chastise me for music I listen to. Guys who ask me to hide layers of myself. And for the sake of "trying to have a big heart," and getting past my "brokenness," I've become extremely lonely. And a year and a half is a long time to be lonely.

    That being said, how, at almost 23 and in a brand new city (state, much less), do I meet someone who compliments me? Someone who is a mirror to my light? Someone that I don't meet at a bar? With good morals? Someone intellectually stimulating?

    I've found no answer.

    So, I've turned to dating websites. Sites like plentyoffish.com, match.com, and eharmony.com. I feel ridiculous when I log on and strangely out of place when I receive a message, wink, or any other sort of "first move." I feel as if it SHOULD feel like artificial comfort. Is it? Is it real? And for that matter... isn't it funny how in the time when we are feeling down/alone, we turn to the one thing that further disconnects us from reality?

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