and it begins

I have officially been back on Match.com for less than 12 hours (people can send you messages and wink at you even if you're not active)...and I already have ridiculous stories to tell.  The first is that I had a 'wink' from a guy I know. I swear my mom and her crazy best friend tried to set me up with this tall, political, Greek guy 2 summers ago...we actually volunteered on the same campaign, but never crossed paths.  He didn't have his name in his profile, but I swear it's him.  We're even friends on Linked-In....weird, I know.  I have no idea how I realized that in .4 seconds but he feels the need to wink. I'll keep you posted on the developments of him. 

In other news, as you all know, I have some "requirements" for the people I date.  I think it's because I've been single for so long that I'm not breaking the single-streak for some 5'2 Joe Shmo. Imagine my face when I read this email:

I pointed out a few issues.  First of all his user name.  I am the LAST person to critique someone else's spelling and grammar, however, I ran my profile through spell check at least 10 times before it went live.  I also spell check every email I send.  I have to assume the guy was going for 'gentleman', as there seems to be only one of him.  But to give him the benefit of the doubt, I thought of some other scenarios: He was going for "get nalmen" which would mean he's a bully and has something against the poor person named 'Nalmen' or "getnal men" which would mean his last name is 'Getnal' and he's from a family of men...but I'm pretty sure he was going for 'Gentleman' and spelt 'Gentle' incorrectly.  Even if the username Gentleman was already taken, PICK ANOTHER NAME...don't misspell the one you had your heart set on using!

Let's move on.  I am = I'm not im.  Sence isn't a word.  In fact when you type 'sence' into dictionary.com it actually says, 'did you mean scene?'. He is also looking for a 'good women' which is unfortunate, because I'm only one.  He would also like the women to have a good.  Not a good time, not a good family, just good. He is also unaware that myself is one word.   I'm not even going to touch on his message.

Welcome back to Match!