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Topic: What do you think? Offensive?
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Sat 05/30/09 10:09 AM


So I got this email today from a complete stranger I have never seen before. It's not like we have ever spoken or have any kind of history to where we joke around or banter back and forth.


"don't u think u are too old to consider yourself quirky. That type of thing is cute when u are young, but u are 37 years old and your biological clock is running out, if not stopped already. you seem like the type who prefers men much younger than your age, maybe even men that are actually young boys. Wait a minute...come to think of it you are a teacher."


So I was a little offended, and I replied with the following:

"Uh...thank you? Not sure what you were trying to accomplish with your email...was your goal to insult me?

I had no idea that quirkiness had an age limit. So kind of you to enlighten me."


Then he replies thusly:

"are u sure you are a teacher? not very good in interpreting dialogue"


Pray tell me...was there ANY other way to interpret what he said? I thought he came across as a total wanker!


I don't know. I guess maybe he wanted to see if you were able to laugh at yourself.


There are much better ways of getting someone to laugh. That type of email was not one of them.

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Sat 05/30/09 10:09 AM

So I got this email today from a complete stranger I have never seen before. It's not like we have ever spoken or have any kind of history to where we joke around or banter back and forth.


"don't u think u are too old to consider yourself quirky. That type of thing is cute when u are young, but u are 37 years old and your biological clock is running out, if not stopped already. you seem like the type who prefers men much younger than your age, maybe even men that are actually young boys. Wait a minute...come to think of it you are a teacher."


So I was a little offended, and I replied with the following:

"Uh...thank you? Not sure what you were trying to accomplish with your email...was your goal to insult me?

I had no idea that quirkiness had an age limit. So kind of you to enlighten me."


Then he replies thusly:

"are u sure you are a teacher? not very good in interpreting dialogue"


Pray tell me...was there ANY other way to interpret what he said? I thought he came across as a total wanker!


God I hate it when people abbreviate short words, and of course I like the random capitalization. I would have just written back "Uh, what's your point?" the first time. Quirkyness, much like stupidity, is timeless!

I think the guy may be bitter about something in his life or perhaps a personal opinion on women over 30 in the dating scene. Perhaps he's very young and you look similar to his mother? Could be a million things.

Or perhaps he's just an idiot. Hmmm...yeah let's go with that one.

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Sat 05/30/09 10:10 AM

Wow, any guy who has the audacity to say something like that to someone he doesnt know will be single/ miserable forever.


drinker

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Sat 05/30/09 10:11 AM

So I got this email today from a complete stranger I have never seen before. It's not like we have ever spoken or have any kind of history to where we joke around or banter back and forth.


"don't u think u are too old to consider yourself quirky. That type of thing is cute when u are young, but u are 37 years old and your biological clock is running out, if not stopped already. you seem like the type who prefers men much younger than your age, maybe even men that are actually young boys. Wait a minute...come to think of it you are a teacher."


So I was a little offended, and I replied with the following:

"Uh...thank you? Not sure what you were trying to accomplish with your email...was your goal to insult me?

I had no idea that quirkiness had an age limit. So kind of you to enlighten me."


Then he replies thusly:

"are u sure you are a teacher? not very good in interpreting dialogue"


Pray tell me...was there ANY other way to interpret what he said? I thought he came across as a total wanker!




...He could be a serial killer, should introduce me to him.happy

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Sat 05/30/09 10:17 AM



There are much better ways of getting someone to laugh. That type of email was not one of them.
True. Especially when you don't even know the person, or something where you have no complete history of correspondence with the person who you are addressing to. I can speculate that maybe he was just simply seeing how she was going to response and had no reservation on ever wanting to connect with her. Motives? Don't know, and can only speculate on what it is. The whole thing was vague anyway.

To me, if I was to go on about it the same way that guy did, I would make sure I knew her as much as she knew me first before going about it that way.

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