Just like my ex-wife. I don't know if I'm ready for the flashbacks, though.

I just wanted to point out that today is my birthday and I have received numerous "Happy Birthday" messages today, but not a single one of them has contained the phrase "I am to be liking your structure." I don't know whether to be disappointed or something else.

Something else, probably.

as in sentence structure?

I mean that is an odd birthday salutation. I, on the other hand, would be baffled to receive such a comment.....

It's actually fairly common in messages from Russian scammers. There are some problems with their translator programs, apparently.

Here's another useful tip: If you suspect someone is a Russian scammer, take a look at how they list their occupation in their profile. Often you'll see their job listed as "the teacher" or "the counselor" or "the administrator." In Russian, they don't have words for the articles "a," "an," and "the," so Russians often use them awkwardly or erratically.

Don't make me report you, Natasha.

My scammer experiences are that they are all engineers. That way they can explain why the phone number is overseas one week and a different one in a few months "different project"

Many of my scammers are somehow related to the Nigerian Minister of Agriculture, who will gladly pay me 11.4 million dollars if I just send him $14,000 so he can figure out how to fill out a deposit slip.

The rest are usually misguided women from California who think, for whatever reason, I would be interested in seeing their "candid, naughty pix" for $24.95 a month. Right.

I agree, but I'm not sure how desirable I will be at 106.

And, re: the whole marriage thing, is it really necessary?

I think it's best to start out as friends, see where it goes from there, let things progress naturally, and end up as bitter and deadly enemies. Why drag marriage into it?

Report: Birthday + 1 week. No change.

Hi Lex

It was almost painful that I got so busy cause I wanted to follow this thread. Happy B-Day!

Thanks, Michael!

Somebody asked me the other day "Are you looking for someone on here?"

I said "I'm not really looking, but I'm not NOT looking. It's more like if someone suitable shows up, I'm open to that."

But I don't like the odds very much. It's become pretty obvious that my deal-breakers and their deal-breakers are entirely mutually exclusive. So, for purposes of dating sites (or at least all of the ones I've tried), I have to agree with eHarmony's assessment that I'm "unmatchable." I hate to agree with eHarmony about anything, but when you're right, you're right!

Did you ever consider putting kleenex boxes on your feet and trying again but this time being a little bit more "flexible"?



The streetweary former ash addict looked down the barrel of a
decaying and rancid wrap of filter paper stuffed with southern
fried clippings. Irregular yellow stains at the borders
of the burnt edge were close to matching some of his front teeth.
He spit the acrid thing out where it fell to earth staining the
puddle on the sidewalk instead. Its hot red hat sizzled suddenly black.
The foul thing unwrapped itself slowly spilling its brown guts.

"Something's gotta change", he thought, while he slowly exhaled and
a wave of poisonous mist licked his 5 o'clock shadow. He looked down
as he always did on these occasions and closed his eyes. The
last traces of useless drug swirled away lost forever in the
smell of street and drizzle. So it began.

Well, the 8 blocks thing is really more hyperbolic, intended to emphasize my position on LDRs. It's not a literal 8 blocks. It's actually more like 11 or 12.

But I have noticed that there are lots of people with deal-breakers I don't even think about; i.e., smoking, tattoos, income level, education level (as opposed to intelligence, as the two are only tenuously related) -- those things really don't matter to me at all.

No, the IQ thing is a bit of a red herring, since I don't have a valid way to measure other than by what the person says to me. For example, my own IQ consistently tests out at 132-188, depending on the test, whether or not I have a headache, and where the moon is at any given moment.

So my criterion there would be someone intelligent, but I don't really think I can put an absolute number on it. If I can think, "Hmmm, this person is obviously intelligent" without being drugged or gassed, then this is probably someone I can work with.

The childless thing is etched in stone forever, though. That one has no wiggle room.

My scammer experiences are that they are all engineers. That way they can explain why the phone number is overseas one week and a different one in a few months "different project"



And coincidentally, are moving to the same country you're in, for their "career". I prefer scam deep-fried on a plate.

I understand there is a variety of sushi made with scam and furikake. Since Im not into fish, Im sortof interested.



Yeah it's interesting indeed

On the other hand (or foot), if I'm going to be alone either way, I might just as well hold onto the comfy shoes.

They also make the statement "My feet are wet and frozen. It's January."