As far as dating goes for me I really have no experience. I mean, I have “gone out” with someone in high school and in college I would “hook up” with girls at parties held in cramped, confined, and over all disgusting basements; but other than that I have really been on my own. Yeah, I really don’t have any experience. And being a student in college I know my first focus should be studies, but, I’ll admit, it would be nice to have a girlfriend – someone who will always be willing to hang out with me and motivate me through all-nighters. Even when I am doing absolutely nothing. So, since I am not a freshman anymore nor do I think going to a double keg-er in a clammy, ghastly frat basement is more humiliating than enjoyable; I decided giving online dating a chance would be a better option.
As a freshman I was forced to attend frat parties just in attempts of conforming and making new friends. I didn’t want to be alone for the rest of my college years. Who would? So every weekend I got aquatinted with my dorm floor by marching through the cold just to get a chance of meeting a girl. But were girls at the parties? No…they didn’t even resemble girls because their sloppy kissing and just overall drunkenness. After I would bring them back to my dorm and get their number on the way, I would only see them leave in the morning without a good-bye and no signs for getting coffee later. Freshman year was all about who got laid more, not about who you were dating – that was high school. Also, since I didn’t really have any luck in regular dating, I was stuck with dealing with the one-night stand every weekend without any hopes for a further connection. This led me to dive into online dating.
Luckily I was able to find an online service that was free, since I was always broke, and even accessible on my smart phone. After I set up my profile and started looking at profiles, I soon realized that not only was the service filled with the most pickiest girls on the earth but I just plain sucked at online interaction (face to face is way better, I really don’t know why no one does this anymore). I found this out after having my first interaction with a girl on the dating service. It said she was a 78% match for me so I made the first move.
Hey
Hi
Where are you from? (stupid question, it was already on her profile)
It’s on my profile…
Oh, so Pittsburgh huh?
I am glad the conversation stopped there so I could not embarrass myself any more than I already did. As I got more acquainted with the service I soon found out that the service also showed how often people would reply to messages. But it was so confusing! Constantly I would read girls profiles saying Message me if you just want to talk! but under that message it would say she replies selectively. Even when I would message just Hey there would be no response, and soon I would just learn to expect any response as a rare occurrence.
I guess out of these experiences I grew resentful of myself in trying to find love – yeah I know, I said it – instead of listening to everyone saying Let love find you. There are many ways to finding a significant other but as I am in college more focused on my studies, I think I will stick to just eyeing the girls in yoga pants while on my way to class. Don’t judge me, we all know everyone does it.
life as a full-time student 