I wonder what compels someone to lash out at a rejection on a dating website. It's happened to me on occasion. It happened today. This guy from Eugene, Oregon contacted me but his email was full of syntax and spelling errors. And the fact that most of his nouns were devoid of articles preceding them, led me to suspect that he spoke with the same thick accent I make fun of my dad for having. I usually don't do this in my dad's presence. If only out of respect...for my life.
So this guy wanted to talk on the phone right off the bat which is a bit presumptuous to say the least. Whenever I'm contacted by someone who either repulses me or simply doesn't pique my interest, I just don't respond. I think this is more humane than saying you're not interested but apparently not. He sent me another email saying, "I hope you'll write something back." Take a hint, dude. He sent that message twice so I finally hit reply and said: "I'm not interested. Thanks." Maybe I could have given a lengthier explanation but I didn't know this guy from Adam. What I did know was that I wasn't interested, why write more?
In record time, I got a reply that's forwarded to my personal email through a dummy address. In an effort to convince me of the error of my ways, here's what Casanova wrote back: "Go to Hell then." I mean really. What did I do to deserve that? According to my editor Joe, the equivalent of kicking a guy in the nuts. Interesting. Now that I know this, I wish I could resend my message. Again and again... and once more for good measure.
