for all you tweeps

You can also follow me on twitter: @miss_match_ed.

This twitter handle/account was willed to me by a fabulous and lucky Match member and inspired the blog title. I say lucky because she is no longer a Match member and found love pretty quickly!

Solely Match.com gems and updates on blog posts on this handle.

XOXO,
Ms. Matched

Sorry for the delay again

I have received many harassing text messages and IMs from my friends letting me know that you (and your coworkers- hello readers at NOAA, GILT, Voyage Prive', Surrey Satellite Technology to name a few) want an update!

First off, can I just say how exciting it is for me that you read this? Being a data-driven internet marketing person... I track my analytics. 2,500 page views so far, in 8 countries. Hello to the 9 or 10 of you in Singapore and Malaysia! I don't know if I know you, but thanks for stopping by. And I love hearing from you all! So don't be shy - leave some comments.

Keep in mind that I only blog about the crazies and the creeps. Never the cuties. I also don't blog about people I meet outside of match... So maybe, just maybe... I'm having luck?

Maybe I'm just busy. Soraya (Saharan Sweetheart) visited me in Seattle this weekend and we had a lovely weekend full of touristy adventures... 

 

highlight of the weekend? maybe...

Then I enjoyed a gourmet seafood dinner on Valentines day (my first single girl V-day since 2007) with my fabulous roommates. Can I just say I love Valentines day? I'm a sucker for it. Hearts, flowers, chocolate, love.... All good things! Single or taken, I have so much love in my life and so much to celebrate.... I will never be a V-day scrooge. 

And I would sure as hell rather enjoy my crab cakes with the girls than Cheap Charlie, Mass Text Max, Saint Daniel, or any of the other weirdos the internet sends my way. I recently received a message from a man with the username: LAZY_FirstNameCensoredNowThatMorePeopleReadThis. How attractive is that? If you find LAZY to be the appropriate definitive adjective for you... I'm busy. Indefinitely.

XOXO,
Ms. Matched

there is absolutely such thing as a stupid question.

I get a lot of people messaging me asking where Croatia is and WHAT Croatia is.

If you don't know what/where Croatia is.... you are not only an ignorant imbecile, but an ignorant imbecile completely unaware of a little site called GOOGLE.COM.

Other stupid questions include:

• Do you live in the Seattle area? Yes. You may notice it as the first thing in/on my profile under my age.
• I see you are reading The Facebook Effect? Is that about Facebook.com? No, it's about MYSPACE....

Am I being overly critical? Or are these questions really as stupid as I think?

XOXO,
Ms. Matched

3rd time ain't a charm, and 4th time's a restraining order

I'll be the first to admit it: On match.com, I'm one picky bitch.


I probably respond to one out of every 15-20 messages I receive. But with good reason. I've shared with you some of the freaky things people message me. I tend to be a magnet for the perv, the midlife crisis, and the straight up loser (who can't spell).

Unfortunately there tends to be a group of romantic hopefuls on Match who don't get the that the reason I'm not responding to you: IS BECAUSE I AM NOT INTERESTED.

I've had a mixture of wink, message,wink, wink, message, wink, wink, from a strange small man we can call T.

Also a message, message, wink, IM, message, from someone we can call B. I'm embarassed for him...

My most memorable clueless creep sent only messages. And passionate ones at that. Followed up each with some version of "hey there... not sure if you got my last message. I think you're absolutely the most amazing girl I've seen on this site. Would love to chat sometime".

I shared this story with a friend of mine also on Match.com. She had a strangely similar experience! With an equally strange individual...We both sign on to Match to compare.

Not only was this the same guy... we had received the same messages! This fool COPIED AND PASTED THE SAME EXACT MESSAGES. Lots of them! They were word for word the same. I thought I was the most amazing girl on match.com you creepy bastard!

Believe it or not, I'm over it. And I responded "thanks but no thanks" with the bit of advice that if someone doesn't respond to your first message, chances are even less likely they will respond to your second, and even less likely to you third, and so on. Why would you want to date someone that didn't show any interest in you?

I need to write a book. One day, digital daters.... one day.

XOXO,
Ms. Matched