It seems a recent post stirred up some ire in some readers. Well, I should say, a few certain statements within that post rubbed some people the wrong way. They were:
But, honestly, why would a guy who looks like that be on Match.com?
and..
Oh, come on. John Barrowman is an actor/model. There are plenty of attractive people who use online dating as a means to meet someone. But the very fact that the guy posted fake photos of himself and chose someone as good looking as him to pose as proves my point. He went for someone uber-goodlooking. Not just cute, not just handsome....HOT. Hot guys do not use online dating services to find a mate. They use it to get laid and fill up their dance card.
To which I received the following comments:
"For shame. There are some very good-looking people on Match.com, and if you're going to run a business primarily through the Internet and maintain a blog about it, you shouldn't knock online dating so hard."
It would seem the online profile critiques [that I posted on this blog] should have been prefaced with "You know this isn't going to get you anywhere but I'll humor you and pretend what I say about improving this profile will make a difference in your dating life..."
It's nice to know that online dating is apparently only for ugly people. What does that mean for blogs about dating?
Listen, I never meant to imply that only "ugly" people use online dating. I apologize if that's what some of you inferred. Anyone who's read this blog for longer than a couple months knows how I feel about online dating. I'm not an advocate of it. But I don't rule the world, now do I? I've always said that if people choose to give online dating a whirl that they should go in to it with the right expectations. Those expectations being that they shouldn't expect to meet Prince/Princess Charming, but rather hope to meet someone that might provide them with an interesting date with the potential for more.
