Oooh, ooh, I wanna rant TOOO !!

[hippiechick]

:evilfrown:

So I have this couple-year old personal ad up on a 'dating' site, and out of nowhere I get an email response from this dude whose about 200 miles north of me. Well, ok ... 200 miles is kinda far, but still a possibility, if everything else is in order.

I check out his profile and photos and OMG it's as if Goddess herself has answered every prayer I've ever said !! This man is spectacular ! So I fire him back an email with the usual blah blah nice to hear from you tell me about yourself blah blah and we end up exchanging a torrent of fun and flirty emails over the last 72 hours.

Then about an hour ago says that he's excited to get his MBA next month because he's got a job waiting for him in June ... to which I reply ... "where you are now, or someplace else" ..

His response ? SANTIAGO CHILE, where his WIFE is.

EXCUSE ME ???? :wtf:

Ok, not only did you not tell me upfront that you're LEAVING THE CONTINENT IN 3 WEEKS, but you sorta forgot the bigger detail that you have a WIFE waiting for you ???? :eyes: :mad: :eyes: :mad:

Arrrrrrrrrrrgh.

[johnnie]

1. Ouch

That sucks. I know that there have been a few "success stories" from those personals, but the majority of the stories I hear end up being horror stories.
Sorry about hearing this.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

2. Ah yes, I always specify "single" in my ads, and wouldn't ya know,

the married or cohabiting guys who want a little action on the side are the first to respond.

:grr:

[Droopy]

3. That sucks

I have a ad up on a personals site and have made a few contacts and I am always completely honest. But you just never know over the interenet and people have been known to do some pretty slimy things in person as well. I guess it's good to give people the benefit of the doubt but it's also good to protect yourself as well.

[astral]

4. Well, if he told you before he met you in person

he WAS being kind of honest. Some women don't care, and he really couldn't know until he found out what kind of woman you are.

Chances are it wasn't his real picture anyway.