Oh what a difference...

Well, I'll be...it's been a minute, hasn't it? I guess I should give ya'll an update, not that anyone really reads this, but it's in the name of science!

Since I "updated" my profile, here are the numbers:

I've sent 68 winks and received 5!

My profile has now been viewed 91 times!

and

I've been in email communication with two women. About these women, one is 32 and a magazine editor in Dallas. The other is 21 and, well, I'm not sure what she does yet - that was a question I asked her in my last email (sent yesterday), but she is local.
Actually, sort of weird thing about the 21-year-old - the first email that I got from her was short, it said that I "sound interesting" and she also specifically asked me if I worked for "(a company)," which I do...
So I started to think...shit...does this girl work where I work? Does she know someone that I know?
I later found out that her mother works at the same company and she was familiar with my job description, which I had posted (and removed).

So far, the emails between both ladies have been pretty cool - I told them both, up front, about the modifications I had recently made to my profile...just in case any of those attributes were a reason why they had expressed an interest in my profile...what can I say, I'm honest...I didn't want to waste their (or my) time.
As it turned out, both women said that they thought my little experiment was interesting and that it was sad that it had made a difference in my received responses...but that neither of them were like those other women...which is cool!

So where does this take Inept Boy now? Well, I've got approximately 26 days left of my subscription to the online dating service and once again, I'm about to leave again for work (this time, not as long), so that means that the only time I'll be available for a "date" (ugh! I get nervous at the thought of that right now!), would be on the weekend, but you know what? Fuck...maybe I just need to sacrifice spending a few hours getting drunk with my friends for some new company?

Oh shit! Also, another girl from the past has suddenly turned back up...I call her my "punk rock girl." She's not necessarily "punk," but I met her a few years ago when she was working at a skate shop. I asked her out once, for ice cream and sky diving (I was trying to be creative) - she loved the idea but "had a boyfriend." Time passed, I didn't see her around the shop for a while, then there she was and she was single and wanted to go to happy hour. So we went, had a good time. Then she got a promotion and moved to a different city. Never thought I'd see her again. A week or so ago, I make a spontaneous decision to go to the skate shop (not thinking that I'd see her, of course), and there she was! As soon as I walked in, she starts to freak out, comes running over and gives me a big hug...we talked for a while - she got moved back down to her original store, is a "big" manager now, and then she says that I need to come back up to see her - I tell her that's not fair because then I'd have to spend money, and then she brings up "happy hour" again...
Anyhow, so I've yet to go by or see her or call her about meeting up, although I'm thinking about giving it a try this week before I head out. I doubt she'll go for it though, probably turn me down like she did all the times before...ha! Listen to that negativity!

Well, anyhow...so I guess there might be some progress building up, but it's hard to say. I'll of course post an update soon, sooner if anything cool happens.

I must say though, it was interesting how the "update" to my profile made a difference; I was getting winks from women in Ohio and and as far away as South Africa!? Crazy.

The Final Countdown! (No...not the Europe song, better!)

So I promised you, my dear readers, a surprise with this blah-g, did I not? Well, this will be my final month's subscription to the online dating community, so I've decided to go out with my guns blazing.

Well here it is...the big experiment...the hypothesis to either be proven or failed. What are women looking for in a man, exactly?

I think every "nice" guy (and even you assholes out there) knows what 89.67% (if you're wondering if I made that number up, yeah, I did, but the real number is probably pretty fucking close to that anyhow, so shut up) of those ladies, both single (and taken), are almost always looking for in a man/"partner."

You can be the nicest, sweetest, most thoughtful motherfucker in the world, but it won't do you any good.

You know what I'm talking about...that guy at the bar with the hottest girl in the bar, swooning all over him as he treats her like shit.

The guy that talks down to his girl, "disses" her, doesn't listen to her, etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.

This evening, I "updated" my online profile. What do you mean you "updated your profile," you ask?

It really was only a few things, here are the changes that I made:

I "updated" my height from my actual height, 5'5" to a magnificent 6'2"

I "updated" what the online dating site refers to as "build" from my unimpressive "slender" to a throbbing "Athletic & Toned"

I "updated" my tattoos/piercings from having a "strategically placed tattoo" (it would actually be the plural for me, just in case you were wondering) to "none."
*Note* In our day and age, body modification is so common place, but I thought, what the hell, I might as well try to impress all the Prudes out there.

And the Whopper-sandwich?

I "updated" my picayune salary from (these are their ranges) $35,001 - $50,000 to a Rolling Stones satisfactory $75,001 - $100,000!

To try and keep it simple, I quickly, without actually reading any of the ladies profiles, just basing my decision purely on their "looks," gave the old "wink" (as the site refers to them) to 52 ladies, ranging in age from 18-35, single, divorced, the whole she-bang.

I will be sure to provide you with any updates resulting from my "updates."