What I Have Learned From Online Dating Thus Far
Avoid profiles with pictures involving the absence of shirts or really any article of clothing, fingers giving the bird, and "swole time," at the gym.
With the fancy-ness of spell check and brain cells, there's no excuse for any of the online bozos to consistently misspell words. Sporadic occurrence, I get. On a regular basis, I'm out. And no, I don't accept "marijuana in my youth," as a justifiable excuse either.
If he ever leads with, "Hey sexy, hmu." Hitting him up should be the last thing you do.
Anything and everything you say, to the right pervie, can be taken as an innuendo. I've found no words to be a good solution to this problem.
When asked to send photos of yourself and your selfie isn't good enough and they want a "body pic," sending a picture of your elbow is not entertaining to them as it is you. And you're funny, so move on with your life, you don't need that kind of lack of funny, negativity in your life.
When you meet your date in person and he spends 30 minutes in the bathroom doing only the Lord knows what, can't stop talking about all the knowledge he knows, and is "too tired," to walk to the other side of his car to open your door, hit the eject button as soon as you can.
If your online date tells you that he works for the CIA and needs your social security number so that the government can run a background check on you, and you compare him to that one CIA spy guy you saw in that one movie and how he needs only the first letter of your first name to run a background check, then supposed CIA online dater blocks you immediately, you don't need to be sad. He may not have been in the CIA after all.
If it's 10 pm and you're still online, you really should be wrapping up conversations and not responding to new messages. Guys starting a conversation past 10 pm only want one thing...
When you talk to a nice guy for a few days and every thing seems to be going right, then he accidentally sends you a very steamy paragraph that is clearly intended for one of the other ladies he's talking to, and even after awkwardly admitting it was meant for another girl, he asks if you want to join him for a little hot tub time after she leaves, you can come to the conclusion that he is probably not the one for you.
Once a guy discovers you are saving sex till marriage, he will either run very fast in the other direction or ask you a million question to try and help himself understand how you could possibly wait.
If a guy says he's good with waiting to have sex till you get married, there's a good chance he means it.
If a guy says he's good with waiting to have sex till you get married, there's a good chance he's lying.
Don't get your Christianese panties in too much of knot when a guy finds you attractive. This is normal and fine.
Sometimes a guy is busy with life and stuff and doesn't have time to talk to you for a few days and in reality he really just lacks the balls to let you know that he's not interested anymore.
Sometimes a guy is busy with life and stuff and doesn't have time to talk to you for a few days and he's being totally legit. Having a job and responsibilities can mean this. And you want a man with a job and responsibilities.
When a guy gives you a pet name right from the get-go like, "baby," "cutie," etc, it's not cute. It's probably because he can't remember your actual name.
When a guy wants a Proverbs 31 woman, who's sweet, fit, and will join him in his "shrug life," at the gym, he's not the kind of boring and predictable you want in your life.
Just because he says he loves Jesus doesn't mean he's not sometimes on cloud 9 with Rebecca St. James.
If you've been texting a guy for 2 weeks and you think you're in love. You're not. He's just really good at copying and pasting.
There's two kind of guys online. Christian guys who have loved Jesus since they were fetuses and have too much Jesus in their hearts. And non-Christian guys who have too much going on with their you know what's.
Good Christian guys want a quiet, submissive pastor's wife with no personality. Non-Christian guys think you're hilarious, but you shouldn't date them either.
When a guy doesn't make the effort with you, he's making it with someone else.
If a guy tells you he's not interested, he may not always mean it. If a guy shows you he's not interested, he always means it.
Online dating forces one to be the player that they never thought they would become.
Guarding your heart is of utmost importance.
When you're overtly guarded, you finally receive your first kiss and that guy breaks your heart, and it hurts, it's an indication that God is still keeping your heart alive. Take this as a good sign and let yourself cry.
Never settle and never waiver on your beliefs and deal breakers.
In the savage world of online dating, you have to guide a guy in how to properly respect you. They will honor you as much as you teach them to.
When you meet a guy whom you like, respect, and enjoy talking to, keep him around. That's potential.
Love is truly patient and kind. So be patient and kind and expect patient and kind in return.
Being in a relationship with a guy means that you should probably be praying more than you used to.
There's going to come a point in your interactions with a guy when you slowly start to give a part of your heart away, don't resist this process. Any good relationship requires vulnerability and some skin in the game. God has the ability to bring all the pieces back together if he's not the one.
There are a multitude of pervies, tools, and liars in the online dating world, but you have to stumble past them to get find the few good ones. And the good ones are indeed out there.
Never allows your negative experiences to root bitterness in your heart. Learn from your experiences with the losers. Allow them to grow in you wisdom and unashamed beauty.
Never feel ashamed or stupid to put yourself out there. Your heart doesn't really belong any man anyway. It's in much better hands.
