Blind Dating
February 21st, 2008
Well this brings new meaning to the term “blind date”. My newest eHarmony match is almost completely blind. I don’t even know what to do with that information. Am I a total cow because I feel like it makes a difference? (Probably so.)
I already had some reservations about the match and now I’m completely paralyzed over it. Gentle readers, what would you do if your blind date was…. well…. exactly that?
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Paraphrasing SATC: I can’t. I’m sorry. Don’t hate me.
So true… and I loved that episode. Where she got out of being arrested for possession because she still had the post-it.
Anyway, I ended up sending a rough equivalent of that along. It included an apology and the admission that this was my shortcoming and not his. He gracefully disappeared.
OMG! Another SATC lover? Oh, LOL.
That episode was fabulous.
Well, you were honest. That’s good. Well done.
I once worked with a blind man. Nice guy in many ways, but a heavy-set, not particularly attractive, sometimes whiny Jewish fellow. He said that he hated it that people would judge him on his appearance when he didn’t/couldn’t judge them on theirs. He had kind of a thing for me, rumor had it, and I could kinda tell. But:
A) I’m Catholic, and strongly prefer my dates to be.
B) He wasn’t attractive! But way more problematic than that was the whiny thing. I have a low threshold for whining. But also, gentle sir? YOU are blind. I am not. Which means both that I would have to get over the fact that you’re at least 50 lbs. overweight, and you can’t appreciate the fact that I’m actually considered quite the looker in certain circles.
Shallow? Maybe. But you can’t make yourself love someone, especially not out of pity. Not saying that’s what you would have been doing, but we women can be vain creatures and it’s nice to date a guy who can appreciate it when you look good. Still, they say there’s someone for everyone, and I pray that it’s true.