Worst thing to say in a response to a casual sex personal ad, ever
I can't decide, so I need your help. Which is the dumber thing to say when responding to a woman's profile on a casual sex site?
"I'm not a person who sleeps around and stuff and I'm looking for someone who shares that." ("sleeps around and stuff"? What stuff? Also, uh, what do you think casual sex is??)
"I'm looking for one special friend." (I think that's called a "girlfriend", in most cases.)
Oh, fellas, come on. I'm cheap, and I want you to be, too!
Comments
I'll take "Unclear On The Concept" for 200, Alex...
Posted by: GreyDuck | August 13, 2007 9:58 AM
I vote (B), if only because "special friend" conjures up images of the short bus...
btw, welcome back!
Posted by: David in Chicago | August 13, 2007 10:16 AM
GreyDuck: exactly!
David: Have you seen the movie Shortbus? It actually makes being special seem a bit more appealing :)
And thanks for the welcome back! I don't know if I really am, but here's hoping :)
Posted by: ClueChick | August 13, 2007 1:41 PM
As far as the special friend, seems like the W4M ads are much greater offenders.
Misc Romance is highly underutilized, IMO.
Question for you: do you have problems with your ads getting flagged off the CL boards? Seems to be epidemic in my city.
Posted by: cas | August 24, 2007 6:17 PM
Option A sounds like it could be "I'm new to this casual sex thing and want to find someone else new to this so I don't seem lame / catch diseases / whatever." Or he is unable to escape the general idea that women don't like men who "sleep around and stuff," even women who are looking for NSA sex. It might therefore have a twisted logic behind it.
Option B just seems either to miss the point or optimistic that a casual encounter could turn out to be The One. I don't see anything but folly there. And "special friend" sounds plain idiotic.
(Dis)advantage: B.
Posted by: outis1970 | August 26, 2007 11:19 PM