PARTIE VIII : Online Dating
Kelly: I meet a lot of guys online these days.
Lori: Really?
Kelly: At first I thought it was really kind of weird, you know, kind of like a meat market. But it’s really easy, and it helps me screen out guys really fast.
PUA:
How can a guy stop himself from being screened out by you?
Kelly: Just seem normal. I mean, don’t seem all crazy and don’t seem boring. I guess it would probably work best if we had something in common.
PUA:
But how would a guy know what you have in common if you’ve never met?
Kelly: I guess it’s just best to list a lot of hobbies and interests and figure that something will make an impression. Also you’ve got to stand out somehow. To me 90% of the guys online say the same stupid things. I mean, you can say some of the same stuff, but don’t repeat everything.
PUA: In other words, don’t give you a reason to screen them out.
Kelly: Yeah, it’s too easy to say “no, not you.” There are just so many guys to choose from that if there is any reason to screen a guy out I will. The guy just has to make sure he doesn’t give me a reason.
PUA:
He should just write something funny?
Kelly: Funny will work. Smart will work, but not TOO smart. He just has to stand out.
PUA:
So you email guys who you see online?
Kelly: I really don’t have to. Thousands of guys have emailed me. I mean, it’s literally in the thousands now. I can hardly keep up with them. I live near New York City, so there are a lot of guys in the area. So I immediately try to start weeding them out. Too tall, too short, generic profile, anything.
PUA: What about the guys who don’t email you?
Kelly: First off I don’t think there is a single guy who participates in online dating within 100 miles of me who has not emailed me. And if there is, there is no way that I have time to go looking for a guy on one of these date sites. There are far too many people emailing me. Plus, why would I want to put myself out there to have to email someone? I’m on one of these pay-by-the-message sites, and I’m telling you I have never, ever paid to send an email. I get so many of these that every night that I’m not on a date I’m sorting through the emails I get. It’s like it’s a full time job.
PUA:
But you DO go out on dates with these guys.
Kelly: Yeah, I do. Why would anyone submit themselves to the humiliation of these online dating services unless they were interested in going on a date? It’s not like you’re at a restaurant or a bar and maybe you’re just out for a night with the girls. If you’re online then you are definitely looking for a guy.
PUA: So a guy emails you, how can he get your attention?
Kelly: When a guy sends an email, a funny or clever subject line helps. And make sure you don’t talk about how sexy you are – that’s a real turn off. Don’t brag about yourself or talk about how much money you make, I really don’t care about all that. Just be natural and not stuck-up. And don’t be a stalker – I can’t tell guys about that enough – DO NOT BE A STALKER. It’s not a turn on to be stalked. Maybe it’s a turn on for guys to have a woman stalk them, but it’s not for women. So if you’re reading this and you’re stalking someone right now, just cut it out.
PUA:
So a guy should ask you out via email?
Kelly: No. Just get to know me via email. Don’t rush things. If I trust you I’ll trade phone numbers with you. Then after we talk on the phone you can ask me out. But I’m not going to meet a guy unless I talk to him on the phone first. And I’ve got to see a picture of him, so guys, get a decent picture of yourself. Something that’s been taken in the last five years, because I don’t want any surprises when I go out on a date. If you’ve recently gained thirty pounds I want to know about it before we go out. Your winning personality is not going to smooth over the fact that you’ve been hitting the buffet a little too hard. Just be honest, for God’s sake. Even if you’re turned
down via email it’s better than wasting my time on a date and pissing me off. You don’t want to be on a date with me when I’m pissed off.
PUA:
Should a guy ask you out for a romantic dinner?
Kelly: Of course not. A romantic dinner for the first date is the last place I want to go with a guy I don’t know. If I’m at a fancy restaurant I can’t just leave if I don’t like the guy, I’ve got to endure hours of him droning on and on about some boring thing or another. The worst guys are the boring guys, the ones that only talk about themselves. And also, the last thing I want is to feel as if I owe you something at the end of a date just because you took me to a fancy restaurant. I’m not owing you anything, buddy.