Online Dating: The Username.

I like online dating. I don't know why it has such a stigma attached. Looking at someone's online dating profile is like reviewing an application to date you. What could be better than that? You get to make sure they meet minimum requirements before inviting them in for an interview/ first date. You get to see their grammar and punctuation put to use if that sort of thing is important to you.

That being said, I don't think a lot of people really think through what their dating profile says about them. Case in point is the user name. A user name doesn't have to be spectacular. I doubt that there are that many people who has messaged someone then gave them wild sex and went on to marry them and have their babies based on their awesome OKCupid user name, but I for one, have avoided someone who had a bad one. Here are a real examples.

Givesgooddates - Does this name give anyone else dirty thoughts? How many guys is she giving good dates to? If she gives dates that are so good then why is she still single?

yanks4life - I am pretty sure she means to tell us that she's a big fan of the New York Yankees but we are all thinking about hand jobs now right? Come to think of it, that's probably less offensive than being a Yankees fan.

corrie1976-2011 - I checked her profile and it says nothing about her being dead so I have no idea WTF this means. She does use "LOL" 5 times in her profile, so maybe it's a joke I'm missing since she is obviously hilarious. Maybe the "LOL"s are masking the pain and the predicted date of her demise is a cry for help.

dreshatesyou - She hates me already? All I did was read her profile. Hating me from the onset only attracts me if we meet in real life.

Starting_Again4u, bubbly_4u, be4u4u, Thaea4u, Brn_eyed_Girl4u, etc. - I absolutely hate the inclusion of "4u" in user names. First of all I hate abbreviating words as letters and numbers (unless you happen to be Prince). I can understand for something you want to keep short like a dating profile user name but "4u"? 4 who? Is it 4 me? You don't know me. Maybe it's 4 everyone. Who are u 4?

tightlikespandex - Is she talking about... umm... ok.

Celibacy: Day 17 - Date

I'm a sex on the first date kind of guy. Not one of those guys who dumps a girl who won't put out on the first date, but I'm nothing if not a man of passion and most of my best relationships have started with first date sex. I have no qualms about it and have been known to get stuck in the friend zone when it doesn't happen that way.

I have a date this afternoon with a girl from OKCupid who is rather adorable and innocent looking. Then I clicked the tab that shows this graph.

For those of you who don't know, OKCupid has a bunch of questions that you can answer about various topics to determine your personality so that it can compare you with easy to read graphs. The one here shows which personality traits she is rated higher than me on and by how much. More sex-driven, passion-driven, kinky, experienced in sex and sloppy?! How is that even possible? I am in for a world of hurt.

I am now pouring a little Bailey's in my coffee and hoping that you'll join me in toasting day 18 of celibacy.