The Great Craig’s List Experiment
The Great Craig’s List Experiment:
Day 1:
I post my first ever Craig’s List personal ad, making sure it’s in the Women seeking Men and NOT casual encounters.I go for a brief top ten list of what I’m looking for and top ten of who I am.It goes live about 9:30 on a Sunday night, but I’m too tired to stay up and see if I get any responses that evening so I go to sleep.Wow, am I shizzle…I wake and open my email to approximately 25 responses to my ad, my confidence soars.Upon brief scanning, a few even look promising so I embark on the not so nice elimination process.The first to go are those who can’t follow the simple instructions, no picture and less than two full sentences…DELETE.Next are those who can’t seem to find the shift key on their keyboards, I mean really, how difficult is it to capitalize your “I’s”! DELETE.Now comes the harder part, when appearances and writing skills do make a difference.Some make it easy…one gentleman starts off with how much he thinks we have in common, makes a few quips, then adds “No party girls need apply”!Did he even read my profile??Then there’s the man that decides promoting his political views and denigrating me at the same time is a good use of his time…just shows you the type of person who does vote for someone like George W. Bush.And, inevitably there’s the one that feels its imperative that you know right up front that he will need sex at least twice a week minimum, and although I may agree with this in theory, I would like to know you a bit more before sex comes into the conversation.
Luckily, there are about five responses that have enough humor and intelligence in their answers and their pictures look attractive enough, that I reply.Now here is where I’m unsure of the etiquette of how to proceed.How much do you tell about yourself?At what point is it appropriate to ask for a face-to-face meeting?I’m in the driver’s seat, but not really sure where to go now that the car is all gassed up.So as usual, I fly by the seat of my pants and just answer how I feel in the moment.I have a couple that email back and forth with me a few times during the day…ok, maybe this is going to go somewhere.By the end of the day, I’ve had about 40 responses and I’m feeling quite popular.I head to bed with a very healthy Ego.
Day 2:
Waking to sunshine and in a great mood, because after all I am the shizzle…I open my email…WHAT?!No responses, not one….My ad must be yesterday’s news, everyone’s moved onto the newer and fresher ads.Am I really that forgettable?With my ego deflated back down to a more manageable size, I continue on with my day.I do end up with about 5 more responses during the day…I get my first penis shot (and really if this is you, why do you need to be on CL??).I email one of the promising responses that I’ve emailed back and forth a few times my “myspace” address, I never hear from him again.One promising candidate emails a few times during the day and we set up a “phone date” for the next day, but he’s already at a disadvantage because he lives too far away.And so, day two comes to a close….
— Troller