Yup folks, I'm back. After a hiatus from online dating because I thought I'd found the one - over a year later I'm back to square one in the dating world. Now here's the thing, I wouldn't have done anything differently over the past year and a half. I fell in love. I gave the relationship everything I had and have no regrets. It just wasn't the right time in both of our lives, and out of still caring for the insensitive asshole who dumped me, I'm not going any further into the details of the relationship's demise. The important thing, I'm back to my normal shenanigans in my search for love, which is good news for ya'll! Let's be real, I'm not emotionally ready to quite jump into dating. I still am working through emotions and although my head knows I'm strong and should move on, my heart's a little slower to jump on board the moving on train. However, I am absolutely ready for a distraction!
So far, I've tried eHarmony, and during my last blog went on Match.com. This time, on the recommendation of a friend I'm testing out OKCupid.com. And by testing out, I mean I have a blank profile, with no pictures, but have answered about 75 questions. I was a little leery about a free dating site. I think I have always associated someone being willing to pay money to find love as someone more serious about finding it. Imagine my surprise when I received an email from OKCupid.com with a flow chart to my heart. This is based on the few questions I've answered, but sounds pretty true and obvious. If you're looking for true love, don't do drugs, and are willing to meet me in person I'll give you a chance. While that info isn't earth shattering, I never got a flow chart to my heart from the paying websites, and I gotta admit, I felt like I was getting special treatment when I got that email!
The next email in my inbox was even more amusing. Based on how I answered my questions, it gave me a geographical break down of the US and the world along with the states with my best and worst match possibilities. Worst states are in blue, the darker the blue, the worse the match pool. States that showed us a low potential for finding a love connection were Massachusetts, Washington, Oregon, California, and West Virginia. In all honesty I was a bit surprised, but did do mini happy dance about West Virginia. Arizona though still looks pretty blue, no wonder I haven't had much luck in love in this state! Now for the states OKCupid says have higher potential amounts of love matches for me: North Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Alabama, Mississippi. Really Cupid? Out of 20,251 answers those states are the best place to find love? My first thought was, "I need to answer more questions!" Evidently, there is secret midwest redneck hiding in my brain. Which is funny because I've been though all those states and felt detached from all the confederate flags. You'd think if I truly was meant to be with someone from there I'd have felt more at home during some of those awkward stops at gas stations? Maybe I've been reading too much Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.... But it gets better, further down was a geographical breakdown of what countries my best matches reside in...
Best Countries: Jamaica, Israel, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Hungary..... Huh? I'm still trying to figure out what that says about my personality! Worst Countries: Austria, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Brazil, and United States. Great.... I have more statistical luck of finding love on a Jamaican vacation than I am in the country I live in! That means I might as well give up now on the whole theory about hanging out in the produce aisle of the grocery store in hopes of connecting with someone over the bananas or cucumbers. Instead friends, tell me where I can find steel drums in Phoenix? I'm hoping after I add more info they might re-run this report..... and that the answers change in favor of a little closer to home! But I gotta admit Cupid, your little reports make me want to fill out more stuff and see what happens.....
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