It's been really fun doing this whole active dating thing, but it's become more than little confusing trying to keep it all straight. So, I'm going to have to make that decision to cut back on my dating life a little bit. Online dating has been a great experience, but I just took on a bigger commitment at work, and I'm studying writing and yoga extensively. With all of those time commitments, I have plenty of men blowing up my phone on a daily basis. It seems that it's time to kill the OkCupid profile for awhile.
I'm sure this has happened to many of you lady folks out there. I was hanging out with a senior software engineer this weekend who described how different it is to be a man on a free dating site. Adam claimed that on sites like OkCupid, women's inboxes get flooded with messages and most men hear back from about one girl out of every four that they send messages to. At a 25% return rate, I imagine that that could get a little disheartening.
But from a women's perspective, that means that tons of guys are trying to contact you on a regular basis. There's no way to keep up with all of it. The thing is, that most of them are really cool. I've only had one bad meet up experience from online dating. And I can't say that it was even that bad. It was just awkward. As a matter of fact, it was super awkward. We'll save that story for a later time and place when all of this dating dust has settled.
Aside from that, an opportunity has arisen for me to study yoga in Denver in March. So it really wouldn't be fair to continue to pursue men in this city when I may be moving on again in a month and a half. So, it seems that it may be time to put my dating life on pause.
No worries though, even though I'm taking a break, I still have tons of material for this sucky dating blog that I've gathered over the past few months.
Have you ever taken yourself off the market for awhile? How was it? Boring? Healthy? A good idea? A cruddy idea?f
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