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There’s this one site I am absolutely glued to, HoneyandLance.com. (Love ya, guys.) Mostly, I’ve been fascinated by the pick-up artist end of things. This experiment was inspired by a post in which Lance mentions that he opens up a girl by asking about crazy online dating stories, which most girls have. Not me, I thought. Not yet.
*Let me preface this by saying that I think we all know we
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05.05.08
So, how does a single, dare I say, attractive young woman with little time on her hands go about dating pretty much for the first time in her life because she’s been a serial monogamist since high school? You sign up for an online dating site and tell all your friends that you’re doing it as research for your blog.
Lol, Holly. You crack me up. Love the complete honesty of all your posts.
05.05.08
Ha ha! Great post! I've often told my friends that the ONLY way I would agree to sign up to an online dating site is if I could turn it into a social experiment!
Here's where I saw a potential hitch: Do you think girls/guys would be unhappy if they knew you were blogging about your date(s)? How do/did you plan to address this (i.e. did you tell them ahead of time)?
I assume everyone has Google these days so they could find out you have a blog...
05.05.08
@monica: LOL. Thanks! The guys I date can probably sympathize with your hubby... It takes a certain kind of man to put up with our shenangins, doesn't it? ;)
@ian: Great questions! Two of the four know my blog url (that I know of) because I gave it to them. I waited until I had met with them a few times and could decide what they were going to be (friends, potential, etc.).
I actually asked Lance over at HoneyandLance.com what he does, too. He keeps his blog completely confidential and uses a pen. I don't have that luxury. Especially with Date #4, who I actually think has some solid potential, I prefaced my giving him the website url with a warning: that I blog about everything in my life openly and candidly, that it's a priority in my life, and asked for non-judgment as it relates to those things. GIWS read my blog all the time and seemed cool with it, too.
Of course, for legal purposes, you should do everything you can to protect their anonymity, which I do by using vague details and nicknames.
Btw, I highly recommend it as a "social experiment." I'll be writing a few more posts about my experiences - the pros, the cons, and the unexpected. Stay tuned!
05.05.08
Holly, that's so true about the guys we would attract/be attracted to. I'm a handful, personally. And the blogging aspect doesn't help :).
05.06.08
I wonder how the dating scene will change when we're all twittering and blogging about each other once we get home.
05.06.08
@Dave: You know, it's funny you say that. I went out with Date #4 last night and the first thing he told me was that he read my latest entry. And then he quoted part of it back to me! LOL. I was cracking up at the post-modernism of it all. It makes it tough to hold any cards to your chest, that's for sure.
I also kind of dig that by reading it, he could also get how serious I am about my career and that I'm not looking for anything too heavy right now. Maybe that's the wussy way to go, but it sure was easy!
05.19.08
Hee! I SO wish I had been a blogger back in the days when I did match.com, because I definitely had some stories to tell.
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