In case I haven’t made it clear that online dating is a hazardous activity, let me share with you an interaction from this morning:
For those of you who do not speak French, here is a quick translation:
@9:10am: “Hello”
@9:15am: “Answer please, just chat, nothing more. I can be interesting, one never knows.”
@9:30am: “You don’t like talking to black people. I must be bothering you”
Apart from the obvious irony that I am prone to flirt/chat/date guys who are not white-Caucasians (as described here and here), something which I’ve decided to not share with the above Prince Charming, I am having trouble moving past this little incident.
This is why I hate online dating – it is an unwritten contract that by subscribing to these apps as a girl, I am agreeing to have all kinds of insults, ranging from rude sexual propositions to accusations of racism, thrown at me, JUST BECAUSE I WASN’T FLATTERED BY BEING ADDRESSED BY THESE GUYS.
I can’t even explain how mad this makes me.
#girlprivileges
Discovering ratchet 
Online dating sucks, both sexes are full of shit and liars. That the good ones get overlooked.
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That is true. I have a lot of apathy now when it comes to online dating, that makes it hard for me to make a serious effort.
No doubt I have overlooked many a polite, good guy.
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Online dating is only slightly less hazardous than Russian roulette. But a bit more entertaining.
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Agreed!! So much blog content potential with online dating!
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I absolutely hate that. Im also an accountant by the way! Sometimes (more often then we would think) racism is in the victims own eyes.
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Haha! Yay accountant-bloggers!!
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We’re awesome lol
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It is very difficult, when in the online dating world, not to conclude that all men are for sh#t, had the non-virtual world world not already led one to that conclusion.
Then, I remind my misanthropic self that it is not just men.
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Yeah. It’s easy to become morose, online, and adopt unpleasant behaviours oneself!
I never have, of course. Never. Not once.
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What strikes me is it took the guy 20 minutes from his first message to the last to go from “hey, let me try messaging this girl” to “she didn’t respond immediately to me! She must be a racist and I must call her out on this fact.”
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Right?! I would have no friends left if 20 minutes was the required window frame for all correspondence!
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Especially at 9 am in the morning. Not like you might be at work, in transit, or busy. Unless this was on the weekend which in that case you could be sleeping in.
You’re better off as it seems to imply the guy expects everyone to share his schedule.
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Those who don’t, are obviously racist. Obviously.
It took much restraint to not send him a link to my blog post.
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Honestly, it would just be courting more harassment.
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Insulting, definitely. But seriously, can you think of an easier way to weed out a dud?
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The crazy part is, enough people probably do respond to this kind of *#¥! that he’ll keep doing it. Because when you’re insane, any reply is better than no reply. Sigh.
You dodged a bullet/red flag here!
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