Thursday, September 27, 2012

Apparently I'm a grammar snob



I finally got my first email from someone on this Internet dating site.

Where do I begin? His email didn't have one word spelled correctly; so though he was saying that he had a lot in common with me, this was hard to over look. But I really wanted to rise above the disgust that naturally welled up in me as a result of seeing poor grammar. Does it make me better than someone else that I find joy in following the laws dictated to me in elementary school through University for the English language. Eventually I decided that yes, yes it does make me better than this guy.

I get that some people don't care; but I am looking for someone that shares my values, and intelligence and good grammar are some of my favorite values!

To top it off, his picture was of him wearing an Eagle Scouts uniform, he hadn't filled out his profile, he actually answered the questions I avoided (asking very personal questions about sex), and emailed me a second time before I could reply to the second one.

So I deactivated my account.

On a better note, there is this guy (no romantic inclinations, though he is easy on the eyes) that I met in March while out celebrating St. Patrick's day. I ended up moving to the same town where he lives and have been trying to hang out with him. Tonight we actually met up, and I HAD A BLAST! He is conservative, so we debated all night. Kept it respectful. It was fun. And the best part was when the waiter came by to ask if he wanted another drink he said, "Yeah, I'm having fun, why not?" And I thought to myself, "If this were a date, that would be EXACTLY the sort of thing I would want my date to say!" You know, those cues that someone is enjoying themselves. I thought it was cool that he was enjoying hanging out. We didn't even watch the game that we originally went to see.

Please let me find that in DATE FORM, Universe.

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