Comments on: Still Looking At This Late Date: My Online Dating Experiences

By: Tish

Tish — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:42:18 +0000

Haha! Great post!

I’ve done the online dating thing many, many times, and I still haven’t found Mr. Right. It gets very frustrating. I’ve made a few good friends along the way, and I’ve even found a few relationships. Unfortunately, the relationships didn’t last. So hey - any single guys out there? Check out my blog and drop me a line.

And Ed, looks like you did pretty well. I see that you’ve got a fiancee!

By: webmiztris

webmiztris — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:46:59 +0000

this cracked me up! I’ve always been in a relationship, but I think online dating would be fun - even if for nothing else besides the laughs!

By: Gabe

Gabe — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:09:43 +0000

Hahahahah!!! “…more issues than Reader’s Digest” - can I have your permission to use that line as the headline in a singles ad? Hilarious!

By: Tamara

Tamara — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:48:55 +0000

Excellent post! Entertaining to the max and uhh..unentertaining to the min? Apologies for the lameness of that comment, but the closer it gets to 5pm the closer my brain gets to seriously malfunctioning.

I wish you luck Ed on your online dating adventure!

By: Svaxa

Svaxa — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:47:16 +0000

LoL, thank you. Now I have good mood

By: CHUBBY!

CHUBBY! — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:19:17 +0000

What a funny story! What makes it even more hilarious is that it sounds 100% true. Is the fat chick still available? I love to chase the big ones! I have now read all three of your postings and you are by far the BEST and FUNNIEST writer on this blog. Keep them coming, man.

By: friend

friend — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:38:11 +0000

Haha - always look at the bright side of life! Yeah, online dating can be fun. Probably you got many sketch ideas after a couple of dates that went pretty comic. You can use them in your work!

By: Raoul Garzita Jones Macias Rudalgio

Raoul Garzita Jones Macias Rudalgio — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:51:02 +0000

This is so very, very funny. You have hit the whole online dating thing right on the head. So many people use more than one web site and many of them post photos of themselves that are so old. Do they think we won’t notice it when we see them? The whole thing is completely ludicrous and you pegged it. Great piece. I read it twice laughing harder each time.

By: Jean-Luc Picard

Jean-Luc Picard — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:28:18 +0000

The school teacher from Berkeley sounds hilarious. I wonder why she finds it hard to get a date!

By: Megan Johnson

Megan Johnson — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:11:45 +0000

This made my day a little better. Thanks!

By: feelingflirty

feelingflirty — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:06:23 +0000

Hahaha! Online dating is nice, but i have never imagined it to be that fun. Great post!

By: Ray Dotson

Ray Dotson — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:21:15 +0000

Good god! Scary stuff, but great laughs.

And, really, how does your fiancee feel about your online dating?

By: Ed Attanasio

Ed Attanasio — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:06:27 +0000

Good question, Ray. I met my fiancee after all this stuff. We were introduced by a mutual friend. Online dating can be fun, but nothing beats a good referral!

By: Ty Bolgerssoni

Ty Bolgerssoni — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:24:01 +0000

This made me laugh my ass off. You funny man!!

By: Il Multino

Il Multino — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:42:52 +0000

I have had some experiences like this myself in the online dating world. Why do so many people feature old photos on their descriptions or lie about how they look? I always find this amazing. Who are they fooling? Don’t they realize that when you meet them, you’ll feel deceived and cheated? If someone can’t be honest in their profile, how cna they be trusted in any type of relationship?

By: Bro Manquesco

Bro Manquesco — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:23:44 +0000

This is the funniest thing I’ve read in a long, long time. Hats off to you, Ed!

By: Big Freddy

Big Freddy — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:23:41 +0000

What a great article. I have had similar experiences, so I can totally relate. Sounds like you have a great relationship now, so that’s cool.

By: Spivey

Spivey — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:40:31 +0000

This article reminds me of some of the pretenders that I’ve encountered out on the front lines of the dating world. Some people should just be alone. I don’t agree with the fable that there is someone for everyone, a “soulmate” type of thing. Some folks are just miserable and can’t get along with the opposite sex. I wouldn’t be surprised if that tree hugger from Bezerkley is a lesbo by now. She obviously hates men. As for Ms. Chubster, she obviously loves food more than she loves guys.

By: motown millie

motown millie — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:30:41 +0000

You write a very funny and quite pleasing article, but behind the laughter I sense some pain. Why so much pain? Buddha says that we make joke when we should really be crying. Funny man seems very, very sad. Would you like to talk about it?

By: KJ Hobson

KJ Hobson — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:11:59 +0000

Funny posting. Glad to read you found a fiancee. When’s the wedding? Online dating can be fun, but it can also be a real pain in the rear. Too many wannabes, shouldabeens and oncewas’s out there in the cyber dating scene.

By: Mo Betterman

Mo Betterman — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 05:34:30 +0000

I red dis ting here an I likked it. A lott. A hole lot.

By: Cheesy Pick Up Lines

Cheesy Pick Up Lines — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:15:57 +0000

hehe. The online dating world has so many people that you are bound to find the right one if your persistent enough.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:57:57 +0000

Wow! Very good experience in online dating. Thanks for your sharing. I am really grateful that you shared this with me without me going to try all one by one.

By: Pomita Tamisca

Pomita Tamisca — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:15:51 +0000

I have found some real doozies myself online. They pretend to me what they think you want them to be, and then they eventually show their true selves and it’s usually ugly. Nice posting. VERY funny. I love the part about the tree-hugging liberal…they’re so many of them out there just like that.

By: Steve Greer

Steve Greer — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:30:04 +0000

Some of the absolutely funniest stuff I’ve ever read about the online dating scene. The part about the fat chick is priceless. I love the part when you talk about her possibly eating YOU. Some people have had great success with online dating, but I am not one of them, so I can relate!

By: Billy Clay

Billy Clay — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:41:28 +0000

Sounds like you had your hands full. I’m glad to hear you finally settled down. I truly believe that many people abuse the online dating system. They use the computer as a crutch.

By: Billy the Bear

Billy the Bear — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:00:10 +0000

It’s all good. Us bears don’t have these problems because we don’t lie about our profiles the way straight people do.

By: Joe Magee

Joe Magee — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:58:47 +0000

I too am a bear, and I agree with Billy. Heterosexuals could learn a lot from us over here on the gay front. We don’t online date, we just go out and meet guys in person. It’s so much more effective and we don’t encounter the problems you’ve outlined here. Plus, we’re honest about who we are and where we’re going with a relationship. Great article. Very well-written and quite funny.

By: Ed Attanasio

Ed Attanasio — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:08:52 +0000

Thanks Joe. I am surprised and intrigued that I attracted a couple of bears to my posting. I feel pretty stupid to admit that I didn’t even know what a bear was until just recently. You’d think that I would have more of a clue, especially since I live in San Francisco, which is definitely one of the big bear cities. I value your feedback, believe me. It’s good to get the gay perspective on things. We can learn a lot from other groups and what they’re experiencing out there in the world of dating.

By: Korrine Bond

Korrine Bond — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:53:54 +0000

Old deans never die; they just lose their faculties.

By: Tender B-Love

Tender B-Love — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:43:18 +0000

TB-L in the house. I dig wot yo sayin’ bro/player. You is atwy, no wot I beee sayin’?
Is yo a gangster of love, man? “cause yo hit this one out of the ballpark, yo???!!!

By: Johnny Weed Elliser

Johnny Weed Elliser — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:30:49 +0000

I have read a lot of these posts, and this is by far the most funny! Keep it rollin’ and stay all the way live! And what does your comment have to do with anything, Ms. Bond? I don’t get it.

By: Ben Saoud

Ben Saoud — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:26:18 +0000

This is hilarious! Bravo Author, Bravo!

By: Bill Goth

Bill Goth — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:54:14 +0000

I like the part about the Berkeley tree hugger. These liberals just make me laugh and laugh! They care so much. Don’t they realize that the world is going to end in 2012?

By: josephine

josephine — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:39:29 +0000

you stereotype mercilessly and come off like an opinionate jerk yourself. I can see why these women wouldn’t want you.

By: Ed Attanasio

Ed Attanasio — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:00:14 +0000

Josephine:
This article is a joke. It’s humor, irony, comedy. Stereotyping is a form of satire. And if you read the article carefully, you would see that I didn’t want the women — not the other way around.

By: Mo

Mo — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:41:01 +0000

Ed- definitely a funny article. I think Josephine here feels a bit raw over some guys who might actually have been jerks.

By: paul mastronminiamasi

paul mastronminiamasi — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:27:10 +0000

Hey Josephine. You sound like an opinionated jerk yourself. This is a very funny, witty and on-the-money article. You missed the point completely and came off like one of the bimbos Ed is writing about. You are the reason many guys choose NOT to get into relationships. I would rather be celibate than have to deal with the likes of you, you insipid, ignorant cow!

By: tommy rettig

tommy rettig — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:05:19 +0000

I would bet you’re hideous looking Josephine.

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:19:13 +0000

I love this and your right on track with you assumptions of on line dating. I myself have already been through this and now on my return flight back to normalcy. I am a retired Firefighter who has been retired and divorced for ten years. I have decided to recluse myself to the singles lane and enjoy life the best I can.

Take my advice and stop worrying and enjoy yourself. I found “yourself” is your best friend.

Ken

By: Ohyeah N. Sanchez

Ohyeah N. Sanchez — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:28:28 +0000

Josephine, you’re a miserable old woman with no friends and no future. The only guys who would date you are already dead.