I had a funny interaction with this fellow from the Atlasphere.  His profile didn't reveal much about his personality.  It was terse and nondescript.  He was just outside of the range of acceptable age, but he had a photo that was handsome even if at an odd angle and a bit blurry.

Anyway, I sent him an email saying that I was interested in chatting and he sent me a terse note back saying, "give a call," followed by his phone number.

That's very strange to me and not just for the lack of capitalization and punctuation.

I thought about it and decided I would wait and call him today after work, so I sent him an email asking a few friendly questions and telling him I would call the next day.

He responded asking for a photo of me because he wasn't a paying member of the Atlasphere and so could not see my pictures.  I sent him links to my Facebook page and my blog which has videos.

I never really worry about sending "good" pictures because my looks are sufficiently within the range of "good looking" as to appeal to a broad population.  Even if you have a particular type you're attracted to, I generally offer some amount of appeal.  And if you're an Objectivist trying to date Objectivists, well, then you could do far worse than me in the looks department given the limited availability.

(Was all of that indirectly vain enough for you to understand that I am aware of the fact that I'm attractive to most people?)

Anyway, he writes back, "not a match, but very best to you and good luck!"

I just have to laugh at this because what on earth could he be looking for in a mate?  Because of the lack of information in his profile, I can't really begin to speculate about where the incompatibility lies.  Of course, I imagine that he's looking for someone with a unicorn horn or walks about in a haze of glitter and sparkles.  (Who isn't looking for that, really?)

On the other hand, I absolutely love this exchange.  It was simple, direct, and efficient.  I wish everyone where that way!

So, on Atlasphere, I met one nice guy who is now geographically incompatible, I got shot down by one mystery fellow, and the third person I wrote to hasn't responded.  That isn't a very good track record for a dating site!

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