Geez, it’s almost more of a pain in the butt that it is good.

Dude, that’s why I quit. Again. And often.

While I can’t say any of these are enticing, I think you need to keep the opening line short and intriguing. Hook the other person. Say too much and you might turn her off.

Hilary, I really wish you would stop posting my Jdate emails to you on your blog.

p.s. Hello?

Wow, emailer number 3 seems to be Mr. Personality

Jason: Hello?!

Oh, the joy of online dating. I once received an email that said “sleeping is nice” I don’t know where that comment came from, there was no mention of slepping in the ad. I guess he wanted to make a lasting impression and he did, but not in a good way.

Have you heard that VH1 picked up Love Monkey? No new episodes have been ordered, but at least you get to see the 8 episodes that were made.

don’t quit! think of it like buying a pair of shoes… so many out there that don’t fit, so many you don’t want, but then, hey, there’s one!

okay, that was entirely too metrosexual for me. must be all this rain.

David, spoken like a true Jdate success story…

Sometimes I read your blog and think I could never hack it on the singles scene. But man, I could do better than those guys. My cat could do better than those guys.

My cat too is a real good dater.

After having read your blog for a while, I’ve been thinking about regional differences in people. Like you, I am originally from the Midwest. I moved to the East coast instead of the West and always found myself excited when I encountered Midwesterns in NYC because they were often more down to earth or maybe just more like me.

So this leads me to wonder about the differences between Midwesterns that go east and midwesterns that go west. Does it say something about a person that opts for L.A. over NYC? There remains an anti-L.A. bit of prejudice inside me somewhere that says that L.A. is full of folks more interested in aesthetics than substance. I realize this is irrational but these dumb feelings keep popping up when I read about your encounters with stupid men. Assuming my yet-to-be-exorcised prejudice is unwarranted, what do you think it is that makes some Midwesterns go East and some West?

Dave said: “. . .I think you need to keep the opening line short and intriguing. Hook the other person.” And if these dorks had indeed been even remotely intriguing and hook-ful (hookish? hookey?), I’m sure H. would have been equally intriguing right back, but this stuff is just pathetic. And my cat thinks so, too.