online dating: a whole new way to feel pathetic

I've been online dating now for a whole week. I hate it.

MRJSeattle says "You know you could get in trouble for looking all sexy like that."
Well thank you MRJSeattle, I now feel threatened. We have 54% in common, which lends me to wonder, why are you even on my page in the first place? Creepy, and yes that's the right word. #laurenblytle

JackSimth says "By any chance do you play chess? Also, what branch of the vine do you tend to associate with? -Robert" 
Well, not only do I not play chess, I have no idea what Robert is talking about. We however, have 99% in common, so I should probably respond? I hate this.

The first day I joined, the site sent me an email letting me know that North Dakota and Saudi Arabia were the best places for me to find love, and that Washington was the 2nd worst state in the US for me to find love. Well great, thanks for that. That was really helpful information.

So far online dating is a constant reminder of how pathetic my dating life has become. So to fight back, I asked a boy out tonight, in real life, not cyber world. Unfortunately, that didn't pan out either. So what did I do? I got online and messaged back the more attractive, less socially inept, and financially successful matches on Ok Cupid. (or at least who looked more attracted, emailed less inappropriately, and said they were financially successful...omg what is happening to me?!)

I joined in the hopes that I would feel more enlivened by my options for dating, that I would see some hope in the dating world. I wasn't sure how serious I'd take it, and I'm still not. Part of me thinks it is only fair to give it a shot. In the cyber world we live in, this could be the way to find someone, who knows!? But I think that it is confusing me more than anything, and I will probably quit before the month is over...we'll see...