Dear Dish on Finding "THE ONE"
Dear Dish:
I love your column and I pass it to my friends every time it is updated!
Now on to the actual question. I read your comments about creating an online dating profile. Do you feel that in the end of it all dating is not about trying to impress someone, but just about being yourself and if it clicks, it clicks?
Is dating all about playing the law of averages (the more people you date, the more chance you have of actually meeting someone who is compatible) or is it about impressing someone with your knowledge of obscure 80s cartoons and the many varieties of sausage that are available in hopes that you will woo them?
Sincerely,
Searching for Mrs. Right
Dear Searching:
Clearly, dating is a little bit of all of those things. It has to click, but you should also try to impress at least a little, especially at first. Women like to be wowed. As Dish has said before, if you are displaying all your flaws right at the beginning, it will turn the woman off. However, if she learns to like you and then finds out about your flaws, she will be more willing to accept them. Besides, if we have learned anything from Judge Judy, it's that most women will and do settle. That means it shouldn't be too hard for any guy to find a woman to be with. ;o)
Dish is also a firm believer in the plenty of fish in the sea philosophy, although, she doesn’t necessarily believe that plentyoffish.com is the place to find those fish (Gus Johnson being the exception to the rule of course. Dish is totally wowed by his profile.). The more you put yourself out there, the more chance you have of meeting that lovely lady that you have something in common with and that you can envision being saddled with for the rest of your days. Remember, anyone who is not impressed by a knowledge of obscure 80s cartoons is not worth dating. And when you meet a woman who owns all the Star Trek TNG dvds, you’ve met the only other perfect woman out there besides Dish herself.
Happy hunting.
Dish
posted by Dish @ 7:35 PM
5 Comments:
But isn't finding "The One" a somewhat fruitless task? You could scour the world looking for "The One" and never find them. YOu would have then wasted your life looking for someone who may not exist when we could have been using that time to come up with new ways to incorporate pop culture into every day conversations. Am I supposed to just expect to be old and blue haired, walking down a street in Istanbul and there HE is???
I wish I could meet a Dish.
If you subscribe to the "plenty of fish in the sea" philosophy than clearly you will not have to spend your entire life wandering the streets in search of "the one" since there are plenty of people you will be compatible with and who could be "the one". This should leave you plenty of time for quoting the Simpons and Buffy in every day conversation. Here are a couple quotable quotes that relate to dating, a topic that has been popular in Dear Dish land lately.
Xander: People don't fall in love with what's right in front of them. People want the dream -- what they can't have. The more unattainable, the more attractive.
Giles: Testosterone is a great equalizer. It turns all men into morons.
Xander: I'm just gonna go home, lie down, and listen to country music. The music of pain.
Or what about:
Spike: I may be love's bitch but at least I'm man enough to admit it.
(Kneeling in Her presence) Gus Johnson is flattered that the goddess, Dish, has made positive reference to him in Her words of wisdom to the public.
And don't forget, everyone, that this is the Year of Dish! Move aside Earth Rat, and other such creatures trying to claim the year for themselves!
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