how very lucky to be a girl

I think it’s funny that OK Cupid calls them intimate messages.  Particularly when said “intimate message” is from “stunnilingus” and it’s a wink.  Next?  More winks.  Can someone, somewhere please school these guys in the world of winks?  Is there a girl out there anywhere who gets excited when a guy online winks?  I mean, really?  I find it to be the laziest, balls-free gesture one can possibly make online.  In fact, I think the online wink takes less testicular fortitude than the boy seated behind you in 4th grade science class had as he hurled spitballs to show he liked you.

So, you can imagine my excitement when elvaquero winked and added me to his favorites list, and made sure OKC told me so.  All that effort but can’t bother to write?  I looked at his profile.  “Nice Jewish boy with an edge”.  He is fond of sexual innuendo and mentions that he likes girls who are “kinky”.  Since the last guy looking for “kinky” really meant “submissive” and “bondage”, I pass.

One “intimate message” remaining.  I’m not holding out hope.

It’s a match!  MrRochester and I gave each other 4 or 5 stars.  I’d liked his profile.  And I liked his user name.  What girl doesn’t dream of the dark, broody, tormented, responsible and lustful man from Jane Eyre?  At least I assume his profile name is a nod to this character.  The words within his self-description point to this.  He is more than literate; he is quite facund.  He uses words grandly, effortlessly, fluidly.  But there is a sense of humor present.  And a liveliness that I find attractive.  Intriguing.  And so, yeah, I have to look up one of the words he’d included in his self-decription to find out that he’s perceptive, but whatever.  His photographs were not entirely discernible.  In one he wore a hat with scrabble tiles forming the word “G.E.E.K”.  Eh.  So-so.  On it’s own, it’s only worth 9 points.  Still, it seemed like he might be 4-star worthy.  And now it appeared he thought similarly of me.

So I wrote.

i hope that you got that GEEK on a triple word score!
OK Cupid told me we liked each other, so i figured i’d write and say hi.
so hi
staci

He responded the next day.

Hi Staci,

If only I had gotten that K on a triple word score. Alas, the tiles were unrewarded. That’s life. Sometimes.

I think we probably would get along. You seem smart. Plus very cute. Good combo. And apparently you’re very memorable. I’m not sure if I’m the same with casual acquaintances, but the people who have known me well don’t forget me. Or so it seems on FB.

Anyway, would be nice to interact. How’s your week going? Lovely day out.

I liked his response.  There was poetry in it.  His profile said only that he’s in Education/Academia.  I assume he’s a writer.  And his Facebook joke made me smile.  Not as much as Betty White’s Facebook monologue, but this guy’s not an 88-and-a-half-year-old woman, and I’ll hardly hold that against him.

It was a lovely day out.  And it would be nice to interact.  In person.

why don’t we meet somewhere low key for a drink? i could even bring the scrabble board and you can kick my ass i’m available next wednesday or thursday evening.

take your pick…
Staci

He chose Thursday.  That gives me three days to skim the dictionary and make sure I can keep up…but since I’m fairly certain I can hold my own, I’d rather spend what little free time I’ll have looking forward to it.

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