Journal NCalGal's Journal: Report out on the 2/13 CL bay area w4m posting 4
Stats:
390 responses in 7 days
300 not right w/ the basics (like: inappropriate ages, location & such)
90 responses I returned w/ a face photo/additional info
35 back and forths
17 phone calls
10 face to face meetings
FINAL RESULTS:
Spending today (a beautiful day) on the SF Bay on a 27 ft Catalina w/1 great new friend
1 new lover
TONS of learnings like:
- There are PLENTY of available men
- Many men can't get past a provacative pic, blurries the attempt for anything more
- Pics say very little about a person
- Pay attention to hidden meanings in emails
- Look for the upfront and honest ones first!
- Never compromise on any level
- Friendship first, on all counts
- Allow for the new age types, they can be wonderful people
- Keep humour around at all times
- Better to post for the awesome few than the flakey many
- Use 2 hands when saying goodbye if you really like someone
390 responses in 7 days
300 not right w/ the basics (like: inappropriate ages, location & such)
90 responses I returned w/ a face photo/additional info
35 back and forths
17 phone calls
10 face to face meetings
FINAL RESULTS:
Spending today (a beautiful day) on the SF Bay on a 27 ft Catalina w/1 great new friend
1 new lover
TONS of learnings like:
- There are PLENTY of available men
- Many men can't get past a provacative pic, blurries the attempt for anything more
- Pics say very little about a person
- Pay attention to hidden meanings in emails
- Look for the upfront and honest ones first!
- Never compromise on any level
- Friendship first, on all counts
- Allow for the new age types, they can be wonderful people
- Keep humour around at all times
- Better to post for the awesome few than the flakey many
- Use 2 hands when saying goodbye if you really like someone
of course... (Score:2)
i had more here but
Excellent (Score:2)
Even so, I want to make sure someone has this guy's name, just in case you end up IN the bay instead of ON the bay (-: Call me paranoid.
I love your determination to be happy.
Pix
email (Score:2)
What, read the headers, reverse lookup on the IP, check the x-mailer header for patch level, that kind of thing?
Other way around? (Score:2)
Spending today (a beautiful day) on the SF Bay on a 27 ft Catalina w/1 great new friend
Now how many guys could post such an ad as you did and wind up on some woman's 27 foot Catalina? Not sure the symmetry would be there for the other way around. But maybe I'll try posting a picture of my hairy chest on the local Craiglist and see what I get.