7 months later and nothing has changed.

At least not in the online dating world.

Y'all. I want to know HOW in sam hell PEOPLE FIND SPOUSES FROM ONLINE DATING. My neighbor actually just got engaged to a girl he met on match.com 6 months ago. My brother went on a 4 hour first date tonight with a girl he met online. Then I log onto chemistry.com and do you know what cards I've been dealt? The jokers. Seriously, that's how I'm going to refer to them, because I'm 0 for 3 with this online dating crap and I know now it really is all a joke.

Fortunately, I truly did join chemistry.com for the stories. I'm about to be incredibly busy for 13 months. I don't want and don't need the distraction of a relationship, and, quite honestly, I think I need to become happier with myself, before I even begin to think about letting someone else in. So, yes, I joined for the stories, but then I found out I had to be a paying member to communicate with anyone, so my plan for stories almost went out the window. However, there was an ad this weekend for three months for the price of one, and I figured why not? And maybe I secretly hope there will be at least one decent guy I come across, although I am convinced the decent guy ratio to decent girl ratio is about 1:100 in the online dating world.

But, as a matter of fact, I was paired with a decent guy. He's actually very nice and will make some girl very happy, but I'm just not that girl. Oh, did I mention that I KNOW HIM. Haha. Hello, awkwardness. I was perusing the people I was matched with and saw him my jaw dropped and I couldn't stop laughing. I immediately clicked "not interested" in the hopes that he never saw we were matched. He really is very nice, but last time we hung out in a group (in January), somehow my virginity came up and that was all he could talk about. Like, seriously, for a good 45 minutes, until I finally asked him to quit talking about it. I may have even written about it on here? I'll have to check. Anyway, any guy that can't get past that yes, I am a 24 year old virgin and am perfectly fine with that needs to keep moving on. Plus, the attraction just is not there at all, at least not on my end.

I've received an email, too, now that I'm a paying member. All it said was, "How are u?" He sure has a way with words, huh? That's quite possibly the most succinct email I have ever received, for any reason at all. Here's his deets, let's play a game of, "what about this guy doesn't sound like Marianne's type."

1. 29

2. Lives in Florence, KY, over 2 hours away from Indianapolis.

3. Is divorced.

4. Has a child.

5. High school graduate

Take a guess which four qualities I don't like.

Listen, at the risk of sounding shallow, the only thing I find attractive about this man on paper is his age, the fact that he doesn't smoke, and his profile said his little boy is his whole world, because that's precious (but at this age and point in my life, I don't want a man with a kid). And here's what irks me... I freakin listed on my damn profile what is highly important to me, which does include never married, no children, and at least a college degree. This was my main complaint when I legitimately tried eharmony & match- guys who seemingly have zero qualities that I consider to be important are the ones trying to communicate with me. Which leads me to believe all they do is look at the profile picture and act on that alone.

I'm not saying I'm unwilling to overlook some things, but come on. I really don't think it's unreasonable for me to want a never married, childless man.

I need to just give you guys a running list of the people who express interest in me and their stats, so that you don't think I'm being too ridiculous. Nonetheless, this should be rather entertaining.

In other news, I have a ton to blog about, which I hope to get on top of pronto.

Toodles,