A PICTURE is worth a..........

a thousand words, OR less. On line dating can be exciting! You view pics of  men who look; buffed, chocolate, and just plain ole' fine!! There is a catch though (there is always a catch). You may not be able to distinguish between; new pics, old pics and fake pictures all together. So what do you do when the person you meet is not the person you CLICKED?....

He sent me a message online. Before I read the message I clicked on his picture first. Messages can be deceiving. Surprisingly, he was fine! No kids, college educated, good sense humor, he looked  good on paper . This was my first time dating on line. I felt like I had hit the jackpot. We talked through email for a few weeks and then decided to exchange numbers. His voice could make you melt, that Barry White thing. The messages continued back and forth along with a few pics. All I kept thinking was "this man is so fine I can't wait until I finally see him". After all the late night talks and zooming his pics, we finally decided to meet. Feeling whimsical, I drove two hours to see him. I pulled up and saw him come to the door. I got out my car and walked up to the house with such anticipation. What came to the door was such a disappointment. He was; short, cross-eyed and missing some teeth. He was dressed in a toddler shirt and some Bermuda shorts. At first I was confused, "this couldn't be the guy that I saw in all the pictures. I must be at the wrong house"? I checked my text messages for the address.This was the house. But this wasn't the guy? I politely asked if my friend was home. This fool had the nerve to say,"It's me"! I had to turn to avoid laughing in his face, "am I being punk ed"? I didn't want to be rude so I politely came in. His house was something out of a country farm gone retro 70's. We decided to order some food. In my head, I was devising an escape plan. When he started ordering the food, he made a mistake on mine. I proceeded to conjure up an argument about not liking chicken fried rice and how I was appalled that he would order something that I distinctively told him that I hated. (acting crazy speeds up any date). I yelled and said this is not going to work. I stormed out of the house and broke out into a full sprint to my car. Ill try on line dating again, no more two hour surprises. My next on line date will be at Starbucks around the corner.  

Still single.......