Writing an online profile is surprisingly not painful. I expected it to be.
But the more I think about it, I am the new average - which is alright, I was feeling a bit awkward about being in my late-thirties and looking for a mate online because work and play haven't sent anyone quite right to me yet.
Our brain is yet to catch-up, tho! For thousands of years our brains and our bodies have evolved to spot a friend in a split second from their body language (and perhaps their voice) - the likelihood of meeting someone who did not grow to look like us was beyond remote.
This diverse and multicutural Canberra where people meet online is strange for my brain, and maybe for you too. Having said that, what could be cooler - this arrow shot in the ether, this call to the hills, this letter in the bottle, that actually has a positive chance of reaching the right person.
I am a reader of fantasy novels. Things never quite get as bad in real life as they do in fantasy novels, so they are all the more satisfying when they end in a good way. Reading one of these books recently (or I'll be more precise, listening to David Tennant narrating it on audible) I came across a nugget: There are kind people in the world, you just have to find them.
Who knew I would find inspiration to write a dating profile from a children's fantasy book? But I expect it makes sense - there are kind and interesting and interested single men in Canberra, I just have to find one.
But the more I think about it, I am the new average - which is alright, I was feeling a bit awkward about being in my late-thirties and looking for a mate online because work and play haven't sent anyone quite right to me yet.
Our brain is yet to catch-up, tho! For thousands of years our brains and our bodies have evolved to spot a friend in a split second from their body language (and perhaps their voice) - the likelihood of meeting someone who did not grow to look like us was beyond remote.
This diverse and multicutural Canberra where people meet online is strange for my brain, and maybe for you too. Having said that, what could be cooler - this arrow shot in the ether, this call to the hills, this letter in the bottle, that actually has a positive chance of reaching the right person.
I am a reader of fantasy novels. Things never quite get as bad in real life as they do in fantasy novels, so they are all the more satisfying when they end in a good way. Reading one of these books recently (or I'll be more precise, listening to David Tennant narrating it on audible) I came across a nugget: There are kind people in the world, you just have to find them.
Who knew I would find inspiration to write a dating profile from a children's fantasy book? But I expect it makes sense - there are kind and interesting and interested single men in Canberra, I just have to find one.
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