I really like my friends

[redbird]

There's a meme going around my friends list:

The rules: Write yourself a dating ad.
1) It has to make you sound as unappealing as possible
2) It has to be honest - you can't lie at all
3) It can't sound as though you're deliberately making yourself sound unappealing.

Several of my friends have posted theirs. And my reaction keeps being some variation of "I'd answer that, if I had any room for another relationship." "Some variation" because, for example, the delightful livredor specified a willingness to relocate. Even some of the ones that haven't prompted that reaction have left me wondering why this counts as unappealing. But that's because I don't think in terms of dating or personal ads: with one friend, my reaction was that it was probably fair warning about relationships, but if I didn't already know her, I'd want to.

So while I'm not going to try to sweep all you delightful women off your feet, singly or collectively, I am glad to have you as my friends.

Comments

[richardthe23rd.livejournal.com]

"Willing to relocate, especially if you move to my town."

[liv]

This post made me blush. Thank you. I suppose it's likely that if I wanted to attract anyone, it would be someone sufficiently atypical that listing conventionally undesirable characteristics would be just as likely to work as something more obvious.

Anyway, I'm really, really happy that you have found your people without having to resort to such foolishness, cos if anyone deserves to be well loved it's certainly you. One example is the way you're so thoughtful of your friends that you make posts like this, making it clear that you appreciate what people think of as their bad qualities.

[redbird]

And now I shall blush back at you, oh cool person.