Thanks for the Honesty?

For all the online dating profile pictures I've dissed on this blog, there's one photo I hate above all others.

This is the icon match.com uses for users who haven't bothered to put up a photo.  And, really, there's nothing worse than spending all the time/effort to look cute, get a camera-friendly friend to snap your pic in a relaxed environment, manage not to squint, stare, look fat, or have spinach in your teeth, only to get an email from some guy who hasn't even bothered.

To be fair, the two gentlemen who are the subject of tonight's rant did not send me an email.  Match.com "matched" me with them, much to their chagrin, I'm sure.

Bachelor #1:

With this guy, honesty starts with the headline:

Just looking, literally

Really, I do appreciate the heads up.  Sadly, match does not let him stop there.  He's required to use a minimum of 200 characters before he's allowed to start his stalking adventures.  So, he writes.

Filling this out because it's required have to see where and when I reach the two hundred character minimum, probably somewhere around here. But maybe it's a little more typing than this for me to reach that minimum.

He's following the letter, if not the spirit, of the rule.  Too bad match.com's computer can't tell the difference.

Bachelor #2:

Actually, this one doesn't admit to just trying to hit the limit.  But, if you have a better explanation for the following profile, I'd love to hear it.

i like to eat cheese cake. There really is no better way to enjoy a tasty treat then to find a nice piece of cheese cake sit right down and slowly enjoy the sweetness of all the flavors. I like cherry cheese cake, cheesecake with whip cream and of course my favorite... fresh and firm cheese cake.
i like to eat cheese cake. There really is no better way to enjoy a tasty treat then to find a nice piece of cheese cake sit right down and slowly enjoy the sweetness of all the flavors. I like cherry cheese cake, cheesecake with whip cream and of course my favorite... fresh and firm cheese cake. I would like nothing more then to enjoy some cheese cake with you.

But, please, if your explanation is going to include the notion that he isn't really talking about eating cheesecake, please keep it to yourself.  I had a very lovely dinner tonight, but that doesn't mean I want to see it again.