My Experience with Wazoo

Let's call it...Wazoo. I didn't use Tinder because it requires Facebook log in. Plus, fuck Mark Zuckerberg.

I thought at my age, my dating prospects aren't looking very good. Guys my age are either up for a lay, laying guys or laying someone else. Also not forgetting the 40+ men who are strangely not married yet but thinks it's okay to creep on girls my age.

I am looking for something that would eventually turn into marriage or long partnership. So I thought, let's make this dating apps and website a strictly experimental thing before I decide how to approach this whole dating game on my own way, a way I deem the safest.

I have read horror stories from people who used Tinder/Grindr, Wazoo, PlentyofFish, OkCupid and Match.com. I jumped into this sea of online dating knowing full well I would have my own share of creepypastas. I am not disappointed. I have never, ever planned to meet my Mr. Right on anonymous dating platforms where anyone can be anything. I am not looking for a double life here.

I have had guys who were so persistent they would view my profiles several times a day, send me barfing-ly sweet messages every few days, and assign endearments without even getting to know me (and I didn't give them a chance either, why would I? They have desperate written all over their faces).

I have also had the absolute pleasure of viewing profiles that were basically looking for women that don't exist. There's always 'those' guys who write like they're a serious catch and explicitly state they don't want girls of a certain ethnicity or religion. Wow. Charmer. Your mama must be so proud. I pity the girl who gets stuck with you, pal.

And then you have the genuine profiles of such good-looking men with successful careers; those who REALLY don't need dating sites to meet someone. Its just makes you wonder why and what, an all-rounders guy doing here? What dark Christian Grey-secret is he hiding? Honey let me tell you if you see a good looking guy, with a good career and active social life in a dating website, something is seriously wrong with him. Girls in his own environment don't want him, that's why he's here. I can speak for myself too, but I make it explicitly known that I am not expecting to meet anyone. This is not some Katherine Heigl romance movie, this is real life.

So what are my options? What piece of work is laid for me?

Oh God, I think I am mentally scarred. Most dating platforms gives you the option to filter the kind of people you wanna meet but my god holy shit. No. God no.

I lasted ONE WEEK on Wazoo (because this dating app looked really respectable TBH, kinda glad to be disappointed on this one. Tinder straight up showed me how trashy the people in there are).
Suffice to say, for the moment I'm gonna ruminate on the fact that I am safely single, but would thread the waters carefully before getting ready to mingle.