WTFDating

Dr. Who & Mr. Google.

2011-09-15T01:26:00.000+03:00

So, back to dating .

On this site , that has a name which implies "marriage" , i received an email from this seemingly decent guy just asking me to email him back on his personal email. Back and forth with emails , we exchanged personal emails. He was a very straightforward guy, my kind of guy.

SO, when we came to the point of exchanging phone numbers to actually talk, i asked him , is this Dr.T , your real name ? He said , no , my name is Dr. Q.

A very unsual name for this part of the world. Mmmm. My response was" is this really your name?", and he said don't you think if i wanted to lie, i would at least come up with a name that matches my nationality ? Good argument. Valid point. I asked him if he was on Facebook or LinkedIn and he said he is not an 'online person' .

So, we spoke on the phone and Dr. Q was reluctant to give any personal information. I asked questions like , what kind of doctor are you ? Where did you study medicine? where do you work ?All my questions were answered with one asnwer, i do not wish to give personal information. FINE.

This is what i cant understand, how do you expect to know someone when you don't really say anything about yourself or give them a chance to find out who you are?

I can find anything on Google. I can proudly say that Google is my best friend, and if Google was a man, i would be dating him. Anyway, so after a nice long talk with the mystery doctor, i went online and googled his unusual name first name and what do you know, Google saved the day.

Dr. Q who runs one of the major hospitals was in almost every newspaper. There were photos, press releases, newsletters, you name it, it was there on Google with his name and pic all over. I even found where he studied medicine, year of graduation and his classmates.

The next day Dr. Q called me , and me being the naiive person that i am , told him proudly that i did look him up online. "There is so much about you online on Google. So much for someone who doesn't really want to be known ". He was shocked and his response was that i should ask him before i google him. He was so upset that he accused me of invading his privacy and spying. My argument was i only googled two word , the country and your first name, thats hardly invading privacy.

As you can guess, we are not talking.

The moral of the story is : I can find anything on Google.

Thor - The movie

2011-06-12T00:34:00.000+03:00

Thor, another marvel comics movie, was available in the cinemas across the country in 3-d.

So, my date, was an ex-diplomat. I must say, extremely well mannered on the phone and with a very high adherence to protocol, after all he was a diplomat in Britain.

Mr. Dater being the very thoughtful person that he is, am not sarcastic, asked me when we would meet . I was looking forward to meeting him since he had all these amazing funny stories. He was great conversationalist . We agreed on going out for dinner. Which we did, and I had a great time. Mr. Sweet Dater suggested that we do one of my two favorite things, either we go to the cinema or go to the chocolate bar. That is an offer i cant refuse and being the movie/cinema buff that i am , i chose we go to the cinema.

We went to the movie, Thor in 3-D. I did ask him before we went in if cinema was his thing and the response was "of course darling, i love movies. I go to the cinema ALL the time".

We booked our seas and went in, we were handed those silly glasses for the 3-D films.
The movie started . "Oh this is a kids movie " Mr. Dater said. "No, its a marvel comics movie" was my response. Seconds later , he went on, "You know who the actor looks like ?", " he looks like Muhanad , that Turkish actor". I said that he was right and the actor does really look like him.
The movie was about 15 minutes on when he started fidgeting like a 5 year old , " So you like movies",
"Whats your favorite movie ? " he asked. I said i can write him a list of my favorite movies and send it to him by e-mail if he needs some recommendations.
Few more minutes went by then Mr. Dater said "When is the intermission ? is there no break in the movie ?" . I politely and very calmly said no, there wasn't . They stopped intermissions in the cinemas few years ago.
After few minutes he went on, "When i was 12 , I travelled on my own for two weeks. I had a great time. When was the first time you travelled on your own ?"
In my head this voice is telling me this is a total waste of a good movie. I might as well just stop watching and indulge in conversation. I politely told him that we can actually leave the cinema and we did not have to watch. He was relieved at the suggestion.

Dragging my self out of the chair and staring back at the handsome Thor with his muscular biceps and triceps, i walked out of that theater. Bummer.

A week later Mr. Dater called me and was so excited to announce to me that they are releasing Scream 4 in the cinemas . He asked me "When are we going ?", Of course the answer was never.

The moral of the story is 'do not ruin a good movie by going to watch it on a date'.if someone hasn't been to the cinema in the past few years, they are not cinema -date material.

The exorcist & Gadget Suicide

2011-03-25T10:59:00.000+03:00

The exorcist, 1973 horror movie, which i havent seen. Why ? Coz i get scared shit from horror movies, horror stories, ghost stories, supernatural things in general. I havent seen a horro movie nor woulr do so in any stage of my life.

So , here is the story. This Mr. Dater seemed nice and very well read. Its good to hang out with someone who does know how to carry a conversation about something other than cars, stocks and Bokhoor

We agreed we will meet up for lunch, and he insisted he picks me up like a true gentleman. How sweet!

He picked me up and started driving and said i will have to trust him. He is gonna take me to this small joint that serves Thai food downtown. Fine, am all up for trying new things. We reached the restaurant, the set up was not fancy but food was good and different . Mr. Dater kept talking about different subjects then finally I opened up about the Gadget Suicide.

Gadget suicide is when u intend to change one of your appliances then strange enough, the one that you currently have mysteriously stops working, as if it got to know your wicked intention of getting rid of it.

Mr. Dater who was sitting across the table, asked if it was OK for him to come sit next to me. Mmm creepy perhaps ? well, before i even had time to respond, there he was , next to me. He said he trusts me so much after me telling him about gadget suicide. He now can trust me and tell me about his own supernatural experience. I was sitting there, dumbfounded. I hope he isn't gonna tell me he has seen a ghost coz that's gonna scare the hell out of me.

I said " you know, i am not a fan of hearing stories about ghost sightings or anything of the sort. I get scared easily".

He replied " Oh no, you will have to get used to my stories coz i have so many of them. I have been possessed and got cured and now am practising to become an E X O R C I S T".

All i could think was WHAT THE F ***!

Needless to say, without further ado, i said i have this horrible headache and i wanted to go home right now, we left. On the way home , I couldn't speak a word. I was so happy to reach home.

The moral of the story is if someone sounds so intellectual and well read, he might be possessed by a demon.

Thanks to everyone for reading

2011-01-24T13:47:00.000+03:00

To those of you who keep coming back for more, I will be back to writing soon. Let's just say i have been working on collecting some material for the posts :P
I have been busy with work, but as of tomorrow, i will be dedicating a fixed time for writing on the blog.

Can we say so ?

2010-12-18T10:30:00.000+03:00

Copied and pasted from an email from a male reader.

Can We say so?

I was chatting with this lovely young lady last month...ya know, daily general issues trying to read between lines to know each others more.

Few days later, she told me that I'm a great person, but TOO MUCH FOR HER!!!
OK?....(we do use those words when we want to break up "smoothly"....Don't we?!

Surprise was, She asked me if she can introduce me to one of her friends whom is intelligent and has the same interest of mine and whom is SEARCHING my personality type....!!!!!

okay, I replied...networking will kill no one...

.....and I'm glad she did!....The lady she introduced is one of my best friends now and I'm so proud to have one.

My question is, If I say to a woman you're not my type and I want to introduce you to a guy who is, would she say Yes, or she'll be offended and reply with anger "I can handle,and have a long list of admirers waiting, and for the records you were at eh end of the list"???????

I'd love to hear comments from women on your blog too...

Read before you write

2010-12-13T21:49:00.000+03:00

A lot of people who use online dating know that sometimes people just email you becasue they had seen the photo or simply because u were on the online users list at the time he /she wrote the email.

I always look at the persons profile before i email him and if someone emails me i always look at his profile before i reply. Common sense, right ?

Apparently not everyone has common sense.

I received this email

'Hello there,

I really felt like writing to you after reading your profile carefully. I feel we have some similarities and we are looking for he same things. I don't judge people by the looks but its also good to be with someone who is beautiful on the inside and the outside. The picture you have on your profile captured my attention, something in your eyes just spoke to me.'

Now, i was happy reading the email till the last sentence, till "my eyes captured his attention and actually (spoke) to him", I didn't know my eyes could do speak to people especially when there are no photos of me or my eyes on my profile.

Dating tip of the day : Actually look at the profiles of the person you are writing to. Its common sense and common courtesy.

Some women are like ..

2010-12-12T22:49:00.000+03:00

Some women are like

Comets.
All are beautiful, but they are cold as ice.

Computers.
Everything is stored in long-term memory for easy retrieval later on.

Cats.
They are cuddly and playful, but watch out when their claws come out!

Parrots.
They love to repeat things.

A game of Scrabble.
Their vocabulary is endless and always in play.

Christmas Trees.
The more gifts they have, the merrier they become.

Giraffes.
They beautiful to look at, but hard to keep.

Some men are like

2010-12-12T22:42:00.001+03:00

Some men are like

Puppies.
They're cute at first, but you soon tired of picking up their crap.

Remote controls.
Chances are you'll find them lying by the TV.

Parking spaces at a popular mall.
The good ones are all taken.

Computers.
In order to get their attention, you must first turn them on.

Fine wine.
They take a long time to mature.

Oatmeal.
If they sit too long, they become lumpy.

Mascara.
They run at the first sign of tears.

Silverware.
They on appear only when there is food on the table.

Cats.
Only moving objects get their attention.

Dogs.
They take up too much space on the bed..

Fish.
They're easy to catch with food.

Text Messages.
The shorter the message, the easier it is for them to understand

The Book Club

2010-12-10T12:26:00.000+03:00

I was chatting back and forth with this 'seemingly ' intelligent and cultured guy. He was very well read and can carry conversation on many topics. Perfect.

"I love reading, I have thousands of books on various topics. Do you like reading ?" he asked me on the phone one time. I don't like reading and i cant pretend so i said "honestly no, i have the concentration spam of a gold fish , 3 seconds. By the time i read two pages of any novel, i cant remember what had happened on the first page", " i do read a lot of magazines and articles though" ( after all i don't want to be totally ignorant, do I ?) .

He said maybe one night we can go to the book club, it might be something to encourage you to read. The idea was not appealing to me, i know myself. I will never be able to read a book and sit in a room full of people to discuss it. I told Mr. Dater that maybe there are other things we could do together for a date, but maybe the book club is just not for me.

On one evening, Mr. Dater called me and said he has a book that he wants me to read and that maybe we can 'discuss ' it after I had read it. "please don't say no till you try reading it" he begged.

This is gonna turn into a situation here. "OK , fair enough, I will try reading ".

We met for coffee one evening, our first date, we spoke about different things, as usual. When it was time to leave , Mr. Dater walked me to my car and said that he has something in his car for me and asked if I would wait for a minute while he gets it.

I waited in excitement , wondering what it was.

Mr. Dater came back with a rectangular shaped package wrapped in pink wrapping paper. Mmm , i was wondering what that is,maybe a book or a box of chocolate .

I opened the door to my car and he asked me to open this when i reach home and he said maybe this will give us something to do on our next date. I was thinking to myself 'its definitely chocolate ' or ' Maybe he really wants to do this book club thing and this is the book am supposed to read'

I went home, and unwrapped the package, not chocolate.

The package had a book. " The Complete Illustrated Kama Sutra ". A very subtle hint to what he had in mind for our next date.

Habibti Mariam

2010-12-08T09:37:00.001+03:00

Well, this is definitely not something you usually see written in a dating profile .

A gentleman has this written in his bio:

I am only here for my Habibtii Mariam. Always and forever my soul mate and LOVE OF MY LIFE! About me:

About me :; My Habibtii Mariam has my heart, mind and soul. She is my Master, and I am her Master. When we are together magic happens.
I'm looking for:: She knows who she is. And she is smiling :-) She is my perfect match and I will never let her go.; Relationship status: In a relationship ( Relationship with Mariam, I assume)

The question is if Mr. Dater and Mariam have hooked up, why is his profile still on the dating site ?

Explanation # 1 :Maybe this is his way to tell the world that online dating actually works, and you can find your soul mate , the love of your life, never ending love,etc,etc,etc.

Explanation # 2: Mr. Dater and Mariam maybe need to spice up their life a little and want some extra curriculum action .

Note to Mariam : I hope you know that you have this head over heels admirer and that he isn't some Internet stalker. I wish i could read your profile, if you have one ,to see if this is mutual.

How to spot a married dater

2010-12-08T00:47:00.001+03:00

I was chatting with a gentleman today who told me about his dating experience. He had dated a lady for 9 months before she came clean and told him that she was married. Nine months, yes. I don't know how she could pull that off .

This post is intended to give you some help on how to spot if the person your dating is 'really' single or if he /she has a wife or husband at home.

If he /she never answers your calls, but always makes a point of calling you back

If he /she carry more than one phone, and you have only a number for only one of the phones

if he /she makes a point when you meet to meet up in an area as far as possible from where they live

if he/she never calls you when they are actually at home but call you when they are in the car or at work,

If he /she switches the phone off when they are home

If he /she avoids appearing in a crowded public place with you

If he /she insists on having meals in restaurants with private cabins

if he /she always always puts you on hold to take a call waiting, but never answers you when they are on another call

If he /she doesn't call or meet up on weekends or public holidays

If he asks you not to wear make up when you meet up (just in case it smears his dishdasha or shirt)

If he/she disconnects the call abruptly in the middle of conversation and does not call you back right away

Doctor, can you do a quick check up ?

2010-12-06T15:41:00.003+03:00

OK , i just saw this and i could not not share it. A guy on a dating site, could not come up with a nickname other than

gynecologist

And for the readers who do not know what a gynecologist is , here is the definition "A doctor who specializes in treating diseases of the female reproductive organs" & in Arabic" طبيب امراض نساء و ولادة"

I find this very weird. Did the doctor think that this is his strength point on a dating site ? Maybe the ladies on the site might want him to take a quick look , down there ? Or maybe he has better chances than the rest of the guys because he is an expert on the female organs ?

I think i am going to write a book on how to pick nicknames.

Drama for Dummies

2010-12-05T18:22:00.003+03:00

How to spot a drama queen or king before reading the profile ?

Easy .Very simple. People with drama tendencies try and hide amongst us, blend in . Of course a lot of them are so well disguised that you will need time to spot them, however , some of them are so obvious.

Here are some examples of nicknames for some drama lovers . Names are copied from a popular Arabic dating site.

SadMan (very self explanatory)

BrokenHeart2008 (i guess the heart got broken 2008 and hasn't been fixed yet)

JulietHasAGun (A Juliet with a gun , ready to shoot )

UnbreakMyHeart

BadLove

LoveNomore (be warned , no love coming your way from this person

NoLove4Me (she is not looking for love, so i wonder what she is looking for )

MalekAlA7zan (king of sadness- This is Drama in the flesh )

Alam (pain)

QalbiYe3warni (my heart is aching - Probably in the rebound phase, be warned)

IcantBreathe (perhaps a visit to the doctor is more appropriate than registering on a dating site ?)

DyingBird (I wonder if he is still alive now)

Osfoora7azina (Sad bird)

SaveMe (from yourself, perhaps ?)

Sha3erAlAlam (the poet of sadness - In pain and a poet, look no further . Real drama here)

AlamAlLeel (the pains of the night- does that mean the mornings are pain free ? or does it mean that night has the ability to inflict pain ?)

If these people were not drama lovers, they surely have made a bad bad choice when they picked up their nicknames.

The honest truth

2010-12-04T21:49:00.001+03:00

A REAL conversation that took place between a female i know and a guy that she chatted with.

Mr.Dater chatted with my friend for sometime, and she thought he is OK. He asked her for her phone number, and she gave it to him. My friend is an American , and Mr. Dater is a German, not that nationalities matter .

Mr. Dater calls my friend and after the greetings that lasted maybe less than a minute the following conversation took place:

Mr. Dater: Would you like to meet up for coffee ?

My friend : Sounds good.

Mr. Dater : Perhaps coffee then we can have sex ?

My friend laughs and says : Noooo (she thinks he is joking )

Mr. Dater : Perhaps Lunch then we can have sex ?

My friend , laughing : Nooooo (she still thinks he is joking )

Mr. dater : Maybe dinner then sex ?

My friend : NOOOO

Mr. Dater : Perhaps just sex then ?

At that point my friend realised that Mr. Dater is not joking. I assume she still said no .

The moral of the story is; Germans are great , very serious & straightforward. When a German asks you if you want to have sex, he is not joking.

No offence intended to any nationality .

There will be blood

2010-12-03T23:24:00.001+03:00

We had been chatting for weeks, on and off. Mr. Dater was not the creepy type (which is very rare ), Intelligent, smart, well -read and has a very strong personality . He says he believes in women's role in society and he supports women in every possible way . Perfect .

We decide to meet up for dinner one evening. "where would you prefer to go ?:" .I am very easy to please when it comes to food, i can eat anything anywhere. "Your choice, am flexible", i said.

We agreed to have dinner at a famous steak restaurant. I arrived in time, and he was there on time. So far , so good.

The smiley waitress comes to hand the menus. He asked me if I would like him to order for me , and i said I prefer to order myself since i know what i want anyway, you can never go wrong with Steak Au Poivre. I told the waitress my order and she said "ma'am you want that well done ?" , I replied "medium rare". the waitress said but madam that will be pink from the inside. I said that i did know that , and that's what i will be having. Thanks for your concerns but i love my steak medium rare.

My Dater placed his order then the waitress left. I was looking at my mobile phone and when i lifted my face up , Mr. Dater was staring at me , with a weird crooked smile on his face he said "women should not eat food that rough cowboys eat". HUH, WTH was this all about , He continued saying "maybe you should reconsider your choice, women are delicate creatures, perhaps some juice in their steak is not appropriate, women are not vampires".

At this point i was finding this very amusing and very funny . So i gave him my best smile ever and i said " what can i say, I love some blood in my meat, perhaps i was a vampire in a past life OR maybe i am a vampire in this life". He gave me this icy stare and said "You are not funny". (Moron, of course am funny, you , however are a control freak)

The food came, we ate in silence and he did not look once at me. I had this urge to leave but I was gonna have my pinky bloody cowboy steak even if the sky collapsed over my head.

After that Steak dinner we never spoke to each other again.

The moral of the story : If you like your steak medium rare, control freaks might think you are a vampire.

The other side of dating

2010-12-03T20:57:00.000+03:00

Received from a MALE co-dater ( great, for a change not all stories are from females ) , men too have stories to tell . Posted As is.

100% TRUE!

Mona sent me a “flower” on one of dating sites….a virtual flower with an “I’m interested” comment. I like ladies who take first moves, why not if she trusts herself?
We chatted for a few days; she was nice, smart, educated with sense of humor. She said she was looking for only a friend, and she was sick of men always asking for sex and talking about nothing but sex..and explained how much she felt comfortable talking to me since I’m “different”!!!
One night, She sent me a msg asking me to call her urgently if I can, I did and she was crying…She told me that she met someone, his name was Jasem, a Pilot ( why most men are Pilots on dating sites), and she loves the hell out of him….he told her LATER he is married with 2 kids…and was asking for some time to settle his family issues and come back to her to live happily forever…( typical BS story from Jasem).....

To cut the story short, I believed her ...and was acting like a TRUE FRIEND…and told her many times I’ll be there for her whenever she needs me….Being THAT friend whom supposed to be a good listener, and strong shoulder to rely on, my advice was to let him go, and I told her he is a liar and Bshitting, but she kept telling me (msgs, Emails) how sad she was…,Jasem is not returning my calls, Jasem went to Dubai, I miss Jasem….blah blah blah

A few days later, I was surprised she sent me her Pic without asking her, a cute beautiful baby face with a sexy body…and asked me for mine in return…RED FLAG!...I called her and said I don’t send my pics to anyone, and If she wants to see me, Starbucks is always there…she was like PLEAAAASSSE…….And, guess what…I sent her one!

Next day, I received the following msg from her “ I’m free tonight….If you want an erotic massage, it’ll cost you 40 KD for 2 hours, plus you pay for TAXI!.....

DUH!!!!....why should I pay for the Taxi too???...LOL

The moral is, Prostitutes are on dating sites too…

Microsoft Office Excel Dating

2010-12-03T00:12:00.002+03:00

This is a true story. All the incidents or things i write here are, but this is just so shocking to me, that i had to remind you all that this actually did happen. I was told the events after the dating period between the couple ended.

Nancy and Barney (Not real names) worked together at the same company , she is an engineer and he is a financial controller , they come from different Arab countries and work in an international Oil company .

Anyway things did not work out after few months and they broke up. So, Barney came to Nancy's office after the break up with an excel sheet. He told her they have some matters to settle.

The excel sheet was an accounting sheet of all the money they had spent in cafes and restaurants during all the time they dated. They had somehow come to this policy where each one of them pays one time. So Barney pays today at Sakura, Nancy pays tomorrow at Applebees, the next time Barney pays at Mais Al Ghanim the time after Nancy pays at Le Notre.

Good policy or bad policy , i cant really tell . With all the talk of women's equality, maybe it is justified that a highly paid woman should pay her share in whatever food she is consuming while she is dating, God knows. This is not the shocking part.

Back to Barney and Nancy, so he is at her office with this Excel sheet that registers every penny they spent while dining out together or going for coffee. He thinks there are few discrepancies that needed to be settled.

He says " see the highlighted fields, these times i paid more than what you paid on the following date, therefore, there are discrepancies that occurred. The amount you owe me due to the difference is KD 137. This copy is for your reference, Please arrange for payment" .

No comment needed .

A man with special needs

2010-12-01T13:02:00.000+03:00

The below is from a users profile on a dating site for mesyar marriage. For those of you who are reading and don't know what mesyar is , it is a form of marriage where a man goes to the lady every now and then, they don't live together, he is not supporting her, he is not responsible for any expenses and when they divorce, she doesn't have any rights.

Usually both parties who get into this are looking for a purely sexual relationship.

Read and weep , or read and laugh, depending on how sad or funny you may find this.

I have kept the text in Arabic , this is a copy and paste from the profile.

أدور واحده ترضي بالمسيار . لا تكون راعية مشاكل و نكد. تكون ما تسمع اغاني و لا تطالع التلفزيون و لا تطلع من البيت و تكون ساكنه في بيت اهلها . المهم انها ما تطلع و لو تكون فيها شلل رباعي يكون افضل المهم يكون عندها القدره علي الممارسه الجنسيه و ما تحتاج عنايه او يكون عندها خدامة تساعدها.

اللي تروح السوق و تطلع لا تراسلني

The translation of the above text: i want to marry mesyar style, someone who is not into creating problems and drama, she should not listen to music , watch TV or go out. She should be living with her family . The most important thing is that she doesn't leave the house, Its even better if she is a quadriplegic as long as she can have sex. If you are into going out to the malls, don't email me.

So, the dude wants to make sure his wife is a stay home wife, to the extent that he prefers her to be a quadriplegic as long as she can & will have sex.

Pathetic.

Time after time

2010-12-01T10:07:00.001+03:00

Received from a Co-dater

After few weeks of chatting/emails/phone calls , Hamad and I agreed it was time to meet up . He was a very nice guy with lots of charms. When he suggested to meet up at one of the restaurants in Al Bidea Area , at 730, i was so excited.

I reached there on time , I don't like to walk into a place on my own, so i stayed in the car waiting for him to call me when he gets there. Half hour passed and Hamad had not arrived or answered his phone. I was thinking 'classic' , the guy stood me up . Finally at 8 he called me and said the he was on the way . Ten minutes later, he was there. We had dinner and he did not bring this 'delay' issue again. No apology offered and no explanation either.

Dinner was fine, he is a good conversationalist, i had a good time.

Few days later, he asked me for another date . I agreed, he suggested dinner at yet another restaurant in Al Bidea area. Dinner at 8 . " Please don't be late" he said, "I like people who come on time". Seriously? words coming from the guy who kept me waiting for 45 minutes on the first date !

I am always on time, At 8 i was in my car , at the parking lot in front of the restaurant. Same scenario. Hamad is not here and he is not answering his phone .20 minutes later he called and asked me if i was there .

"yes i am THERE, been here for the past 25 minutes'. He said he will be here in ten minutes and he was.

Greeting me with a smile, he said he lives in the residential area close by and its less than 5 minutes drive from his house. Great, so close, yet your always late, was my comment,

Hamad Smiled and said women don't usually come on time, so its better he comes after i actually reach there . HUH., OK. I am thinking to myself " Is that so? PAYBACK is due".

So the third time he asked me out , i told him i wanted to go to this restaurant in Al Kout mall ( as far as possible from his house).Hamad tried to convince me to change location but i was stubborn as a mule.

8 o'clock, don't be late , he said. In my mind i was thinking "oh no , i wont be late".

So at 815 . i called him and asked where he was . He asked me " did you reach there?" . My reply was "yes, i am , where are you ?" . Hamad said he was getting ready to leave the house, needs about half hour to reach Al kout mall in Fahaheel.

At 9 o'clock, he called me "where are you ? Am here at the Lebanese restaurant". I told him that i went around to look at the shops and i was trying some blouses. I will be there in few minutes."please go ahead and order, am starving" . I gave him a list of what i want , lots of food , i was starving.

Ten minutes later he called me , and he was like the food is here, yalla come .

Hamad was at the restaurant , in Al Kout , staring at food waiting for me and i was sitting in my living room watching TV, I had not made a move from my house in the first place.

Payback feels good, don't you agree ?

Symmetrical dating

2010-11-30T23:15:00.003+03:00

Symmetry (the definition is from Merriam Webster Dictionary )

balanced proportions; also : beauty of form arising from balanced proportions or having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts.When two halves of an object are mirror images of each other.

So, I had been chatting back and forth with Mr. H for few weeks. Mr. H is divorced, 44, has a good sense of humor and so far he has not asked for a "web cam" viewing or any of those things that make me want to block him.

At some point we exchanged mobile numbers, spoke on the phone one time and mainly stayed in touch via emails/chats. Perfect . No phone stalking.

We decided to meet for coffee .We chatted on the messenger right before we were gonna meet . Mr. Dater asked me what i was gonna wear. Maybe he is particular about the dress code, didn't want to over dress or under dress . Told him i was wearing a jeans and a T-shirt. He asked me about the colour . "black Tshirt " i said.

Mr. Dater showed in Dark Blue Jeans and a black linen shirt that looked very neat. He looked like he stepped out of a photo shoot for the summer line of one of the casual designers. Cool. had a good time, chatting about the usual things, nothing too personal .

Few days Later , we agreed on meeting again. Right before i was getting ready to get dressed he came on the messenger and asked me "what are you gonna wear ?". I had not thought that far yet, had to decide that very minute coz he HAD to know. "jeans and a printed floral t-shirt." I said. There was no typing on the other end, then my phone rang. H was calling. "would you please wear a solid colour ?, I think solid colours would look better on you". Wow, a man who knows about what to wear and what looks good. OK , i can live with that. SO be it. I told him i will wear a green blouse and black pants.

We met at the cafe , he walked in wearing jet black jeans and a green polo shirt. The man looks good in any colour, i was thinking to myself.

A couple of days later , i was having coffee with my best friend . H called me and asked me if he can have coffee with us ,I said OK . He said he was going to come in half an hour he just needs to change quickly and come over. "what are you wearing ?" he asked , "jeans and a purple shirt" i said.

After i hung up, my friend asked ' why is he asking what are you wearing ?" Good question . I have no answer.

He showed up in time, dressed in washed jeans and this very dark purple linen shirt ,sleeves rolled up. Damn, this dude knows how to dress.

We had a great time. He stayed for half an hour then left .My friend and I sat there chatting.

My friend said "He wears the same colours that you wear, that's why he asks you what are you wearing".

Mmm, i hadn't really figured that out till that point. Its kind of cute in a way but also creepy.

A couple of more dates over coffee went exactly the same way. Me, being me, i just couldn't not mention it.

Sipping coffee on our last date , i said to him " Its amazing how you always come wearing the same colours like i am '. Mr. H gave me this huge smile and said " Symmetry is the way for a perfect life".

Symmetry, not for me . I go with Chaos wholeheartedly.

No symmetrical dating for me.

Maths, Biology & Art

2010-11-29T23:47:00.004+03:00

WHY does someone lie on the physical description they right about themselves (body description), especially if that person is constantly nagging to meet up? Could it be that when he wrote the profile he did not think that far ahead, or maybe was hoping the lady would be blinded by his charm and wont notice , or simply plain good old fashioned stupidity.

I have not figured an answer other than the simple fact that everybody lies. Here is a simple dating incident.

Most of the sites in the physical description part ask you to chose , height, wight, etc. Some of them ask a figure while others have a selection of words that you chose from.

So here i am going on a date with Mr. Dater with the following attributes

Athletic (Plz note that there are other options like Average, ample , a little extra padding, Big and tall )

190 cms (of course there are all the height options you can think of )

Mid tone (This particular site goes by skin colour , so other options are white, mid tone , dark, black)

I walked into Starbucks and i was greeted by someone who is about 175, weighs at least 160 Kgs and is black. I was somewhat shocked, I definitely didn't expect Mr. dater to be short , fat and black.

Don't get me wrong, i am not a racist , i have nothing against fat people or darker skin tone or shorter people. I dont judge people by how they look but am against being lied to. Seriously , did he think maybe I wouldn't notice the description was totally different ?

Anyway, so he had the guts to ask me "Did u think i looked like this? ". The man has steel balls, doesn't he ? well, two can play that game. I said "I think you miscalculated your weight perhaps OR mizankom 7`rban , as for the height , a lot of people don't actually know their height " .
He smiled at me , thought i was cute and funny, till i continued " and your skin colour is not mid tone, you are as black as possible " . He was shocked or embarrassed maybe. A couple of minutes later i left.

The moral is Truth never kills anyone, lying does.

I know i will say this over and over again; Everybody lies, however, men on dating sites lie more than the average person and think they will get away with it.

what men want

2010-11-29T22:48:00.002+03:00

I received a question from "7ayrana" in an email . She seems to be confused and going through a lot of doubt as to what is happening in the dating scene .
Her question is : What do men want ?

Dear 7ayrana
Be 7ayrana no more.
I have one word for you "S - E - X". That's the answer, very simple . No matter what a guy says he wants or thinks he wants, in reality he just wants one thing.

Louis Vuitton Purse

2010-11-29T08:18:00.002+03:00

Mr. Dater and Moi chatted back & forth . So far , he seemed smart and interesting. He is divorced which qualifies him for a date over coffee. You know the drill by now, if he is married, then he isn't a potential date.

Mr. Dater has a wide range of interests, cars, Bikes, musics, movies, world issues and animal planet. .

Anyway, we meet up for coffee in the morning since we both weren't working that day. The cafe was almost empty and the weather was very nice we decided to sit on the tables outside.

here we are, across the table from each other , talking about life, work, family & movies. Time passed quickly and before we know it, an hour had passed. Mr. Dater looked at his watch and i took that as a sign that means that he is either bored or has things to do and needs to make a move.

Just before i was about to say "shall we leave?', Mr. Dater says " I have always been curious about women's purses", "what do women keep in these big purses?" and his eyes stare at my relatively big purse.

Interesting topic, A lot of men do wonder about purses. Guys can fit everything they need in their pockets whereas women are cursed with carrying bags. So Obviously its not strange or weird for a guy to wonder and ask about purses. Its so big of a matter that Oprah made a whole episode on her show about what women carry in their purses.

I said' I obviously have my wallet, a perfume, a small notepad and pen, tissue paper, a tiny make -up purse and chewing gum"

Nothing prepared me for the words that came out of his lips next .

Mr. Dater said " You don't have condoms? Should we swing by a pharmacy & pick up some ? I never have unsafe sex".

Moral of the story: When something feels too good to be true, it is actually too good to be true.

The Perfect Nickname

2010-11-28T23:37:00.003+03:00

One of the most challenging tasks is coming up with a nickname on a dating site. The nickname says something about you and might very well determine whether someone will view your profile or not. Its the first impression you leave on someone browsing hundreds of nicknames.

A problem that you may encounter is that probably all good nicknames are taken, especially on a popular site. Another problems is that maybe, just maybe ,you are not that smart or creative to come up with a name that leaves a good impression.

The following nicknames are copied from one of the dating sites. I didn't edit any or make up any of these nicknames.

Jeekar-bedoun (what are the chances of meeting someone of you are stateless & ugly?)

VivaNotZain (Thanks for the info, I did not know that Viva is not Zain)

Moot3a-200Kd (Very straightforward, المختصر المفيد )

28611011014XX (The number on the site did not have the XXs, it was an actual civil ID number)

HotManWayed ( he Hot dude is warning ladies so they know they will be getting a lot of you know what )

3elch (Really , you couldn't think of anything else to represent you ? علج )

M3boochKuwaiti (He must have been having lunch when he was creating his profile)

NBK-CBK (The only place where the two banking giants of Kuwait will exist together is on a dating site)

Qabee7Gedann ( قبيح جدا ... الله يعينك )

ModeerFa7al مدير فحل) -يا ترا بشهاده منو ؟)

Sayrti-Aqsa6 (My car is on installments)- In case any of the ladies out there wants to help with the aqsa6

Madyon-Sa3deeni (A real Cry for help, In debt, help me)

Zooj-al-thalatha (Married twice obviously and looking for lucky number 3)

888666 (This is KFC's home delivery number. The Dude works there or is doing ambush marketing for KFC)

ElvisIsAlive (Thank God Elvis is Alive. All these years i had my doubts).

7azeen7eel (داش الموقع ينكد علي العالم)

Dawa-Ca7a (A cry for help I wonder if is feeling better now )

VeryShort (What is very short ? The man , or the tool?)

CoolGay (I think he meant CoolGuy )

MarinaFM (Another form of ambush marketing. I think Marina FM should pay him for the free ad)

DontTrustMen (The advice is coming from a man, need I say more?)

Uff-Mabee ( ليش داش عيال اذا مالك خلق)

طيعيني

2010-11-28T22:49:00.002+03:00

Although this blog is about dating, and this following story doesn't really qualify as a dating incident but I just had to share it.
A friend of mine visited me today , after returning from Hajj. I have to say this, my friend is a lady in her 50s and she is veiled and a very well covered up lady. This introduction is essential so that you can grasp the shock i had after she told me.
Time: During Hajj
Place : One of the cities where some of the Hajj rituals take place
Victim: Dr. H
Victim #2 : Lady N
Dr. H is in a taxi, in one of the religious cities in KSA, and she gets in and tells the driver her destination. the taxi driver her tells her the following "طيعيني و اعطيج 30 ريال "
My friend is speechless. 30 Riyals, come on dude. During Hajj ? WTH ??
Dr. H goes back to her hotel room and tells the story to one of the ladies in her hotel . Lady N has the biggest smile on her and tells her " I was offered 100 Riyals from my taxi driver, your cheap".

Pepper spray would have been so appropriate or perhaps a taser applied on a very sensitive body organ.