Just when you thought it was safe - OK CUPID PART 3: The Return of the WOO!

I know you can "hide" people from your own search on OKCupid, but can you block them also? You can on match.com

you can block people from messaging you but not from looking at your profile.

chik-fil-a is delicious and I use the excess grease to give another man a greasy handjob

well, not really, but I tell the people who put religious notes in the bags at the store that I do

i am going to wear a rainbow poncho and my shortest jorts next time i eat there

I'm restoring my account just to look at this shit.

My account still exists, and my "details" and photos are up, but every other field has been blanked. Bother.

Crepe-Suzette fyi

oh is eharmony guy the anti-abortion guy? aaagh! so basically i need to just go meet people irl now

Oh hm I don't know if he's the anti-abortion guy? They are all anti-abortion guys, iirc? He's a Christian conservative, for sure.

there are unfortunately many, that's true
yeah, someone told me that eharmony was originally christian-ish but became more open and spiritual-ish and so now the christians have their own online dating sites. but i do not really know! i just don't want any of my money going to right-wing fundamentalists.

is there an occupy wall street online dating borad yet

JDATE! JDATE! JDATE!

Unless you hate jews or something.

but i'm not jewish!
i once met a super cute guy who was on a jdate with someone i knew, which did not work out, but i srsly contemplated jdate for a while there...

I am also not jewish!

Nor is my husband. . . whom I met on JDate!

JDate!

Hahahah quince.

Are there gays on jdate?

Rayuela, why did things not go well when you contacted guys in NY?

― curmudgeon, Thursday, October 27, 2011 3:02 PM (2 hours ago)

Ppl I would message would either not reply or turn out to be very bad dates, and I took it as a sign that I should wait for the men to flock to me. :)

I recently tried to proactively search for people again, and I think everyone I was finding decently cute was actually pretentious, and I gave up. It's hard to tell the difference on these sites.

I am also not jewish!

Nor is my husband. . . whom I met on JDate!

JDate!

― quincie, Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:06 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark

irl loling <3

I can barely stand to read the personal descriptions so far? Have just skimmed a couple but I have a bad feeling I'm not going to like the ones that that're all like "On Friday nights I like to jaunt through all boroughs of this great grey city in search of sublime adventure, while thinking about authenticity and polishing my cordovan oxfords."

looool someone says "I'm not really a big eater." That must be very difficult for you what with the ever-present threat of starvation and all.

stevie: yes, because i knew a bunch of goy gays who signed up for it so they could date cute jewish boys

do you love life and love to laugh? i sure don't.

this revelation about jdate is kind of blowing my mind!
is being a non-jew and being on jdate even fair?? do you straight up say, hey, i'm not jewish but all the other dating sites suck and jdate rules, so...

lol mooks
i mean non-lol

I can barely stand to read the personal descriptions so far? Have just skimmed a couple but I have a bad feeling I'm not going to like the ones that that're all like "On Friday nights I like to jaunt through all boroughs of this great grey city in search of sublime adventure, while thinking about authenticity and polishing my cordovan oxfords."

i get some hilarious messages like this...including one inviting me to a steampunk haunted house!

I totally grappled with the "is it OK for me to be on JDate?" thing, but figured that it wasn't my goddamn fault I was born to a non-Jewish mother, y'know? And I've been an active student of the faith for a handful of years. . . anyhow, when a Conservative rabbi I had studied with gave me a thumbs up, I figured that was sufficient clearance.

As for Mr. Quincie, he had been on match.com several years back and had not found it very promising. He was then in a LTR with a russian jew he met in person; after the end of that relationship and on the recommendation of some friends, he decided to throw his lot in with the Jews. And ended up with me, oops!

Anyhow, my JDate experience was uniformly positive, though I only went out with three dudes. One was a perfectly fine fellow, but no chemistry; one I went out with a couple of times and is totally awesome, but did not continue because of guy number three, who I am head over heels for despite the goy thing :)

> "is it OK for me to be on JDate?" thing, but figured that it wasn't my goddamn fault I was born to a non-Jewish mother, y'know?

Your religious faith is determined by what you believe, not what you mother believed

OK Q, you've suggested JDate before, but this time you have been thorough in your exposition. I can even claim a Jewish mother although no faith of any kind. I will report back *opens new tab*

Is J-date free? If so, I am totally signing up. I went to the steampunk haunted house last year; it was completely lame. Someone on okc invited me to see Jonathan Richman, which I thought was totally sweet, but I had plans already. Local Garda, I get a fair number of messages, but it's not like I'm inundated with likely prospects...I dunno though...maybe younger women or more photogenic women have a different experience. Stevie, purely recreational sex seems to me a bit like going to the gym, something I'd rather do alone. Unless the guy happened to be super talented or intuitive, but when does that ever happen? Meanwhile, fate has sent me my perfect man (looks wise and preppiness wise) in the form of a part time subordinate who is 16 years younger than me). This kid looks like a thinner version of the guy Molly Ringwald ends up with in 16 Candles.

It's free for the basic browsing by the looks of things but pay for... reading your inbox? Hmmm.

i'm not convinced for-pay dating sites are any better than free ones.

xp
wow.
My 'godmother'/auntie, who i kinda grew up with, is Jewish on her mother's side - does that count?... I know it does not...

I have yet to be convinced of anything!

In JDate's religion section, besides a list of religious persuasions they offer 'culturally Jewish' or 'Not prepared to convert'. The former isn't accurate despite my Jewish mother (who isn't culturally Jewish either), and the latter seems downright aggressive! It's a compulsory question... I need an 'officially Jewish, but otherwise, not Jewish' option.

First dude I looked has this: '(PS - I'm 1/4 Jewish, on my mother's side, but non practicing).' Feel validated.

Do they have a "Catholicism and laughing about it" option?

Lol, would instantly respond to such a profile on JDate

I thnk "officially jewish" is covered by "culturally jewish" innit? Kind of.

Haha, maybe I should start dating women? I couldn't have any *worse* luck. What is the correct response to "Would you be up to talking on the phone?" besides "Oh god no, why the hell would we want to do that?"

lol

LOL the guy im seeing now who i met on OKC told me in strict terms I was NOT to call him when he gave me his #, before we met. I wasnt bothered, I hate talking on the phone too.

(I think 'culturally Jewish' iis short-hand for you are a New Yorker, of any religious persuasion. Or, you like the films of Woody Allen, or something.

"some of my best friends are jewish"

I know the diff btwn a schlemiel and a schlemazel

Me too!

I sometimes say 'schlep'

I think 'culturally Jewish' iis short-hand for you are a New Yorker, of any religious persuasion

Isn't that what Lenny Bruce said?

Meanwhile, I have a flood of interest on OKC from Minnesotans.

The polyamorist who is my 99% match does list his status as single. This is the type of person I am most suited to?

My 99% match is in B'more 45 mins away but the thought of going to B'more for a date is kind of offputting, I normally schedule them in a bar 2 minutes from my apartment.