Days of Broken Arrows sent an online dating profile* (link removed to avoid giving suicidal thoughts to subject matter) of a 46-year-old spinster who seethes with so much bitterness and spite toward men, and so much loathing for male desire, that it’s a good bet she’s had no experience at all pleasing men except in the most perfunctory manner: by spreading her legs and letting them drain their balls in her.
I found an online personal from a woman in the XX area that’s so over the top with anger I thought it would be worth a post from you. I considered asking if I could do a guest post, but would rather read your words of wisdom (or just see you paste in the copy with minimal comment to underscore its ridiculousness).
The personal is from a 46-year-old career-woman, who looks to have already hit the wall and apparently didn’t find what she was looking for so she rewrote her profile to be an (unintentionally comical) rant about men in their forties.
This confirms every post you ever ran. I’m thinking if you ran this verbatim on your blog it would become nearly as popular as that NYC woman seeking a millionaire on Craig’s List who provoked that response about “decelerating value” in 2007.
*cracks knuckles* I’ve sprinkled a few editorial comments throughout her profile, in boldface.
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My self-summary
So this is it–I’m not looking, I honestly don’t care if I meet anyone on here anymore [ed: try not to shout so loudly how little you care]–and this is what I’ve learned about the men that I have had interactions on here with a little parting advice. [translation: a little pent-up hopelessness.]
If you are over 40 and you do not take care of yourself, unless you truly don’t care that a woman is dating you for your money, then maybe a better site for you is sugarbaby.com
Those of us that are of a certain age and reasonably successful on here are on here, want to meet someone reasonable–intelligent, successful, happy, that we’re attracted to physically and emotionally, not because we’re desperate, but usually because we’re too busy to date, or we do not wish to date through our work. We have businesses to run, we travel frequently, or we be on here because our friends and family are bugging us about being single and this is way to get them off our backs. What that means is–
1. We are not desperate–we do not need you to have a fulfilling life.
2. We are busy people–just like you–and we mean what we say, and say what we mean because we don’t have time to play silly word games or have drama like 20 somethings.
3. The silly little texting games are the fastest way to blow it. If we give you permission to call–then call–don’t text to see if its ok to call–we have a life–random texts from people we don’t know don’t cut it if we haven’t met you.
4. If we ask you not to contact us further–then don’t–unless you want to appear as a crazy person.
5. If we call you on the above..we’re not crazy, or scary..we just don’t have time to waste on people who don’t get it. We deal enough with that in our work.
6. Life gets shorter for us every day–we have no time or desire for drama, games or people who do not have their act together.
7. If we reject you after you have done any of the above, put your big boy pants on and move on.
8. We are not angry–we know what we want–we know what we’re willing to put up with. With age, the list of what we want gets a little longer, while the list of what we’re willing to put up with gets infinitely smaller because we have learned from our youth. [when in reality, the older a woman, the shorter the list of what she can get, and the longer the list of crap she has to be willing to put up with to secure a relationship.]
If you actually want to date a woman of a certain age [euphemism for older] who takes care of herself [euphemism for “managed to avoid getting grossly obese, but not the hardbody I once was”], then you need to take care of yourself too. Seriously [just in case you weren’t taking her seriously enough] –none of us want to date anyone who is overweight and out of shape–even if you have millions of dollars in the bank… [fat millionaires with hot young wives would disagree] even the hardest golddigger will use you for your money and then keep something nice on the side–usually paid for by you. [sounds more like wishful hoping.]
Seriously [i’m serious for you, cougarmama!] understand, that why you may want to relive your life and feel good about yourself from dating a 20 year old [yes, it feels pretty good to date a 20 year old] –she’s only using you for your money [men who are being used for their money still prefer it to the alternative. namely, you] , and after a while, you will be either extremely bored [it takes a much longer while for a man to get bored with a 20 year old hottie than a 46 year old harridan], or driven crazy by the immaturity factor. [whereas this online profile is full of maturity and the wisdom to know what attracts men] –unless you are a really damaged insecure man to start with. [only undamaged, secure men would look past the youth, beauty and femininity of younger women to date premenopausal crones.]
Nobody does us like us [and a tri-pronged purple saguaro]–if you don’t understand this statement, then you probably should be dating a 20 something who doesn’t know enough about herself that you will seem like magic. [yes, ladies, you have no idea what makes your ginas tingle until you hit 46 wise spinstera years.]
Don’t write to us to tell us why you’re not good enough in response to our profile, or to be witty–we don’t want our email box clogged–and you are neither as witty nor as clever as you think and the lack of self esteem is just, well…sad. [what man wouldn’t flock to such a loving specimen of womanhood!] Remember, what works well in person, plays pretty badly in print. [“bend over and take it up your flabby flat ass, you wretched ogress”?]
Trying to start a family while you are in your mid-to late forties is cruel to your potential children–unless you’re adopting older kids. [humans live longer because older men have had kids with younger women. it’s scientifically true!] Because by the time they figure out that you’re actually cool, you will be dead and you will not be able to see your grandchildren. [i’m pretty sure the first thought going through any man’s head upon bedding you is how your advanced years allow him to blast inside you free of the risk of knocking you up.]
Badmouthing your ex to us, especially when you have children, who share half the DNA of your ex, shows us that you don’t really love your kids.
We are not your honey, beautiful, sweetie, lovemuffin, or any other endearment that you write to us in an initial email. [any man writing *you* this in a first email has provided evidence that he is a loser. but, honey, these are the kinds of men you can expect to get at your age] We don’t know you, have never met you, and therefore you are not entitled to use that familiarity and if you do–you’ve blown it. [many men’s hearts are broken] You may not ever be entitled to use that term unless we get naked with you, and even then…the use of it is questionable. [to be rejected by a woman who’s almost old enough to be a grandmother in some cultures… the indignity!]
The excuse that I’m ashamed of being on the internet dating or I’m well known and incognito therefore won’t post my photos or give you my number is generally a flag that you’re cheating on someone or you have a highly inflated sense of self. [or they’re embarrassed about being seen in public with you] It’s the 21st century–get with the program, nearly everyone in the world is dating on the internet–with say the exception of 3rd world aboriginals (and 1st world aboriginals living in the Australian Outback). [dats raaaaciss!]
Don’t date someone who does not have similar lifestyle interests–if you’re in to veganism, patchouli, artistic and yoga retreats–don’t ask a hard driving businesswoman who is into scotch, cigars, steaks, golf and dealmaking out–and don’t be upset with her if she turns you down. She knows better than you that it won’t work. [“we’ve got a manjaw sighting in red sector A, sarge.” “nuke it from orbit.” “we’ll need a bigger nuke, sarge.”]
If you’re really that deeply involved and attached to your political, religious, philosophical beliefs, to the point where you should either be on Fox News or whatever the extreme liberal network equivalent–then don’t date someone who is diametrically opposed to you or anyone with any kind of common sense for that matter–all you’re doing is looking for drama and a fight. [lovemuffin, has it never occurred to you that the reason you might be dating all these diametrically opposed men is because they don’t see you as anything more than a convenient tumble in the hay and therefore not worth screening for a deeper connection?]
There is not a single woman that I know, including myself, that wants to date a man who is significantly younger than ourselves–media hype aside– [truest thing you’ve said in this whole shitshow] because frankly, we actually want to be with a man–not a boy we have to teach or that needs a manual–not a guy who’s putting notches on his belt–but a man preferably one who takes all night to do what he used to do all night. [surreptitiously watch porn while you slept?]
If you are between 25-35, even if you have millions of dollars, you actually have nothing of interest to women over 35 [aaaand, we’re back to the bullshit] –unless they have self-esteem issues, in which case, you will eventually end up with a chick in rehab, or a mental health facility, or someone you’re filing a restraining order against.
If you are over 60 trying to date a 40 something woman [a perfectly realistic goal for men of that age, since the sex ratio by then is skewed in men’s favor and women are well-known to find a lot more traits potentially attractive in men than their physiques] –Gravity takes it toll on you too..[gravity is kinder to men than women. think of women as jupiter, with its immense gravity crushing all semblance of supple ass cheeks and boobs. men looking from earth are like “fuck jupiter, i’m going to venus!”] and in a lot of cases, it is not pretty. If you did not take care of yourself..better have millions of dollars–or hire a nurse. [or be a charming, confident SOB.]
Read our profile, we took the time to write it–don’t email us an ask us to explain ourselves, our hobbies, if we took the time to explain everything about us in the profile. If you really want to get to know us, ask us out. [older women don’t have all the time in the world for flirting. they gotta get right to it.]
If you were raised by a single or divorced woman, who is pissed off at your father, work out those mommy issues before dating. We’re sorry your mom took the divorce out on you or the fact that your father didn’t know how to be a man or a father however..that’s no reason for you to take it out on us. [true. but some women are so much easier for men to take out their issues on. we call those women “low value”.]
We don’t need Brad Pitt..but we want someone with good hygiene, that can dress reasonably well–if you don’t know how to dress–go to The Gap–it’s Garanimals for grownups [jesus], we also want someone that knows how to eat with their mouth closed and that can cook at least one meal that doesn’t involve a microwave. [again, if you are a 46-year-old woman, you are going to find yourself getting a lot of attention from uncouth, slobby men. the classy men you want are busy hitting on women half your age.] We also want to be with someone that we know is not going to collapse from a heartattack walking up a flight of stairs or the half a block walk in the mall parking lot.
If you are over 40 and actually want to date a real woman, who, while she may not be Angelina Jolie, then behave like a real man, which means, no–we do not want to have long email diatribes with you. [i can’t argue with this. but i can argue that a woman presumably looking for an online partner should refrain from splattering her profile with her grievances.] We actually want to meet. If we give you our number, actually call–preferably within 24 hours of us giving you our number–sooner is better–WE GAVE YOU OUR NUMBER–CALL. [dear lord. a little introspection, sweetie. if men aren’t calling you back right away, it’s because they don’t really see you as all that worthy of a prompt phone call. how much you wanna bet 22-year-old chicks are getting called back more than they like?] If you’ve no intention of calling, then don’t ask for our number–unless you like having us think that you’re complete jerks and again proving why you are single. [or proving why you’re no longer attractive to decent men at your age] DO NOT TEXT US, TO SEE IF YOU CAN CALL. If you’re past the 24 hour mark, we pretty much know that you’re not interested. So move on.
If you are not interested, just say so–we will move on.
Writing to us in text speak is not an enticement to get us to write you back. An educated woman is not going to rite 2 u this way…[no, but a fun woman is] we don’t want to read what u rite to us. No, we do not care about perfect spelling, however, a basic grammar and sentence construction is appreciated. [you are a 46yo broad. i predict a parade of losers are in your future.]
Do not send us an email asking us how we are. We know that you really don’t care…get to the point already…If you want to meet us, make your case. [“the wall is breathing down my back!”]
Over sharing in your initial email–Big Turn OFF!.
This is not a bar–I know it may seem like it, but there’s a huge obstruction to communication–that being we’re on the internet. We do not want to text you, email you..if we are interested, we actually want to talk to you on the phone, figure out if you’re not a psycho, and then meet you. You can’t tell that by reading someone’s words. Particularly if you are a psycho–you probably write really well. [great zeus’ beard, i do believe i have been tainted.]
Same goes for the outrageous flattery and asking us why we are on here. We are on here for the same reasons you are…we are looking to meet someone to connect with or for the reasons stated above. If we had found this person, or we had flocks of men following us, or were even interested other than to appease social constructs put on us by friends and family, we wouldn’t be spending our time on an online dating site. [any woman who uses the term “social construct” in a non-satirical manner is automatically disqualified as a date prospect. follow this rule and i guarantee many years of happiness to you.]
If we are not interested, we will be honest and tell you–don’t behave like a jerk and call us names because we’re actually being kind in not wasting your time..you’re just proving that there are reasons why you are still single (or in the case of a lot of you..divorced). If you blow it with us, by doing any of the above things, and we ask you to stop communicating–we really mean that..move on–trying to get the last word –just proves my other points. [i’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that it sounds like she dates a lot of clueless beta males. now why would that be…. the mind reels at the question.]
Take some decent pictures of yourself. All you really need is a genuine smile and to be dressed reasonably well. If you don’t know how to dress see my previous comment about The Gap. [jesus, again] If you think pictures of you in a tank top, or half naked is appealing then really catch a clue. Honestly, while we are visual creatures just like you–we’d rather see the half naked pictures or the tank top pictures of you after we’ve decided to get naked with you ourselves first and believe us…the mystery of you is much, much better. [the mystery of you 20 years ago is much, much better as well.]
Shaving your chest is not conducive to us wanting to get naked with you. [are you at the age where you shave yours?]
Pictures with kids that aren’t yours, or your dogs in your bed, or your cat are not attractive–they’re just weird. They tells us that you’re trying too hard to show us that you’re a nice guy. [niceguys and older women: perfect together!]
Artistic pictures–unless you are a professional, paid photographer on par with Ansel Adams, are also lame. [women get so cynical with age.]
Pictures where we can’t see your face, or you’re wearing sunglasses–again, big turn off. Just like our pictures like that do nothing for you. [the pictures with your face showing do nothing for us either.]
[incoming 463 bullet point checklist.]
Business portraits are lame too…photos that are 20 years old, we can tell. The tube socks give it away.
Action sport photos of you are also lame, because they could be anybody.
Distance photos of you where we can’t tell if its you–lame–
Don’t contact us if you haven’t taken the time to fill out your profile.
Don’t email us asking us to chat on Yahoo Messenger, Hotmail Addresses or gives that line that you’re out of town–we know you’re scamming.
We honestly don’t care about your bank account, or what you do, unless we’re gold-diggers however, if you’ve been in the same job for 10 years, with no promotion–it’s not impressive.
Coffee is lame as a first date/meeting. Lunch or Cocktail Hour is better.
Not shaving your beard is also not conducive to us wanting to get naked with you or even date you.
If you’re just on here to try and get laid, be honest. Some of us are on here just for that too.
We don’t care if you’re bald, we only care if you’re trying too hard to cover it up.
Pictures of you with your friends is not a good idea–from what I’ve seen, a lot of your friends are way better looking than you.
Pictures with other women draping off of you are also not a good idea..especially if they are really beautiful women, or dressed in scanty clothing..it makes us wonder if that’s your ex, and why are you contacting us, or that you’re really sleazy.
Hawaiin shirts, not a good idea, nor are the Mall Photos.
Pictures of you in a tux..we don’t care–and often you don’t look as good as you think you do.
Pictures of you at a baseball game, in front of a stand and repeat, at hollywood premieres, showing us how important you are, or how famous you are, how many famous people you know–Not impressive. Again, the only women who will care about that are gold diggers, actress wannabe’s. If that’s what you want to date, then great–state that in your profile. Quit writing that you want a relationship.
Pictures with you and your car, or motorcycle..or on someone elses care or motorcycle..not impressive. Neither are the travel shots in exotic places that you have only been to once in your life and are not planning on returning to.
We all like to travel. We have all been places–so what..You’re here now..so what we really want to know is what you are doing with your life right now, what do you really honestly want in a relationship and do we have a chance with you if we aren’t a supermodel? We want to be with someone who is happy with that they do, that we are physically attracted to, able to pay their bills, and have your baggage in a carryon that you can leave at the station.
Every single person wants to find someone to be with, bear that in mind the next time you are rude to someone online who takes the time to write to you and you don’t respond. All it does is hurt someone’s feelings, and show what a rude jerk you are–and demonstrates, yet again, why you are single.
If you have no intention of meeting, then don’t bother to respond to someone who reaches out to you, other than to say you’ve no intention of meeting.
Be kind in your rejection. Saying we’re not a match, or that your’e not interested is preferable to being mean to someone. [yeah, but you make it so easy.]
What I’m doing with my life: [no one gives a shit. not even the guys emailing you for an easy lay.]
I work a lot, and take time to enjoy my life–I have my own business –I’m moving from XX to XX for that business. I am a busy person. [busy busy busy! lookatme be busy! i’m so busy… oh so busy… i’m so busy and busy and siiiingle! and i pity… any girl who isn’t a careerist cunt.]
I’m really good at: [charmless effrontery]
A lot of things…I’ve had a very interesting life and have acquired a lot of skills. I grew up in a very dysfunctional house, and was told everyday that I was ugly, stupid and useless..so in compensation, I learned a lot of things to be a useful person and discovered that kindness is the most beautiful thing there is. [coulda fooled us] As such, my childhood has enriched my life in many ways because I have wonderful friends whom I have developed and kept these many years. [the enrichment will continue until morale improves.]
The first things people usually notice about me: [crows’ feet]
Some people notice that I’m polite and nice to everyone. [polite is not the word i’d use] Others notice that I have great friends and we’re always laughing. [you don’t sound amused] Some have noticed that I treat people with kindness and compassion. [here’s a hint, honey: tough love and a managerialist temperament won’t attract many men. coy femininity and a tight bod will.] Some notice how I look after my friends and how I’m always being stopped for directions and I give good ones. Some people say its my smile, others say its my eyes. Being noticed at all is a compliment…however, I’d rather just be kind, polite and nice and continue to be me, whether I’m noticed or not. [this part of her profile reads like a much younger walk-on came in and polished it up.]
Favorite books, movies, shows, music, and food: [eat, pray, love]
I haven’t owned a television since 1998, so I don’t spend a lot of time on television though when I travel, I watch a lot of Food Network.I’m an omnivore, as long as it doesn’t have bell peppers in it, I’ll eat pretty much anything.Books, let’s just say if it has writing on it, I will read it. I find that my best reads come from reading other things that reference stuff, whether in fiction or in non-fiction. It’s taken me down some fascinating paths. Sadly, I do not have the time I once did to read everything on my ever going list of books to read. Music is the same thing, I love Soundhound and Pandora Radio I hear something I like, I can find it, then discover new things. I like all types of music (ok..well..I kind of draw the line at Swedish Death Metal) thinking about it–let me re-qualify that–it has to be musical..i.e. have some sort of melody, beat–so Yoko Ono…um…not so much. Other than that, what I listen to, depends on my mood and my location.
The six things I could never do without: [browbeating young female subordinates out of envious pique]
Breathing, Eating, Drinking, A hot shower, A sense of humor, a good night’s sleep, warm clothes. [you are boring]
I spend a lot of time thinking about: [my headlong date with the wall]
Strategies for my clients. [sexxxy!] My move to XX–and the fact that I will miss XX for its weather. After 20 years here, I’ve had it with the shallowness, the BS. [translation: she’s had it with powerful men completely passing her by for younger babes.]
On a typical Friday night I am: [stroking my pussy]
I could be working/traveling or at home relaxing. It just depends on what I’ve got going on that week. [still boring]
The most private thing I’m willing to admit: [catnip. my cat’s barbed tongue. you make the connection.]
I like cats, and they like me–however, I’m extremely allergic–I think they know this. [hilar! i swear i didn’t read this line before i wrote the above editorial comment.]
I’m looking for: [a less offensive quasimodo from the shrinking pool of quasimodos currently available to a woman of my years]
- Guys who like girls
- Ages 38–54
- Near me
- Who are single
- For new friends, long-term dating, activity partners
You should message me if: [your date with the 28-year-old bartender fell through]
You understand that I don’t have time to waste in ‘chats, emails, or texts.’ That you can get to the point. Please understand that I am not desperate, I don’t have time to play games, if you’d like to meet, we will have a phone call, determine if there’s chemistry and conversation enough to meet and then we’ll do just that, if we work out great, if not, that’s great too. [i thought you said you weren’t looking for anyone online?] I will give you the courtesy of responding to every inquiry, I would hope that you would do the same, even if its to say I’m not interested. I have my big girl panties on, I can take being told you’re not interested–though if you don’t–thank you anyway for not wasting my time. [sadly, still boring. even sadder, still grating.]
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Phew! What a wasteland of parched human psyche. And people wonder why American men head to foreign shores to find charming, feminine women without a two-ton buttplug shoved up their asses.
You know, I was going to write some final message directed at this woman’s overactive sense of entitlement, her breathless inventory of demands, her sheer, willful delusions about her cratering sexual market value, her irritating grrlpower femcunt pose, her mouth-puckering bitterness, her ‘work first, men second’ careercunt attitude, her laughably unrealistic standards, her thermonuclear bitchery, her total abandonment of youthful romanticism and whimsy, her complete disregard for doing what it takes to entice men or to even recognize that men have desires which women, particularly aging women, must abide if they want to find love…
but then I decided this is one of those wonderful rare cases where the mask slips so entirely that you can just let the shrike speak for herself. She serves a better use as someone to be made an example of, for younger women to learn valuable life lessons.
And she’s relatively thin (from what we can glean from her pics), which makes her unpleasant attitude all the more self-destructive. Most American women have ballooned into monstrosities by their 40s, so a woman who manages to stay the same weight at 46 that she was at 26 has a leg up on her same-age competition. Perhaps this explains her entitlement. Still, thin older women would do well to keep in mind that thinness is no substitute for slender youth, and adjust their expectations accordingly. (It’s not for nothing I call 21st century America ‘Expectation Nation’.)
However, I am a magnanimous man of great, overflowing humanity, so I will give this woman some advice which could turn her life around.
Learn to settle.
PS This is why I have hardly ever bothered with online dating. Good-looking women are not on there in sufficient numbers to offset the attention whoring fix they get from the masses of betas e-groveling at their feet, and the rest are women like the one above. Tight online game can yield fruit, but I find it more personally fulfilling to just meet the girls I find attractive outside in the cool, crisp air.