Saturday, March 14, 2009

Masturbating for Romance

Today I chatted some on a single networking website. I said hi to a 32 years old teacher. He looked really like a good guy.....red very short hair (due to receding hairline), a well-groomed full beard and mischievous icey-blue eyes.

We chit-chatted for a while and finally came to talk about the single network itself. He asked about my "quote". I asked back: "I am not sure how you define "quote"?". What the hell does he mean? Messages? Dates? Encounters? Relationships? I saw his answer popping up in green letters: "I am single for FIVE weeks now, WHO can stand that, I feel like getting crazy". Ouch, five weeks, that`s really really HARD. Yeah, time to go out and find a new "significant other". I am sure there are millions of them out there, available at any time we need them.

I started to tell him about my last date, an optician age 40. He was really nice and handsome, but way too clearly only interested in sex. After the second date he IMed me, that he wouldn`t say no, if I asked him for sex and if I knew the fetish bar in the town near. At that point I decided, that romance is dead. If I could only leave some red roses on its grave, so that I at least can`t forget that it ever existed!!!

The five-week-single listened to my dating story and responded: "I hadn`t said no to such an offer". I typed back: "Well, you are a MAN. Women are more emotional at that point, at least most of us". He threw in: "Yeah, women start to be difficult and cause problems. But why shouldn`t I do something I enjoy, if I find someone who is willing to do it. Spontaneous sex at the first date would be great!". I was kind of speechless....what is that man looking for? Free sex? Can`t he just go to a prostitute or get a Real Doll? Is it necessary to bother desperate single women, looking for The One, with his sexual needs?

He left me thinking....what are dating men really looking for? Is the overall meaning of the whole dating game just about finding a new sex partner to them? Is the only possibility to make sure, I am not getting involved with one of this species, to not sleep with them for quite a while? Are they just being nice, making compliments and spreading romance, because they know it leads to the Garden of Eden, free and ultra-available sex?

Personally I think, we should be grateful for every single man who jacks it off once a day in front of his computer. I would suggest free Kleenex for every "autoerotic" man, maybe with the slogan "Masturbating for Romance" on them, and an insurance, that covers damages, caused by ejaculate, that missed the Kleenex and landed on the keyboard.