Online dating is weird. It's like having a menu of people to choose from, then deciding that you're in the mood for something warm, wholesome and nice (the person equivalent of a slice of apple pie), ordering it, and then discovering that the apple pie isn't in the mood for you.
Or maybe the apple pie is in the mood for you, but it is still entangled with vanilla ice cream it used to go out with.
Or perhaps you order the apple pie and everything seems to be going well, but then you decide that really apple pie isn't for you, so you send it back and order the brownie.
It's an endless cycle of culinary and emotional disappointment, and it's worse than dating in the real world because having a menu of options so clearly laid out allows people to maintain a certain level of detachment. Don't like the dessert you ordered? Don't worry, there are thousands more out there waiting to hear from you.
One thing that makes all of this even harder is when you really can't decide what you want. I seem to go out with two types of desserts...the sweet, sensitive, artistic type who's not afraid to cry in front of you (think pint of Haagan-Daaz) or the more stereotypically masculine guy who subscribes to traditional gender roles but isn't so emotionally present (think plain old chocolate cake). I'd kinda like some combination of those....like an ice cream cake or something.
Is it too much to ask for a non-artist, sensitive enough (but not too sensitive), brilliant, funny guy who also watches baseball and knows how to fix things? That might be a tall order in NYC..
