1) No one likes your dog except for you. Sorry.
2) Smart cars are overtaking Atlanta.
3) I am jobless.
4) Haunted. It's how you can feel about past relationships.
5) Speaking of relationships...Who comes up with the list of turn ons and turn offs on Match.com ? They are ridiculous.
When completing his or her profile, a member must denote on the expansive list below whether an item is a turn on, a turn off, or, of course, if he or she has no opinion on the matter:
- Body piercings
- Boldness / Assertiveness
- Brainiacs
- Candlelight
- Dancing
- Erotica
- Flirting
- Long hair
- Money
- Power
- Public displays of affection
- Sarcasm
- Skinny dipping
- Tattoos
- Thrills
- Thunderstorms
Personally I find brainiacs, long hair, tattoos, body piercings, sarcasm and thrills to be turn-ons.
While skinny dipping, dancing, money, and power are definite turn offs, I simply have no opinion on candelight, thunderstorms, flirting or public displays of affection.Or boldness/assertiveness. Or "erotica"...
Please. What a weird list. Who can properly assess such a questionaire? My personal favorite has to be thrills. What the hell does that mean? Also, I'm quite sure I haven't heard the term "brainiac" since the early 90s, if ever. And I quite like that it's plural. As if a pack of them is coming to get you. Which, if it turns you on, could be a good thing...or a bad thing...or you could have no opinion on the matter.
Also, money and power...who is going to put either one of these under turn-offs? Maybe a serial killer. Why put such obvious items on the list. Everyone likes money and power so we probably shouldn't have these on the list.
And erotica? While a lovely euphemism for porn, why is this included? Gross. Even if you are a 60-year-old man looking for love, please, please, refrain from putting erotica as one of your turn ons. No one needs that image.
Also, you have to love the boldness slash assertiveness. That really helps.
No. I'm not on Match.com . In case you were wondering. It's for my poor, sweet, widowed mother. I just feel sorry she's having to deal with such a list. On top of 65-year-old men who honestly think they can get away with letting the whole world know they are into skinny-dipping and erotica.
At least we have thrills.
