A blog about dating! Sounds great. This is the kind of thing I like to read (and write) so I was eager to dive in. First, this is the only blog I’ve ever read that lives in the “bloglines” template. It has absolutely no frills, but that’s fine. A good blog is all about content and the bloglines layout is simplicity itself. It is easy to read and easy to navigate. There are no features to speak of–no links outside of the ones that are built in, no “about me” section, though the first entry gives the basic intent of the blog.
Speaking of the first entry, it is dated November 15, 2005. This is a baby blog. I read the entire thing in twelve minutes, but I’m a fast reader. The writer, as he tells us in the first post, is “a 48 year old man about to re-enter the world of dating after a nineteen year marriage, and a disasterous [sic] two year rebound relationship.” I’m able to sympathize with him until I read, “…this time I have set my sights high, and I am resolved to go after the most unaccessible [sic] women. I have decided at this stage in life, the chase is often more interesting than the catch.” I don’t like him as much after I read this. Is he just dating for dating’s sake? Looking to get laid or what? How much is he actually going to tell us about his chase? As it turns out, not much, at least not so far.
The rest of the entries give his take on a few of the more popular on-line dating services, a near-miss with a Russian bride scam, his experiences at a speed dating event and an ill-advised comparison of baseball and dating. I was bored. I feel like I’ve read all this before and there were no new insights. I don’t get a sense of who the writer is. Most dating blogs are written by younger people and women (myself included) and the potentially different perspective offered by a dating blog written by a 48-year-old man would be most welcome. Yet, it reads much like the dating blogs written by younger men–he’s looking for the same women (hotties) as the younger guys, though he is willing to date women his age and older. Yet, all the older women do is complain that men their own age only want to date younger women. Really? Maybe. He is one of these men!
I read a lot of dating blogs and this one does not stand out. However, it is very new and there is room for improvement. A more personal voice and more details about the writer’s feelings about his experiences might make it an interesting read.NULL