“Dating Misadventures of a 40 something man…” immediately sounded like it would be a fun site to read. Dating misadventures of anyone’s other than my own usually keep me fairly entertained – sad, but true. I was definitely looking forward to reading and reviewing this weblog.
This site is hosted by bloglines.com. Not only are they offering a very popular RSS reader, but they’re also providing a site where people can start a weblog. Everyone’s out to grab a piece of the blogging world, it seems. The design of the site is sorely lacking. There are no graphics, no extra links, no information about the site or the author other than what’s available in the eight entries that have been made. The date on the first entry is November 15th – this site is just a few weeks old.
In short, this site is written by a man in his late 40s, who has decided to publicize his dating progress via this weblog. He’s divorced and through the typical disaster of a relationship, and is now focusing his sights on, in his words, going “after the most unaccessible [sic] women”. This is what we get to read.
I was somewhat entertained by the entries, but the entertainment value I was hoping for didn’t even come close to meeting my expectations. There’s an introductory paragraph, which is greatly appreciated. The posts that follow touch on different aspects of dating – mainly in the online world of matchmaking. The author of the site reviews some of the online dating sites available, and recounts his experiences in speed dating and Russian mail order bride scams.
What the author writes here is real. Anyone in the dating scene can attest to this. Reading an older (than me) male’s point of view on the dating scene is certainly eye opening. While this weblog doesn’t have the “it” factor that makes it stand out from other weblogs that mention dating in the real and online world, it does have some potential.
What would I need for this site in order to give it a higher rating? My first and more important answer is definitely more entries. While it may not be in the author’s best interest or his hope for the future, as a reader, I can only hope his dead end dating continues so that this weblog can continue to grow and entertain readers. After a few months, I can see this site really becoming an entertaining read – one like I’d expected.
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