No. But it reminds me, most online dating injuries occur when people like you fall from their desperation onto their IQ.
Dear Sexorcist:
She’s in LA; I’m in Atlanta. We chatted online for six months. I really fell for her even though we’d never met. She’d say profound things to me like, “I love you” or that she writes poetry about me. She was supposed to fly into Atlanta and have me pick her up. I waited and waited but she didn’t arrive. I stayed at the airport for 3 hours before deciding to go to a friend’s house nearby to wait for her to call again. Somehow she went to voicemail, saying that I’d stood her up, so she went back to LA. Now she won’t return my emails, texts or calls. I’m crushed, and I just can’t rest until I know why she ended it. How bad is it to ask for closure from someone you’ve never met? I mean, if you’re talking every night for months doesn’t she owe you something?
— Crushed in Decatur
Dear Crushed:
Most online dating injuries occur when people like you fall from their desperation onto their IQ. For all you know, “she” was a 16 year old boy telling his friends, “watch this” whenever you got online. You want closure? The better question is, “how can I reverse my lobotomy?”
It may be too late for you but maybe I can warn off all the other pre-lobotomites. While I’m a big fan of online dating/hookups it’s got a few sinkholes that’ll swallow you whole if you don’t pay attention.
First, nobody’s real until you meet them. If you..