AM Update: Wow 1 day later....

It's a position of power, and one I don't generally hold in most aspects of my life.

You know the old saying “power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely”? That’s an apt description of online dating. Online dating does something to women. Something that greatly diminishes their empathy and other positive aspects of their personality. It shows. That’s why I left online dating.

Maybe I’m just melodramatic, but I’ve come to realize that the “character” of the women I meet in real life is much more appealing and enchanting than the character of the women I’ve met online (with one exception). Perhaps it’s not your fault? Perhaps the men online are complicit? Maybe. I suppose some men just want to fuck. I guess some men just want to meet a woman, pump her and then dump her. I get the distinct impression that those men take full advantage of online dating. So I guess online dating does something to men too.

Whatever. You do you sister. Enjoy your power. Have your fun, because in the end, time makes fools of us all.

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