The Month of Yes
May 30th, 2006(safe for work version)
I’ll admit it, I’m a MySpace junkie. Have you visited my MySpace Profile? It’s so much fun to correspond with readers, leave comments, add friends, and see when everyone is online. But I’m going to let you in on a little secret. I have another profile. Like many sex bloggers, I’ve chosen to keep my real identity a secret. At least for now. Maybe I’ll “come out” one of these days, who knows? In the meantime, I have my personal MySpace account where I show my face and display my real name. Through this profile I’ve met many wonderful, exciting, interesting friends and playmates. I’ve also been approached by many – MANY – losers. You know the ones. These are the guys that say “u” and “r” instead of “you” and “are.” They’re the ones that type ALL IN CAPITAL LETTERS AND USE LOTS OF EXCLAMATION POINTS (!!!!!!) BUT NO OTHER PUNCTUATION SO THAT THEIR EMAIL TURNS INTO ONE LONG SENTENCE THAT NEVER SEEMS TO END. Usually I just delete these messages. Sometimes, when I’m feeling devious, I reply with some snotty remark and fuck with them a little.
Unlike many MySpace users, I have less than 30 people in my Friend List and I’ve been using MySpace for a year and a half. I’m very picky about the people I respond to. Of course, I throw out the losers. But even the nice ones have to do something to catch my eye. They need to be unique. They need to be interesting. They need to have something more to say than “Hello, how are you?” I limit my friend list to people I have met offline, or people I plan to eventually meet offline. Real friends. My motto : real life is lived offline.
But the other day I read a news story that got me thinking. A woman dated 150 people in one year. How did she do it? She went out with anyone who asked her. Why did she do it? I think you’d have to read her book to be sure, but it sounds like she was just lonely and tired of being single. Her story fascinated me. Can you imagine going out with everyone that asked you?
Now, I am neither lonely nor single, but something about her story piqued my interest. I started to wonder: What if I responded to everyone that messaged me on MySpace, and even went out with them? What kind of people would I meet? Would the “losers” still be losers in real life? Would the crass idiots be as bold in person? Would the boring nice ones have anything more to say once we’ve met? After discussing the possibilities with a few friends, I decided to find out.
I am now conducting a bit of a social experiment that I will call “The Month of Yes.” For an entire month I’m going to respond to everyone (in my area) that writes to me on my personal MySpace profile. And if they ask me out, I’ll go. Don’t get nervous, I plan to do this safely. Public places, friends on call (sometimes even by my side), and that sort of thing. I see this as an opportunity to make friends that I wouldn’t normally make. An opportunity to get into the heads of the people that don’t quite understand how to conduct themselves online. A chance to get the shy ones to come out of their shells a little.
And, you can bet, I’ll document it all right here for my devoted readers. Wish me luck!
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