DNW: Ignorance

Like most little girls, I'd dreamed of my prince charming. It's not unusual for a young girl's idea of prince charming to be based on someone from a Disney movie perhaps (I still remember a boy I'd known growing up who was in love with Belle from Beauty and the Beast). But never, ever have I heard someone declare that the love of their life, their perfect man, was Cartman from South Park.

I have put myself out there in the online dating world. Haven't been successful yet, but not for lack of trying. It isn't always easy for me to meet new people outside of my work environment. So when I go looking at the site I'm on, I'm hoping to find just a little something of that prince charming from my childhood. I started talking to someone who immediately told me that he was just like that annoying character from the show that makes me want to pluck out my own ears. That's right, he said he was just like Cartman. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the Cartmans of the world have their place, but it's certainly not in my life.

At first, I thought he was kidding. But I soon learned that as comical as his declarations of his favorite things to do, the fact that he had a fetish, and his opinions on the world were (which all came, mind you in about a ten minute period of time), he was dead serious. And if there is one thing I cannot stand, it's extreme ignorance. And adding extra letters to text messages and ims. Seriously, it's not cool. We're not teenagers anymore. You're several years older than me and you own a business (so you say). Please, for the love of God and my sanity, spell as best you can.

I'm not perfect but there are what some would call "dealbreakers". To me and most of the people I know, those are the things that keep one from being desperate or compromising their standards to not be alone. For me, dealbreakers are very simple and one of them is ignorance. Don't ask why I have fish if I just explained to you thirty seconds ago that they were a gift and that I love them.

People like this individual are one of the reasons that people think online dating is ridiculous or foolish. But this is why I talk to them before I meet up with them. I'm not sure I would have been able to keep a straight face or not just walk out if I met someone like that in person. One day, there might be someone more like the prince charming I dreamed of when I was a girl. He's just going through a very careful screening process.