It’s believed that humans originated about 200,000 years ago in the Middle Paleolithic period. According to Wikipedia, they began to experience “full behavioral modernity” about 50,000 years ago. Susan, in joining a new dating site, has apparently discovered a pool of Homo Sapiens Sapiens who managed to avoid the shift to full behavioral modernity. Fortunately, I’m here to translate.
White professional male, down to earth, intelligent, non smoker, caring, loves to see ladies in skin tight jeans and nice smile. About the one I’m looking for…same traits and qualities.
Translation: He wants a woman who likes to see other women in skin tight jeans.
*****
I like going to the movies , or watching movies in my room…
Translation: He still lives at home.
*****
I’m looking for a woman to hold and comfort me in need, stand by my side, respect me, passionate lover in every way, support me in every way, love me and only me, make me smile, protect me when needed, romantic time to time,constantly creative, and treat me right..I like a woman who is caring,sweet,Strong heart, caring,loving, compassionate, affectionate, honest, best of all you believe in God! and a good listener ..a woman who has a good sense of humor, …if she is not happy ,i’m not happy too.
Gosh, why wouldn’t a woman be happy comforting and holding her man? Oh, and respecting him and making him laugh and being sexually creative and being a good listener and protecting him when needed. Presumably, she can take a break from protective services, when not needed, and divert her attention to cooking.
In return for the laughs and protection, he wants to “talk things that i would love to do with my woman” …………..Get caught with my woman in the rain. Dance with her in the rain. Stargaze on a clear night. Watch the sunset together. Spend all day with her doing nothing. Moonlit walks on the beach. Be more proud of her than i already am at this very moment.Go on a carriage ride through the park. Do a crossword together. Go to brunch, Have a disagreement (it could/will only make us stronger).Go for a twilight horseback ride.Watch bad/good movie together.Spend the rest of my life with you.Have our picture taken together.Eat ice cream with her.Make love to you passionately.Go to a museum together.Talk to each other using only body language.Give you space when you need it,but not space to hurt each other.Accept you totally and completely for the rest of my life.
How is he already proud of someone he hasn’t met? And what if I’m getting along with him but he is looking to have an argument to make us stronger? I’m not sure which is the most appealing, having a disagreement or not giving space to hurt each other. Or is giving space to someone hurting them? And is that how I am supposed to be protecting him? I’m so confused, but it doesn’t matter. I’m in for the ice cream.
*****
i enjoy being romantic ,active spontaneous & comedic person , confident. i like surprises, music, dancing, sports, books, last minute plans, open mind, photography, museum, craziness, spontaneity, going out (but also staying in), sharing, simplicity, respect, flip flops (yes, the sandals)….
So, would this mean he is spontaneous? It doesn’t matter. I like a man who offers options, like going out or staying in.
*****
Have you ever seen it in a movie when a hot actor has to reveal his naked ass? That’s my job.
(We take a five-minute break here, while this blogger tries to remember where she stashed the vibrator). Is his job to take off the actor’s pants? Or does he take off his own? While he leaves his potential paramour to consider the options, he takes care to offer his, uh, intellectual side, as well:
On a typical Friday night I am: Trying to figure out the major and minor products when 1-bromo-2-propene reacts with potassium tert-butoxide. Either that or partying like a rock star.
Partying like a rock star aside, the question is, if several Friday nights have gone by and you still haven’t figured out the major and minor products when 1-bromo-2-propene reacts with potassium ter-butoxide, it might be time to set that quandary aside and do something that has a greater chance of success, like making a volcano with papier-mache, baking soda, and vinegar. Or just watching Honey Boo Boo. But the important thing is to give those brain cells a break.
*****
The most private thing I am willing to admit: I wear a special cologne. It’s called Sex Panther by Odeon. It’s illegal in nine countries…and it’s made with bits of real panther, so you know it’s good.
I want to know the nine countries in which this cologne is illegal and then relocate to one of them.
*****
I wear socks that match and I love my mom.
Personally, I don’t think you can do better than this, so I will end on this high note.
WSW
January 26, 2013
Somebody wants to marry Mommy. WHAT a catch.
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
I like where you are going with this, WSW.
Hot damn, Charlotte Ann!
January 26, 2013
Upon a closer reading, I think that the mad scientist is admitting that he is a switch-hitter:
1-bromo-2-propene reacts with potassium ter-butoxide
It seems kind like homo-code: a bro. ‘mo who is “pro-penis” but will react for some of her ass-buttocks-ide. Just sayin’.
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
Hilarious, Charlotte Ann. Methinks you have a career in online dating site profile translation.
Kim
January 26, 2013
Too funny! Thanks for the morning laugh!
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
You are welcome, Kim. Susan loves that her tragic attempts to find love provide others with comic relief.
Al
January 26, 2013
Just further evidence that the Apocalypse is upon us.
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
So true, Al. At this point, you could close your eyes, spin yourself around, and point in any direction.
mimijk
January 26, 2013
Perhaps we would have been better off if the Mayans were right – and/or the sequel to “Anchorman’ is released soon.
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
Funny, you know it wasn’t until after I wrote the post that I tracked that quote down. I emailed Susan immediately and said maybe she should give that guy a shot. She declined.
John
January 26, 2013
Women have all the luck.
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
How true, John. First, we have to stay at cave with the kids, while the guys are out hunting mammoth. Now this.
Nanette
January 26, 2013
Too funny! Not sure about all of it but at least the part about the Sex Panther cologne is taken directly from Anchorman, starring Will Farrell.
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
The day after I wrote this post, I decided to see if that cologne existed (I’ll fall for anything), and the quote from Anchorman came up. It then occured to me that maybe all of his profile was a spoof. I emailed Susan and said she might want to give him a chance. She declined. And not in a polite way.
lauriemirkin
January 26, 2013
Your blog contained most of the reasons I was single and celibate for 12 years. If I had ever placed an ad online or in the Personals, it would’ve sounded like this: Pudgy, 62 year old woman with thinning hair, some of her own teeth, more baggage than American Tourister, funny-looking feet, an appetite that just won’t quit and a really bad attitude sometimes, seeks a manly man with his own teeth and hair, someone who has his own money and won’t ask me to cook. For 12 years I’d come home from work on Friday night, put on a negligee, light some candles and curl up with a good book. Books are great…they don’t talk back, don’t need to be fed, walked or tended to, and can be more stimulating than a bad conversation with someone you met on a dating sight. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. 🙂
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
How about “Hot, smart, funny-as-hell 62-year-old-woman, who has just discovered that glorious white hair was sitting on her head all along, looking for a man who gives as well as he gets.” On the other hand, scratch that. The negligee/candles/book thing sounds like it worked mighty fine.
ryoko861
January 26, 2013
You’re hilarious! I just might have to venture onto one of these sites just for the sheer entertainment of it!
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
You’ll have to use Susan as a guide. I swear, I used to be on these sites, and I naver saw the profiles she gets.
on thehomefrontandbeyond
January 26, 2013
hmm
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I think I would become a nun and I am not even Catholic
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
Tragically laughing.
coyotero2112
January 26, 2013
What fun ! Owned a book once called “What Every Young Boy Ought to Know”…talk about evolution of thought. Hairy palms…blindness…business sense dulled by sex…ohhhh, so happy to be born a Baby Boomer.
Later…
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
Was that the companion copy to “You’re A Young Lady Now?” My 7th grade teacher wouldn’t let us read that. Here I am, at age 65, still wondering what womanhood is all about.
coyotero2112
January 26, 2013
Oh, yeah…that book was pubiished in 1896. Guess that’s important.
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
Too funny.
K.L.RichardsonKathy R.
January 26, 2013
Just when I was getting depressed over the lack of decent men/dates/profiles you took the very same ones that were “perfectly matched to” me and made me laugh at them…thanks and no wonder I love my cat.
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
Just remember, cats whine and have to be fed and watered all the time and spend most of their time napping. Oh wait, never mind.
Lynn Schneider
January 26, 2013
What a dandy fellow here! Maybe he can hook up with Mr. 1-bromo-2-propene.
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
They all have their unique attributes, don’t they.
Hippie Cahier
January 26, 2013
Mama always said never underestimate the romantic properties of panther bits.
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
Smart woman, Mama.
k8edid
January 26, 2013
Thanks for the translations. I know several people who met through personal ads – I myself would be too afraid (and tired) to sort through all the BS. I have often wondered how I would write a personal ad about myself and what I would look for in a partner, though – I think that might be kind of fun. You know – “tired, white-haired woman looking for independent male who can cook, clean, and entertain himself while I enjoy my grandchildren.”
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
And, seriously, it would be interesting if someone did that. I’ll bet you’d get a couple responses.
k8edid
January 27, 2013
Renee, did you receive my recent e-mail? It may be in your junk mail folder. One of the things I wanted to mention was that the link at the top of this page for “buy this book” takes you to “Invisible Diseases Association” or some other such stuff. Maybe the link needs to be fixed. Also, I had suggested one of my posts for your other blog. Sorry to post here, but wasn’t sure you got my e-mail.
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
Yikes, I know what happened. We let our website go and I forgot to eliminate the link. Thanks! And I want your post for my blog!!! Can you send it again? lifeintheboomerlane@gmail.com. Thanks!!!
k8edid
January 27, 2013
I re-sent the original e-mail…
BABYBOOMER johanna van zanten
January 26, 2013
Very funny, you made my day. Yes, I’ve been there and have decided there are no men in my age range or a few decades on either side that I would like to meet on the matching sites.
I just have to bump into one so I won’t be discouraged by their verbal or literary qualities.
Johanna
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
A lot of women feel that way, Johanna. On the other hand, I met Now Husband through Match, and I know lots of women who met their spouses/partners through online dating sites. It is possible.
Susan in TX
January 26, 2013
Too funny! The post and the comments. I’ve been married for 46 years, but feel like signing up just for the entertainment.
In my current WIP (a romance between 50-somethings), I have a secondary character who dates a variety of men. I’ve been wondering how she would/should meet the men she dates. This series, Sex and the Sixty, has opened up some great possibilities. I can just make up outrageous stuff, and it won’t be that far off!
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
You can make it up however you want to. And I do think the world needs more stories about love and relationship between boomers plus.
roughwighting
January 26, 2013
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Some of these ‘men’ sound pretty pathetic. Or pathetically pleasing. But not particularly pleasingly pretty. It’s a tough world out there for all women, no matter the age. I’m lucky I got a ‘good one’ many years ago.
Love your translations!
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
Thanks. These profiles make you want to grab your guy and plant a big, uh, smooch on him and hold on tight, right?
roughwighting
January 27, 2013
Exactly!!! :+)
notquiteold
January 26, 2013
Which bits of real panther?
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
Now that’s the important question, right?
Valentine Logar
January 27, 2013
This makes me grateful I am married. I am calling my husband immediately to tell him despite my bitchiness (all brought on by a head cold) I am eternally grateful I am married to him. Even on the bad days. I will also tell him I didn’t mean it when I said he ruined my views on marriage and were I ever single I would remain so forever.
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
I’m laughing. If you’d like, I can send you these items on a regular basis, so that you will stay eternally devoted to your husband.
Betty Londergan
January 27, 2013
If this isn’t enough to demand immediate, mandatory remedial writing and grammar lessons before anyone can post on Romance Websites, than I don’t know what it’s going to take. Luckily, you made me forget all that and laugh out loud with your lucid reactions but I have to say, I’m deeply intrigued by the chemist/rock star. He’s my soul mate.
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
I, personally, am looking for a hair stylist/folk singer.
Elyse
January 27, 2013
I’m glad I’m married. Having to be funny/clever/appealing to guys like this one would be hard to stomach!
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
Agreed.
chlost
January 27, 2013
Sevearl people in my family met through online dating sites. But most of them sifted through a a lot of garbage before finding their prize. My sister’s huband included a phrase to the effect of ” looking for Mary Potppins”. My sister, who loved Mary Poppins, but really is not at all like her, fell for him and they have been together for 11 years, married for one. I personally would never have answered his ad-but he is a great guy with a very dry sense of humor.
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
I love the Mary Poppins story. It’s far better than what most guys say they are looking for.
theattitudequeen
January 27, 2013
Maybe Mr Naked Ass needs to find out the major and minor products that ocur when 1-bromo-2-propene reacts with potassium ter-butoxide because he is trying to manufacture the drug he needs so he can party like a rock star (and sell some to fund his partying lifestyle)
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 27, 2013
That actually makes a lot of sense. I would Google what those chemicals are but easier to just eat ice cream.
oneaday34
January 28, 2013
almost choked on my coffee, too funny! If those were my prospects I’d happily stay single for the rest of my life or just turn to stronger sex 😉
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 30, 2013
I am in awe of Susan that she continueto stay positive (depending on the day) in spite of all this.
Sienna (@datingseniormen)
January 28, 2013
I once responded to a man I’ll call Dr. Shrink, whose specialty was “relationship issues.” He wanted to “develop a meaningful relationship with a woman, share travel, sunsets, and cuddling” (r u cringing yet?). I was curious to know how someone with such relationship naivete could be an effective therapist. Our limited number of emails (2) included this exchange:
DR. S: I sense that you have special, unique qualities that are important when it comes to developing an intimate relationship.
ME: Might it not be difficult at this very early date to determine what, if anything, about me is special and unique?
DR. S: You may have come from a family where approvals were not as common as criticisms, otherwise, your internal mechanisms would reflect the feeling that you are a fine and caring soul, accomplished, and with the ability to hold your own with anyone.
(This is Dr.Shrink revealing an inability to distinguish false modesty from self-loathing — and the reason why he thinks it’s cool to start a relationship with an affirmation-of-self lecture.)
I should have known. When a guy’s profile mentions “sharing sunsets,” you know it represents not devotion to the mysteries of twilight but to a conviction that a reference to a sunset, powerful metaphor that it is, will reel in the babes.
Same goes for a devotion to dancing, as in your juicy and hilarious examples, Renee.
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 30, 2013
Your comments are hilarious. I, on the other hand, choose to share my sunsets with no one. If I get there first, it’s all mine.
Sandra Parsons
January 30, 2013
I was completely in tears already trying to imagine exactly which parts of the panther he was smearing all over his body when the relocation suggestion took me over the edge. I may now need Dr. Shrink.
Life in the Boomer Lane
January 30, 2013
And, unfortunately, he will be waiting for you.
benzeknees
February 2, 2013
I think I dated at least 2 of these guys! Hahahahahaha