You know you’ve been online dating for too long when…
1) You see/meet people in real life who you “know” from the online dating world
1a) When you see/meet these people in real life, you don’t know their real name, but you DO know their match name.
2) You have learned which match guys are friends with each other because you recognize them in each other’s profile pictures.
2a) You also see people you actually know in someone’s match pictures. Come on people! Protect yourselves! Crop your pictures and don’t include your name on your profile! (This one follows closely with 5, 5a, and 5b)
3) You think about things in real life and immediately associate it with a profile you’ve seen. For example: Recently, I was looking into things to do on my next road trip vacation. I came across something about white water rafting and thought, “Oh, (insert match name here) would love to come here and do this!”
4) You start to sift through profiles (of guys and girls) to see who you know who’s online dating.
4a) You find that the almost-promising, slightly older guy is actually your high school guidance counselor.
5) You make the connection between people you see dating online and a trail of mutual facebook friends.
5a) You then begin to believe you’d make a pretty darn good investigator with all this scoop you can find out from a couple profiles and pictures! Oh, yes, I’m lookin’ at you, Tom, who teaches at a local high school, is from upstate New York, loves football, but coaches track.
5b) After that, you start to think you have gone crazy and should perhaps close your computer and put to rest the madness of online dating.
6) You search profiles not for a soul mate, but for hobby ideas, activities, and places to visit. These guys have got some good interests!
6a) I may not have found love, but I’ve read new books, listened to new musicians, been to new bars, and discovered new places to travel.
