You’ve got to catch them straight off the bus … before the pimps get to them!
A friend of ours is having a BBQ this weekend for his birthday. So I thought I’d do a little social experiment and see if I could find a date on Craigslist! Last night I posted a simple little ad explaining the situation and a picture of me in my cowboy hat. Honestly I didn’t think anyone would respond.
Boy was I wrong. By 11:00 this evening I had a total of 82 emails from women all over LA and they’re still rolling in. A few of them just sent a one line response and a picture but most wrote thoughtful emails. I’m totally blown away with the amount of well-educated, articulate, single women out here. But even more surprising is how many of them are looking for love on craigslist!
I suppose it’s the nature of the beast so to speak. We’re forced to take steps that we usually would never consider in the name of finding a date. For one thing, Los Angeles is huge, at a little over 461 square miles it’s no wonder we can’t find each other at our local bar. But instead prowl the cyber streets looking for that special someone, or at least someone special enough for one night.
I’ll admit it. I’ve posted on CL before and I’ve even responded to a few ads. To be honest, I ended up dating two women I met on there for a couple months. Not at the same time of course. CL has a really bad rep. If you watch The People’s Court there’s always some poor bastard who found a room mate on there and then surprise surprise, the stranger they let in their house was crazy. But I’m not talking about roomies here, I talking about dates.
As far as I can tell, CL can be like Hollywood Blvd. Full of hookers and pimps but if you’re careful enough, you might find a nice girl that just got off the bus from Ohio and she hasn’t been turned out yet. So laugh if you will and I’m sure some of you already are. But craigslist just might come through for me yet …. Oh I have more mail! Gotta go.
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How come you didn’t tell me about the party? I think it would be fun.
Replace CL with Myspace, and Ohio with Pittsburgh and you have Amber and I. I got the goods right off the plane, she isn’t hard and jaded…yet.
P.S. – remember the babysitter that got shot a few months back while responding to a CL ad? Just sayin’, stay strapped.
“As far as I can tell, CL can be like Hollywood Blvd. Full of hookers and pimps but if you’re careful enough, you might find a nice girl that just got off the bus from Ohio and she hasn’t been turned out yet.”
This made me laugh so hard I might have woken my roommate – WHO coincidentally, I found on Craigslist.
😉
P.S.
“C” has no self-esteem.
:-/
For the record: I think you should bring C to the bbq. Really. Totally serious.
Seriously, just go stag. Done and done.
I hear that! Dude after the trouble I just went through with a particular psychotic blond, I’m thinking I’m flying solo.
Please bring C. Imagine the entertainment value!