My latest news...and my last-ditch-effort online personal ad
Posted: June 18th, 2008, 11:44 pm
Hello everyone...long time no see. I was actually planning on posting a new topic message this week, even before reading about Winston's dilemma with Dianne.
My insurance call-center job turned out to be too much for me...as I burned out completely in late May after 9 months of being on the telephone with customers for 40 hours per week. The earliest stages of the burnout began in mid-February: slowly at first and barely noticeable, but with an accelerating deterioration. I'd like to return to repairing devices (such as computers, copiers, etc.) around my city if possible, or at least before I expatriate in the coming two years, probably to China. And luckily, I currently reside in my own apartment and have ample savings in the form of gold bullion (been investing in it since 2003, and it's not kept at my apartment, mind you), so life is still good.
At the beginning of this week, I decided to beef up my online personal ads (I have one on Yahoo, and another on Match.com). I'm actually doing this "improvement" of my ad as a last-ditch effort to find a girlfriend here.
I dramatically lengthened the narrative (to the maximum length allowed), and added a new 5th photo. Basically, I wanted to highlight the details about how I'm very different from most men, in the long-shot hope that this profile might spark the interest of a tiny minority of local women who encounter it. I've also sent a "wink" to 14 different women on those websites who seem to be somewhat compatible. As of the moment of this post, the update has only been running for two days, with less than one day since browsing and sending out all those "winks." I haven't had any luck yet, but am not optimistic, either.
You can view my Yahoo ad by clicking here. Many of you men will probably scoff at it, since I'm very, very different from most of you, but that won't bother me.
For those of you who joined this forum in the last 2 1/2 months and don't know me, here's a few previous posts of mine (click to view)...
My "Member Introduction" Post
"In Defense of Individualism and Feminism"
"Why a Male Feminist Like Me Can't Find an American Girlfriend"
I look forward to frequenting this board quite often during these coming weeks, and then off & on throughout the future!
My insurance call-center job turned out to be too much for me...as I burned out completely in late May after 9 months of being on the telephone with customers for 40 hours per week. The earliest stages of the burnout began in mid-February: slowly at first and barely noticeable, but with an accelerating deterioration. I'd like to return to repairing devices (such as computers, copiers, etc.) around my city if possible, or at least before I expatriate in the coming two years, probably to China. And luckily, I currently reside in my own apartment and have ample savings in the form of gold bullion (been investing in it since 2003, and it's not kept at my apartment, mind you), so life is still good.
At the beginning of this week, I decided to beef up my online personal ads (I have one on Yahoo, and another on Match.com). I'm actually doing this "improvement" of my ad as a last-ditch effort to find a girlfriend here.
I dramatically lengthened the narrative (to the maximum length allowed), and added a new 5th photo. Basically, I wanted to highlight the details about how I'm very different from most men, in the long-shot hope that this profile might spark the interest of a tiny minority of local women who encounter it. I've also sent a "wink" to 14 different women on those websites who seem to be somewhat compatible. As of the moment of this post, the update has only been running for two days, with less than one day since browsing and sending out all those "winks." I haven't had any luck yet, but am not optimistic, either.
You can view my Yahoo ad by clicking here. Many of you men will probably scoff at it, since I'm very, very different from most of you, but that won't bother me.
For those of you who joined this forum in the last 2 1/2 months and don't know me, here's a few previous posts of mine (click to view)...
My "Member Introduction" Post
"In Defense of Individualism and Feminism"
"Why a Male Feminist Like Me Can't Find an American Girlfriend"
I look forward to frequenting this board quite often during these coming weeks, and then off & on throughout the future!