Photo/Finished!

In these times of no time at all, it is acceptable to seek a partner
through the Internet Dating Services. This avenue may have been frowned
upon years ago, but no today.

Fifty-two and divorced, I decided to put myself out there. I did not
post a photo of myself, not because I thought I'd get too much mail,
but because I didn't want to feel like a catalog item. I did not want
to be deleted, as I myself have deleted many unappealing faces. Am I a
shallow woman seeking a not so shallow man, or am I doing it for the
writing material? My attention getting heading on my profile was
"Writer Seeking Main Character".

Hoping my wit and charm would get me a bite I waited. I finally
received a reply from a man who described himself as "Age, 51-55, 6'
tall and long black hair". His profile told me he was a writer as well,
and sounded very interesting. He did not post a photo either, so I
decided to be adventurous and go for it anyway.

The day arrived when we were meeting at a local bookstore for coffee. I
told him I would be wearing red gloves so he could easily identify me.
As I waited in anticipation in the lobby of the Barnes &; Noble, a
popular meeting place for singles. A man approaches me, and says, "Hi,
I'm John". Well, you could have bowled me over with a feather. I peered
over this elderly fellow's shoulder thinking, "this must be John Sr.,
and John Jr. is following shortly behind him. This was not the
case.

This gentleman was at least sixty-six; he did not have one black hair
on his balding head. He may have been six- foot at one time, but he was
now a stooped 5' 8". He had totally mis-represented himself.

I was polite enough to have that cup of coffee, pretended I did not
notice his physical discrepancies and went home, vowing never to
Internet Date without the photo first.

No photo, finished!