Estelle might be better off signing up for Silver Sneakers instead. It comes with a lot of Medicare supplement programs, and you might meet a nice fellow while getting fit at the gym. However, it seems as if we’re embarking on a “dangers of online dating” storyline. I wonder if KM has been listening to the “Dirty John” podcast.
I guess it's too much to expect from KM that this could be a "You Got Mail" type of situation? Estelle meets someone online and corresponds with him and it turns out to be Saul?
I did the online dating thing before I remarried. I met a lot of doozies and a lot of scammers. (No, I was never taken in. I'm a fraud investigator by trade. I can spot a scammer a mile away.) I don't think Estelle will be that smart. She will meet a "nice" man who will ask her to send him money so he can come from another land to meet her. That money will be going to a PO box in Nigeria. As Thomas Tusser said "A fool and his money are soon parted". I know Estelle is a fool because she let Mary pawnthat cat on her.
BTW, I did meet my husband online, but not through a dating site. I myself did a blog and my husband to be subscribed to it. We talked online for three years and then we finally met. We realized we were both screwy and meant for each other. We will be celebrating our tenth anniversary in October. I don't think Estelle will be that lucky.
As someone who lost his wife just a little over a year ago I have a sense of foreboding that this new storyline will be a remarkable combination of trite, ridiculously stupid, oblivious to reality and profoundly offensive. I look forward to it.
I agree Tim. Why is KM so tone deaf and why does she think that every woman (with the exception of Mary) needs a man in their life? (I lived for 12 years without one and I learned how to do everything on my own, which was a plus.) If I, God forbid lost my husband, the last thing I would be doing is 1) getting a sketchy looking cat that my neighbor couldn't bother dealing with or 2) go on a dating website because I miss having a man around the house.
There are days when I want to shake some sense into KM.
Years ago a friend told me if she lost her husband she wouldn't remarry. She would hire a full-time assistant. I was kind of shocked at the time but now I totally get it.
Let’s see. We have Ian 2.0, after joining Weight Watchers; Wilbur 2.0, sans glasses and combover; an older version of Drew Carey; and my favorite, in the lower left corner, Scary Serial Killer. That’s the one, Estelle.
By the way, how do you swipe right or left when they’re all on the same page?
Yep, I hope she chooses the weirdo in the bottom left. He looks like he might have some character. I just hope she doesn't go for skinny Ian or the Wilbur-looking guy.
Dang, you all beat me to the Wilbur reference. I'm just glad my cube mate is off today or he would have been calling my boss saying I was cracking up because he hears me laughing in my cube.
I like the one on the left, the Charles Manson/Tex Watson wannabe. I hope she picks him and he makes her join his cult. But she'll probably pick Wilbur 2.0 or Drew Carey. I would love to see the face of the guy Wilbur 2.0 is covering.
This whole group reminds me of the game Mystery Date. You would open a door and either get four dreamy guys or a dud. (My brother had to play that game with me because my sister wasn't old enough to play. We're six years apart in age. I think my brother was into it more than I was, but that's another story.) But unlike Mystery Date, all five of the guys we can see are duds. Maybe the one we can't see looks like Patrick Dempsey.
When I did computer dating, they usually had each picture in a list view with their story next to them, never with the pictures all over each other with no description whatsoever. I see that we can add internet dating to the many things KM knows nothing about.
I vote for the guy on the lower left: Greer Grimsley, operatic bass-baritone! Yes, I know baritones always play villains, but they're the sexy ones. http://greergrimsley.com/?q=node/20
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Today's Boldface Haiku is titled
"Great!".
New! Silverdaters!
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Year. Miss man.
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Estelle might be better off signing up for Silver Sneakers instead. It comes with a lot of Medicare supplement programs, and you might meet a nice fellow while getting fit at the gym. However, it seems as if we’re embarking on a “dangers of online dating” storyline. I wonder if KM has been listening to the “Dirty John” podcast.
I guess it's too much to expect from KM that this could be a "You Got Mail" type of situation? Estelle meets someone online and corresponds with him and it turns out to be Saul?
I hope Estelle enjoys catfishing . . .
Estelle: "I miss having a man around."
Mary: "Good Lord, why?"
I guess we all know where this is going. Mr. Too Good To Be True shows up in Estelle's life and -- guess what? -- he's too good to be true.
-- Scottie McW.
I’m hoping the man Estelle finds is Dr. Jeff. He’s been on Silverdaters for years, which explains why he’s so blasé about Mary’s regular demurring about upgrading their relationship. Unfortunately for Estelle, Silverdaters does not have questions about cat ownership and allergies to cats.
I did the online dating thing before I remarried. I met a lot of doozies and a lot of scammers. (No, I was never taken in. I'm a fraud investigator by trade. I can spot a scammer a mile away.) I don't think Estelle will be that smart. She will meet a "nice" man who will ask her to send him money so he can come from another land to meet her. That money will be going to a PO box in Nigeria. As Thomas Tusser said "A fool and his money are soon parted". I know Estelle is a fool because she let Mary pawnthat cat on her.
BTW, I did meet my husband online, but not through a dating site. I myself did a blog and my husband to be subscribed to it. We talked online for three years and then we finally met. We realized we were both screwy and meant for each other. We will be celebrating our tenth anniversary in October. I don't think Estelle will be that lucky.
No, Estelle, you don't "miss" having a man around. This is the Worthiverse and that means you NEED a man.
Ted Miller returns! Cat scratches instead of muffin hats!
As someone who lost his wife just a little over a year ago I have a sense of foreboding that this new storyline will be a remarkable combination of trite, ridiculously stupid, oblivious to reality and profoundly offensive. I look forward to it.
I agree Tim. Why is KM so tone deaf and why does she think that every woman (with the exception of Mary) needs a man in their life? (I lived for 12 years without one and I learned how to do everything on my own, which was a plus.) If I, God forbid lost my husband, the last thing I would be doing is 1) getting a sketchy looking cat that my neighbor couldn't bother dealing with or 2) go on a dating website because I miss having a man around the house.
There are days when I want to shake some sense into KM.
Years ago a friend told me if she lost her husband she wouldn't remarry. She would hire a full-time assistant. I was kind of shocked at the time but now I totally get it.
Suggestion for the Charterstone Jukebox “We Don’t Need the Men” by Malvinas Reynolds.
@Regina: Shake SOME sense? How about any sense at all!
I love Libby! She is so cute!
"...maybe even me." Oh Brother!
And that is some website there, all the happy men of all ages at her disposal! What search criteria did she use to get these winners?
Wednesday
Is an “array of men” analogous to “binders of women”?
The guy in the upper left corner looks like Chinbeard in his younger, slimmer days. And where is a photo of Wilbur Weston?
Let’s see. We have Ian 2.0, after joining Weight Watchers; Wilbur 2.0, sans glasses and combover; an older version of Drew Carey; and my favorite, in the lower left corner, Scary Serial Killer. That’s the one, Estelle.
By the way, how do you swipe right or left when they’re all on the same page?
Oh pleeeease choose the long-hair with the cheesy Van Dyke. This guy is awesome.
We don't need another Chinbeard. God, who thinks those are attractive? The last guy to look good in one was Abraham Lincoln.
-- S. McW.
My daughter texted: "Looking forward to some serious catfishing!"
Instead of Silver Daters, she must have typed in Pyrite Daters
Yep, I hope she chooses the weirdo in the bottom left. He looks like he might have some character. I just hope she doesn't go for skinny Ian or the Wilbur-looking guy.
Dang, you all beat me to the Wilbur reference. I'm just glad my cube mate is off today or he would have been calling my boss saying I was cracking up because he hears me laughing in my cube.
I like the one on the left, the Charles Manson/Tex Watson wannabe. I hope she picks him and he makes her join his cult. But she'll probably pick Wilbur 2.0 or Drew Carey. I would love to see the face of the guy Wilbur 2.0 is covering.
This whole group reminds me of the game Mystery Date. You would open a door and either get four dreamy guys or a dud. (My brother had to play that game with me because my sister wasn't old enough to play. We're six years apart in age. I think my brother was into it more than I was, but that's another story.) But unlike Mystery Date, all five of the guys we can see are duds. Maybe the one we can't see looks like Patrick Dempsey.
When I did computer dating, they usually had each picture in a list view with their story next to them, never with the pictures all over each other with no description whatsoever. I see that we can add internet dating to the many things KM knows nothing about.
Also, I see Libby is perusing this motley group as well. She's giving paws up to Charles Manson, Jr.
I vote for the guy on the lower left: Greer Grimsley, operatic bass-baritone! Yes, I know baritones always play villains, but they're the sexy ones. http://greergrimsley.com/?q=node/20
I'm with Chester the Dog - what's up with Estelle's "maybe even me" comment?
Actually thought the guy on the lower left was the killer on the original Twin Peaks.
Something tells me that the guy on the lower right (wearing shades) laughs like Woody Woodpecker. Hahaha HAha
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