Be Careful What You Wish For...

There comes a point in every blogger's life, when you encounter a situation so ridiculous that it leaves you absolutely speechless (after you've laughed hysterically at its absurdity for a good few minutes). This is one such time...A friend of mine sent me the following email from a distribution list that she's on:

tried every dating site out there only to meet men who still live with their mothers or have pet orangutans? well here's some news: there's a new dating site called wealthymen.com . (you heard us correctly.) it's a site where, you guessed it, all the men are (pause) wealthy.

what do you have to do, you ask? simple. sign up with wealthymen.com for free and enter a couple quick, easy details about yourself, upload a pic (not of pamela anderson please), and poof. you're done. you can search all the single successful men (who earn a minimum of $100k) in your area. (this is no joke.) they're all pre-screened, and have symbols next to them reflecting income and profession. (and pics are verified.)

we know. this sounds really funny. but so does the idea of a date with a stamp collector.

There are so many things wrong with this, that I don't even know where to begin... Ah well, I gotta start somewhere:

1. Why would anyone want someone to be with them because of what they have? Call it naivete, but I'd feel pretty crummy knowing someone is just after me for my money. But there's a flip side: a dude with questionable character could get unlimited cooch offa this thing, when you consider the ratio of "wealthy men" to the women who seek them. Which brings me to my next point:

2. If you're a self-proclaimed gold digger this site is...well, gold. LOL. But why would any regular, run-of-the-mill chick even go there? I mean, dude is probably already assuming you're a gold digger (and will probably treat you as such, refer to #1).

And even if he assumes that you're just a nice girl looking for a nice guy (which, by the way you can find on any one of the thousands of dating sites out there), I happen to believe that people who choose to distinguish themselves by their material possessions are usually trying to make up for other insecurities, and simply aren't worth the effort. I'd prefer a dude who took his chances in the general pool of Match.com or eHarmony. But that's just me.

And if those two reasons weren't bad enough, the site goes on to say:

Men: Tired of receiving few email/contacts due to so many guy members? At WM, you are the few and proud.

Trust me, there could be a billion guy members on any given dating site. If women find you attractive you'll get emails. Plain and simple. A dude who isn't getting any emails shouldn't really be blaming the numbers; he should be pointing his finger at his parents.

Then they say:

Women who sign up are given the benefit of browsing an online dating site
with men who are verified by our strict Wealthy Men Verification System.

First off, what the hell is a Wealthy Men Verification System? Do they come to your house and verify that you are indeed wealthy? Or do you have to fax them your bank statements? And secondly, tell that to the women who did a search in Jamaica and found these two wealthy 21 year olds who are making between $100K-$500K. Oh, by the way, are those figures in Jamaican dollars? Because the conversion rate is JA$70 to US$1, and that would mean your $100K dude is really making less than US$1500. LMAO.

I'm sure I could go on for days about the absurdity of this idea, but the site required me to join to see more, and some things I just can't bring myself to do, even in the name of research. LOL. But in the site's defense, all the information on the site isn't questionable; I did a search for wealthy single men in my hood (Bed Stuy) and came back with no results. Sounds about right to me. LMAO.

C'mon is it just me?

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