Why Johnny can't...
Am I the only one old enough to (vaguely) remember the Reader's Digest scare-stories like, "Why Johnny Can't Read (Add, Multiply, Get a Job, Keep a Job...)? I've recently done a brief and unsystematic (and disheartening, and disillusioning) survey of some of the various internet mating sites (there must be a nicer term, but I can't be bothered to think about it).I can, however, say this about that:
If Johnny can't spell, Johnny ain't gonna get laid...at least not by me.
We'll save our discussion of the rule of English syntax for another post, shall we?
Labels: grammar maven, the horrors of dating
posted by Unknown @ 11:53 AM
5 Comments:
Sorry, wasn't in the country for the reader's digest things. Is it ok, though, that I laughed out loud at this?
Also? I think they are called dating sites. I hear match dot com one is very fundie, so maybe stay away from that?
It's eHarmony that's the fundie site. Run away!
Back in the bad old days, before my love, I spent some time on those sites, and they were, to say the least, disheartening. I even specified in my profile that if those viewing didn't know the difference between "your" and "you're" they shouldn't bother responding.
It didn't stop them though.
Oh, do I ever remember the Match days! One of these days I'll have to post my entire dating blog archives (which I deleted from the internet, but not from my laptop).
Ironically, if I'd seen my fiance's profile on a dating website, I wouldn't have responded. He didn't "fit" my criteria. Life is ironic that way. :)
But I hear you--if a guy doesn't know the difference between "its" and "it's"--I'm not interested.
We actually 2 different couples that met on perfect match, funny thing is they all teach at various levels of education and different subjects, but all had the same complaint on other sites - bad spelling and grammar.
One couple is getting married this August, the other still dating after 3 years now. Both women have children, neither of the men did.
I remember the Reader's Digest articles you speak of...it was one of the few periodicals we always received growing up.
You can't look another in the eyes, while staring at their profile.
Perspective alone has come to define my own marriage. A daily struggle for a better, less self-centered perspective--without the caveat that my spouse do the same, has tempered my own expectations and opened my heart to her and to God. Best of luck to you.
p.s. But I still correct her grammar. :)
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