Online-dating

This is an explanation of what this corner of the website is about, haha.

I... don't even know what this person's profile was about. I think... balloons... somehow? Or the Indian Ocean was mentioned? The Indian Ocean is awfully specific, so it probably involved that—yeah, we'll go with that.

I don't remember this person either, but I remember their profile mentioning Christmas lights. It must have been cuffing season because I was thinking how cool would it be to go see the amazing Christmas lights with this person in a wealthy pocket of Dallas, where all the houses compete to have the most incredible, hilariously over-the-top Christmas lights out of the whole neighborhood.

This person must have had something on their profile about liking coffee. I don't remember the particulars, but I penned this to them as a poem inspired by their profile.

I wrote this for an ex. I actually had known her from years prior. We were both polyamorous (I've since broken contact with her, and last I heard she wanted to be monogamous with an old flame of hers), and I had accidentally stumbled upon her online dating profile while browsing. I wrote this based on various details on her profile as a sort of gift.

I wasn't entirely sure whom I wrote this poem for until I saw the name (which I may or may not have changed), at which point I was like: "Oh wow! I'm still friends with this person!" Well, Internet-friends at least, which still sort of counts. I think she's truly a sweetheart.

I went through a phase where some of the poems I wrote were like the bred style poems (please, Google it if you're not sure what they are—they're hilarious). Anyway, I actually met this person for dinner later and we became good friends for a time. Never really dated, but it was nice.

Oh wow, okay—so there was this guy who messaged me on one of the dating sites a long while ago who had in his profile that he was married, and then later, same profile, "jk lol". I wrote this first poem (I actually wrote him two!) because I was feeling snarky.

So I wrote one poem that was a bit snarky, and I wanted to backtrack. The person whom I wrote the snarky poem also had on his profile that he likes coding and is an amateur pilot. He also must have mentioned that he spoke Portuguese. So uh... yeah. There's that.

To be honest, I have absolutely zero clue what about the person inspired this poem. It might not have had anything to do with online dating, but it's in my Google Drive in that doc, so I guess it was?? Anyway, here's an odd one. I am clearly a romantic /s

This poem may have been about someone spiritual or religious who was a student. I'm not sure—it was a long time ago, so I don't recall.

I don't remember who this was specifically, but I remember seeing an ethically non-monogamous woman (I think polyamorous) who was seeking a relationship. She mentioned she liked wine and the beach and traveling.

I don't really recall whom I wrote this for or what was on their profile at all. Reading back on it, I'm not the biggest fan of it, but I guess I had fun at the time.