Online dating dilemmas

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I got an email last night from a man who I sent a kiss to online. I only send kisses to men who fit a fairly narrow criteria:

- Over 5 foot 11
- Must tick athletic physique
- No kids
- Live within 25km of moi
- Personality - average to social or very social
- Aged between 32 and 39 (not sure if this is narrow enough)

Of course there are a couple of little extra not tick-able prerequisites. They must have their photo loaded and I must like it (shallow but true) and of course they must be able to form a sentence and I'll admit I'm a bit of a grammar & spelling Nazi. Which is rather funny as I'd never ask a bloke in a bar to drop me a line before considering a first date!

Mostly, if all of the above is OK, I am up for as little dialogue as possible followed shortly by a face to face. If it's not on, it's not on. Actually I mean if it's not "there" it's not on....ie chemistry is a must and no amount of written or spoken preamble will EVER guarantee chemistry.

So this man well and truly achieved all of the above. He sent me a fairly intelligent and witty email to which I replied with a short and sharp let's skip the bullshit and proceed to meeting (only I didn't really swear). Where do you live?

It turns out he lives in Pennant Hills. Which is apparently near Carlingford. Despite being a Sydney-sider through and through, neither of these suburbs are familiar to me. I'm sure, however that both are much further west than I have previously travelled. Actually having just looked it up on Google maps I am now positive.

Can I really reject a man simply because I don't like the sound of the suburb he lives in?

Actually I've just made my decision, usually the answer would be yes, rejection it is. However, in the interest of this blog I am going to meet him. My guess is, it wont be "there". What's yours?

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