The thing about the eHarmony free weekends, unlike the Chemistry free weekend (which was the week before) is that if you don't pay you can't see the guys pictures. Which, in a way is a good thing. I base my interest on what they write, not how they look. And, it was during that weekend that I get "mark from Dallas is interested in you!"
Yes, mark (with a small m) was interested in me. 43, 5'11", international sales director, the most influential person in his life is exactly like me - his child. Six things he can't live without are "diversity and culture, choice, gotta have good music, yoga, child/family". Ok, so he's a little hippie, huh? A hippie with an apparently great career who still has his priorities in order. Another plus on his side - when asked about what additional information he wants known, he said, " I am high energy, active curious, i say 'yes' 95% of the time and the other 5% i say, 'sure why not'... i've a successful career and am looking for another curious genuine soul." I like that! Most guys I've come across think that adventure is going to a restaurant and having their steak cooked rare.
So, we do "the dance"...answering questions back and forth. His answer to what are you looking for in a relationship partner? is "connection communication calibrated expectations open mindeness real people... dig? sense of adventure spirituality curiosity." Wow - calibrated expectations? I don't know what the heck that means, but it sounds good. Still, I have no idea what he looks like. And he's still writing in lower case letters. Reminds me of my college boyfriend, David, who always writes in lower case letters. Personality wise, he kinda reminds me of him, too (David was born in Guatemala to missionary parents and grew up in Central and South America before moving back to Abilene when he was a teenager. Today he's a Spanish translator.)
So, we get to the email part. But, the free weekend ends! Darn! Argh. What to do? I like what I know of the guy, but do I really want to pay to just see where this thing goes? I decide, "sure, why not."
I sign up, and finally I get to see mark's photo.
I think I stopped breathing for a minute when I saw it. He looks remarkably like...David. Or, more appropos, david. Bald head, beard. Apparently speaks Spanish (he's going on a trip starting the 7th to Mexico and Brazil for 2 weeks).
It's so strange I copy and paste his profile, including his pictures, and send it to David with the subject matter of "remind you of anyone?"
He replies:
i dunno, let's see... 43, 5'11', bald white dude w a beard, friendly, open,
social, likes kids & beer... i dunno- nobody really comes to mind! :)~
Well, he said it. Both 43, both 5'11, both bald white dudes (with blue eyes) and beards. Both speak foreign languages fluently. Both write without ever appparently noticing the Shift key. Frankly, it's a little disconcerting. It's the bizzaro david. No, it's the new and improved david...david 2.0. I say "new and improved" not as a dis to the original david, but he's happily married to Becky and they've just adopted Jack. We've become great friends since we dated in college. But, this is a newer version. With a lot of the same great features as on the original david. But now there's anti-lock brakes and a sun roof.
mark/david 2.0 and I are going to meet when he's back from his trip at the end of March.
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