Comments for Her Heroical Scandals http://oseland.com Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on No Road Home by Ashley Bee http://oseland.com/no-road-home/#comment-27566 Ashley Bee Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:07:04 +0000 http://oseland.com/?p=1267#comment-27566 You know, it's funny: I found your website when I was looking up things to do in St. Louis because I'd just moved from Texas. I love this post. It is so true. Try telling AT&T or some other cell phone company (or any company that verifies your address before accepting it) that your address is FM 1797.. "Uhhh, what's FM?" "Farm to Market road." "Huh?" "Try FR 1797, that's Farm Road.." "..... None of these things are being accepted in the system.. Let me get an override.." So much fun. It's definitely a different experience than living in other states. I miss Texas, but I don't necessarily miss the driving/weird street address part. <3 Hope you enjoy the rest of your stay there... other than the lovely driving part. You know, it’s funny: I found your website when I was looking up things to do in St. Louis because I’d just moved from Texas. I love this post. It is so true. Try telling AT&T or some other cell phone company (or any company that verifies your address before accepting it) that your address is FM 1797..

“Uhhh, what’s FM?”
“Farm to Market road.”
“Huh?”
“Try FR 1797, that’s Farm Road..”
“….. None of these things are being accepted in the system.. Let me get an override..”

So much fun. It’s definitely a different experience than living in other states. I miss Texas, but I don’t necessarily miss the driving/weird street address part. <3 Hope you enjoy the rest of your stay there… other than the lovely driving part.

]]> Comment on Judge me by the friends I keep. They’re awesome. by AnneW http://oseland.com/judge-me-by-the-friends-i-keep-they%e2%80%99re-awesome/#comment-27540 AnneW Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:48:39 +0000 http://oseland.com/?p=1212#comment-27540 I love you too. :) I love you too. :)

]]> Comment on First Contact: Apples and Honey Edition by Krista http://oseland.com/first-contact-apples-and-honey-edition/#comment-27524 Krista Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:10:42 +0000 http://oseland.com/?p=1190#comment-27524 What?! Not one "I'll make you call god's name?!" I'm disappointed. What?! Not one “I’ll make you call god’s name?!” I’m disappointed.

]]> Comment on First Contact: Apples and Honey Edition by AnneW http://oseland.com/first-contact-apples-and-honey-edition/#comment-27521 AnneW Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:35:45 +0000 http://oseland.com/?p=1190#comment-27521 Ew. Just ew. Ew. Just ew.

]]> Comment on 22 First Dates: Officer Creepy by Cathy http://oseland.com/22-first-dates-officer-creepy/#comment-27470 Cathy Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:02:55 +0000 http://oseland.com/2011/07/19/#comment-27470 This is TERRIFYING. I think I would have faked diarrhea and left. This is TERRIFYING. I think I would have faked diarrhea and left.

]]> Comment on 22 First Dates: Officer Creepy by Lizabeth http://oseland.com/22-first-dates-officer-creepy/#comment-27463 Lizabeth Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:48:14 +0000 http://oseland.com/2011/07/19/#comment-27463 Oh, I cannot thank you enough for posting this one. I just signed a lease on an apt in the Highlands AND I have a profile on OKCupid. You may have saved me as I might have swilled a martini or two and then been in up to my neck with this crazy sucker. Oh, I cannot thank you enough for posting this one. I just signed a lease on an apt in the Highlands AND I have a profile on OKCupid. You may have saved me as I might have swilled a martini or two and then been in up to my neck with this crazy sucker.

]]> Comment on First Contact: Poly by Chris-Rachael Oseland http://oseland.com/first-contact-poly/#comment-27434 Chris-Rachael Oseland Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:57:22 +0000 http://oseland.com/2011/07/11/#comment-27434 Star, I think the real secret behind *all* of my First Contact posts is that people always believe they're the exception. They see one thing on your profile they like (say, science fiction fan or boardgames, in my case) and decide to ignore everything they don't like (liberal, Jewish, not poly). The thing they like is your one immutable quality while the things they don't are all flexible minor issues they believe they can change. I think it's a symptom of the overall flaws in online dating. People send out dozens of messages to people they think are perfect for them and never hear back. Then they start emailing the B list. If they don't hear back from any of them, they keep straying further and further from people they're compatible with in the hopes that someone will finally reply, and when they do, that person is temporarily their one and only. This has led to guys assuming that since I agreed to meet them for coffee, I'm now their girlfriend, even though we don't have anything in common. Star, I think the real secret behind *all* of my First Contact posts is that people always believe they’re the exception. They see one thing on your profile they like (say, science fiction fan or boardgames, in my case) and decide to ignore everything they don’t like (liberal, Jewish, not poly). The thing they like is your one immutable quality while the things they don’t are all flexible minor issues they believe they can change.

I think it’s a symptom of the overall flaws in online dating. People send out dozens of messages to people they think are perfect for them and never hear back. Then they start emailing the B list. If they don’t hear back from any of them, they keep straying further and further from people they’re compatible with in the hopes that someone will finally reply, and when they do, that person is temporarily their one and only. This has led to guys assuming that since I agreed to meet them for coffee, I’m now their girlfriend, even though we don’t have anything in common.

]]> Comment on First Contact: Poly by Star Straf http://oseland.com/first-contact-poly/#comment-27433 Star Straf Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:32:59 +0000 http://oseland.com/2011/07/11/#comment-27433 and I on the otherhand have a if you want to reply to me please define poly on my profile and get email from folks that want to be my one and only - sorry but my partner of 16 years would have a problem with that. and I on the otherhand have a if you want to reply to me please define poly on my profile and get email from folks that want to be my one and only – sorry but my partner of 16 years would have a problem with that.

]]> Comment on First Contact: Poly by chrisrachael http://oseland.com/first-contact-poly/#comment-27432 chrisrachael Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:59:44 +0000 http://oseland.com/2011/07/11/#comment-27432 Tina, I've had the same thing happen to me. Guys never believe "no married men" applies to them. Laura, in Louisville, I had a lot of Christian guys want to convert me as soon as they saw I was Jewish. In St. Louis, a lot of poly guys think that means I'm their next conquest because I define myself as a geek. Tina, I’ve had the same thing happen to me. Guys never believe “no married men” applies to them.

Laura, in Louisville, I had a lot of Christian guys want to convert me as soon as they saw I was Jewish. In St. Louis, a lot of poly guys think that means I’m their next conquest because I define myself as a geek.

]]> Comment on First Contact: Poly by Laura http://oseland.com/first-contact-poly/#comment-27431 Laura Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:09:49 +0000 http://oseland.com/2011/07/11/#comment-27431 haha. nobody really cares what you write. They see a picture and a couple random phrases and make a decision. haha. nobody really cares what you write. They see a picture and a couple random phrases and make a decision.

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