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We’ve been talking about a fairly serious subject with seniors trying to realign their lives by using the Internet and dating websites.

Time to take a look at the lighter side of things, for example what people write about themselves in an effort to lure the opposite sex into reading about them and then writing or at least sending what SeniorsInSearch calls a “flirt”. This is basically a way to send your contact info to someone you think might want to look at your profile.

Meanwhile, let’s look at theirs.

First of all, they can specify if they are looking for a marriage, a travel partner or just a penpal. There’s a range and some can’t make up their mind so they check the boxes for both ends of the spectrum, plus everything in between! As Dave Barry would say when pointing out anomalies like this, “I’m not making this up!”

The cutest one in my book is when they describe themselves with the usual age, education, birth city, etc., and they get to “height” and check the box for “I’ll tell you later” – like they can’t make up their mind? I’ve written to several of these women suggesting that when they decide how tall they are to please contact me back.

Then there’s the 50-year-old woman who begins her description by saying that she’s 42. What?

There are estimates that couples who meet on the Internet and marry now number anywhere from 20% to as high as 40%. Boy, that old duffer who started hawking eHarmony a number of years ago got into the right business, didn’t he. His investment in TV ads set off a flurry that we won’t see the end of for many years.

The strangest thing is when you get an email from a site you’ve never heard of letting you you need to activate your account on CrossDressers.com and they already have your profile – it’s as if these sites co-mingle their leads list to dig up more business. Be careful with the ones you find offensive or objectionable, and eliminate them or this daisy chain will continue.

Back to the fun, and I swear I’m not making this up, you can find profiles from people who say they have graduate degrees but in their descriptions will misspell simple words or use “they’re” when they meant “their”. Excuse me, what was your degree in, “raising goldfish”?

If you do get involved in dating sites, be sure to stop and get a few yucks for yourself.

Guiseppe V. can be reach at “guiseppev8@gmail.com”

[Editor’s note: The Loop and Giuseppe would like to apologize for comments made in the July 4 issue (Volume 28, #13) of The Loop newspaper in the Senior Scene column regarding being careful what a person shares online. The intention was to point out that what is posted online “stays online”, and the use of local businesses Canine Creek and the TCT as examples was inappropriate. We apologize to those who were offended and/or hurt – the local businesses were examples and in no way reflect on the businesses’ reputations.

Thank you, The Loop staff.]