Money For Adults

Online dating sucks. You think you've met the guy of your dreams, and then you realise hes an arsehole. I'm sure this happens in real life as well, but there's something about people in every country around the world laughing at youfor thinkingyou actually felt passionate about this guy, that knocks at your confidence. Especially if the guy in question is infamous for leading people on, and you fell for it. This is made worse by the fact that he gave you a marriage proposal on a live web cam, with those worldwide group of people watching your facial expression as you were delighted beyond words, and actually believed that he really did feel love for you. He didn't. Of course he didn't, and all the people laughing when you said yes - they were only pretending to be your friend's before. As I said - online dating sucks. The good thing about it however, is that its online. It's not in the real world, and the chances are, you will be a good few hundred miles away from anyone you talk to. The problem is - what if someone that you know, that lives close to you, and goes to your college finds out. What if they find out how passionate you felt for the guy that gave you a proposal online. What if they foundthe video, and decided to tell the whole college. Now THAT would suck. Just imagine how you would feel, to walk into the college canteen at 8am, hoping for some reviving coffee, and instead, being laughed at by a group of classmates. Then there's the whispers that follow you. "Is that her?", "Is that the girl from the proposal video?", "That girl there?", "Aw I feel quite sorry for her actually, she looked like she was feeling so happy when he asked! Shame she was too thick-headed to know what was really going on!". That last whisper didn't actually follow me. It only came once, and It wasn't really a whisper. It was said loudly enough for me to hear it and clock the girl that said it. Ignoring the whispers, pointing's and laughs from other people, I confronted the girl. "What?" I said, with what was left of my dignity. "What was really going on?" The girl smiled at me, a slightly evil smile and I knew she was keeping something from me. "Don't worry", She said as if I was 2, I'm sure you will find out soon. She walked off, and I was left feeling angry and confused. Later - I found out what she meant. I was sitting in the canteen again on my own, doing my best to ignore everyone else. Suddenly a boy walked up to my table that everyone else had made a ring around. I looked up at him and nearly choked on my ham sandwich. It was him! It was the boy! The boy that I had felt so passionate about those few months ago! He didn't say anything, just looked towards the door where my ex walked through. He came and stood next to Internet guy, and laughed."Hi" he said, through his not-so-friendly laughter. I didn't reply. "I see you've met my cousin then!" he indicated the Internet guy. My heart sank. He gestured to the other people ringed around us that had been laughing at me. "It's called revenge" he said nastily. "You dumped me, I got revenge. Now we're quits!" My fury was about to unleash itself as they walked out the room, leaving a silence, before the laughter started again. Yes it was the worse day of my life. Yes I remembered why I dumped the prat. And yes - online dating sucks - don't try it.