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August 12, 2005
Compliments
I was just a few steps away from the William Way Gay (lezbo, etc) Community Center where I volunteer in the archives every Wednesday night when I noticed a very cute short guy crossing the street towards me. He was almost exactly my height. He walked right up to me and and said, “Are you HIghStrungLoner online?” Somehow I knew that’s what he was going to ask. I said, “Yeah, that’s me.” He was smiling and obviously ignoring the person on his cell phone. “Well, I have to say that you look so much better than your picture!” I was floored! I thanked him and said that I had to go into the building and work. I almost forgot to ask him who he was! Turns out he was someone who politely rejected me on ManHUNT. His picture is really good but he looked a little different and better in person, as well. I walked away grinning.
I work there with two guys I met online and who I like a lot in “real life” too. I told them what happened and they both agreed! One of them said I looked 70 in my picture!! I felt like I was in The Picture of Dorian Grey. How could I possibly look younger than a four-year-old picture that people used to tell me i looked exactly like? Well, that explains the lack of response I’ve been getting online lately. Back to the drawing board, I guess.
I’ve replaced the offending picture with this one. Please, tell me I don’t look 70!!
Posted by HighStrungLoner in Philly at 12:45 AM
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