Starting Over
well am ben i went trough ur profile and i
loved ur profile and will like to know u more
to be best of friends if possible to more than that
u know i do believe and understand the true meany of love
and am hear for real love one who will love me for who i am and not what i am
one who will love and cherish me. hope u are that girl.
regards.
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How do illiterate people end up on Match anyway?
Got this gem in my inbox this morning. This guy lives in OKC, I live in NC. I'm thinking of relocating.
hello prety
well am ben i went trough ur profile and i
loved ur profile and will like to know u more
to be best of friends if possible to more than that
u know i do believe and understand the true meany of love
and am hear for real love one who will love me for who i am and not what i am
one who will love and cherish me. hope u are that girl.
regards.
ben.
She's crafty - and she's just my type.
Re: How do illiterate people end up on Match anyway?
This!
This is what I was thinking. A mix of not knowing English very well and using "text" language.
As I always say, block and delete! (After sharing with us so we can have a good laugh too, of course!)
I would love to make fun of this, but I was slapped with the big hand of karma a little over a month ago after I received an extremely misspelled and jumbled message from a guy on POF. We conversed a little until my head started hurting from reading his responses and I made a smarta$$ remark along the lines of: use spellcheck... haha. Well, turns out he's a pretty well-known artist and is more specifically known for the fact that he had horrible learning problems as a child and his outlet was art and he went to an amazing school where they helped him cope with his disabilities while letting him express himself artistically and that's now how he makes his living. He sent me his professional link and I was able to read all about it and it brought tears to my eyes.
Talk about humbling. I apologized and seconds later, my purse and its entire contents spilled in the backseat of my car. I told him that happened and he was so sweet he said that if he were there he'd help me clean it up. I felt like a complete a$$hat.
I get what you are saying and I almost felt bad for responding because I am aware that I too make English/grammar mistake due to my disability. Sign Language is a whole different language on its own and is not shorthand for English. The grammar system and word placing is structured completely different in Sign Language compared to English so I forget about the past/present and future tense and do not have as colorful vocabulary. I can only retain about 60% of what people are saying by lip-reading and guess the rest. Spoken English is so different than reading English.
But in the OP case, it was more than an English problem...the guy is fixated on the idea of love and looking for someone without checking out the kind of person he is contacting.
Come on, nyg&p, don't let those preggo hormones make you a total buzz kill!
You have to admit, even if it wasn't full of spelling mistakes and texting language, sending a message that talks about deep friendships and love to a stranger you've never talked to, and who lives halfway across the country from you, is more than a little weird.