So I spend some more time browsing on the dating site while I was at the airport coming back from my long weekend conference. One person stands out as a super high match and I reach out . He messages me back and it turns out that we actually know each other – at least on the other social media outlets. 

Another person from my professional circles. I had no idea that this was the same person since we had never met in person and I hadn’t seen pictures.

We exchange messages for a couple of days and eventually schedule a date. This scheduling process is an issue, multiplied exponentially as everyone is juggling a handful of people to be scheduled.

We decide to go over to Oakland’s friday art murmur – first friday – gallery event.

I take bart over and end up running late. I text him the situation and he is cool. Eventually I get there, walk to the place we agreed to meet and he is outside waiting. 

He is small, wiry. A cyclist so very birdlike and much shorter than expected. What is it with these guys and the height lying. For some of us it does matter even though that is shallow of me to be dwelling on this but hey if it makes me feel awkward then it matters.

We walk around to the galleries and the outdoor booths chatting but mostly talking about work things. 

I feel absolutely no connection and all I can think about is when can I go home. Or maybe when can I get a drink. We grab some food at one of the food trucks and spend time watching some drummers.

We decide to go get a drink once the galleries and booths experience is exhausted and we talk some more but we end up treading into things where we disagree and he is super opinionated about. Woah. Didn’t mean to go there.

When we part ways at bart we have an awkward hug. There is not any chemistry at all, barely any friendship. 

So this is a case of the dating site doing a prediction based on attitudes and questions and values but really driving home the importance of meeting quickly.

This was a bust. No chemistry at all. 

Super Awkward!