#10 Worst Date

The one problem with online dating (not that there is only one problem, really) is that people can write whatever they like, and no one gets to fact check the profile. Generally, I expect a certain amount of information to be glossed over, but to get a basic feeling for a person from their profiles. During my short stint on the online dating scene, my first face-to-face date was with a 38 year old guy I had a very amusing chat with online. He was in finance, very attractive, physically fit, and a bit too old for me. I figured I would give him a shot. We met for coffee (it's in public, and can only last for 1-3 hours). We talked. We flirted. It was really nice, actually. Once the topic of family came up, though, I had no idea what I was in for. His profile stated that he was single (meaning: not divorced, not separated), and had no children. What he MEANT to say was that he was divorced TWICE and had half a dozen children! His first wife he married in his twenties and had two girls with. When they divorced he took custody of the girls, and was now raising a 15 year old and a 13 year old. If we do the math I am 13 years younger than him (at 38) and only 10 and 12 years older than his daughters: I am closer in age to his little girls than I am to him! Also, since he lives with them I would be in a relationship with them too should anything get serious. On top of that he has 4 kids with his second wife! She takes care of them on a daily basis, but the youngest is 4 years old! The last one will not be off to college for another 14 years. That's a lot to handle! Now, I'm a whopping 25 years old, so even as mature as I may be, there is absolutely no reason why I should have any interest in entering into a relationship a guy with that much baggage. It's like bringing a full set of suitcases onto a plane that only allows one carry on. Had I known his true situation I would have been able to make an informed decision, but he lied on his profile, so all I thought I was dealing with was a sizable age gap. The most any woman can hope to be to this man is his 3rd wife, and the mother of his 7th child. I think there may be a woman out there for him, but honey, it is certainly NOT me. Seriously.