Musings of a chick: OK, is it possible for a guy to be THIS nice?

(Note: for those of you unfamiliar with early Warner Bros. Cartoons, this is a frame from Chuck Jones' classic, "The Dover Boys". I think the chap featured in this shot is "Tom" Dover, and the three of them share a girlfriend, Dainty Dora Stanpipe. So yes, early cartoons are purveyors of group sex. So sue me.)

OK, so I go to www.datelance.com to see what all the hype is about. I realize I have a snowball's chance in Hades but I figure I can go shopping, I just don't need to buy anything. As I mentioned, anyone who has friends so desperate to get him married off that they would commit to a billboard and all the magnetic code a website requires, maybe he's worth the hype. So I took a look see.

Well, first of all, I was surprised to learn that the Lanceman is originally from Potomac, MD. That's where the money lives here in Montgomery County, MD. At any rate, that's where the boy hails from, and who knows, I may know his parents (Potomac is close to here) but I doubt it. Unfortunately, for the rest of us working stiffs here in Montgomery County, Potomac is supposedly the "land of the rich and the home of the snobs". Lynda "Wonder Woman" Carter also lives in Potomac, but don't ask me where.

Second of all, I don't trust a webmaster who can't recognize the misspelling of the word "friends". SPELL CHECK!!!!!

Third of all, it's hard to view the website if you don't have Macromedia Flash installed.

Fourth of all, it's kind of cheesy to put an employment shout-out on a website you're doing on your friend's behalf. It kind of promotes the "barefoot & pregnant" state of mind, doesn't it?

Fifthly, just because someone comes from a big family doesn't necessarily mean they want one, Mormon or not. It's like you guys are trying to dictate his futre, and only God can, if you don't mind the heretical Episcopalian saying so. Personally, I'd be highly offended if my friends spent a lot of money and time on stuff like this just so they could marry me off and I wouldn't carry the stigma of being a, quote, "old maid". I know they say he's a great guy all over the website, and I have no doubt that they care, but my true friends will care about me no matter what. My happiness would be most important, and if a significant other is in the future, yay rah. If not, there's a whole world out there and if God has a plan, we're not the ones to force the issue.

Sorry...my two cents, I guess. It's his business, but I'd be pretty embarassed to see my face looking out over the landscape and giving the impression that I'm desperate. He seems like a pretty together guy, and more power to him when he does find his dream girl.