"Rick, this is stupid man."
"No it ain't Daryl. You said yourself you want more from a relationship than a one night stand."
"But E-Harmony? Seriously?"
"Yes, seriously. Back me up here Glenn".
"It's true bro. It's how I met Maggie. Best thing I ever did."
"Fine. But you assholes are helping me fill out this questionaire thing. Never know what to say about myself."
Thirty minutes later, between the three of them, they had Daryl's profile up. Now all that was left was getting him to take a picture. That endeavor was not going well. Daryl never thought he looked good, least of all in pictures.
Finally Glenn called Maggie, and she came over with her photography equipment and shooed the rest of the guys out of the house. "Ok Daryl, it's just us. I am gonna make sure you have a picture that will show the real you – the one any woman in her right mind would swoon over. Go put on a clean shirt WITH sleeves though.
Daryl went into the back room grumbling. He came out wearing a tight black t-shirt.
"Sexy – we are gona tastefully show off all your arms have to offer with this picture Daryl. We are also going to capture those blue eyes of yours."
When Maggie was done, she downloaded the photos onto Daryl's laptop. She quickly chose one that she deemed would make women cream their pants, and then called the guys back inside.
Nice pic Daryl!" said Glenn.
"Shuddup" said Daryl blushing.
Immediately, the matching system provided him with two matches. One he had zero interest in. The second one however took his breath away.
"Look at this guys. Her name is Carol. Think I should message her immediately or wait awhile?"
"With a woman that beautiful Daryl, message her immediately." said Rick. "And don't tell Lori I said that or I'll cut your balls off."
"Pffft. Whatever dude. Go 'way while I message her."
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Later that evening after making dinner for Sophia, Carol decided to try to see if anybody had gotten in contact with her on her first full day of E-Harmony.
She laughed when the first match that came up was her boss. Scratch that one. The second match that came up was a banker who in his "something else about me" section had written how he loved his ability to control his environment at all times. Jeez what a control freak she thought. There were no more messages for her.
Sighing, she went to load the dishwasher. As she worked, she thought back to what she wanted in a man. She had tried to put as much of it as she could in her profile – hard to do with yes/no/multiple choice questions. She wanted a man who was not afraid to work hard for a living. She wanted a man who loved what he did for a living, but loved family more. She was honest that she had a child in her profile. She said she loved the few times she had done outdoor activities, and would love to meet somebody who could help her expand on that. She loved to read. She loved art. Family was most important to her, her friends were such a part of her life that she considered most of them family as well. She was a caring person, and wanted a person who would care about her just as fiercely.
It shouldn't be so hard she thought to herself.
Suddenly her laptop let out a ding. Going over to it, she discovered she had a new message. Opening it, the first worlds out of her mouth were holy shit. This man was gorgeous. Why was he trying to contact her? Her profile pic was a good one, but she wasn't drop dead gorgeous like he was.
She opened the communique, and read
Hi, my name's Daryl. I see from your profile your name's Carol. I've never done e-dating before, so not sure how this works. I like what you have to say about yourself and your ideal mate in your profile. I ain't a huge talker, but I would love to have a drink or coffee with you sometime to see if we have as much in common as our profiles would suggest. Take a look at mine, and let me know. Later. D.
She scrolled through his profile and her heart started doing flips. He seemed too good to be true, as a lot of the sentiments she had put in hers, she found mirrored in his. She immediately opened up the message tool.
Daryl
I really like your profile. I have not gone out with anybody from this site. I tried others, but they were disasters. I would love to meet you. My ex husband has our child tomorrow night through the weekend. Would you want to meet at Dale & Irma's coffee shop? I am available after 3:00 tomorrow. If you want to meet up, what time would be good for you? PS. I really like your profile photo. C.
Ding when Daryl's laptop.
"Holy shit, that was fast said Rick."
"Musta been Maggie's picture" chided Glenn.
"Shuddup you assholes, let me see what she said.
"She want's to meet at Dale & Irmas Coffee Shop tomorrow".
"Nice" said Glenn. "This way if she's a total bitch, it's just coffee.
"She ain't gonna be a bitch Glenn."
"How can you tell that?"
"Just know."
