March Maddness: Week 1 Update

Soooo... this might not be for us, but we're certainly learning a great deal about the sport of online dating and the special men of Chicago.
I guess since we don't have any actual dates to report on, we'll just fill the team in on what we've learned thus far...

1. What's in a name? (Umm, a lot)
The first thing you do when creating a dating profile is pick your username.  Something kind of normal and catchy, but vague enough so the stalker down the street can't find you. 
If you have the words "love", "foru", "mr.", or "sexy" in your name, chances are we're not the gals "foru".

2. Your picture
Congratulations, you work out. Thanks for being creepy. 
Shirtless pictures are not the way to a woman's heart.  Especially shirtless pictures that don't include your face.  I have a washing machine, thanks.  I don't need to do my laundry on your abs.  Furthermore, I'm going to assume you're frightening from the neck up and/or in the game for nothing more than a physical romp.  Let me direct you to the 12 bars on Division St. that are crawling with bombed beauties on a Friday and Saturday, many of whom will probably satisfy your needs.

3. Messages
Please no nicknames or emoticons.  Is that cool, hun?  ;)
Also, let's keep messaging brief.  The point of this is to meet in person, right?  Since our profiles are fairly vague and rather tongue-and-cheek, it's safe to say you shouldn't assume we're "looking for the same things"...especially if you're someone who claims to "eat to live, not live to eat".  #we'rehungry

We recognize this may sound kind of judgmental, but week one of online dating was pretty scary and kind of traumatic (did we mention one of us was asked to be a third in a menage a trois?). 

Rather than shut down our profiles and take the oath to deny this ever happened (deleting all blog posts), we proactively went online Friday and tried to make our own matches.  Why let the men do all the picking?  We have a few prospective gems, but time will tell.
Winners never quit and quitters never win so here we go....Week 2.