Hmm ok well I think this site kind of highlights the problems with the whole online dating scene. Let me explain...

From what i've seen there seem to be two main types on here... the people who are using online dating because their looks/personality mean they have real trouble getting any attention (or keeping it) in real-life... and the second are those who get attention, but are seeking that elusive, unrealistic and in-all-likelihood-doesn't-actually-exist "perfect match".

The former will actively message people and reply to all messages (hey, they're grateful to get them), whereas the latter will analyze each and every profile in the most critical way possible, picking fault with the slightest thing and deleting messages unanswered from people who don't meet their Nazi-strict criteria.

As people keep messaging me to tell me there is of course a third type of person, those who are perfectly normal and are just here because they find difficulty meeting people they like, but you're in the minority, and not as much fun to write about, so put a sock in it.

Now don't get me wrong, online dating is worth a try if all else is failing you, but I just get the feeling that it can't and never will replace meeting someone in real-life for the first time. It can't compare with getting that feeling when you first meet eyes with someone on the street or in a pub... that impossible to explain rush that goes to your stomach as you lock eyes for just longer than could be taken for a casual glance. In contrast, dating sites are turning into the coldest dens of unromantic hell we have. We spend time clicking through a series of profiles all promising the same tired old spiel: "I'm a really nice person", "i'll be faithful", "I have the greatest sense of humour", "my friends say i'm mad"... well thank you for being like every other single person on this site, your genericness is now complete and it's now next to impossible to differentiate you from anyone else. After seeing this complete mass of samey, characterless profiles, it then all then boils down to who can take the most tarty, facebook-esque picture, who looks like they're ready to step out of a magazine, or who just looks plain cool enough to be gifted with your attention. We all brush people off on this site just from reading their profile, guys and girls that may in real-life be some of the sexiest, most charming and interesting people we've ever met... yet we disregard them in an instant simply because some stupidly minor and unimportant detail in their profile "puts us off". The decision-making process is simplified and diluted to the point where it all becomes shallower than a puddle in Iraq.

Ok I fully realise i've just alienated a good 90% of this site (possibly not a bad thing) who will read this without really understanding it and think I have huge problem with the whole thing, but you couldn't be further off the mark if you tried. Ok yes, i'm a little cynical about the whole online dating thing, but i'm as willing to give it a shot as the next man... I just thought I may as well stop trying to compete with every other numpty on here by writing the same lame and tired old crap that everyone and their dog is writing, and just say it as I see it. Plus I like to make amusing and sarcastic observations about things, it keeps me happy.

If you actually made it to the end of the page (difficult, I know) and want to dig a little deeper... then you'll find me a confident, sexy, fun and interesting bloke. Intelligent and quick-witted, doing pretty well for himself, who enjoys life and likes to keep himself in shape by being a bit of a gym bunny. I like going out pubbing, gigging, going to nice restaurants and love a broad range of hip hop, pop, indie music. I'm also a bit (ok, a lot) of a sarcastic, cheeky and mischevious soul with a sense of humour, which may explain my up front and occasional bluntness. Look forward to hearing from you...

Lets see, probably go somewhere for a few mohito's then onto somewhere with a bit of atmosphere.