Go might not be the right word. Let me explain.
eHarm has recently matched me with a lot of men who are more than an hour away from me. I have conflicting feelings about this. On the one hand, this is great because it means that there are men out there who fit what eHarm considers to be my particular brand of weird. It's always nice to think that some pseudo-scientific electronic matchmaker thinks that there might be someone out there for me. On the other hand, do I really want to invest the time and energy in someone who lives so far away? I know that physical distance isn't something that can't be overcome (Thanks Mr. Ford for inventing faster transportation), but really, isn't there anyone in this zip code who won't be instantly repulsed by me? And let's just suspend reality for a second here. Suppose this man is perfect for me and we fall deeply in love. One of us is going to have to move.
Eh. It just seems like so much work.
But things on the eHarm front have been really quiet the past couple of weeks so I decided to interact with someone I would normally "close out" (eHarm lingo for reject) simply because he lives too far away. I figured we wouldn't even make it to the email stage so what did I have to lose? Hmm. He seems nice, not a stalker, has a job, might not live with his mom. Crap. He makes it to round 2. We email. He sounds like he has a sense of humor and reasonable intellect. Crap. He makes it to round 3. Round 3 is talking on the phone and I'm really not all that excited about talking to him. Why? He lives almost 2 hours away. Ugh. So finally we talk on the phone. And he's delightful. I had a great time talking to him. TRIPLE CRAP! What do I do? I've already invested time and energy here. And so has he. I guess at this point I see this thing through, but in the future, I really need to have a mile limit.
So how far away would you let eHarm look?
