Summary: We decide to save the real digital dating horror stories for another episode but we do have some tales of bad timing and happenstance to tide you over. Sick of seeing your ex on Facebook? They might actually be helping you out with that. Of course we dig into the mail bag -AND- laugh with Jared M. in our first voicemail! - Direct MP3 Download - iTunes Subscription - RSS Feed Tweet Show Notes for episode 6 below… DDP Ep. 006 Show Notes On DDP episode numero seis we talk about… The fall has really arrived, temps have dropped! Lara attended the evening art festival in Halifax, Nocturne, and Joel has a shiny new microphone for us to record on. We didn’t get as many Halloween horror stories as we thought we might, so we’re saving one or two for next time, feel free to send yours in if you didn’t get around to it for this episode! So instead we talk about a couple of awkward or annoying situations we’ve found ourselves in. Joel shares a story from awhile back where he met one person for a casual first date and had a nice time, but didn’t hit it off. We’re calling her Wilma. A few days later he happened to have a coffee date with someone we’ll call Betty, who he hit it off with and wanted to see again. It was frustrating not hear back from Betty after a little while, but Joel found out later that Wilma and Betty were actually friends and had talked about their dates! The feelings were mutual in that Wilma didn’t feel a connection that would merit further dating, but Betty would have liked to see Joel again. Unfortunately Wilma felt it was weird that Joel had gone out on a casual date with each of them in a short time. Lara points out that it’s not unusual to have a couple of dates lined up, especially first dates, with different people, when the whole point is to meet new people you might be compatible with! If you have time, go for it! If you space out dates, you may miss out on meeting as many people as you could. It’s really too bad that Wilma was so uncomfortable with the situation. Lara says she doesn’t have any horror stories either, but talks about connecting awhile back with a guy online whose profile disappeared after they had been chatting for a few weeks. He resurfaced and they kept chatting. Finally a coffee date was arranged but the guy was a total no-show, which was annoying. As she was sitting there waiting for this guy, and waiting, and waiting, another guy comes in with a giant backpack. Lara kept looking up for the no-show guy and making eye contact with the other guy. Finally she ended up having coffee with the traveling man and having a great chat, making the best of that situation. Later and back online the first guy responded to Lara’s message about him missing their arranged coffee date by saying that he hadn’t been sure Lara was going to show. We chat about how easy it is these days to send someone a text or quick message saying you’re going to be late or can’t make it. Waiting for someone, especially someone you’re meeting for the first time, can be stressful enough! Frustrating! LINKS DU JOUR Joel talks about an article he saw on Mashable about Facebook’s possible attempts to show you less pictures of your ex in the “Photo Memories” section of your profile, which sounds like a good thing. The algorithm basically looks at tagged photos and if there is anything tagged with the name of someone you’ve been in a relationship with, but are no longer, it won’t show you that pic. But what if you never changed your relationship status? The algorithm won’t work. Curses! Lara saw this freaky site recently called I’mdatingmyself.com, where there are lots of pictures of couples, and one person’s face/features have been photoshopped onto the other person’s face - so both people in the pic actually have the same face! It’s amazing how feminine a guy’s features can look once they’re surrounded by long hair and some jewelry. We also play an intro to another podcast about dating,
