After my divorce I tried online dating and quickly learned about fake profiles. Working on an off-shore oil rig, serving overseas in the military, or looking like one of the hottest person you’ve ever seen equals fake. Bad grammar or an instant response to your message also equals fake. I learned the hard way (no pun intended) to not give out my number – it resulted in lots of dick pics. Be careful out there, don’t give out your number right away and if they want to take the conversation off the app to another platform, don’t do it! And how about a lesson in those acronyms – NSA, FWB,…

Let’s talk acronyms in dating! here’s a handy secret decoder ring: NSA – No Strings Attached FWB – Friends with Benefits Netflix and Chill – come over and fuck me DTF – Down to Fuck ONS – One Night Stand Benching – starts talking to you, then seems to move on “benching” you only to come back later Ghosting- you are talking, things are going great then poof! he disappears Breadcrumbing – texting you or calling once in a while, just enough to keep your interest. Similar to benching.