Well, not really.
Let me explain. I found this post on Craigslist this morning:
Ok $ two HunDreD tO dAte ME!!! – m4w – 40 (NW, Atlanta)You heard me. There is the offer. Just a date. Dinner period. You have 30min to respond. Tic toc tic toc tic toc tic toc.
I was so curious! Did this dude actually meet somebody? Did he actually pay her for her company? What brought this guy to DO this kind of thing? What kind of man was he? So many questions…
So, he’s not really a John. I just said that to pull you into this post. Did it work? Yes? Of course it did 
ANYWAY.
I emailed this guy this morning and we exchanged emails for the better part of the morning. For the sake of readability, I’ve chopped it up a bit so that it reads like an interview. I’ve also called him “John” because, well… It’s clever.
Me: Did you find any takers for your proposition?John: yeah I did unfortunately.
Me: Care to share your experience? I write a dating blog (http://datewrecks.blogspot.com) and would love to interview you for it…
John: When I have time I might write a few things down for you. How would you want to interview?
Me: Whatever you might be comfortable with… If you’d prefer to just write out why and how you got to this point or if you’d rather me shoot you a few questions to answer, I can do that as well…. Did you get to take a look at the blog?
John: LOL you are pretty presumptuous. You think “I am to a certain point”? Maybe this will help your curiosity. I am a business man who has little time for social gatherings so I meet few women that way. I figure this way if I meet someone who is worth the time it would be well worth the money. And btw I am not short, 6′-0″, not fat, 180, I have thinning hair, but not bald, and I have two quite handsome eyes thank you, and my body is quite worth the wait for the “unwrapping” ….lol. So hopefully some of your curiosity has been cured.
Silly John! My curiosity is NEVER cured. It’s a terminal condition.
Me: You don’t think that paying for a date is a bit… um… bottom of the barrel? Educate me then, please… And I’m not trying to be a bitch (though I play one on the internet). If you’re tall, lean and have handsome eyes, wouldn’t it make more sense to use those kind of assets to find a date?John: Educating you on my thoughts in this matter would take a bit a time since my situation, although common, is complicated. I was and am looking for a woman who does not know me nor I her. Spare time is something I have little of. I asked for a platonic date and that is exactly what I got. It was unfortunate that she was married because she was very charming and kissed me unexpectedly toward the end of our “date”. After which she apologized and we parted in an uncomfortable manner. I am not and will not be a home wrecker. I only wish she had told me she was married before we met. Quite complicated now isn’t it dear?
Me: So, have you done this before? Or was this just a one time thing? Do you think you’ll take this route again?
John: This was a first for me and I don’t know if I will do it again. I asked all of the ladies that replied several questions, one being married/single. That kind of threw a wrench into things. I did enjoy my date however.
Me: Well, that’s a good thing… Are you alright if I chop up this email correspondence into an interview and post it on my blog? (Consider yourself blessed, I don’t usually ask, lol) Of course, I wouldn’t use your name.
John: Well since my real name is not John and I haven’t given you my SS# or date of birth you go for it!! LOL I’ll have to check out the blog to see how true to life a writer you are or if you embellish.
Me: haha… i don’t embellish… but i will crack on you. brace yourself
John: you will have to send me a link to your post of my “adventure”.
Me: Absolutely! I’d love to know more details of your date as well… Fluff it up a bit, you know?
John: what details exactly?
Me: Classic online dating snafus… Did she look like her picture? We can already include that she was married when she says she wasn’t… And that awkward kiss at the end is great, too. Anything like that… Did she have a limp? Anything? lol
Sadly, John didn’t write me back after that last email. Surely, she had a limp…
