Meanwhile, on Tinder

I hid my Tinder profile for awhile. I needed a break from messaging people who never message back. It was getting old.

I unhid my profile so I could see if there were any new guys. There were some. I swiped right on some. If we matched I sent them a very boring message, because I am tired of sending cute messages into the void.

I matched with Mbc a cute, 41-yr-old who lives in my town. His profile says "he's open to anything in search of his best friend and life partner. Hookups yes. FWB yes. Encouraged cause who knows maybe it will lead to something more."

I google Mbc to see if it is a common acronym. Sometimes I am unfamiliar with acronyms. When I was dating Average A, he asked me if I was DTF. I had to Google it.

Mbc doesn't stand for anything that I can tell. If it does stand for something, I'd guess male big cuddles. Maybe it's his initials?

I messaged Mbc. "Hi, Mbc. My name is Amanda. It's nice to meet you."

Mbc messaged back, "Hi Amanda nice to meet you. I'm going to be straight up I'm looking for someone who to play in between the sheets on a regular basis."

This is Tinder, and I read his profile, so I am not surprised that he's referencing sex in his initial message to me. On one hand, I appreciate the candor. On the other, I debate whether I even want to message Mbc back. Tinder or not, it is my experience that most men who ask for sex in their opening are assholes.

I decide to gather more information. I respond, "Believe it or not, I picked up on that from your profile, Mbc. How often is regular for you? How many women are playing in your sheets on a regular basis? How many dates on average before you take a woman to bed?"

Then Tinder pops up a warning message. It says, "Whoa, slow down! This may be offensive to the receiver."

Noted, Tinder. I decline the "slow down" warning and hit send.

Mbc replies. He is not interested in dating. He has messaged with women who he never ends up meeting, and he doesn't have the time. He sleeps with a few women a year, but they end up being one night stands (not by his choosing). So, he's really only looking for sex. If we decide it's good for both of us, he wants it a lot. If something develops from there, so be it. What do you have to loose (his typo not mine)? He closes with, at least you will have a good trustworthy friend to give you orgasms.

He's a good looking dude, so if he's sleeping with women who don't want to see him again he's either: bad in bed, a jerk, super boring, married, or his house is scary.

I reply, "I see. I appreciate the honesty. I understand messaging without ever meeting in person is annoying. But, I can't have friendly sex with a stranger, even though you are hot in your profile pics. If you want to meet for a drink sometime at The Temple Bar to see if we click let me know."

I am guessing he'll unmatch with me or just ghost me and that's fine. He isn't interested in dating, and I essentially asked him on a date. So, I'll keep looking.