F**k!

THE REASON I'M SINGLE!

Perhaps I should move back to Houston where I grew up. My Texas (married @ 23 and preggers by 26) cousins told me when I decided to stay in N.O. that I would never find a man here because all the men here are gay. We'll they're wrong - apparently there are no men here at all!

From the Creative Class Exchange [h/t The Daily Dish]

Yep, we definitely live in New Orleans

DISCLAIMER: I am a conservative, and therefore do not endorse any of the behavior of the friend described below.

A good friend of ALTR's has been hooking up with an older, recently-divorced gentleman. But the problem is, my friend is slightly skeptical of making things serious (as in he would attend functions with her and have to meet our group of young & immature friends), which works out well for her because there are days, sometimes weeks at a time where my friend doesn't hear from him. But apparently the hooking up has been quite *hot* of late.

Due to a rather hectic trial schedule at work, I am exhausted after work and have been going to bed quite early (i.e. 9 pm last night). This morning I woke up to 7 missed calls from the said friend and a text message:

"I just saw [name of older gentleman] walking down Magazine holding hands with a dude."

All I could write back to that this morning was "OMG" and confirmed a meeting that we have together tonight. There are just too many questions that come to mind that I want to ask that they simply cannot be texted - they'll have to wait for our meeting tonight.

But even with all the unanswered questions, we do live in New Orleans. But Magazine Street? That's like the most obvious place to see and be seen in the Uptown area, where my friend and the older gentleman both reside. At least ALTL goes to less obvious places to express her love with her secret girlfriend.

Single = problem?

What is with these damn signs along St. Charles asking

Single?
www.neworleansdating.org

Is this like Problem? -- www.solution.com?

Why is being single a problem? Why does society seem to think that everyone should be in a relationship (preferably of the heterosexual variety)? I like being single and promiscuous, thankyouverymuch.

I went to check out this website. Some observations:

• NOT gay friendly - you're either "man seeking woman" or "woman seeking man." Also painfully obvious based upon the graphics.
  
• No gold digging whores into the 71+ variety - not that those guys know how to use the internet anyway.
  
• No room for booty calls or casual dating here - they expect you to be looking to "date more successfully", "have a steady relationship" or be searching for marriage.
  
• NOT local, wtf. Or just REALLY bad at appealing to the local vibe.
  

Bottom line: Stick to Craigslist and sugardaddie.com. And screw you for wasting my time because I am a curious individual and read those damn signs stuck in the neutral ground. Atleast have a more appealing web design, sheesh.