And who says romance is dead?

So, after many months of neglect, I decided to log in to an old Facebook account, mostly out of curiosity really. After delving through the mounting pile of inbox messages… my faith in humanity was put in serious jeopardy.

Well, more specifically, my faith in men.

I will leave said men anonymous for now, for fear of affecting any hope of future ‘romance’ for the charmers. Amongst the mundane, friendly and inconspicuous messages there were a number that stood out;

Male 1 said; ‘hello’. 15 times.

Sometimes he added ‘how are you’, but it was mostly just hello.

Talk about persistence.

Male 2 said;

‘Hello Sophie, how are you doing? Am Dan, loving, loving, honest and clean in thought, I really like your profile and decided to contact you for true friendship’

CLEAN in thought? Eh? Bit sussy that if you ask me! Note the repetition of the word ‘loving’ too. Shudder.

Male 3 said;

‘If it made you an easy £100 would you put your hand over my mouth? X’

I don’t even know what this means? Is it code for something?

And then Finally,

Male 4;

‘Thought id pop the Q can I smash your bk doors in xx’

Ah, classy eh.

Now, as special as these romantic gestures may have made me feel. It saddens me to say I don’t think I am the only one *sobs*

My better judgement would suggest messages like these flow freely and willy nilly from the hands of keyboard warriors and lurchers into the inbox’s of females none the wiser. I say females, because I don’t think the senders are particularly fussy about whom the receivers are.

What worries me, furthermore, is why said messages are still getting sent? Are they just very at ease with rejection or do girls respond in a similar manner;

‘well, now I know you're real loving and clean in thought, let's be true 'friends'

‘I’ve always wanted to put my hand over someone’s mouth yes, pick me, pick me.’

‘In answer to your question, of course you can smash my back doors in babes I thought you’d never ask.’

And who says romance is dead eh? My faith in humanity is surprisingly yet to be restored.