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Can You Find Romance in Atlanta?

by Claudine on February 8th, 2008

I’m not trying to make blanket judgements, I’m really not. It is my duty as a woman and as a blogger, however to report. Read on ladies and gents, this is something else! Many of you may be visiting Atlanta for various reasons. Some of you may be moving to Atlanta. OK. No matter if you are visiting or moving, I’m talking to my single readers out there, particularly the ladies. I’ve lived in several cities in the Southeast, Miami, Tampa, Wilmington, Greensboro, and Virginia Beach to name a few, but living in Atlanta has changed my view about dating. I may die a single woman.

I’m not being cynical, and I’m not an angry woman. I’m just being real. Men in Georgia are a trip. Here’s a recent example to back up my statements. I am chatting with this fellow from metro Atlanta (really the North Georgia area). He is 6 feet, brown skinned, brown eyes with dimples and fine. Ladies, you know what I mean.

 Everything is going well; we are having a good conversation. He is looking to settle down, and is a Christian. Ok. I must admit, that I am a bit of a super sleuth; you can’t be too careful. So, I looked him up on the net. I find someone with his exact name online on some sort of a dating site. Interesting. Ok. Here’s where it gets interesting, my fellow Atlanta travelers and daters. I asked him his birthday. Same birthday as the guy on the dating site. Yep. It’s him. When I read the profile on the dating site, he states that not only does he smoke, but he smokes illegal substances.

What the heezy?  

Translation: I am outraged.

Of course, I asked him if he smokes and he said “no.”  Now when I initially met this duded on My-Space, he had a decked out Christian site with gospel music and everything on it. I know that I should know better than chatting wit folk on My-space, but y’all probably do the same thing. Anyway, this is funny. Now on the fellow’s other profile (the dating site) he is talking about doing all sorts of things to and for women. He’s actually advertising his prowess to woman. On the My-space page, he’s all about God and finding his purpose in life. It’s like he is two different people. That was too weird so I told him that I had to go.

Now, I know that this sort of thing probably happens everywhere, but I heard on the radio, V-103, a few years ago about some guy who had an apartment in Buckhead and a home with a wife in a different Atlanta location. The woman that he dated had no clue at all that he was married because he lived a double life. He even had different photos in the apartment than the house. The girlfriend had no reason to think that he didn’t live in the apartment. The apartment looked lived-in, not temporary. I can’t remember how the girlfriend figured out that the man was married, but I know that she was shocked!

I’m not saying that all men in Atlanta are insincere. That’s not true. The ratio of men to women is crazy, and men feel that they are in a candystore. So many choices.  So, I will say that if you are traveling to Atlanta or planning to move here, it may take years to find a match. Am I exaggerating? Men, am I being unfair? Let me know. Peace out!

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