Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Lets webcam

Everyday is a new adventure with online dating.  Every morning after I read my regular emails, I begin to read the emails from the various online dating site.  Jordan's email caught my eye.  He had various pics of himself and in one he was at the Airport with the TV personality Mario Lopez.   Jordan had been divorced for 8 years now, shared custody of his 10 year old son and wrote lovely emails.  After a few emails, we began taliking on the phone.  He was witty and very polite.  He asked me out to coffee but I had another committment and had to say no.  Jordan was understanding and we made plans to meet on the following Saturday.  He like to call in the early evening, and our conversations would sometimes last for hours.  He asked if I had a full body picture and I said no, and stressed that I was a full figured woman.  I did not want to mislead him.  The only full body pictures that I had were with my children and I was not going to put their pictures online.  I already felt uncomfortable with my pic online.
  I told Jordan my reasoning and he seemed to be ok with that.  One evening I had a long day and as I was crawling into bed in my Pajamas, my phone rang.  It was Jordan.  He asked what I was up to and I told him I was on my way to bed.  He started using terms of endearment, like honey, sweetie and baby.  I have never been a fan of baby, because I am a grown woman and it just felt demeaning.  He asked if I was near my laptop, and I asked why?  Jordan stated he posted some new pics and wanted me to see them.  My body was tired and I tried to say I would check them out in the morning...but he kept insisting that I see them immediately.  He said "Baby won't you please be a sweetie and do this for me?"  Slightly annoyed I agreed to turn on my laptop and see the new pics.  There was one new pic probably 10 years old...I did not understand the urgency for me to see this pic.  He then asked if I had a webcam on my laptop.  I said yes, I had used it to take my own pic.  Jordan then said sweetie, I would love to see your smile, can you turn it on?  I had no makeup on, was in my granny jammies and frankly was not real comfortable with the way this conversation was going.  I told him it made me feel wierd.  He apologized and said that he was so fascinated with me that he would just like to see a real image instead of the pic on my profile.  I finally agreed after I pulled the blankets under my chin.  As the webcam went on, his smiling face appeared on my screen and I could see a smaller image on the left corner of me on the bottom of the screen.  He asked why I was under the covers......and if I could stand up so he could see a full body image.  Now I was really annoyed.  I told him that I was going to shut off the cam and I was not happy.  He tried to apologized but got really mad when I turned off the webcam.  Jordan stated he was a good man and I was a prude.  I stated perhaps I was, but this prude was not about to put on a show for him.
I hung up the phone, went to my cell phone carrier website and blocked his number. 
Lesson learned, don't ever let someone pressure you into doing something you do not want to do.  My webcam, will only be used to take pics of me.  

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