# 'Gentleman' Seeks 'Worthy' Woman in Personal Ad With 28-Question FAQ **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453 "2013-08-28T23:45:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453/41 "2013-08-29T17:53:15Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > ETA: This is an ideal candidate for an arranged marriage. Go back to Pakistan, or India, or wherever, get a very simple, obedient little peasant girl, bring her back to the States. She will love the new life, and you can get your little slave. > > Well, Right up until she makes some American friends and gets out a little and learns how good she can have it here. šŸ™‚ Turns out heā€™s Persian. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453/42 "2013-08-29T18:33:58Z")
> [@Tequila\_Party](#): > > Oh my gawd, he sounds ā€œperfectā€ for me! I need to get to Craigslist posthaste and reply as ā€œsincerelyā€ as my interest ā€œwarrants.ā€ Iā€™m stoked that maybe Iā€™ve ā€œfoundā€ my Prince Charming! Swoon swoon ā€œswoon.ā€ Itā€™s too ā€œlateā€! The listing has BEEN removed. Youā€™ve lost your chance at the ā€œperfectā€ gentleman! There, there, now. Hereā€™s a hanky. Iā€™m sure that someday, there will be a man as perfect as this oneā€¦in his own mind, at least. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453/43 "2013-08-29T18:34:11Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Turns out heā€™s Persian. _ **ā€œANDā€** _ Iranian! Mustnā€™t ā€œforgetā€ that. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453/44 "2013-08-29T18:37:43Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Itā€™s too ā€œlateā€! The listing has BEEN removed. Youā€™ve lost your chance at the ā€œperfectā€ gentleman! Understandable, as this nation/worldwide media attention wouldā€™ve only caught the interest of many ā€œladiesā€ who would need to take an ā€œairplaneā€ to ā€œSouthernā€ California to submit their resumes. He doesnā€™t need that! Get it? ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453/45 "2013-08-29T18:43:04Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > This reminds me of something a coworker posted on Facebook several months ago. He was looking for a relationship with a woman, but basically wrote his FB post like a job posting, with a long list of requirements that the candidate needed to meet in order to be considered for the position. :rolleyes: > > (As far as I know, heā€™s still single.) You see these kinds of ads go viral fairly regularly in my experience (but a lot of that is probably because I read Jezebel). It seems like thereā€™s a certain type of guy out there who has an incredibly long and detailed list of qualifications for his potential mate, while simultaneously filling none of those qualifications himself, and in fact getting very resentful if a potential date has a list longer than ā€œbreathesā€. Itā€™s just an insane (and hilarious) sense of entitlement from the opposite sex. Then these same guys get SUPER ANGRY because they are single. Itā€™s funny to read about, but actually the whole thing is rather sad. I mean, I like to read Craiglist personals for fun, and itā€™s amazing how many guys list their age as over 40 or over 50, but donā€™t want replies from any women over 28. And I donā€™t mean rich handsome men who want to be a sugar daddy (a trend thatā€™s gross, but understandable). No these are guys with nothing to offer. Yeah, buddy, Iā€™m sure a smoking hot 25 year old canā€™t wait to fuck you in the trailer behind your mamaā€™s house. Why, if she turns down your 54 year old ass, itā€™s because Western women are just too entitled! ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453/46 "2013-08-29T20:15:05Z")
I used to read the personal ads in magazines before the internet, and some guys had lists back then, too. And they werenā€™t going to ā€œsettleā€ for anything less. I often say that cats is weird, but Iā€™m going to have to start saying peoples is even weirder. ---
**Author:** ![jools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453/47 "2013-08-29T20:15:19Z")
Dang I think I dated his brother recently in Montreal. He gave me a load of crap for being argumentative and combative, all of this because I disagreed with him and called his bullshit by telling him that the Philippines didnā€™t have peso as a currency. After being outraged that he had never been treated this way before by a woman, he then told me that I was too independent and strong to meet a man and be happy in a relationship. Men donā€™t like women like me apparentlyā€¦ Oh yes letā€™s not forget that little piece of wisdom: widows are women who got rich too fast. Which is basically when I said I really have to leave nowā€¦ no no Iā€™ll pay for my own drink thank you. Take care and have a nice life! :rolleyes: As I said before crazy cat lady is sounding better and better. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453/48 "2013-08-29T20:29:23Z")
I love question ā€œ10ā€. The one where he has a bitter flashback rant against a imaginary person, created by him, giving an answer imagined by him to a question written by him. I see him out of breath and wiping the spittle from his chin after typing that one out. > [@](#): > > 1. Question (ā€œCommentā€): You sound or seem rude, aggressive, controlling or cocky. Just like my asshole ex-boyfriend or husband. > > Answer: And you sound ignorant just like my XXXXX ex-girlfriend. Itā€™s ignorant and ridiculous to judge someone so quickly without ever talking to them, meeting them and not even spending 10 minutes with them. Trust me, I am not like your ex-boyfriend or husband. Iā€™m much better. Donā€™t be quick to judge someone (especially negatively) until you really get to know them which takes time. ---
**Author:** ![Mathematics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@Mathematics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathematics)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453/49 "2013-08-29T20:31:51Z")
Some of what this guy says is surprisingly refreshing. He doesnā€™t have the typical ā€œmust be blonde, 100 lbs, 28DD cupā€ requirements on there. In fact, he points out that adult relationships must go beyond physical attraction. Thatā€™s nice. And certainly I agree that it doesnā€™t really make sense to contact someone from a dating site if you want to be friends, if you live 1,000 miles away, or whatever. But then he says that dating a woman who is assertive is like dating a man. Thatā€™s a huge red flag. Apparently he thinks women who have an opinion and voice it are masculine. Also he throws in the whole nonsense about how women only like big, tall idiots and not gentlemen like him. Iā€™ve seen that very attitude on the SDMB many times, so I guess itā€™s common, but itā€™s still annoying. How dare women want a man who is their own age, attractive, intelligent, and not afraid of strong women? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453/50 "2013-08-29T21:52:29Z")
Count me as an ignorant person who didnā€™t know Craigslist had personal ads. Iā€™m going to have to check them out for fun. Thanks a lot for pointing me towards yet another time waster!šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453/51 "2013-08-29T22:17:54Z")
> [@Mathematics](#): > > ZERO! > He is a ā€œpureā€ gentleman and not a filthy ā€œsexhaverā€ or ā€œbreederā€. Get it? > (Seriously, I love all of the uses of the phrase ā€œget itā€. No, my feeble female mind has trouble comprehending your brilliant ad.) Girls canā€™t do Mathematics. Iā€™m afraid you donā€™t fit my question #57 on needing to not be smarter than me. > [@jools](#): > > He gave me a load of crap for being argumentative and combative, all of this because I disagreed with him and called his bullshit by telling him that the Philippines didnā€™t have peso as a currency. Typo? [Philipine peso](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_peso). Unless you want to be pedantic and insist itā€™s _piso_. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453/52 "2013-08-29T22:20:38Z")
> [@Mathematics](#): > > Some of what this guy says is surprisingly refreshing. He doesnā€™t have the typical ā€œmust be blonde, 100 lbs, 28DD cupā€ requirements on there. In fact, he points out that adult relationships must go beyond physical attraction. See, I read this as him chastising her for being potentially shallow-- ie: heā€™s an uggo and doesnā€™t think looks should matter for _him_. Iā€™m sure he cares that his mate is hot, giving his other strict criteria. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453/53 "2013-08-29T22:21:42Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Count me as an ignorant person who didnā€™t know Craigslist had personal ads. > > Iā€™m going to have to check them out for fun. Thanks a lot for pointing me towards yet another time waster!šŸ˜ƒ Oh they are the best!!! There are WAY more crazy ads on there than anywhere (although Plenty of Fish is good too). If you _really_ want to have fun, something I like to do occasionally is make an ad for someone thatā€™s totally crazy or disgusting in some way. Offhandedly mention the weird rash you have. Explain how you sometimes poop the bed. Reveal that you have a landlord who likes to watch you have sex for reduced rent. Just, whatever nutball thing you can think of. Donā€™t post as a straight guy though; they rarely get non-spam replies anyway. Post as a gay guy or a straight girl. Then enjoy as the replies flood in. My dream is to get a reply from someone I actually know, but itā€™s never happened. Also, itā€™s wrong to use any of the information you get to embarrass or hurt people. I just read and delete. If someone writes out a really long response (in other words, if they seem seriously interested) I usually will reply and told them I already found someone, sorry. What I mean is, donā€™t be an asshole. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453/54 "2013-08-30T01:06:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Donā€™t post as a straight guy though; they rarely get non-spam replies anyway. Post as a gay guy or a straight girl. Or a bi girl whoā€™s into threesomes. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453/55 "2013-08-30T01:38:03Z")
In a few years heā€™ll be penning those threads on internet boards that make moderatorsā€™ eyes glaze over in revulsion: **Why Donā€™t Girls Want Nice Guys ?** ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453/56 "2013-08-30T05:33:17Z")
> [@Rollo\_Tomasi](#): > > Whatā€™s strange (well, among the many strange things) is that he has to specifically say that heā€™s not interested in a woman (a girl, more like) who has to deal with a curfew or who has to ask her parentsā€™ permission to go somewhere. Does he encounter that so often that he needs to make it part of his ā€œFAQā€? Seriously. Dude is in his late 30s and has to make sure itā€™s clear that he wonā€™t tolerate cockblocking by his datesā€™ mommies? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453/57 "2013-08-30T05:40:11Z")
> [@Blackberry](#): > > Seriously. Dude is in his late 30s and has to make sure itā€™s clear that he wonā€™t tolerate cockblocking by his datesā€™ mommies? Youā€™d be amazed at how strong the maternal influence is in some cultures. Seriously! I speak from firsthand knowledge. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453.md?page=2)