# I'm discouraged!  (I thought I had made a new friend.)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 23, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-discouraged-i-thought-i-had-made-a-new-friend/682043 "2014-02-23T23:16:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-discouraged-i-thought-i-had-made-a-new-friend/682043/81 "2014-02-26T20:42:07Z")

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This sounds way too similar. I posted this on Friday.

> [@OkCupid: I signed up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-i-signed-up/682106/1):
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> I’m going to relate my stories of OkCupid here. I signed up an hour ago – hey what the hell – and am starting to get some hits.
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> I’m a 51 year old white guy. Why is a 30 year old black woman in Washington DC messaging me?..

Her profile also stated she was religious and used prayer. She messaged me again, and I basically said “Look, you’re 21 years younger then me, you’re religious, and I’m not. I don’t think we have much in common.” She stopped messaging me after that. I honestly wonder it it’s the same lady.

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**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-discouraged-i-thought-i-had-made-a-new-friend/682043/82 "2014-02-26T20:46:50Z")

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> [@Leaffan](#):
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> This sounds way too similar. I posted this on Friday.
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> Her profile also stated she was religious and used prayer. She messaged me again, and I basically said “Look, you’re 21 years younger then me, you’re religious, and I’m not. I don’t think we have much in common.” She stopped messaging me after that. I honestly wonder it it’s the same lady.

I read that. 🙂

This young woman doesn’t live in DC.

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-discouraged-i-thought-i-had-made-a-new-friend/682043/83 "2014-02-26T20:49:16Z")

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> [@MyFootsZZZ](#):
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> I read that. 🙂
> 
> This young woman doesn’t live in DC.

Whew. It does sound eerily similar though. At this point in my life I know what I DON’T want in any future relationship. And I sure as hell don’t want religion to be any part of it, at all. Fuck that.

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