While emptying my spam email box for the first of many times this morning (nothing usual for me these days), I saw one with the title containing the words, "Online dating veteran". I of course deleted it straight away - not least because I believed that it could have been the first step of a romance scam (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_scam), but that's another subject - but I remembered just how many emails just like this I receive these days; and I guess my mind drifted into the concept of the arena of the challenge of making yourself stand out amongst other people when you use online dating services.
When this one said, "Online dating veteran", I couldn't help but sense a level of ambiguity - does "veteran" here mean that he has spent more time than most doing online dating; or is he trying to really impress people from the start by implying that he is a former soldier? Or, curiously, was this an intentional ploy, specifically to create an aura of mystery, which always qualifies as attractive, doesn't it?
NB. Just because I claim that the person who sent me this email is a guy (not that I verified it) does not mean that I am gay; so don't claim that I am. Just thought I'd clear that one up.
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