Celebrities in Hiding

Now that we've the intro post out of the way, it's time for the first real entry: An email 

From: LazerMan22 (screen names are fictional for obvious reasons) 

To: MissThing 

Would you like to hook up tonight? 

Now...First things first. Yes, I am online dating. Why? Cuz men dont really approach me in public. Ok. Scratch that. Men I would actually date dont approach me in public. Without going on a rant about my own personal dating pool, rules and preferences, lets just say it's easier to go online, peruse pics and get the niceties out of the way before exchanging phone numbers. Dig? (P.S. this is not an invitation to ask me out) 

 Ok, with that is out of the way, let's look at this email: 

No. I have never heard from this man. And guess what? He had no profile picture. Nor did he even have what is known as a "Profile" with words and descriptions and "What I am doing on a typical Friday night". 

Now, what I want to know is this: How many of these emails has he sent? Has anyone ever responded positively? Negatively? Has anyone ever responded AT ALL?? Don't you wanna be a fly on the wall for the potential date that could happen should a response be given? Wouldn't you want to hire a guy to meet him? Wait... No... 5 guys to meet him. It might not be safe. Just to see who this dude is? What if he's a celebrity? 

I once read a profile of a very cute guy that stated "Be nice to faceless profiles, they could be celebrities in hiding". I gotta admit it made me think. What if it was Justin???? OMG. Or...or... Ewan MacGregor? 

I digress. This is just one aspect of this blog. Weird emails. I'm sure many of women get emails like this. One of the trials and tribulations of online dating :) 

Thoughts? Comments? Concerns? Please don't be concerned... but we love when you interact with us!

Our humble introduction to our weird blog

You may have stumbled upon this blog wondering, "what the fuck is "Cock-tales""?
It is entirely possible that you found the link on one of the lovely contributor's Facebook pages. It is also possible that you actually went in search of such a blog and had all the search criteria right. Whatever it is that actually happened...here you are. Wondering what the fuck this is all about.

What?
Well, check it out: Cock-Tales is a blog about a few things, primarily dating, but isn't actually a "dating blog" per se. While you will find some Stories about dates, you won't find story after story chronicling first and second dates, what happened, pictures and ratings. You may find some disillusionment and frustration but you won't find rants and rages about men (or women) and their shortcomings and what assholes they may or may not be.

Why?
The intent of this blog is to relate some of the oddities, musings, short stories, emails, hilarities, ah-ha moments, realizations, coincidences, heart breaks, stupidities, one-liners, dalliances, haikus, breakthroughs, celebrations, downfalls and more things I can't think of but may update later.

Who?
This blog is written by 4-5 amazingly beautiful, single women, who happen to find themselves dating in the City of Angels- one of the most interesting places to be dating for many reasons: it is huge and tiny, it is a lot like high school and it is full of demographics. These women have been amassing their content over the past several years and want to share it so you can laugh, cry, nod in agreement or shake your head in disbelief with them. Or not. We don't really give a shit. This stuff is just too good to be trapped in our heads.

As we each write, we'll introduce ourselves to you. We won't post every single day, so don't worry. We won't be annoying. There may be posts a few times a week, sometimes less...just depends how often we are dating or getting hilarious emails from weirdos online...or remembering a story from the past that wanted to be told in that moment.

Before I wrap this intro up, pls note that if you are dating one of us, we aren't writing about you. If we want to, we'll ask permission to use the story or anecdote. We're not assholes. Questions? There's a comment area below. Have at it!