Excellent details and a great story, Sean! I was deep into online dating for many years, but last year I met my girlfriend offline. We've been doing the long-distance thing for just over a year.

It always boggled my mind how many online daters (mostly men) put ridiculously little work into their profiles. I found this out from various woman-authored articles about dating apps, and, like you, could only shake my head. While they're not perfect, many online dating sites/apps have come a long way, but apparently some men are just interested in a booty call. Sad.