Winking

I hate winking on Match.

It's a really tacky concept designed to take the edge off of cold calling someone.

It's like dipping your big toe in the water before diving in.

Any guy I message on Match typically doesn't respond to me so I don't even bother anymore. I just kind of have to sit ... and wait ... and sit ... and wait for someone to make the first move.

Today I did my first sweeping rounds of "winks" at guys who I'm genuinely interested. Some profiles that caught my attention:

1. One guys headline was "NOTHING'S HOTTER THAN A MAN WHO WRITES IN ALL CAPS" - made me laugh so he got a wink
2. Another hipster-looking guy donning a wool wrap-around scarf and a white tee also had a picture of himself squeezed into a nude colored snowsuit and making a face I could be seen making (but have graciously spared the world of Match from having to see). Made me guffaw and I would've winked twice if there was an option
3. And some other liked music and looked like a scenester, so he got a wink too. Why the hell not.

Winking on Match is as cheap as those emoticons ... or those "virtual hugs" your friends used to dole out way back in sixth grade when AOL was cool.

{ HUG! }{ BYE! }