Alex...

I get an e-mail from a guy who has found me on an international dating site. Alex is 50 (a bit old for me, but he looks younger in photos), quite good-looking, he lives in the States. His description: “I am looking for a wife! No games, please!!!”

In his e-mail he asks me: “Can we talk?? Meet? Can you travel? Alex”

I reply after 2 or 3 days: “Yes, I can travel & I love travelling. And I guess, so do you ;) Have you been to Europe yet?” His answer (the same day): “Very busy right now with my bussines-s (his spelling), Can you come to America??? Either Texas or California? Your smile is very pretty, would love to know more. My email is:…@... You can look me up on Facebook and ask me to be your friend. I will except. OK.”

I check his profile on FB. He has over 50 friends: all of them beautiful, young looking women; NOT a single guy! What is going on? Is that Alex's 'portfolio' of girlfriend materials? Do I want to be his ‘friend’? I don’t think so! I write back: “Sorry, I'm not interested...”

Guess what? The next day I get another e-mail from Alex: “No, I have been to South America and Canada and that’s about it. Can we talk via cellphone? I have free calls. And can you come to the United States? We make a very happy looking couple. Alex”

I get the feeling he didn’t realize he had already sent me a message (and I had replied to it). I scroll down and I’m right. It’s a reply to my previous e-mail (about travelling). Shall I give him my mobile number? What would I talk about with a ‘collector’? We don’t have much in common; I collect nice memories, he collects girls…

After a day or two I get 2 new messages from Alex! The first one says: “Hi, how are you? BTW, why are you not interested? What happened? All the women on the Facebook are just for fun. Nothing serious. I am not a player. Alex” Oh, so he DOES realize the impression his Facebook profile gives women. The second one says: “Why don't you want to be friends? Alex” I am not even going to reply...