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I've become the dude EVERYONE wants to fix up.

Recently, friends have tried to set me up with someone they know. I don't know if that is good or bad or somewhere in between but I think it is time for me to start politely saying no the next time someone wants to fix me up.

Where should I start?

Against my better judgment, I went out with "Ms. Separated" and the second I saw her I wanted run in the other direction (will explain in a little bit). But I'm not foul like that...so I at least finished the date, which was cheap and in close proximity to my job. So, I didn't lose much by at least meeting her in person one time. There can be no future (or anything beyond one date) because she's still separated, still has a kid, still lives at home with mom and her kid, still working crazy hours and still in school. I'm surprised she even has time to date. But I wasn't attracted to her after she cut ALL OF HER HAIR OFF. She spent the whole date justifying/rationalizing her decision to do it and how she needs to wear colors like pink, lots of makeup and big earrings to make her feel like a sexy woman again and not like a manly-looking female. On to the next one....

A female friend tried to set me up with her girlfriend. After getting some basic details, age, location, what she does for a living...I asked the friend to send me a picture after I attached one of my pics to forward to her friend. My friend sends me back two pictures. One that I liked and one that I disliked. I was hoping the one that I liked was the most recently picture. So, before I agreed to do a date...I e-mailed her friend directly and asked politely which one was the most recent pic. Her friend's response, "does it matter?" Sigh. Obviously, it did and that was the reason I was asking. Her terse response indicated to me...that the picture I probably disliked was the most recent and it appeared to me she was a little touchy about it. The picture that I disliked was similar to Ms. Separated bald haircut. So, I decided to spare her feelings and I didn't reply. On to the next one.

So, I'm done with friends trying to set me up. I'll be saying NO, NO, NO and everlasting NO from now on.