Is it me, or is je ne sais quoi in serious short supply lately?

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It's Christmas present wrapping day.  I'm not one of those people who wrap presents the same day I purchase them.  I'm a procrastinating wrapper.  Fortuntely though, I'm not a last minute shopper or present wrapper.  Distaste for the stress of last minute anything, serves as my impetus, and I usually ride its momentum to the finish line.  I'm at the half way point, and whaddya know, I've run out of appropriately sized boxes, which is the story of my life.  So, I decided to take a facebook break, and discovered that a handsome fellow had messaged me out of the blue.  I didn't know him from any other stranger on facebook, but noticed we had mutual friends, so I read his message which read as follows:

Handsome man said, "Fancy"

Yep, that was it.  One word.

I wrote him back and asked, "Have you been hacked, or are you a man of few words."

Handsome man said, "man of few words whats your oppinion 
(note:  that was his extra p, not my typo)

I wrote back and said, "I have lots of opinions, but I don't proclaim them to be anyone else's truth."

Handsome man said, "educated hope not to bother"

I said, "Fancy? Educated? Are you speaking of me, or you?  Me, I'm not fancy. Far from it. I'm slightly educated and overly blessed with natural but non nosy curiosity."

Handsome man wrote, "cat problem of curious far from school smart notice your pic under friend's page  clicked and started talking hows things so far"

Before I could reply, handsome man wrote, "sorry for the interruption you might be married no info on status"

I wrote back, "No worries.  I was taking a break from wrapping Christmas presents.  Since you mentioned it, I'm not married.  Does my relationship status determine whether or not we should be facebook friends?"  He had intermittently sent me a friend request.

I don't know about y'all, but I'm not convinced by good looks.  Yes, they peak my interest, but they are far from any deciding factor.  And, I'm not snooty about typos or poor typing skills, but I think when someone says they clicked and started talking, that they would have thought to write more than one word, especially at the onset of communication.  Because, a man of one word, isn't everyone's type.  I personally like a man who is interested in the world around him, and happy to share his interests with me.  I also enjoy a man who can construct a simple sentence.

"Our" disjointed dialogue went on and he finally got around to this stunner of a line, "you are very pretty has been nice talking to you ... " 

What a shame I'm not smitten with anything other than his good looks.  But hey, that is another story of my life.  I may entertain and even choose someone who isn't my preferred physical type, but I never fall for someone who doesn't display a certain je ne sais quoi.


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