Nikki Yeager

The night I posted my craigslist ad was a good night. It was the single turning point in my dating life when i decided to proactively change things from "what if.." to "let's make some magic happen". Putting the post up was not only fun, but it was liberating. Like dating should be.

I looked at my well crafted ad and I thought to myself "Here comes my husband."

A few minutes later my inbox was popping up with response after response. I was excited, I was nervous.

Most of all, I was confident. This would be the moment I found love. In fact, I was ready to have so much passionate, enjoyable love in my life that I'd be overwhelmed with boyfriend prospects and have to start turning people away. After all,how could such a liberated, confident girl not end upwith a wonderful man. A wonderful man who, preferably, wanted 2 or 3 kids and a wife within the next 5-7 years.

Oh yes, I was on a roll.

So I opened the first email, smile on my face.

Until I read this. Here's email number one without a single alteration or deletion:

AYOAO OAOYOAY GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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20 years old

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Which is why I don't [normally] date 20 year olds. I just don't enjoy kissing frogs.

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