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September 2, 2008
Beautiful Latin Ladies Probably Don't Actually Speak Latin
When you're searching for someone new who catches your eye, a lot of sites will let you filter their members according to a whole host of variables, but what you can search for will depend a lot on what kind of site you're on. The more general sites will let you search for people from specific backgrounds, whereas sites that are already geared toward, say, Latin dating, will assume you're looking for beautiful Latin ladies and let you focus on other, more specific criteria. Personally, I never really understood why people would want to limit their options like that, especially since when it comes to body language, reading the signs is usually possible no matter how different two people's backgrounds may be. That said, the desire people have to avoid those who don't understand their culture is more comprehensible when you're faced with some of the more ridiculously ignorant people out there.
I used to work with a guy, for example, whose ignorance staggered even my pessimistic view of humanity. He wasn't a bad guy, really, just not quick. He sincerely had a fascination with beautiful Latin ladies. He actually took a vacation to Argentina with the theory that he'd find himself a wife there. The real problem was that before he went, he actually spent about three weeks studying a Latin dictionary he'd bought to help prepare. The first time I saw him with it I had to leave the office before I actually fell over and started laughing. I thought it was so funny. I tried to keep a straight face and not let on that the "beautiful Latin ladies" were a lot more likely to speak Spanish. In the end, I felt so bad that I had to tell him. He was quite upset that his Buenos Aries dating guide hadn't mentioned anything. I actually had to explain to him that no one besides the Catholic clergy spoke Latin anymore and that it had been an otherwise dead language since the fall of the Roman Empire.
Don't get me wrong. I'm a nerd, and I think that people who can speak ancient languages are pretty hot, and if the guy managed to learn Latin it would have been great. Still, I imagine that he's the kind of guy people on those dating sites are very understandably trying to avoid.
Posted by Leon at September 2, 2008 2:01 AM
