a little resume fluffing?

Well the most amazing thing has happened.  It seems that there has been a huge increase in the number of highly educated men on the dating sites.  I must receive one message a week from a man who has a PhD!  This is a lovely surprise!

Some of them even put it in their usernames! How clever and smart. (oh look, I can see my brain right now!)

But, lest you should feel badly about yourself while you're questioning your level of education, let me drill down into this a bit.

There's a chance that there's a misunderstanding of what "PhD" really means.  It stands for Doctor of Philosophy.   But judging by the number of men using this in their profiles who also have pictures of themselves in flat billed caps, with bathroom selfies, I'm gonna hazard a guess that there's a lot of "Pile it Higher and Deeper" going on.

You are NOT  a PhD just because you think Country Music is a philosophy and you know all the words

You are NOT a PhD if you like to play doctor

You are NOT a PhD if you like to play doctor while reading greek philosophy.  Nope. really.


You are most likely also not a PhD if your message to me says any of the following
"your cute"

• "i read your profile and i think we have a lot in comon"
• "i like curvy educated woman"
• "I rilly enjoyed you're profile, and I would like to conversate further."
• "Oihhi"  (What the fuck even is that?!)

Also, you are NOT "Post Doctoral"  if you just left the doctor


I could go on.  But I hope that clears some things up.