Social clubs.

[shadowkat]

Found this on singles meet-up board.

"Would you like to be considered for membership in The Social Salon?

The Social Salon only accepts singles looking for a committed relationship or marriage. Each person has been carefully screened so when you enter the club you are assured you will meet attractive, intelligent, high-quality people with similar goals, shared values and interests. The Salon will meet once a week at a comfortable, intimate location with soft music and a full bar.

We are having a preliminary party on June 22nd to introduce prospective members to one another. The gentlemen (35-55) are well educated, successful and looking to meet that special someone. These are some of Manhattan's most desirable bachelors. Having earned success in their chosen fields, they are now ready to embrace the excitement of meeting quality women. They are ready for commitment.

We will arrange a phone interview, and if we agree to move forward we will invite you to meet with us before the party for further screening.

If you’d like to be considered for membership, please fill in the questionnaire below and submit it with a recent photo taken within the last 6 months to TheSocialSalon@yahoo.com.

Name:

Phone:

Age: (we will be requesting ID at the event)

Occupation:

Describe your overall look.

What are your two favorite hobbies?

Why are you interested in attending this event?

Describe the type of person you are. Be original!

Describe the type of person you'd like to meet."

Tempted to post the following response: "Don't suppose anyone would be interested in starting a social club for down-to-earth people who don't think they are god's gift to the universe?"

Comments

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Rather full of themselves aren't they?

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Yep.

Apparently the new thing is to over-sell yourself. I blame all the reality shows for this. Whatever happened to humility? Sigh...

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

Actually, the wording of this thing strikes me as a bit old-fashioned, the sort of thing you might have seen in the mid-20th century, only the women are being encouraged to talk about their own personal achievements on top of how good a wife/mother they'd be.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Seeing a lot of that on the dating scene right now - especially on the internet.

This whole family values/neo-conservatism movement that came about shortly after Bush got elected.

It's setting the feminist movement back decades...though. This expectation that women have to do it all. Be gorgeous, have a great body, be a great lover, a great housekeeper, a great mother, a successful wage-earner. Makes one wonder what the guy has to contribute? Wait, I know. A certain piece of anatomy that women don't have. (I deleted a far cruder response.)

Makes me miss the 1990s.

[anomster.livejournal.com]

"This expectation that women have to do it all."

Wait, weren't we supposed to have it all? [dawning suspicion that that's what that expression always meant...]

Y'know, I'm tempted to respond just to get them to call me for that interview so I can tell them what I think of them.

The phrase "quality women" just makes me shudder. Could the commodification be any more plain? What the hell does that make women who don't meet their definition of "quality"? And the idea that you get screened for looks before you can even go? Yuck.

Funny thing is, I've been hearing about a singles event for NY public radio listeners (http://www.wnyc.org/events/60154). I think I'd be more interested in the people who'd go to that, but is it elitist in its own way? (Kinda moot by now, since it's sold out.) On the other hand, the picture on the page that link goes to? Has pretty white people in front (the woman is blonde, of course), w/slightly darker folks in the background. And do you think it's significant that the woman's thought balloon is empty? @>/

But on the other other hand, I sometimes call in to the live shows on the station. People I know have said to me, "I heard you on WNYC the other day!" And there might actually be some men there who've heard me & might be interested in meeting, or even dating, "[anom] from Manhattan."

Gee. Didn't really mean to make this about me....

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

I think they're trying to convince you these guys aren't losers, but in their very hyperbole, are raising the exact suspicion that they are....

That kind of thing would turn me off immediately. I'm too much of a jeans-and-t-shirts, watch some Buffy videos and each Cheetos kind of gal.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

I didn't include the subject heading: "looking for 'attractive, successful, quality women between the ages of 30-40." Note the guys go up to the age of 55, the women don't.

Yeah, I'm with you. Jeans, t-shirt, comfortable clothes, no heels (don't need them, so why bother?), watch Buffy, read Dresden, and eat
popcorn.

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

They sound like creeps parading as gentlemen, really.

[londonkds.livejournal.com]

This screams "arrogant guys looking for trophy girlfriends" to me.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Agreed. Very annoying. Every time I think I'm shallow, someone comes along and one-ups me.

[embers-log.livejournal.com]

There might be some nice, but shy, men at an event like this; but I would rather go to a Browncoats shindig where you know you have something to talk about, and the opportunity to keep things as 'just friends' instead of so much pressure to 'find the one'.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but they'll probably be shallow and into looks. Not that I'm not, but I'm beginning to realize there's shallow and then, there's SHALLOW.

No, the tall organization may be a better bet. They are a bit more down to earth in some respects.

[atpolittlebit.livejournal.com]

Name: Puddintane. Ask me again and I'll tell you the same.

Phone: Yes.

Age: (we will be requesting ID at the event) Between 30 and 40. Exact specification to be provided at the event.

Occupation: Lady of leisure? Volunteering at high-profile charities.

Describe your overall look. At the moment, it's rather skeptical. Raised eyebrow with a 'you've got to be kidding' expression.

What are your two favorite hobbies? gold-digging and shopping Working out and sailing.

Why are you interested in attending this event? I want to meet someone who can keep me in the style to which I would like to become accustomed.

Describe the type of person you are. Be original! I am a unique snowflake.

Describe the type of person you'd like to meet. Healthy (but not too much so) and wealthy.


Too honest?

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Hee! Not bad.