Long Distance Flirt Resources

Nobody is perfect.  Sometimes you are attracted to someone who has a creepy doll collection or who drags you to car shows.  Sometimes you meet someone with a regrettable geographic position.  Now, the internet has made this somewhat less of an issue.  It has become absurdly easy to flirt despite displacement, I would argue even almost problematically so.  There are a seemingly infinite number of ways to utilize the internet to let someone know that you are thinking of them and to leave little reminders or notes around their virtual landscape for them to find.  So many ways in fact that what should be cute and thoughtful can seem like an intrusive attempt to insert oneself into every aspect of the object of your affection’s life.  This is not the site for that.

What this is the site for is when you meet the limitations of the internet and you want to say something along the lines of “Stand aside sir.”  Your online experience should be enriching your offline experience.  A sort of annex or addendum to your life.  For instance, if you’re using the internet to find bands and learn about them, view pictures and video etc. you would be grossly under using it if you did not take advantage of the opportunites to actually go see these bands and experience them for yourself.  I recently started biking and have been spending tons of free time reading up on bike maintenance, trails in my area etc.  All of this would amount to nothing were I not actually riding my bike and using this information to meet other people with the same interest.  You see what I’m saying?  I want this site to be a part of a digital-analog tag team.

There comes a time when your like (we’re keeping things light and fun here) needs a physical manifestation.  Normal people hold hands or kiss or have great sex.  Those who have been doomed by the large nature of the earth to long distance flirt need something a little more creative.   If I were building a society it would contain a postal aristocracy.  Mail is great.  It’s absolutely fantastic for most basic long distance flirting needs.  It allows you to make something meaninful and even if you’re just sending a letter it drives home the notion that this is something real which you have invested yourself into.  Even conventional mail though also has it’s limitations.  Eventually you might want to make a gesture that requires a human touch and unless you’re sitting on a ton of frequent flier miles or a fleet of helicopters (and maybe even then,) you’re going to need some help.  Thats where we, and you, come in.

I think this can best be explained by another quick example.  My long distance flirting counterpart was in a play.  As I currently lack a helicopter fleet I couldn’t attend but I wanted to be there and show my support and I wanted to see the play and turn my “I’m sure you’ll be great”s into “Wow, you were great”s.  What I needed was a proxy.  I trolled Craigslist for an accomplice but to no avail.  I lucked out and remembered that I had a friend in the same city who could go to the play and give my fliterpart flowers on my behalf.  In the end the day was won.  But what about in the future?  What if I had a plan that needed multiple people?  What about people that don’t have a friend in the same city as their flirterpart?  I had a vision of something like a couchsurfers for flirting.

I want this site to be a general resource for people that want to take their long distance flirting to the next level.  A network of romantics.  Be sure to check out the categories page for an explanation of the site’s organization and how to best use it for your flirting needs.