Sore Thumb

I’m beginning to standout like a sore thumb at work with the dubious accolade of being the only single bloke in a company of over a hundred employees. This wonderful achievement was realised when the only other single bloke in the company left for pastures new.

Even the office weirdo has a girlfriend (and let’s face facts, every office has a resident weirdo – and in the world of IT you get more than your fair share). He keeps himself to himself, winces when you turn a light on, hardly says a word all week and has the oddest taste in music – when asked what his last CD purchase was he replied “Whale sounds” – and yet he’s in a serious relationship.

Given that I now have this rather sore thumb, I decided to spend an hour or so searching through Match.com looking for another collection of suitable ladies to contact.

However, rather interestingly, I couldn’t help noticing that most women are either teachers or work with children – even my last date worked as a teaching assistant. So why are there so many teachers on Match.com? Is there some sort of stigma attached to their career? Are they too busy to date?

Perhaps I should start hanging about outside the school gates looking for any suitable single ladies? Hmmm, on the other hand, that doesn’t sound like a particularly good idea...