Lurking for Love

Being the sort who looks for love in all the wrong places and being former, I will often start an online conversation with a guy if he states his location as FPO/APO AE or the like. Here is a transcript of an exchange prompted by such an opener, from a very popular men's (okay, fag) site; the correspondent, creativejuice, states in his profile that he is 50 years old:

BigDumbDawg
What branch you in?

creativejuice
branch?

BigDumbDawg
You state your location as APO AE. This leads one to believe you are deployed in the Arab Emirates. I inquired as to which branch of the military you're in.

creativejuicenope.
sorry. i'm in the states. denver in fact. not in the military.

BigDumbDawg
You may wish to edit your profile to reflect that.

creativejuice
if you read the description it says where i'm from but i will take that into consideration.

BigDumbDawg
Sir, I mean no offense. However, it is disrespectful to those servicemembers stationed in the Arab Emirates for someone who is not so deployed to give the appearance that he is.

creativejuice
understood and no offense taken but i'm not sure how i am giving the appearance that i am deployed. because my location says AE? could itbe possible that i might be employed there?

BigDumbDawg
Why lie? "APO AE" is a standardized abbreviation; that's how it gives the appearance you're overseas/military. You're how old and don't know this? You selected it and don't know this? Prevaricate as you wish, but please don't disrespect those deployed.

creativejuice
i see i hit a nerve with you and i wouldn't want that so it will be changed sir.

BigDumbDawg
Thank you for at long last behaving like an adult.

Okay, there's no real reason for thanking a grown man for behaving like one. Truly. What irks the fook outta me is that the guy sees no problem with misrepresenting himself in a disrespectful manner. When his lie is pointed out for what it is, he still ignores the fact that he lied, makes the matter *my* issue, then condescends to do the right thing. A bracingly American trait, that. And gay guys, particularly those on the political left, wonder how they contributed to the current political climate. If, as leftist types are wont to say, the personal is the political... well...?

Am I overreacting? Well, this *is* a fooken blog. Sheesh.