In the digital age, it’s increasingly easy to expose personalities before even meeting face-to-face. Enter Nathaniel Field, an ambitious individual from Denver, Colorado, who has launched a website, ShouldYouDateNate.com, in his quest to find love. His approach? A lengthy manifesto that claims to be a life-changing read, though most would agree it’s more of a cautionary tale.
Nathaniel, who describes himself as a “dedicated workaholic,” outlines his dreams of finding the ideal partner but also provides a detailed list of reasons why you might want to steer clear. Featuring 3,000 words of self-promotion, he starts by laying down some stringent criteria for his prospective mate: she must be between 22-35 years old, possess a “slender, healthy body” and, of course, be “intelligent, happy, and ambitious.” Interestingly, he has little patience for those who enjoy binge-watching television or scrolling through social media.
While he claims that he might eventually break free from his workaholic tendencies for the right woman, it’s hard to imagine him doing so, given his aversion to any form of leisure that doesn’t involve climbing the corporate ladder. He even provides a warning for those with less-than-ideal eating habits, stating, “If your idea of good nutrition is topping off an extra-large pizza with diet soda, then I’m not the guy for you.”
To spice things up, Nathaniel offers a “dream vacation” to a select lucky lady, but there’s a catch: you must send him a full-length photo to see if you meet his criteria. He defends this exhaustive checklist by insisting that it’s necessary to avoid attracting incompatible matches. However, one can’t help but wonder if he might just end up with no responses at all, or worse, an inbox filled with applicants that don’t fit his stringent outline.
As of now, the application process has been shut down, redirecting visitors to a page detailing how this peculiar endeavor turned into “one of the most successful PR campaigns of 2017.” Clearly, Nathaniel’s strategy has garnered attention, but it seems that it may not have gone quite as he planned.
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In short, Nathaniel’s quest for love through a self-promotional website serves as both a humorous and cautionary tale about the pitfalls of lacking self-awareness in the dating world.