Most people who venture into the world of online dating are perfectly happy with something like Match.com or eHarmony (despite the fact the eHarmony is well-known for rejecting people for things like homosexuality or lack of religion). You take 1800 pictures of yourself, choose the two that make you look halfway normal, write a few words about how you like funny people who love life, and you're off.
But what about the people who won't find their matches on Match.com? Although I've never really been on the market during the online dating era, I've certainly enjoyed an evening or two perusing profiles with friends. What I saw was hardly representative of the world as a whole.
Where were the obese, the midgets, and the amputees? What about the inbred cousins looking for cousins, or the guys with one regular arm and one teeny tiny little mutant arm? Or the creepy 65-year-old diaper fetishists with cabins in Everglades and bodies beneath the floorboards? It was truly puzzling.
So puzzling, in fact, that I set out to find the sites that cater to, shall we say, atypical markets. I've detailed my findings below, though I'll warn you now that some of the sites are not safe for work (or your stomach).
Pierced Passions and Tattooed Singles - If you're the type of person who views your body as a canvas, this is the dating site for you.
Best introduction line: Why don't you come back to my place so I can show you my new tatts (or piercing)...
No Longer Lonely - Do you ever wish you could just die? Do you hear voices? Do you ever feel like you just can't get clean enough? No Longer Lonely is the perfect place to find someone equally disturbed. They provide a place for mentally ill people to find their mentally ill partners - and what could possibly go wrong with that?
Best introduction line: Hey baby, what's your medication regimen?
