Love story maybe; or maybe not

I don’t actually mostly watch TV commercials. I mean, the instant—the absolute nanosecond—that whatever I’ve got on cuts to a break, I tune out. Don’t even really need to hit mute; my attention is completely disengaged.

(Actually, I’m usually doing something else while the TV is on, so I’m almost never paying complete attention to what’s running anyhow. But back to my point.)

So, the first time this commercial penetrated to my brain (on The Military Channel, BTW), it was just ending, and I had that gobsmacked sensation that says, “What the hell did I just see?”

The website it’s advertising purports to be an “international dating experience” with “thousands of profiles”, all of women. They also assure us that they “conduct one-on-one interviews with each and every one of the women listed on our sites”, and “ensure that they have a genuine interest in exploring romantic relationships with men from overseas.”

Oh, and they’re “approachable, affectionate and beautiful”.

(I’m sorry—I just can’t stop repeating this stuff.)

Of course they are.

One wonders what the sad gits who pay for this service look like. & one won’t know because the site doesn’t mention any vetting of the sad gits who pay for this service.

Well, okay—I’m sure there’s a credit check.

I’m wondering that the marks—I mean customers—haven’t seen any of the many episodes of Law & Order (or SVU) that deal with the aftermath of “international dating experiences” when the online bride shows up in the US. Because this sort of thing usually seems to end up in the police files, not My Fair Wedding, if you catch my drift.

Plus, I can’t help thinking of that Discover® Card commercial—you know, the one where when you call customer service for any credit card except Discover, and you get “Peggy”:

I can’t get the picture out of my mind of some guy named Ted, sitting in Houston, IMing away at $10 a minute (or whatever it is) to…Peggy.

Does that make me a bad person?