It’s time for another compare and contrast blog post. This time, let’s compare dating to Powerball®.
This morning, I went to two different liquor stores to buy $8 worth of lottery tickets. With a $900 million Powerball® jackpot for tonight’s drawing, I can’t think of a better return on my investment! As I browsed the wine aisles before making my purchase, I started thinking about the similarities and differences between buying a lottery ticket and searching for “the one.”
Enjoy some healthy Power Veggie Soup as we fantasize about winning the lottery and the man.
Compare and Contrast Dating and Powerball:
- You have to play to win. Rating: Similar
- The cost: can be cheap ($2 per ticket and $5 for a happy hour glass of wine) or pricey ($200 for 100 tickets and $200 for dinner with a very nice bottle of wine and a movie). Rating: Similar
- Both Powerball® and online dating require “matching.” Rating: Similar
- There are two Powerball® drawings a week (Wednesday and Saturday). There are two “best days” for reaching out to and connecting with prospective online matches – Sunday and Monday. With dating, the goal is to line something up before the weekend. Rating: Mostly Similar (despite the different specific days)
- With Powerball®, you have to match a total of 6 numbers. With seeking a mate, you’ll likely be looking for more than 6 desired traits. One list of top 10 desired traits includes honesty, communication, commitment, trustworthiness, affection, humor, confidence, independence, self-sufficience, and relateability. It would be hard to eliminate any of these. Rating: Different
- If you win the lottery, you choose between a cash lump sum payment or an annuitized prize paid out over 29 years. With dating, you decide whether to go with an initial outlay of a romp in the hay or an annuitized long-term commitment prize paid out over 29+ years. Rating: Similar
- The chance of winning the lottery: infinitesimal. The chance of meeting your match: better than infinitesimal but still a lot of slogging. Rating: Different
- That feeling you get when you play the lottery and the feeling you get when you begin to date someone you’re excited about: hope. Rating: Similar
So if you buy a Powerball® ticket before the cut-off tonight, maximize hope and talk to that cute guy in line.
Until next week, happy dating or not dating!
XXXOOO
Nadia
That feeling you get when you lose the lottery and the feeling you get when your date doesn’t return your texts. Rating: Similar. (Got my lottery tix in my wallet!)
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Good one and agree with your rating!
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