A Million Little Pieces and Trustworthiness

Yesterday I Googled "match.com blog" to see if this blog would surface. It didn't, but along the way I learned an interesting fact.

Y'know how Mr. Match wonders about the women who either don't respond to his winks/e-mails, or initiate communication with him and then drop the ball when he replies? What if they're not really Match.com members looking to meet someone? What if they're shills employed by Match to further Match's bottom line by enticing discomfited members to retain their memberships? For more on this topic, read about the lawsuit.

How does this relate, for me, to A Million Little Pieces? I read the book, along with over three million other people, and loved it, couldn't put it down. When the news came out about the inaccuracies in the book, it made me question everything — every "fact" — I read. But, as I've stated before, I'm very trusting. I forgive easily. Had I not read about these lawsuits, it would never have occurred to me that every person online is less than exactly as he or she states.

I like my little fantasy world. I like looking at the profiles and wondering, again, if he could be Mr. Right. I don't like taking my blinders off and wondering if he even exists.