Faking it #2

I FIRST started using classifieds websites to sell some books when I was studying in the United States, and it was easy to see why so many people used it.

You don’t need to register for an account, and you get to keep your anonymity as the site generates a random email for buyers and sellers to communicate with.

But to truly understand how it worked here in Malaysia, especially in terms of posting a “personals” ad, I pretended to be a lonely girl looking for company, posting a simple two-line ad under the “casual encounters” category.

Within an hour, I had over 30 emails in my inbox.

Over the next three days, that number hit 135.

Two weeks later, and the emails are still coming in.

While I was shocked by how explicit some of the photos attached to the emails were, but there were some guys who did try the more old-fashioned, romantic pick-up line approach.

The majority of them, however, would ask for a meet-up, and start describing how skilful they were in bed.

Definitely not my idea of romance.