Patience is a Virtue

So I respond to this guys ad on Craigslist and sent a picture of myself. His first response is as follows:

Hello Beth,

Well, to be honest, I am not as nerdy as the post suggests. It was something that I thought was funny and would get a good response. I didn't take the test yet on okcupid, do plan on it just don't have the time right now. But anyway I was hoping you could tell be about yourself and give me an accurate description. I thank you for the pic but I never ask for one. This is from experience. Too many people sending out fake pics or pics that are nothing like them. Besides, attraction is so much more than just one's physically appearance. What are you like as a person? Do you have a good heart or are you more a self-interest person? Do you live in the city or the burbs? These attributes tell me more about the person, and what's important, than any picture could represent.

So I do look forward to finding out more about you. And feel free to ask me anything you like. I am an open book.
While this isn't a bad response, I found his comments about not caring about phsyical appearance a little fishy. First of all, let's be honest here - maybe some people care nothing about physical appearance but I generally think you are a liar if you say that physical attraction isn't important at all. Is it everything? Absolutely not, but it is important. Also, he claims to not be interested in seeing a picture but asks for an accurate description? Couldn't I lie more without a picture? I suppose I could do what a lot of men do in saying "I'm very attractive." But something like that is so subjective - it seems stupid and presumptious to just make a blanket statement like that. In addition, most of the guys that say stuff like that seem to think they are much hotter stuff than they actually are, at least so far as I have seen. Also, the fact that this guy seem to be making a big deal about how attraction isn't at all important seems to imply that perhaps he knows I may not find him attractive and is thus trying to play the "once you get to know me you will overlook the fact that I look like Quasimodo." I hate to sound like a superficial bitch, but just like I can't make anyone be attracted to me when they aren't, I can't make myself be attracted to someone that I'm not even slightly attracted to just because I like their personality. I've tried before, and sometimes more attraction does come over time, but when it's not there, it's just not there. I also take issue with the question "Do you have a good heart or are you more a self-interest person." Does he really think anyone is going to say, "No, I do not have a good heart - I care only about myself and anyone else can go screw themselves." In addition, just the general tone of the e-mail seemed to indicate to me that perhaps this guy takes himself a little too seriously. Still, I was going to write back, I just didn't right away. Three days later I get this e-mail from him:

How disappointing.

Good luck in your search.

So I write back a quick note saying, "I've been incredibly sick, just fyi, I've barely been doing anything but sleeping." This was true, by the way. I then soon get another note back from him:

Really? That's what your going with?

Like I said. How disappointing.

Goodbye.

Apparently I wasn't wrong about him taking himself too seriously!