I’m From Driftwood might be on a fifty-state tour to hear your coming out stories, but Kevin Richberg, 32, is on a 30-day 30-city tour to find 30 dates and, hopefully, his soul mate. If there’s anything I love more than romance, it’s going to extremes to find it.
“The proposal itself is designed to weed out anyone that might be ‘dangerous,’ but no I won’t be doing any sort of check on anyone,” Richberg, a newly minted MIT grad and world traveler, tells GMP‘s Benoit Denizet-Lewis, who he once made out with. “And fortunately I’ve received plenty of great proposals from what seem like perfectly nice people. Probably the most romantic so far is a man from Oklahoma City who wants to cook me a six-course meal, something that would not normally seem all that special, except he proposes to do it around the entire city like a culinary tour of OKC. I’m not sure how he would even pull it off, but the way he describes it is very genuine.”
He’s received 350 offers (or what he calls proposals) so far, which sounds like a lot of narrowing down is in order, given he’s beginning this thing on or around Oct. 1. Also, many of the invitations came via Gay.com and Manhunt.net. Ahem. Though he insists on this ground rule: No sex. A goodnight kiss is as far as it’s going.
[30 Dates. 30 Days. 30 Cities.]
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pete
Has the whole world gone stark-raving mad??
One of the CA 36,000
@Pete: Yes.
Yes it has.
Please join the rest of the world on the street corner yelling at passers-by and oncoming cars: “The space aliens told Obama to raise my taxes!!”
I will be wearing a combat helmet, bomber jacket, Capri pants and one kitten-heel mule and one blue rubber flipper. Oh, and a Bettie Page wig.
toyotabedzrock
That has to be the absolute worse way to find a soul mate.
He should have started looking when he was a bit younger.
Hilarious
I don’t get it. What’s the point?
Blaine Ward
He is obviously not simply looking for a soul mate. So the point is that this guy wants his 15 minutes of fame. Otherwise, why go through all this trouble? There are far simpler ways.
Tessie Tura
@toyotabedzrock: And your point, Miss Shallow? At 32, he just may be too YOUNG for me.
RHeier
He is a hot Jew with abs and a Jeep.
SWOON.
Jimmy Fury
aww come on guys! have some sympathy.
It must be so very hard for a world traveling MIT grad who looks like a supermodel to find a guy. Poor thing.
/bittersarcasm
fwah
i kind of applaud him for even wanting to find love still. Kinda brave. Maybe,in some form, theres still hope out there…
Toby
No end of the night blow job? You know, I miss the old days.
CJ
Good for him! At least he’s not sitting at home doing nothing like 1/2 the guys reading this story. He’s creative – and having fun. I think that it’s a great idea, even if just ends up having a life experience to look back on.
L.
It looks like Southwest guys are out of luck.
And Queerty should ask him to do a ‘Morning Goods’, if those abs above aren’t photoshopped.
L.
@One of the CA 36,000: From your handle, I’m guessing you’re accounted for, which is too bad really, since your comment is the sort of thing that makes me want to skip the first date and go right to the altar. Ah, well.
slobone
Please come to my town and cock-tease me?
One of the CA 36,000
@L.: Oh, you. It’s the wig, isn’t it?!
LOL 😉
L.
@One of the CA 36,000: *Eeeexactly*. 🙂
Daez
@toyotabedzrock: I didn’t realize there was an expiration date on finding love. My bad!
Daez
@Jimmy Fury: Don’t be hating. Actually, most gorgeous guys do go home alone way to often because no one thinks they have a shot so they just don’t bother. Oh, and those that do bother normally bother because they want the goods not the love.
Jimmy Fury
@Daez: If not feeling sympathy for guys who were dealt a genetic royal flush makes me a hater then I’m cool with that.
Ctprep
Cute idea! I live in Boston and have never seen him making the rounds. Would have definitely said hello!
Kyle412
Sounds like he is more interested in a book deal or movie deal and not love. He lives in a major city and hasn’t found “mr. right” then what is he going to do different than he is currently doing? i bet none of his dates will be guys that don’t fit a physical ideal, are straight acting and not over 40.
Tylertime
MIT grads can’t get jobs anymore? He is 32 years old and he is spending 30 days travelling? He says he was also in India for 30 days. Does the guy have a job? When does he work? Does his soul mate have to financially support him too?
Sverre
He actually just has a really weird tone in his voice and aspirates his vowels really oddly. Am I just being pedantic? Probably. But the guy has to have some flaws… right?
DR
Y’know I can’t decide. Part of me thinks it’s a nice attention-grabbing stunt, part of me wonders if the guy is looking for someone outside the box and is tired of bars, online sites, etc. He apparently has the means to travel and appears to be self-sufficient, so why not have a bit of fun while trying to find a date? God knows it’s better than spending oodles of time on gay.com, manhunt, or grindr…
Scott in NYC
Does this strike anyone as incredibly narcissistic? He’s good looking and he went to MIT…these are the all the credentials needed to assume our interest in seeing him go on 30 dates? I am not following.
ricky lee
Just another attention-whore who happens to be using the gay card to get sympathy and fans. Wouldn’t a gay website do a better job at finding 30 desperate candidates in 30 days? Purporting that an exercise like this could yield a quality candidate for a long-term relationship is totally unrealistic but makes for a good blog idea.