Online dating
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chuckle_bunny wrote: »I just got a message today from someone on Plenty of Fish and they asked, 'what do you like to do for fun?'
Now how do I answer this in a way that will get me in the sack in less than 2 dates? 🤔
You volunteer at the animal shelter in your free time. You have a big heart for animals.0 -
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bmeadows380 wrote: »I've got a question for the guys....:
Evolution and biology, it's pretty much written in our DNA, a man wants to be the provider. But you will find guys who don't care, about 15-20% of dudes who are older.0 -
I once dated a woman I met online. She was a photographer. Nothing ever developed. She told me I was over exposed. After that, I just lost my focus.6
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Had a Tinder and Bumble, nobody my age is looking for an actual relationship lol.3
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I met my husband on a dating app. We just had a baby too.5
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Minion_training_program wrote: »
Hence why I never use gym pics.
The inner response "He looks like a dumbbell".2 -
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The more people I get to meet (virtually);the more I am convinced that I will be single for the rest of my life. Well, it is good to chat with someone.5
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I dated online from 2006-2009 and had overall good experiences. I met some people there was absolutely no chemistry with so there was no second date, got stood up twice, got invited to a house party that I turned down because that’s not my idea of a first date. Shortly after that I found someone I was interested in so I never got a chance to meet house-party-guy but he was cool about it. I actually met some really nice, cool and respectful people and I’m still good friends with a few of them to this day. I had a couple of short term relationships that ended amicably. In 2009 I decided to try something different and did not have any photos up on my profile, none at all. I was browsing the profiles and one really caught my attention because of the writing style, it stood out from the hundreds of other profiles that all start to look the same after awhile. The guys photo was from far away and not clear so I couldn’t really tell what he looked like either. I sent him a message saying “Hi, just wanted to tell you that I like your writing style, it really stands out from all the other identical profiles on here. You’re not really my type (I was looking for someone in a different age bracket) but wanted to say it’s great to see something original in a profile since it’s a rare occurrence on this site (it was when Plentyoffish was newish and still free) so I wish you the best of luck on here.” and didn’t expect to get a reply since I clearly stated he wasn’t my type. Well he did message me back and we started corresponding online, I found myself still intrigued by his writing, turns out he’s quite artistic and writes music, lyrics and fiction. Eventually we met in person for coffee and hit it off right away, the attraction was mutual and we have a really similar sense of humor so we laugh a lot! We’ve been together ever since, we are going to celebrate our 12 year anniversary in a few months and we are still crazy about eachother. I have no idea what it’s like nowadays on dating sites, I’m sure there are great people on there but it does take a lot of time and a ton of patience to sift through the hundreds (thousands?) of profiles and I hear there’s a lot of scammers out there now so it’s just another annoying/dangerous thing you gotta be super careful about. I don’t know if my strategy of not having a photo up would work nowadays or not but it definitely helped weed out the more superficial people who just go on looks alone. Also, I took a chance at messaging him first, telling him how original his profile was and even though I thought he wasn’t my type, I didn’t let that limit me in corresponding with him after seeing that we clearly got along so well. Sometimes it’s good to step out of your comfort zone a bit but always be careful and watch out for scams as well. I do hope you get lucky and find what you are looking for if you decide to continue online dating8
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This is the closest I even come to social media so online dating is definitely a no for me lol2
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I’ve had a few dates from online dating but I still think it’s absolutely terrible way to meet someone. Girls tend to use online apps as a way to increase their social media following and not for the actual dates.4
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moypadron123 wrote: »I’ve had a few dates from online dating but I still think it’s absolutely terrible way to meet someone. Girls tend to use online apps as a way to increase their social media following and not for the actual dates.
In the same way guys tend to use online apps as a way to get more notches on the bed post?2 -
Sweeping generalizations are really great aren't they?
I personally am very selective about who I add to my social media. In fact, not a single person I have met on a dating app is following me on my social media. There are some real gems I have found here who I am friends with on social media, but that is for their posts and the real interactions I have with them. Half of them are female, half of them are married and all of them are in different countries.1 -
Versicolour wrote: »moypadron123 wrote: »I’ve had a few dates from online dating but I still think it’s absolutely terrible way to meet someone. Girls tend to use online apps as a way to increase their social media following and not for the actual dates.
In the same way guys tend to use online apps as a way to get more notches on the bed post?
Yes, they will admit that.0 -
Versicolour wrote: »moypadron123 wrote: »I’ve had a few dates from online dating but I still think it’s absolutely terrible way to meet someone. Girls tend to use online apps as a way to increase their social media following and not for the actual dates.
In the same way guys tend to use online apps as a way to get more notches on the bed post?
Yes, they will admit that.
Except for the disagrees I got 🤷🏼♀️5 -
I recently started a profile on a site out of curiosity. It was up maybe 48 hrs before I deleted it. I answered like 8 questions, no picture, and got like 6 messages. Screamed desperation to me. I decided I needed to clean the garage, paint the kitchen, and about 39 other things before giving that a try again. My commitmentphobia hit 1000% from the messages and I hadn’t posted the good stuff, “introvert that’s slightly neurotic and loves her PS5 more then time with you; will cook for you, in sweats and messy bun but then you’ll have to leave — I got a life!; must be a hunter so I’m guaranteed a silent fall…” 😊.7
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Minion_training_program wrote: »they definitely work but keep in mind that you will only find the online daters online. The girl/ guy of your dreams may be sitting alone inside Starbucks so don't be afraid to log off, get outside and speak to some attactive looking strangers
Well, not entirely true
I tried online dating back in 2011
After 5 months of online letters to eachother, we decided to meet up.
2 months after we were a couple, and last June was our 4 year anniversary
Still happily married
What platform did you use? Maybe I should get there.0 -
NerdyScienceGrl wrote: »I recently started a profile on a site out of curiosity. It was up maybe 48 hrs before I deleted it. I answered like 8 questions, no picture, and got like 6 messages. Screamed desperation to me. I decided I needed to clean the garage, paint the kitchen, and about 39 other things before giving that a try again. My commitmentphobia hit 1000% from the messages and I hadn’t posted the good stuff, “introvert that’s slightly neurotic and loves her PS5 more then time with you; will cook for you, in sweats and messy bun but then you’ll have to leave — I got a life!; must be a hunter so I’m guaranteed a silent fall…” 😊.
I've known alot of guys who would fall right in love with you1 -
4legsRbetterthan2 wrote: »I've known alot of guys who would fall right in love with you
😂
I like my space and independence. 🤷♀️
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I met my fiance on POF 6 years ago.
Friend met her husband on Eharmony.0 -
Should people write in their dating profiles if they have a sort of bad habits, addictions, or certain non common preferences? Maybe would be a good starting point before loosing time with that person. Your thoughts?1
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Finishiitnow wrote: »Should people write in their dating profiles if they have a sort of bad habits, addictions, or certain non common preferences? Maybe would be a good starting point before loosing time with that person. Your thoughts?
Back when I was making the rounds on internet dating sites I had profiles where I was super upfront about the pitfalls of dating me. Like at one point I didn’t have a car. That’s a big deal breaker to a lot of people but I put it in there anyway because well, they’d find out.
Used to lie a bit on other profiles and say I was a lesbian so the girls would take me seriously but then I changed it to bi since they’d find out...
So, I think it’s good to put the bad with the good straight up unless the only goal is to score one date. You’d get more dates if you lie! Then, after they like you or have wasted some time, they might put up with whatever bs ya didn’t mention. (Not ‘you’ but general term for everyone reading ‘you’)0 -
OpheliaCooter wrote: »Finishiitnow wrote: »Should people write in their dating profiles if they have a sort of bad habits, addictions, or certain non common preferences? Maybe would be a good starting point before loosing time with that person. Your thoughts?
Back when I was making the rounds on internet dating sites I had profiles where I was super upfront about the pitfalls of dating me. Like at one point I didn’t have a car. That’s a big deal breaker to a lot of people but I put it in there anyway because well, they’d find out.
Used to lie a bit on other profiles and say I was a lesbian so the girls would take me seriously but then I changed it to bi since they’d find out...
So, I think it’s good to put the bad with the good straight up unless the only goal is to score one date. You’d get more dates if you lie! Then, after they like you or have wasted some time, they might put up with whatever bs ya didn’t mention. (Not ‘you’ but general term for everyone reading ‘you’)
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Trying it. Its so awkward during covid, but I am tired of waiting for that to end2
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Finishiitnow wrote: »Should people write in their dating profiles if they have a sort of bad habits, addictions, or certain non common preferences? Maybe would be a good starting point before loosing time with that person. Your thoughts?
Would you mention your bad habits on a first date as well? If yes, then put it in profile, if not, then don't.
I think that when you start to love someone, you take their bad habits for granted, because in the end the sum of it all, is that you love that person for who he is.
Nobody is perfect, so take the person with its flaws as well.
If the person has an addiction, of any kind, you will find out soon enough, and you can decide wether you love that person enough to look past it or not.
I've met my wife online back in 2011, and didn't start dating untill early 2012, mainly because we were both pretty shy towards eachother.
But we did wrote letters to eachother a few times every week, and used WhatsApp to have daily contact.
We have saved all of our conversations before we physically met in a Word document, and it's about 158 pages long.3
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