Online Dating, Yay or Nay
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I've heard there is some women hating/bashing going on here. Do i get three guesses as to who started it?
Oh wait..i don't need three.0 -
Some of us have had bad experiences in life...Why should that dictate the here and now? So you got the shaft, I have too. Engaged to 1Concrete a while back, not any more. *kitten* happens man. Move on, I don't get it.
If only we had ever met.
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Any man who begrudges a woman the right to have a standard for physical attraction forfeits his own right to have one for women as well. Physical attraction is not the be all/end all, but it's a biological fact that we all have certain physical attributes that we find attractive. If it weren't then the pornography industry would go broke. Lust is not predicated on the ethics and intelligence of other people. Granted, lust is only one small aspect of a relationship, but it is an important aspect. We combine it with everything else to determine whether or not we want relationships to continue. However, it is a very real and valid catalyst.0
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And I'm pretty damn hot now.
Word.
I see you creepin' me. Keep going. I likes it.
Wait, you aren't overweight, are you? :laugh:
Not if I get taller.0 -
I'm fat.
All the ladies on my friends list want me...it's ridic how much I have to fend them off...
But, my attitude for the most part is awesome...0 -
I'm fat.
All the ladies on my friends list want me...it's ridic how much I have to fend them off...
But, my attitude for the most part is awesome...
*swoon*0 -
I'm fat.
All the ladies on my friends list want me...it's ridic how much I have to fend them off...
But, my attitude for the most part is awesome...
it's the truth....
we FALL over ourselves to get to Tyler.....(sorry Dani...just.....sorry...)0 -
I'm fat.
All the ladies on my friends list want me...it's ridic how much I have to fend them off...
But, my attitude for the most part is awesome...
You know I dream about you all the time. Well, mostly just that one time, but it was great.0 -
I'm fat.
All the ladies on my friends list want me...it's ridic how much I have to fend them off...
But, my attitude for the most part is awesome...
Tyler, get off the Internet and come back to bed!0 -
Thanks everyon for your helpful posts and the entertainment you have brought me throughout this day
Ohthere are so many things wrong with this that I don't even know where to start. :noway:
^^^ Except for you... your comment smells of judgment and the tears of a thousand african children...0 -
Online dating for men: Send out 10,000 letters. Get one response.
Online dating for women: Receive 10,000 letters. Respond to only hottest guys.
It does seem that way sometimes. I know I usually look through multiple profiles that are sent my way each day, and the sites say I'm "looked at" maybe once a week, if that often. (I don't know if they define "look at" differently from me.) Then I send out multiple "I'm interested" or "icebreaker" type messages and usually get one in maybe every couple months. But I guess that's part of the challenge of doing things online- it's hard to tell who's "active" and who's really looking at whom. At least at a bar, coffee shop, concert, etc., you can usually tell if someone is 1) there, and 2) if they're already talking to a potential romantic interest, even if they aren't formally in any relationship.
Personally, I don't look at it so much as online dating as online meeting. To me, it is simply as a method to replace school and AUGMENT work or social activities as venues for meeting other singles. And I use it for many of the same reasons the OP mentioned. The demographics and rules of my job generally prevent me from meeting people at work, my workload makes it hard to have a predictable social life, and the eligible women who go to my church are few and far between, if present at all.
Vetting, making sure a person is who they say they are, is the biggest challenge of the online systems. Yes, people can lie to you in-person, too. But at least there is a living, breathing person in front of you. Online, it can be a challenge to know if a profile is tied to a person at all. More than a few of those rare icebreakers / winks I've recieved came from false profiles of "women" who said "I'm not a member on this site, but you can find me on [insert rival dating site here] so we can talk". Plus, it's easy for them to use the distance and, honestly, anonymity of meeting onine to scam others.
As far as the various sites, I find much of it can boil down to stylistic opinions. I like the convenience of match.com's search capabilities and the ability to change my settings (changing "has kids" to "no kids", for example) and have immediate updates on the matches, but some of the matches they find makes you wonder if anyone actually read your profile. eHarmony tends to have solid matches, but the matching system is obnoxious, there's no way to search the current "pool", change your criteria and have immediate results, or search through the profiles they find for you by anything other than name and location.
So online dating is DEFINITELY a valid way to meet people. But it isn't a magic bullet that's guaranteed to find you "the one" and it still doesn't replace face-time.0 -
I'm fat.
All the ladies on my friends list want me...it's ridic how much I have to fend them off...
But, my attitude for the most part is awesome...
it's the truth....
we FALL over ourselves to get to Tyler.....(sorry Dani...just.....sorry...)
Back the FCK up bishes!!!!
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If you want to date now, you should date now. I don't know why you would wait till you're at your goal weright, why let life pass you by?
About online dating, literally every single person I know does/has done it, I think its great. It is just another way to meet someone, I don't understand why anyone would have an issue with it. At least this way you know some basics about the person before going out with them - when you meet a guy at a bar or something you don't know anything! Just be safe & meet them soon.0 -
I did the POF.. and met one of the most amazing men of my life and we had a great 3.5 months together..... Had we met under different "times" I think we would have worked out. Neither of us were final in our divorces yet and then I finalized and he is still in the process and we are at "different stages" in our life.... Sad.....honestly... BUT we are still friends and have learned a ton from each other in this little journal.
If the stars align align and things work out in the future...who knows.... but if not, I will keep him as a friend forever... and always.
I have thought about jumping back on.... but don't think I am ready honestly and just want to see where things in real life go and be me for a while.0 -
I'm fat.
All the ladies on my friends list want me...it's ridic how much I have to fend them off...
But, my attitude for the most part is awesome...
:laugh: :drinker:0 -
I'm fat.
All the ladies on my friends list want me...it's ridic how much I have to fend them off...
But, my attitude for the most part is awesome...
I'm actually considering putting on a few pounds to be more like Tyler.
I'm all jealous of his bishes.0 -
I'm fat.
All the ladies on my friends list want me...it's ridic how much I have to fend them off...
But, my attitude for the most part is awesome...
I'm actually considering putting on a few pounds to be more like Tyler.
I'm all jealous of his bishes.
It's the attitude man....but you seem to be doing good there. When I am done, I will send them your way....0 -
I'm fat.
All the ladies on my friends list want me...it's ridic how much I have to fend them off...
But, my attitude for the most part is awesome...
I'm actually considering putting on a few pounds to be more like Tyler.
I'm all jealous of his bishes.
It's the attitude man....but you seem to be doing good there. When I am done, I will send them your way....
thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou0 -
You can't send me anywhere, i go where i want. And we'll never be done Tyler. NEVER.I'm fat.
All the ladies on my friends list want me...it's ridic how much I have to fend them off...
But, my attitude for the most part is awesome...
I'm actually considering putting on a few pounds to be more like Tyler.
I'm all jealous of his bishes.
It's the attitude man....but you seem to be doing good there. When I am done, I will send them your way....0 -
A whopping YAY from me. I met my husband on okcupid.com0
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I'm fat.
All the ladies on my friends list want me...it's ridic how much I have to fend them off...
But, my attitude for the most part is awesome...
Tyler, get off the Internet and come back to bed!
You left me for Tyler ... effffffff this!0 -
I'm fat.
All the ladies on my friends list want me...it's ridic how much I have to fend them off...
But, my attitude for the most part is awesome...
Tyler, get off the Internet and come back to bed!
You left me for Tyler ... effffffff this!
I think it's fairly obvious why0 -
You can't send me anywhere, i go where i want. And we'll never be done Tyler. NEVER.I'm fat.
All the ladies on my friends list want me...it's ridic how much I have to fend them off...
But, my attitude for the most part is awesome...
I'm actually considering putting on a few pounds to be more like Tyler.
I'm all jealous of his bishes.
It's the attitude man....but you seem to be doing good there. When I am done, I will send them your way....
^^^^This one is CRAZYYYY0 -
Hey fat guys - no need to fight .. there are plenty of awesome not-shallow chicks to go around.0
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I am pregnant. You need to do the right thing.
You can't send me anywhere, i go where i want. And we'll never be done Tyler. NEVER.I'm fat.
All the ladies on my friends list want me...it's ridic how much I have to fend them off...
But, my attitude for the most part is awesome...
I'm actually considering putting on a few pounds to be more like Tyler.
I'm all jealous of his bishes.
It's the attitude man....but you seem to be doing good there. When I am done, I will send them your way....
^^^^This one is CRAZYYYY0 -
I'm fat.
All the ladies on my friends list want me...it's ridic how much I have to fend them off...
But, my attitude for the most part is awesome...
Dude . . . it's not just the ladies.
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I met my husband online.
I have to tell you though...I weeded through a lot of dandies before I found him. The important thing is to be smart. Talk plenty first. If he doesn't want to talk, he probably wants sex. Meet up at a public place for the first date. Do not let him pick you up! When you meet up, trust your gut instincts. And just keep an open mind!0 -
Best lunch hour, ever. Gotta save lives. xoxo0
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Hey fat guys - no need to fight .. there are plenty of awesome not-shallow chicks to go around.
Wait, but remember... we ARE shallow. All of us. Every. Single. One. We all want beach body hotties!!!0 -
No luck with online dating yet... most people vanish when they find out I'm in a wheelchair. As in, conversation is going well, everything seems cool, then I casually mention this, and... no more responses. Yikes. And those who aren't scared by it don't end up being a match in the long term.
Still waiting for the one...0
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