Internet Dating.....Who Has Done it?!
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Got a wink and a hi from a nice looking lady on zoosk however I'm not paying for a month on any dating site as it's a waste of money. Done it in the past too many times and it's just not worth it!. Told her that I just cancelled my account and i'm on pof now, gave her my profile. Would like to talk to her on there!
If she doesn't not that bothered anymore
, women seem more interested in hard boys who like going to night clubs and getting hammered, sod it.
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If she doesn't not that bothered anymore
, women seem more interested in hard boys who like going to night clubs and getting hammered, sod it.- Tired n Grumpy
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Redundant.
Who else would it be about?
Wishy washy, alienating the reader. "I am quite a nice, caring kind of ...". This is better but your word choice is poor. 'Quite' and 'nice' are to expression what magnolia paint is to interior decorating.
Add in other places you've lived in this space. Only yokels date yokels.
Everyone does. Redundant.
Redundant.
This is the first interesting bit I've read. It tells me something about you, your personality and genuine interests come through and it seems honest.
I don't think you want to use the word 'chillax'. Might be a personal dislike of mine.
Conversational tone on the internet can either work very well ("Hey, I get him already!") or work very badly ("Why is he typing the same way he talks? Did he go to school?")
'Bit' is the last resort of those who don't want to define. You either are or are not competitive.
I like this. It's open, inviting and feels like you're talking to someone not putting on a facade.
Apart from the typo, I'm not sure this is a strong message to send. What about, "I enjoy [doing stuff] but don't take it too seriously, or at least not all the time. Looking for someone who has the same outlook" ?
Don't repeat what the suggestions say and dancy/rocky/poppy 'with a good beat' makes you sound like everyone's dad. You don't want to be everyone's dad. There must be some music you like or enjoy. Have a think.
Unless you have puppy dog eyes, this will not fly. Sorry.
Stop doing this. "What I'm looking for ..." or "What I'd like is ..." or "The type of person I am attracted to shows ..."
What? You don't know what you want from a potential partner? Why are you even posting this notice?
Which you haven't stated
Is this a statement of things you're looking for or a question?
The last 4 words make no sense in the context of that sentence.
"If that doesn't sound like you, don't worry, it's probably not what you or I want anyway. But for those who like what they've heard, get in touch.
Apart from that, I think it's great
Whilst I don't necessarily disagree with your criticism magnolia, you could probably be slightly more constructive. In particular that smily face is just smarmy and annoying - it's really hard to write something like this without either sounding like a total pansy or 'woaaah I'm so wacky!'
Think is a lot of these my advice posts are clearly what they'd write for themselves and wouldn't suit the person writing it.
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Hey, take my smiley face out if it bothers you. I was actually saying that I liked his general approach but there were areas where I'd do things differently. I'm sure he is capable of ignoring them if they don't fit with his stance on things.
Are we offering critique or not?
e : just read my post again. How on earth can that not be viewed as constructive? For every negative point that I saw, I offered options. For the bits I like, I said I liked them. What more could I have done?
Are we offering critique or not?
e : just read my post again. How on earth can that not be viewed as constructive? For every negative point that I saw, I offered options. For the bits I like, I said I liked them. What more could I have done?
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[FnG]magnolia;21181702 said:
If you liked his general approach, personally I think you should have made that a bit more obvious, because the way you have practically gone systematicly gone through each sentence makes your final comment look rather sarcastic.
With that clarification that's fine though, apologies.
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I wasn't being sarcastic and would have thought that the content of my post indicated that.
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I have no idea why multi-quoting is always interpreted as aggressive. It's just an efficient way to deal with lots of points.
Multi-quoting isn't interpretted as overly negative, but abruptness can be interpretted as blunt and heavy handed.
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Are we offering critique or not? Because if this is just a 'boo hoo hoo' thread then I'm out and won't waste my time offering alternative ideas on how to word things. Just let me know.
Off to London this weekend to meet a tasty blonde I've been chatting to for a while via POF
Gonna do tourist stuff in the day (Tate, Eye etc) then hole up in the boozer for lunch, followed by rugby and heavy boozing. Can't wait!
Gonna do tourist stuff in the day (Tate, Eye etc) then hole up in the boozer for lunch, followed by rugby and heavy boozing. Can't wait!
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Off to London this weekend to meet a tasty blonde I've been chatting to for a while via POF
Gonna do tourist stuff in the day (Tate, Eye etc) then hole up in the boozer for lunch, followed by rugby and heavy boozing. Can't wait!
Sounds like a good day out, with the exception of the rugby
Off to London this weekend to meet a tasty blonde I've been chatting to for a while via POF
Gonna do tourist stuff in the day (Tate, Eye etc) then hole up in the boozer for lunch, followed by rugby and heavy boozing. Can't wait!
Blimey, let's hope she's as slender as her profile picture, mmm?
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got two dates , one tonight (friday) and one sunday afternoon
stressing me out but i like the look of them both
anyone been in a similar situation?
stressing me out but i like the look of them both
anyone been in a similar situation?
Whaaaat?! Booze+rugby=Sounds like a good day out, with the exception of the rugby
She's sent me some 'other' pics which prove this beyond doubt
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