Internet Dating.....Who Has Done it?!
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Everyone misses the point though, what do you send to a girl that says OMG I LUV ME GURLS, I LIKE GOING OUT AND I LIKE SHOPPING AN CLOTHES LOL. I guess you don't send her anything if her profile is anything like that
They do get stuff sent though, hundreds of messages, then write an editorial comment as to why they only get messages asking for sloppy seconds or fellas misleading them into a date with no intentions of anything serious.
Oh really that happens to you does it... wonder why
I used to have 'I like shopping' on my profile. Wouldn't you be more worried if a girl wasn't into her shopping? Some people like girly girls, some people like tomboys.. Having shopping on their profile is likely to mean that the girl likes to look good and take care of her appearance etc.
I can spend all weekend shopping, like some guys can spend all weekend gaming. Why can it not be a hobby?
I can spend all weekend shopping, like some guys can spend all weekend gaming. Why can it not be a hobby?
Wasn't quite talking about you specifically but mostly about guys I've seen on here tying themselves in knots cause she's taking longer than an hour to respond or cancelled the date.
It's a pain in the ass for guys like me and probably the same for a lot of you guys on here when having to spend an hour of the first date deflating her head first before getting on to the usual stuff. Just because little nerds on these sites spend so much time stroking their egos.
Though I know it's pointless to even talk about this since nothing will change. Guys will keep on kissing up and a lot will keep being spat on.
You can tell from pictures anyway if she's well turned out or a slob, you don't need to write I LUV ME SHOPPIN LOL in your profile for someone to work that out. Everyone likes shopping anyway, I for one enjoy exchanging currency for physical objects.
Fair enough, usually I don't care if someone cancels as I'm used to rejection and it doesn't bother me - the circumstances in my post a while back are just examples as to why I'm fed up/cynical. Missing dates because you got bladdered the night before and just not talking at all is poor form, I won't even go into mad baby woman!
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Then you need to up the class of women you go after. It's the God's honest truth when I say I once cut short a phone call with a woman since she spoke like a chav. Stick to your standards no matter what. You don't sound like a bad guy, why isn't it working out for you?
OkCupid is filled to the brim with delightful ladies desperate for a decent guy. It's all I keep hearing from them. They even claim that the odds are stacked against them. That's where you should come in
OkCupid is filled to the brim with delightful ladies desperate for a decent guy. It's all I keep hearing from them. They even claim that the odds are stacked against them. That's where you should come in
Aye, it seems to make them develop what I can only describe as a princess complex.
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In my experience it does. I've had more dates from there in a month than I had from Match, but I've also put in a tad more effort than I did with Match. I've never used POF. Had a scan on POF in my area and London surrounding and it's a tragic hive of ugly and stupid.
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Strongman (training and competing) and gym stuff, swimming and any other time is spent with my kids.
Have never heard anyone say that shopping is a hobby!
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I'd not class shopping as a hobby, I'd class it as an essential thing or a luxury really. If a girl has that in their profile it says to me that they aren't too smart with money too and that they may expect me to pay for all their shopping, which is always a little worrying.
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What I meant to say was that is all they put in their interests. It's shocking how many girls who put "shopping, going out with the girls and horses." that's it... Oh and the standard accompanying mirror picture with an iphone blocking half of their face. Surely a trolling account...but the sheer volume of them.
Those are the most drastic, but there's quite a few stunning babes(imo) who seem quite educated and cultured, pic of themselves graduating, on backpacking in thailand and they put 'shopping, make up, big brother' as their only interests and nothing else, 1 sentence profiles listing their 'hates' and what not to do.....
at least I put gaming in the middle of 10 other interests.
There are some really great profiles by women on the site though, they just don't bother replying or responding.... I assume due to the sheer volume of messages they must be getting
I wouldn't call myself naive at all. My experience of "real life" does not suggest that these same atitudes exist out in the real world.
Stringing somebody a long until something better comes around the corner is shallow, you will never be satisfied that way.
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Im sure it does happen in real life, just it's not as easy to witness
Well yes I'm sure it does, but not as widespread as online as it’s far easier to “advertise” over the internet on sites dedicated to dating. However that still isn’t an excuse to pursue that line of thought of wondering if there is somebody better than who you are currently with just around the corner….
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Im sure it does happen in real life, just it's not as easy to witness
I find this term amusing, online dating is part of real life, it isn't a game (although some act like it is, but then they do offline too). It is all the same, online and offline dating services, it's all part of life but due to the internet it is instantly not real? I guess because it is less personal (tapping away at a keyboard as opposed to talking face to face) people just class it as 'not real'.
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