Internet Dating.....Who Has Done it?!

MisChief · 8 Mar 2013 at 20:42

Well I CBA now with the guy I met last week. He's unwilling to travel further than 15 mins to meet me and keeps suggesting I go round to his place instead. No chance. He's now getting ignored :rolleyes:

pingwing · 8 Mar 2013 at 20:48

Kerplunk said:
One thing I have noticed is you can talk loads and, send lengthy messages but the minute you dont specifically ask a question, you get no response!

Its like if theres no 'question' that's it, not even if you are implying to get a response

WOMEN!!!!!1

Urgh yeah that one is a right pain! Engage with lots of openings to keep the conversation moving and yet if I don't come out with a big question they dry up quicker than the desert...

Going to assume women who are like that aren't worth the effort probably...

MisChief said:
Well I CBA now with the guy I met last week. He's unwilling to travel further than 15 mins to meet me and keeps suggesting I go round to his place instead. No chance. He's now getting ignored

Well thats nice and rapey!

grudas · 8 Mar 2013 at 21:06

Rapey.. Mwhahaha..

Gogl · 8 Mar 2013 at 21:42

MisChief said:
Well I CBA now with the guy I met last week. He's unwilling to travel further than 15 mins to meet me and keeps suggesting I go round to his place instead. No chance. He's now getting ignored

pingwing said:
Well thats nice and rapey!

Isn't it, you just know the "Why don't come back to my place, it's not far" would be waiting to be rolled out. Or if you're really paranoid, like me, thinking "Please no further than fifteen minutes away from mine, as after that the effects of the rohypnol make manoeuvring you too awkward"

aln · 8 Mar 2013 at 22:41

pingwing said:
Urgh yeah that one is a right pain! Engage with lots of openings to keep the conversation moving and yet if I don't come out with a big question they dry up quicker than the desert...

Going to assume women who are like that aren't worth the effort probably...

The problem is almost all of them are like that, you can even read it in a lot of the profiles "I get a lot of messages, so you need to put lots of effort in for me to respond". Yeah because the guys who aren't desperate are the ones who'll try hardest. Woman logic.

Maybe it's an age thing. Are the people who proclaim success actually seeking woman in their 20s?

MisChief said:
Well I CBA now with the guy I met last week. He's unwilling to travel further than 15 mins to meet me and keeps suggesting I go round to his place instead. No chance. He's now getting ignored

Just gonna say I called it. Maybe I should open that agony aunt column after all.

pingwing said:
Least favourite is put loads of effort into trying to start a conversation to get a couple of two word responses like shes balancing atop of a very very high horse...

"Haha" is the most annoying for me. Shall I follow up with someone else funny? Shall I ****.

unwashed potato! · 8 Mar 2013 at 23:00

haha ****es me off too! as people have said you have to ask questions else they just repsond with a basic reply and then that's it convo over, but you have to do this almost every time. very boring

this also annoys me

http://www.pof.com/viewprofile.aspx?profile_id=37313973

first picture you see in search results looks very cute, click to view profile and bam fugly girl not my type at all. i've clicked this girls profile in particular pretty much every time i see it as i forget as the first picture to me looks nothing like the rest. if she's paid to see who's viewed her profile and when then i'll look like a right stalker

aln · 8 Mar 2013 at 23:10

Fairly sure the answer is no said:
haha ****es me off too! as people have said you have to ask questions else they just repsond with a basic reply and then that's it convo over, but you have to do this almost every time. very boring

this also annoys me

http://www.pof.com/viewprofile.aspx?profile_id=37313973

first picture you see in search results looks very cute, click to view profile and bam fugly girl not my type at all. i've clicked this girls profile in particular pretty much every time i see it as i forget as the first picture to me looks nothing like the rest. if she's paid to see who's viewed her profile and when then i'll look like a right stalker

To be fair I don't think she's that bad, though I take the point with the difference between the pictures. Even considering the fact short hair REALLY puts me off, and I wouldn't generally bother with anyone doing the bend over look at my boobs pose, but shes a lot better looking than the girls who message me. That makes me sad.

P.S. People who have paid have green dots under their name FYI, and borders around their profile when you search. Don't seem em very often.

unwashed potato! · 8 Mar 2013 at 23:15

yeah in my age range i don't expect to see people paying for pointless extras.

it's the bending over look at my boobs, the short hair which i've only ever like on emma watson, and then about me, i like clubbing, i like to party. Zzzz

it's funny as every single friend i know goes clubbing next to never when they get a partner, which is fair enough clubbing sucks and is only good for one thing, so listing it as an interest and the first thing you write in your profile really is imo stupid as what guy actually wants that in a girl? oh great i'll be dating a party animal, just what i want.

aln · 8 Mar 2013 at 23:21

Fairly sure the answer is no said:
yeah in my age range i don't expect to see people paying for pointless extras.

it's the bending over look at my boobs, the short hair which i've only ever like on emma watson, and then about me, i like clubbing, i like to party. Zzzz

it's funny as every single friend i know goes clubbing next to never when they get a partner, which is fair enough clubbing sucks and is only good for one thing, so listing it as an interest and the first thing you write in your profile really is imo stupid as what guy actually wants that in a girl? oh great i'll be dating a party animal, just what i want.

I think they just write it to sound "interesting" and "normal". My ex would still go clubbing sometimes when she was with me, though I didn't go with her because I've never really been interested in that scene.

I'm not a big fan of Emma Watson but Halle Berry and Frankie Sandford aren't hot to me basically due to the hair. I can even see why they would be, but I just can't fap to that.

What is your age range & how old are you?

unwashed potato! · 8 Mar 2013 at 23:33

15 - 25, i'm 24.

i fell in love with emma watson when re-watching harry potter, turns out philosophers stone wasn't too bad, so think that's why i didn't mind the short hair.

aln · 8 Mar 2013 at 23:36

Fairly sure the answer is no said:
15 - 25, i'm 24.

i fell in love with emma watson when re-watching harry potter, turns out philosophers stone wasn't too bad, so think that's why i didn't mind the short hair.

Did you seriously just write 15? :O

MisChief · 8 Mar 2013 at 23:49

aln said:
Did you seriously just write 15? :O

I think maybe he meant he's in the 15-25 age range.. And not looking for someone in that age range?

aln · 8 Mar 2013 at 23:59

I bloody well hope so. Ima just pretend he said 19* for the moment...

OK mate so all woman are crazy, but those under 23-24 and extra special crazy. Chances of you finding anyone decent for anything real is pretty near impossible / pot luck they'll still like you when their brain starts working.

If you're just wanting sex, you should just lower your expectations, if you want someone decent you should probably be shopping around 23+ (and even then it's a girl by girl basis) and search "Long Term" like I said before.

* golden rule = (High age / 2) + 7

@MisChief - Didn't you have one tonight?

unwashed potato! · 9 Mar 2013 at 00:02

typo

5 is just below 8

aln · 9 Mar 2013 at 00:09

Fairly sure the answer is no said:
typo 5 is just below 8

Yeah man, like I said on the last page. Good luck with that.

[FnG]magnolia · 9 Mar 2013 at 00:09

aln said:
so all woman are crazy, but those under 23-24 and extra special crazy.

I snipped your comment so sorry about that (I am not sorry in the slightest) but not all women are crazy. Some of them are amazing, beautiful, clever, life-changing people.

Just like you.

aln · 9 Mar 2013 at 00:11

[FnG]magnolia;23902763 said:
I snipped your comment so sorry about that (I am not sorry in the slightest) but not all women are crazy. Some of them are amazing, beautiful, clever, life-changing people.

Naw man. They're pretty much all crazy. It's part of their charm. Doesn't change their ability to be amazing, beautiful, clever and life-changing all the same.

[FnG]magnolia;23902763 said:
Just like you.

Oh well thank you.

[FnG]magnolia · 9 Mar 2013 at 00:14

They're not but I won't push my point any further

aln · 9 Mar 2013 at 00:15

[FnG]magnolia;23902785 said:
They're not but I won't push my point any further

So yours isn't crazy about once a month? Either you're a very lucky man or she's watching you type this.

[FnG]magnolia · 9 Mar 2013 at 00:22

I suppose I'm lucky then.

What do you guys do in this thread? Compare stories and events? Help each other? I'll admit that I've skimmed it but it seems more like anecdotes rather than advice and helpful stuff which may aid others.