Online Dating

Galvasean

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

well then go on and have fun? I think the hole point of larianne's post was that people want different things. I think some people tend to forget that...

Nonsense, people will like what I tell them to like :pac:

amacachi

I have basically no inclination to signing up to any dating sites but some of the reporting back to this thread have made want to a bit just for a source of humour. :pac:

Snowie

Galvasean wrote: »

Nonsense, people will like what I tell them to like :pac:

no thats my line galva and its tm'ed to me tho illet you use it for a small fee :cool:

looky loo

amacachi wrote: »

I have basically no inclination to signing up to any dating sites but some of the reporting back to this thread have made want to a bit just for a source of humour. :pac:

It is good fun, I'm on a break from it at the moment enjoying my single time, if you do get the inclination, just enjoy it for the fun of it.

Snowie

looky loo wrote: »

It is good fun, I'm on a break from it at the moment enjoying my single time, if you do get the inclination, just enjoy it for the fun of it.

online dating is fun :eek:

its terffying :pac:

amacachi

looky loo wrote: »

It is good fun, I'm on a break from it at the moment enjoying my single time, if you do get the inclination, just enjoy it for the fun of it.

I meant more the hilarious spammy/perving responses than the actual meeting people thing. :pac:

Kander

amacachi wrote: »

I have basically no inclination to signing up to any dating sites but some of the reporting back to this thread have made want to a bit just for a source of humour. :pac:

Neither did I till I spent some time reading this thread. Signed up to PoF yesterday and I already got 1 mail.....it was an old work friend who spotted me :rolleyes:

Just tryin to work up the courage to mail someone else now eep

Samich

liz2 wrote: »

so how are you getting on with that?

Did you read the subsequent posts on the thread :P

liz2

Samich wrote: »

Did you read the subsequent posts on the thread :P

yeah i did..now what were the chances of that eh :pac:

Samich

liz2 wrote: »

yeah i did..now what were the chances of that eh :pac:

Very high :P Getting on well though

Snowie

I'm not ranting but why do women say

Hey, how are you?

Galvasean

Girl I'm currently chatting to sent me a poem about Stegosaurus

stargazer 68

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

I'm not ranting but why do women say

Hey, how are you?

Lol if you read through all the posts you will find there are worse emails to receive then that!! By the way its not particular to women!!

uglyjohn

Date number 3 is tonight....its was weird to finally meet her after all the texts and email.
this might sound strange but im finding it hard to link her in person with her from the emails/texts, hopefull that'll change as we spend mre time together.

Little Miss Lady

I have been on some online dating sites and to be honest I don't think the
Hey, how are you? Approach is bad for either man or woman.

It lets the recipient know that the mailer is interested so that they can either reply back or leave be without the initial mailer killing themselves writing a long email based on a profile of someone who may not even respond..

If the recipient likes the look of you and your profile it won't matter too much what you say..

stargazer 68

Little Miss Lady wrote: »

It lets the recipient know that the mailer is interested so that they can either reply back or leave be without the initial mailer killing themselves writing a long email based on a profile of someone who may not even respond..

If the recipient likes the look of you and your profile it won't matter too much what you say..

Exactly. Lost count of the number of times I have written a nice email about the persons profile etc only to have it read and deleted - or not even read at all!!

MudSkipper

Little Miss Lady wrote: »

I have been on some online dating sites and to be honest I don't think the
Hey, how are you? Approach is bad for either man or woman.

It lets the recipient know that the mailer is interested so that they can either reply back or leave be without the initial mailer killing themselves writing a long email based on a profile of someone who may not even respond..

If the recipient likes the look of you and your profile it won't matter too much what you say..

Only works if you have a decent profile yourself, I'll always look at someones profile if they mail me. But if its a 'hi, how are you message' and their profile is blank... then I draw a blank on what to reply, if they have a pic then at best they'll get a 'great thanks, how you finding the site?' mail back..

cyrusdvirus

Well i've decided to give up on the sites again! My tolerance period seems to be getting shorter and shorter.

Looks like i need a bigger break (vague jaws reference there for ya) from them.

best of luck to all ya'all who keep on persevering with them.

I'm gonna stay on this here thread though, it restores my faith in humanity
!

zuroph

4 messages this morning, all a varient of "hi how r u" , latest was just "hi hun".
At least im getting them I suppose

JamesBond2010

zuroph wrote: »

4 messages this morning, all a varient of "hi how r u" , latest was just "hi hun".
At least im getting them I suppose

Lucky u ... I have the Site Burned out @ the Moment!!! Need a reset Button:D:D:D

duke916

Just been looking at the' Women who ask about your job and how much you earn! thread and it got me thinking about a regular occurrence im having on pof. while its ok to ask someone what they work at but not what salary they earn, as its considered a little too personal. Its similar to a question ive been getting on the site.

ok so ive been single two years (after 5 year relationship), but ive been asked 'why did it end?' I usually reply with 'well all that's in the past' or 'id prefer not to get into a conversation about a past relationship'. but some girls keep at it and at it. So i get this girl who says she doesnt want to talk to me because she doesnt think im over my ex! ...all because i wouldnt have a full blown conversation with a complete stranger about something personal. some nutters on there!

Galvasean

I think the fact that you CAN put everything about yourself on a public site some people seem to have interpreted that as you SHOULD put it all up there and if you don't you must be hiding something :rolleyes:

LegacyUser

Little Miss Lady wrote: »

I have been on some online dating sites and to be honest I don't think the
Hey, how are you? Approach is bad for either man or woman.

It lets the recipient know that the mailer is interested so that they can either reply back or leave be without the initial mailer killing themselves writing a long email based on a profile of someone who may not even respond..

If the recipient likes the look of you and your profile it won't matter too much what you say..

Oh God no. I hate it hate it hate it hate it when guys just say 'Hi hun' or 'Hi how are you'

They could at least put SOME effort in to read my profile and say something like 'Hey how are you today? Did you have a good weekend? I see on your profile you like _____ . How you getting on with that?" etc.

Doesn't have to be a super long email but something like that shows they at least took the time to read your profile.

LegacyUser

You're all very brave, I'll give you that. Putting yourselves out there(or on line)like that.
Please dont take offence at this but from whats been said on this thread and from what I've heard from others who've internet dated, it just seems like an experience fraught with humiliation, rejection, embarressment, indignity, frustration and self doubt. It doesnt seem to have many positives.
Is it such a bad experience? And if it is, why keep at it?

JamesBond2010

duke916 wrote: »

Just been looking at the' Women who ask about your job and how much you earn! thread
!

One word for that Gold DIGGERS!!!Haha

Dord

Got some message from a girl on one of the sites that pretty much insulted me.

Captain Havoc

Another rejected chat, one day, one day. The only problem is down here in culchie land it'll be about another two weeks before someone I haven't tried comes along.

2 Miles From Narnia

On the topic of inapproriate questions, I've been asked twice on first dates if both my parents are still alive. Both times was completely out of context of the conversation - even I with my first date awkwardness usually manage not to talk about death!

AnnyHallsal

Dord wrote: »

Got some message from a girl on one of the sites that pretty much insulted me.

How so?

I got a few that turned nasty if I didn't reply quickly enough and at least one mean first email. I think it went: "Men might tell you you're attractive but you're not really, average at best."

I was hurt for a minute, then angry. Then I took my time and composed an honest response: Why on earth would you want to attack another stranger without knowing anything about them, what they might think about their own appearance etc.

I blocked him immediately so I'll never know if it managed to pierce his wizened heart

Captain Havoc

2 Miles From Narnia wrote: »

On the topic of inapproriate questions, I've been asked twice on first dates if both my parents are still alive. Both times was completely out of context of the conversation - even I with my first date awkwardness usually manage not to talk about death!

I don't think it's that inappropriate but myself, I would stay away from it alright. First date should be getting to know the person and not the background, you should be able to leave the first date pretty much as anonymous as you entered. I don't like saying about where I live/ or grew up either on a first date (which part of the city).