The Online Dating Thread 3..**READ 1ST POST Oct 2012**

LoTwan

Ankhyu wrote: »

LoTwan wrote: »

What distance are you taking about?

Well he lives about 3 hours away, but he'll be closer for the summer months, about an hour and a half which is quite good!

Hmmm... That would be too far for me

Ankhyu

LoTwan wrote: »

Hmmm... That would be too far for me

I could probably manage that distance over the summer months, but I don't know otherwise

JuliusCaesar

Here's one of the main problems of online dating: looking at people/profiles as commodities.

We suggest that the failure of online dating sites to live up to user expectations is due in part to a funda- mental gap between the kinds of information people both want and need to determine whether someone is a good romantic match and the kind of information available on online dating profiles.

Might be a bit too academic psychology though!

This is better - same professor, just talking about it.

Samich

coco_lola wrote: »

Yeah, majority of women who use that quote are total drama queens anyway!

On that note, what is the deal with this "YOLO" craze circulating profiles (and Facebook pages)?? It's very annoying :mad:

A quick google shows Drake uses that line in his rap song :rolleyes:

What a stupid sheep like thing to be saying.

careymary

According to a guy who messaged me, YOLO = Carpe Diem for dummies! That alone got him a reply!

charman

you only live once

LoTwan

Profiles deleted. :cool:

G-Money

I joined a different site last night. Within a few minutes of signing up I was getting girls viewing my profile, winking at me and two sent me emails. I remember thinking "This must be what it feels like to be a girl joining an internet dating site"

ladylost

LoTwan wrote: »

Profiles deleted. :cool:

Congrats LoTwan... Another one bites the dust... I'm jealous

G-Money

LoTwan wrote: »

Profiles deleted. :cool:

Nice one.

It's an enjoyable feeling to delete your profile as you've met someone, as opposed to deleting them out of frustration. Unfortunately I mostly have experience of the latter.

That_Guy

LoTwan wrote: »

Profiles deleted. :cool:

Congratulations.

Have to say... Trying to delete your profile is a right pain.

"Are you sure you want to delete your POF account?"

"Are you really sure?"

"Ah go on.. Stay. Sure write your testimonial there"

"Come on. Don't leave us."

"If you're that sure... Alright enter your password there. If you happen to forget it, you'll have to stay. Sure what's the point in entering unneccesary numbers/letters. It's not worth the hassle.. Stay."

Honey-ec

G-Money wrote: »

I thought so but she just text again there now asking the same thing.

Why don't you do the decent thing and tell her you've no interest instead of ignoring her texts?

El_Drago

Deleted User wrote: »

Nothing bad happened per se, or anything at all really, it's just that it seems like a lot of effort for little or no reward.

Am I the only one that gets annoyed when I read that Marilyn Monroe quote? The exact same could apply to men. I should add it to my profile.

+1
It sounds retarded.Anyone with that on their profile instantly gets rejected.Another thing that bug me and seems to be on the rise is members uploading the most random pictures on their profiles.Pictures that I came across today include a castle,whale(maybe that's what she looks like?),and a bottle of makeup(wtf?).

Honey-ec

I'm thinking of rejoining POF. Talk me out of it, please!

The Master

Honey-ec wrote: »

I'm thinking of rejoining POF. Talk me out of it, please!

Stay with on-line dating, do not rejoin POF. It just seems to be getting worse by the day

wobblyknees

What would people recommend instead of POF then?

That_Guy

wobblyknees wrote: »

What would people recommend instead of POF then?

I used OK Cupid. It's got a smaller pool of people but the calibre of profile is an awful lot better imo.

Daisies

So I deleted my profiles last night as I am leaving the country in a month or so (just recently found out) and I don't think it's fair to people.

P.S. My Marilyn quote (in my sig, would never put it on a online dating profile) is tongue in cheek

That_Guy

Daisies wrote: »

So I deleted my profiles last night as I am leaving the country in a month or so (just recently found out) and I don't think it's fair to people.

P.S. My Marilyn quote (in my sig, would never put it on a online dating profile) is tongue in cheek

They could always fly out to Malawi to meet you.

G-Money

Honey-ec wrote: »

Why don't you do the decent thing and tell her you've no interest instead of ignoring her texts?

Probably because she has text'd several times giving me ultimatums and text last week asking me to delete her detatils (which I had done several weeks in advance) and wishing me the best. And the text day text me again and has twice since.

It's not like we met up or even spoke on the phone, just sent a few texts.

I'm definitely not contacting her.

That_Guy

G-Money wrote: »

Probably because she has text'd several times giving me ultimatums and text last week asking me to delete her detatils (which I had done several weeks in advance) and wishing me the best. And the text day text me again and has twice since.

DANGER WILL ROBINSON. Avoid avoid avoid.

blacklilly

Think Im going to delete my pof profile later, might give ok cupid a look though. Or else just take a break from on line dating

wobblyknees

blacklilly wrote: »

Think Im going to delete my pof profile later, might give ok cupid a look though. Or else just take a break from on line dating

At least you have made your mind up.

coco_lola

El_Drago wrote: »

Another thing that bug me and seems to be on the rise is members uploading the most random pictures on their profiles.Pictures that I came across today include a castle,whale(maybe that's what she looks like?),and a bottle of makeup(wtf?).

People that put up animals/cars on their profile...I actually have the following written on my profile:

"If your profile contains a picture of a car/motorbike, I WILL assume you are a transformer".

:pac:

you wha?

coco_lola wrote: »

People that put up animals/cars on their profile...I actually have the following written on their profile:

"If your profile contains a picture of a car/motorbike, I WILL assume you are a transformer".

:pac:

HAHA brilliant :P

in other news, i deleted my profile yesterday.things progressing quite nicely with himself

Varied

Signed up to that okcupid site. Fingers crossed.

blacklilly

Varied wrote: »

Signed up to that okcupid site. Fingers crossed.

Same here! Best of luck

coco_lola

Everyone gives great reviews about OKC, but I actually think the opposite. Granted, there aren't a whole pile of great ones on POF (you really have to weed out the "sup sxciii" and "hey ows u xxxx"), but on OKC it's like tumbleweed around there!

VinLieger

coco_lola wrote: »

Everyone gives great reviews about OKC, but I actually think the opposite. Granted, there aren't a whole pile of great ones on POF (you really have to weed out the "sup sxciii" and "hey ows u xxxx"), but on OKC it's like tumbleweed around there!

The OKC layout and question systems are good but yes its very bare profile wise in comparison to POF

coco_lola

VinLieger wrote: »

The OKC layout and question systems are good but yes its very bare profile wise in comparison to POF

I just do the questions and tests for funsies :pac: