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The Online Dating Thread 3..**READ 1ST POST Oct 2012**
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Date tonight
As a non-drinker I'm terrible at knowing nice pubs, but I suggested one that I went to with a friend of mine a few years back, lovely cosy wee place... just hoping it's the same for tonight as I've not been since! Hopefully it'll be a nice change from the usual coffee date!0 -
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Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »Date tonight
As a non-drinker I'm terrible at knowing nice pubs, but I suggested one that I went to with a friend of mine a few years back, lovely cosy wee place... just hoping it's the same for tonight as I've not been since! Hopefully it'll be a nice change from the usual coffee date!
Let us know the name of it if it's any use (after the date of course, so we all don't stalk ya).0 -
Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »Date tonight
As a non-drinker I'm terrible at knowing nice pubs, but I suggested one that I went to with a friend of mine a few years back, lovely cosy wee place... just hoping it's the same for tonight as I've not been since! Hopefully it'll be a nice change from the usual coffee date!
I'm sure she won't be averse to moving if it does happen to have devolved into a kip since you were last there...0 -
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i had a date on Saturday afternoon....
Nothing, not even a HINT of attraction between us.
Have been getting mails from women 5 and 6 years older than me too, which is weird. I've never been in the "write back and say not interested or ignore" place before....normally i was the one getting ignored!! 0 -
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Seems like lots of dates happening, very encouraging! My online dating has been completely in the doldrums but I got a few decent messages on Sunday for a change, which was nice. One guy is 7 years younger, which doesn't sound like a huge gap but I do think it can be, when you're in your late thirties and the other person is back in college. Still, he seems nice and interesting so I'm keeping an open mind.
Ah don't worry about the age thing its only a number , If he is nice do keep an open mind because my mother is marrying her partner on monday and he is 19 years older then her . So to me its all about compatability and all I can is fair play to him for going back to college because it can't be easy to do that in your very late 20's or early 30's . It does show a degree of maturity and wanting more out of life . 0 -
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Is there a full moon or something? Everyone's on dates! This is great. Can't wait to read the updates. 
The full moon would put me off tbh, have been having a whopper of a (bad) week and it's only Tuesday! I have some time off next week though so I might invest some time in looking at/updating/deleting my profile depending how I feel
A clean start might not be a bad idea actually - what would be thoughts on a clean start with a brand new profile & username versus dusting down and sprucing up the old one?0 -
Ha yep since june on and off , the timing just wasn't right before for either of us , so we thought now we would give it a go
Since June??? Jaysis, the pressure on both of you... I certainly wouldn't want to have 6 months of expectations built up before meeting someone for the first time. 0 -
The full moon would put me off tbh, have been having a whopper of a (bad) week and it's only Tuesday! I have some time off next week though so I might invest some time in looking at/updating/deleting my profile depending how I feel
A clean start might not be a bad idea actually - what would be thoughts on a clean start with a brand new profile & username versus dusting down and sprucing up the old one?
im thinking of doing the exact same thing miamee.i think its a good idea,start afresh!0 -
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Well doctorwhogirl need not worry about that, as she's a very pretty lady!
Date Friday for me.
:o:o:o Bless your shoddy eyesight! 
But congrats on the date!
Caved and deleted my POF account. I'm thinking now maybe I should try a paid one.
Fickle is becoming my middle name when it comes to this matter. I think it's because I'm in a town and I'm conscious of being recognised and recognising lads from around the place and also that if I lived in Dublin, it might be a whole lot simpler because of the higher population and anonymity!0 -
doctorwhogirl wrote: »:o:o:o Bless your shoddy eyesight!
But congrats on the date!
Caved and deleted my POF account. I'm thinking now maybe I should try a paid one.
Fickle is becoming my middle name when it comes to this matter. I think it's because I'm in a town and I'm conscious of being recognised and recognising lads from around the place and also that if I lived in Dublin, it might be a whole lot simpler because of the higher population and anonymity!
Don't worry about being spotted on dating sites, really. I thought I'd be absolutely horrified if I was found on any, but then about 20 boardsies and most of my closest friends found me on POF. Before they got a chance to be a smart @rse about it, I asked them what THEY were doing on the site and they shut up pretty fast. Don't be worrying, just enjoy yourself and have some fun. 0 -
Don't worry about being spotted on dating sites, really. I thought I'd be absolutely horrified if I was found on any, but then about 20 boardsies and most of my closest friends found me on POF. Before they got a chance to be a smart @rse about it, I asked them what THEY were doing on the site and they shut up pretty fast. Don't be worrying, just enjoy yourself and have some fun.
I actually hide my profile so it wont show up in searches. It's not like I was getting many messages from women who initiated first contact anyway, so it doesn't really make any difference. I'd still be doing the chasing either way.
I'm actually surprised more women don't do that. That way they could just contact people they like the look of, rather than having to sift through lots of undesirables. They'd have no excuses then for having to put up with the creepers.0 -
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Is there a full moon or something? Everyone's on dates!
Not everyone
Think I need to just bulk delete all the text in my profile and start from scratch as something in there must be putting people off, but damned if I can tell what it is.
After checking the 'sent' folder, it appears I've mailed 20 people over the last two weeks and not one responded. Would be easier to brush off if I was spamming people with "how r u"s, but I'm actually trying dagnamnit! :pac:0 -
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Not everyone
Think I need to just bulk delete all the text in my profile and start from scratch as something in there must be putting people off, but damned if I can tell what it is.
After checking the 'sent' folder, it appears I've mailed 20 people over the last two weeks and not one responded. Would be easier to brush off if I was spamming people with "how r u"s, but I'm actually trying dagnamnit! :pac:
Last time I saw your profile was a good six months or so ago if I remember correctly, but there wasn't anything off-putting in it then. That said, if the tumbleweeds are rolling around your profile, you've got nothing to lose by re-writing it. Might generate some new interest. 0
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