Online dating

[TheWalkingDead]

Of course there isn't!! :club: You're a doll. A dead doll, but still a doll.

Lol

Like your new avatar thinggy btw!

Why thank you, kind sir!

BTW, Im a Slipknot fan also.

Cool

We shall compare notes sometime

 

[EveWasFramed]

Of course there isn't!! :club: You're a doll. A dead doll, but still a doll.

Lol

Like your new avatar thinggy btw!

Why thank you, kind sir!

BTW, Im a Slipknot fan also.

Cool

We shall compare notes sometime

I said I was fan, not a nerd. lol

 

[TheWalkingDead]

Of course there isn't!! :club: You're a doll. A dead doll, but still a doll.

Lol

Like your new avatar thinggy btw!

Why thank you, kind sir!

BTW, Im a Slipknot fan also.

Cool

We shall compare notes sometime

I said I was fan, not a nerd. lol

Noted, lol :club:

 

[TheSkaFish]

Speaking of online dating, what do people think of the Questions thing on OKCupid? The impression I get is that it's supposed to help you determine who you would be compatible with by comparing your answers to various questions. I can see how that would be useful from a time-saving perspective, but at the same time, I feel that it could lead to people discarding potential matches that could be really good, just because they answered in the wrong way. For example, if I answered the question "Do you smoke marijuana?" my answer would be no, which may make someone seem like a bad match who does. But the question wouldn't take into account that perhaps I would like everything else about the person, except for the fact that they smoke marijuana. I was thinking, when the time comes for me to make a profile, of just not filling out the questions and anything anyone wants to ask me, they can ask me directly. But I've heard that profiles that don't fill out the questions don't get looked at, because people want to see ahead of time if they think they'll be compatible without even taking the time to talk.

What do you guys think of this? Is it a good idea to fill out the questions, or do you think it causes you to miss some potentially good matches?

 

[VanillaCreme]

My version of online "dating" was way different than many experienced. I don't do the whole dating thing. In fact, my honest-to-goodness first time being out with just me and a friend was when Eve took me out to lunch. Not dating obviously, but still I appreciated her time and kindness. But my guy and I... We just happened to first meet online. It wasn't anything planned or anything we went looking for. We were with each other for a while before we met in person. I don't know if that would qualify as "online dating" but I just don't get the dating scene in general. I'm not a pretty girl, I'm not anything that someone would pick out of a crowd, nothing to be noticed... It's not something that clicked with me. Ever.

Brave on, people of dating... Brave on.

 

[ardour]

Unfortunately much of online dating scene seems to be about hookups. I wish it weren't that way, that there were a way for adults to meet without any sleazy undercurrent, that there were a guarantee the person was mentally balanced. Just not worth the risk.

 

[adilabdulla]

Here is the problem, a guy just needs to step out of his house to find a girl and start dating. sooner than later, he will get laid and continue on this path. men don't have to spend the time to try and talk to a woman. understanding who she is and what she is feeling or going through is another universe altogether.

Ive been trying to find a girl online to establish this emotional or spiritual connection for a long time now, its worse than searching for a needle in a haystack. if you ask me? As long as sex is easy to get, i dont think there will be any hope for people like us.

why dont you send me a mail with a brief introduction about yourself? worth a try, aint it?

 

[TheWalkingDead]

Speaking of online dating, what do people think of the Questions thing on OKCupid? The impression I get is that it's supposed to help you determine who you would be compatible with by comparing your answers to various questions. I can see how that would be useful from a time-saving perspective, but at the same time, I feel that it could lead to people discarding potential matches that could be really good, just because they answered in the wrong way. For example, if I answered the question "Do you smoke marijuana?" my answer would be no, which may make someone seem like a bad match who does. But the question wouldn't take into account that perhaps I would like everything else about the person, except for the fact that they smoke marijuana. I was thinking, when the time comes for me to make a profile, of just not filling out the questions and anything anyone wants to ask me, they can ask me directly. But I've heard that profiles that don't fill out the questions don't get looked at, because people want to see ahead of time if they think they'll be compatible without even taking the time to talk.

What do you guys think of this? Is it a good idea to fill out the questions, or do you think it causes you to miss some potentially good matches?

A tricky one - I do sometimes see profiles that I think are a good match but it says Y'all got issues based on the questions. I think the best idea is to be as grey as possible with the questions rather than make them deal breakers, that way you will still see matches and can make your own mind up. Some definitely are deal breakers for me, for example I don't want to know anyone who thinks being gay is a sin! Mind you, OKC is always suggesting people to me that don't seem to match on anything!!

Here is the problem, a guy just needs to step out of his house to find a girl and start dating. sooner than later, he will get laid and continue on this path. men don't have to spend the time to try and talk to a woman. understanding who she is and what she is feeling or going through is another universe altogether.

Ive been trying to find a girl online to establish this emotional or spiritual connection for a long time now, its worse than searching for a needle in a haystack. if you ask me? As long as sex is easy to get, i dont think there will be any hope for people like us.

why dont you send me a mail with a brief introduction about yourself? worth a try, aint it?

Lol lucky you... :club:

I find the emotional connections easier to get, not the sex. I can appreciate that for someone who can get sex so easily, it can become kind of empty without that other level of connection that many people yearn for.

 

[EveWasFramed]

Here is the problem, a guy just needs to step out of his house to find a girl and start dating.

Interesting...
That statement is at odds with about 98% of what the bulk of the male forum users here say.
Make that 99%.

 

[gabriel20]

There is a report in The Daily Mail, a British newspaper today,of research into online dating,by Dr.Daryl Van Tongeren,of Hope College Michigan.
It involved two studies in which volunteers rated internet dating profiles created by the team. Both Men and Women gave higher ratings to a humble profile than an arrogant,positive profile.

 

[TheWalkingDead]

Here is the problem, a guy just needs to step out of his house to find a girl and start dating.

Interesting...
That statement is at odds with about 98% of what the bulk of the male forum users here say.
Make that 99%.

99.1% :club:

 

[EveWasFramed]

Here is the problem, a guy just needs to step out of his house to find a girl and start dating.

Interesting...
That statement is at odds with about 98% of what the bulk of the male forum users here say.
Make that 99%.

99.1% :club:

:club: I was leaving a margin for error.

 

[Triple Bogey]

Here is the problem, a guy just needs to step out of his house to find a girl and start dating.

Interesting...
That statement is at odds with about 98% of what the bulk of the male forum users here say.
Make that 99%.

That statement is probably the biggest load of crap I have ever read on here !

 

[EveWasFramed]

Here is the problem, a guy just needs to step out of his house to find a girl and start dating.

Interesting...
That statement is at odds with about 98% of what the bulk of the male forum users here say.
Make that 99%.

That statement is probably the biggest load of crap I have ever read on here !

Mine or his? lol

 

[Triple Bogey]

Here is the problem, a guy just needs to step out of his house to find a girl and start dating.

Interesting...
That statement is at odds with about 98% of what the bulk of the male forum users here say.
Make that 99%.

That statement is probably the biggest load of crap I have ever read on here !

Mine or his? lol

lol

His

I don't know, maybe he is right for some blokes but for the average man it is very difficult meeting somebody.

 

[writerchick]

Can't say it's very easy for me (female) to meet people. I get out, joined hobby clubs, volunteer, travel no guys ever approach me at anytime. I talk with people when I'm out but most of the time the man has a ring or says my girlfriend... Just went to a zombiewalk on Saturday the guys there were part of couples.

 

[TheWalkingDead]

Actually I have known men who for whatever reason find sex incredibly easy to come by - sex we are talking, women are like moths to a flame to these men in certain situations such as hookup joints, clubs etc...

I guess it depends on what the concept of dating is.

I remember watching Porn: a Family business where Seymour butts was trying to find a date, he had sex in abundance whenever he wanted really, through his work, but it was more a barrier to a more emotionally intimate kind of relationship.

 

[Triple Bogey]

Can't say it's very easy for me (female) to meet people. I get out, joined hobby clubs, volunteer, travel no guys ever approach me at anytime. I talk with people when I'm out but most of the time the man has a ring or says my girlfriend... Just went to a zombiewalk on Saturday the guys there were part of couples.

it's the same for some women as well.

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Actually I have known men who for whatever reason find sex incredibly easy to come by - sex we are talking, women are like moths to a flame to these men in certain situations such as hookup joints, clubs etc...

I guess it depends on what the concept of dating is.

I remember watching Porn: a Family business where Seymour butts was trying to find a date, he had sex in abundance whenever he wanted really, through his work, but it was more a barrier to a more emotionally intimate kind of relationship.

a lot of men bullshit about how much they get.

 

[Case]

a lot of men bullshit about how much they get.

Yes. This infographic shows the differences between how the genders often treat their own sexual experiences. It's from a book of infographics called "Men and Women" by Yang Liu, a Chinese-born German graphic designer, professor and the head of the department of communications design at the Berlin Technical Art University. The book is a simple, yet powerful look at how men and women have completely different perspectives on the same issue.

EDIT: This is not intended to represent how every man or woman thinks. It is a thought-provoking work of artistic graphic design.

 

[Triple Bogey]

a lot of men bullshit about how much they get.

Yes. This infographic shows the differences between how the genders often treat their own sexual experiences. It's from a book of infographics called "Men and Women" by Yang Liu, a Chinese-born German graphic designer, professor and the head of the department of communications design at the Berlin Technical Art University. The book is a simple, yet powerful look at how men and women have completely different perspectives on the same issue.

EDIT: This is not intended to represent how every man or woman thinks. It is a thought-provoking work of artistic graphic design.

very good