On-line dating? I give up!

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  • MDM
    MDM Posts: 64
    I am so so sick of online dating too... And I haven't even been trying for long, but it's just that people online are so freaking awkward! It doesn't feel natural at all! Ugh... After a failed 7 year relationship and 3 years being single (because I chose to be) I feel completely lost, but as Lauri said, if not online, where? And don't even get me started in guys' musical tastes... Ooooh, what to say, what to say...

    PS. Someone mentioned it should be fun to do the online thing in NY? Believe me, lots of CRAZY people here. Many people, sure, but... uffffff...
  • UpSideDown
    UpSideDown Posts: 1,966
    MDM wrote:
    I am so so sick of online dating too... And I haven't even been trying for long, but it's just that people online are so freaking awkward! It doesn't feel natural at all! Ugh... After a failed 7 year relationship and 3 years being single (because I chose to be) I feel completely lost, but as Lauri said, if not online, where? And don't even get me started in guys' musical tastes... Ooooh, what to say, what to say...

    PS. Someone mentioned it should be fun to do the online thing in NY? Believe me, lots of CRAZY people here. Many people, sure, but... uffffff...


    New York......plenty of opportunities.......and plenty of crazies!

    Why is it so hard to meet a decent person in a normal manner anymore....I dont get it. I blame facebook, cell phones and twitter.
  • Franny
    Franny Posts: 2,054
    UpSideDown wrote:
    MDM wrote:
    I am so so sick of online dating too... And I haven't even been trying for long, but it's just that people online are so freaking awkward! It doesn't feel natural at all! Ugh... After a failed 7 year relationship and 3 years being single (because I chose to be) I feel completely lost, but as Lauri said, if not online, where? And don't even get me started in guys' musical tastes... Ooooh, what to say, what to say...

    PS. Someone mentioned it should be fun to do the online thing in NY? Believe me, lots of CRAZY people here. Many people, sure, but... uffffff...


    New York......plenty of opportunities.......and plenty of crazies!

    Why is it so hard to meet a decent person in a normal manner anymore....I dont get it. I blame facebook, cell phones and twitter.


    Yeah I think technology has definitely had something do with it, but for me I think the big factor is that I do nightshift and that makes socialising that bit harder. And all of my friends are married, so when we do go out I feel like the odd one out sometimes. But oh well, shit happens and surely someone will come along some day. Until then I will just keep concentrating on my son and getting my business going to a decent level so that I can drop my other job and resume a normal life of a non-nocturnal person! :lol:
  • Lauri
    Lauri Posts: 748
    UpSideDown wrote:
    Why is it so hard to meet a decent person in a normal manner anymore....I dont get it. I blame facebook, cell phones and twitter.

    How exactly would it be easier to meet people to date if there weren't cell phones, facebook, and twitter? I've been dating since long before any of those existed, and it wasn't any easier to find and meet single men.

    Seinfeld was on TV before all of these existed, and in one episode jerry said, "first it was the supermarket, then the health club, now the bookstore. They can put it anywhere they want, no one's meeting anybody."
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    Lauri wrote:
    UpSideDown wrote:
    Why is it so hard to meet a decent person in a normal manner anymore....I dont get it. I blame facebook, cell phones and twitter.

    How exactly would it be easier to meet people to date if there weren't cell phones, facebook, and twitter? I've been dating since long before any of those existed, and it wasn't any easier to find and meet single men.

    Seinfeld was on TV before all of these existed, and in one episode jerry said, "first it was the supermarket, then the health club, now the bookstore. They can put it anywhere they want, no one's meeting anybody."

    LMAO!

    uh... still no luck for me either!
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
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  • MDM
    MDM Posts: 64
    What? Hadn't you met someone on this board? Sorry, probably none of my business. :lol:
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    Man…has anyone else had any difficulty with getting to know multiple people on these sites – keeping names and facts straight? I’ve screwed up twice in the last month – once with confusing facts between two women….and once, about a month ago; I called a woman the wrong name…but what happened this weekend takes the cake.
    There is a very fucking STUPID quirk in the Blackberry Bold 9700. If you are in your SMS messages, and press the middle mouse-button thingy repeatedly…this is what happens:
    Click 1 – opens whichever conversation is highlighted
    Click 2 – opens a menu, with the option “paste” highlighted
    Click 3 – pastes whatever is on your clipboard to that SMS thread
    Click 4 – opens a menu, with the option “send” highlighted
    Click 5 – sends whatever was on your clipboard to whichever recipient was highlighted in Click 1.

    So….I let my 4 yr old play with my phone to take some pictures yesterday…5 clicks later, he hands it back to me…and a flirty message I had sent to a woman on a dating site last week (not sure why I had it on my clipboard), was in the process of sending….to a different woman, whom I had a great first date with last thursday. :o
    She laughed it off…but damn…I feel like such a knob!
  • oona left
    oona left Posts: 1,677
    UpSideDown wrote:
    i'm considering joining plentyoffish or okcupid...........

    I am a young guy, tall/decent looking (I think), educated, overall pretty nice........problem is, i live in a pretty small town (roughly 100,000) and i just have the feeling that everyone will know I am on there. Not to say that it is embarassing, but I guess I still carry the preconceived stereotypes of online dating.

    Im shy and have trouble meeting girls at bars, parties, etc.....nothing seems to be working at this point...not sure what to do.


    A small town of 100,000?

    Shoot, I guess that makes where I live (about 22,000) officially Podunk.

    All in good fun :D
  • Flutter Girl
    Flutter Girl Posts: 548
    I filled out the personality form for eHarmony
    It said "This doesn't happen often, but we were unable to find a match for you"
    :?
  • MDM
    MDM Posts: 64
    Flutter Girl wrote:
    I filled out the personality form for eHarmony
    It said "This doesn't happen often, but we were unable to find a match for you"
    :?

    Hahahaha, I have the feeling that would be exactly the message I'd get. Not even going to try! :mrgreen:
  • Flutter Girl
    Flutter Girl Posts: 548
    MDM wrote:
    Hahahaha, I have the feeling that would be exactly the message I'd get. Not even going to try! :mrgreen:

    LoL..the worst part is I didn't even know it was for eHarmony. They advertised it as a personality test on myspace..or facebook, can't remember which..Guess I'm too odd a duck for most :|
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    bumping this for updated reports..

    I am still in search of a PJ girl who is not already taken..!

    ;)
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford
  • davidtrios
    davidtrios Posts: 9,732
    ya okcupid is a joke. every girl is 20 lbs heavier than they look in their pics
  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    davidtrios wrote:
    ya okcupid is a joke. every girl is 20 lbs heavier than they look in their pics


    More to love
  • davidtrios
    davidtrios Posts: 9,732
    BinauralJam wrote:
    davidtrios wrote:
    ya okcupid is a joke. every girl is 20 lbs heavier than they look in their pics


    More to love



    :lol::lol::lol:
  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    davidtrios wrote:
    ya okcupid is a joke. every girl is 20 lbs heavier than they look in their pics

    All my crazy friends in Watertown are on one called So Many Fish or something like that.... :?:
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  • davidtrios
    davidtrios Posts: 9,732
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    davidtrios wrote:
    ya okcupid is a joke. every girl is 20 lbs heavier than they look in their pics

    All my crazy friends in Watertown are on one called So Many Fish or something like that.... :?:


    plenty of fish..ive had no luck there but i hear its basically a hookup site
  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    davidtrios wrote:
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    davidtrios wrote:
    ya okcupid is a joke. every girl is 20 lbs heavier than they look in their pics

    All my crazy friends in Watertown are on one called So Many Fish or something like that.... :?:


    plenty of fish..ive had no luck there but i hear its basically a hookup site

    :lol::lol: That sounds about right.

    Never trust a pic of someone when you can only see their face :nono:
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  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    davidtrios wrote:
    ya okcupid is a joke. every girl is 20 lbs heavier than they look in their pics

    when I see that, I read it as "occupied", like the little sign on a porta-potty
  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    davidtrios wrote:
    Mamasan23 wrote:

    All my crazy friends in Watertown are on one called So Many Fish or something like that.... :?:


    plenty of fish..ive had no luck there but i hear its basically a hookup site

    :lol::lol: That sounds about right.

    Never trust a pic of someone when you can only see their face :nono:

    Thats why we can trust BinauralJam! :lol:
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