18 Jun 2018, 5:29 pm
RetroGamer87
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18 Jun 2018, 6:23 pm
GammaRayBob wrote:
RetroGamer87 wrote:
SSJ4_PrestonGarvey wrote:
RetroGamer87 wrote:
Amanda G23 wrote:
I'm female and it's been the same for me. I just recently set up an online dating profile and I'm running into similar issues. Granted, it's only been a few days, but I'm almost ready to shut it down. I'm very physically attractive and I've got a lot of responses, but no actual offers to meet. ( I assume you're offering to actually meet early in the conversation. If not, that could be the problem.) It makes no sense. How hard is it to just meet someone for coffee? I don't want to spend hours of my time getting to know someone online when I don't even know if I'll like them until I meet them in person. When I've suggested meeting, they always have excuses for why it's not convenient. The ones I've talked to also seem a lot more interested in talking about sex and I'm not going to do that with a total stranger I've never met. I can think of a few reasons why this might be happening.
1.They're not who they say they are. They don't look anything like their picture, or otherwise lied about themselves, or they're married/living with someone.
2.They don't actually want to meet anyone. They're just bored or want to "talk dirty" to someone while they look at porn.
3.They are (as you said) wanting to feed their egos by getting attention.
Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that the same thing happens to women. Also, the guys who claim to be so successful are probably full of s**t.
1.They're not who they say they are. They don't look anything like their picture, or otherwise lied about themselves, or they're married/living with someone.
2.They don't actually want to meet anyone. They're just bored or want to "talk dirty" to someone while they look at porn.
3.They are (as you said) wanting to feed their egos by getting attention.
Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that the same thing happens to women. Also, the guys who claim to be so successful are probably full of s**t.
What a waste that a girl as attractive as you has to remain alone. One tip I'd give you is, don't tell guys how attractive you are, let them work it out for themselves.
It's an old rhetorical trick, rather than telling someone something, make them think they've thought of it themselves. This way they'll be less skeptical of the idea. People are always skeptical of ideas, save for their own.
If in your profile you describe yourself as vertical attractive, this could sound arrogant, even if it's true. If you allow guys to work it out for themselves, it won't sound arrogant.
I would guess based on gut feeling that she is describing herself as attractive but not having any pictures at all. People are far less likely to message if no pics at all. Having pictures even with below average looks is better than no pictures at all. Whereas attractive women will get tons of messages as it's a "numbers game" meaning guys will message everyone who is remotely attractive.
Or perhaps she is so attractive that people assume it's fake pics like if an unattractive women uploaded pictures of a Victoria's Secret model or something. I'd suggest a "no-makeup" or less flattering pic if what's there is seriously in "too good to be true" territory.
My mom got 0 messages for a month(I think actually a few but were obviously spammers) while having no pictures then after including a pic gets easily hundreds a month. She was on it like from April till October a few years ago, said in total got messaged by probably over 1000 people.
Oh yeah. A girl without pictures is likely to get less messages than a guy without employment.
Was that sarcasm? I can't tell (and no, it's not an autism thing, it's just really vague
). On certain sites, like Tinder, nobody even reads profiles, which is why there's rarely anything written there (at least from the women's side). On hook-up sites especially, no one cares whether you have a job, they're just looking for one night stands, so if you can't connect there, it's definitely not about employment. But I believe that even a woman without pics is still likely to have an easier time meeting online than a lot of guys with pics. But that's just me.No. While I often use sarcasm I wasn't using it that time.
18 Jun 2018, 6:59 pm
RetroGamer87 wrote:
Oh yeah. A girl without pictures is likely to get less messages than a guy without employment.
Guys without employment get greater than 0 messages?
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Was that sarcasm? I can't tell (and no, it's not an autism thing, it's just really vague ). On certain sites, like Tinder, nobody even reads profiles, which is why there's rarely anything written there (at least from the women's side). On hook-up sites especially, no one cares whether you have a job, they're just looking for one night stands, so if you can't connect there, it's definitely not about employment. But I believe that even a woman without pics is still likely to have an easier time meeting online than a lot of guys with pics. But that's just me.
). On certain sites, like Tinder, nobody even reads profiles, which is why there's rarely anything written there (at least from the women's side). On hook-up sites especially, no one cares whether you have a job, they're just looking for one night stands, so if you can't connect there, it's definitely not about employment. But I believe that even a woman without pics is still likely to have an easier time meeting online than a lot of guys with pics. But that's just me.I think probably not sarcasm. If no pictures I might tend to assume it's likely that the girl might be extremely overweight or else has something to hide(she might be good looking but is actually married).
Are those "one night stand" sites safe though? There used to be Craigslist but I'd see on the news people get kidnapped or killed when meeting people from there.
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18 Jun 2018, 7:35 pm
19 Jun 2018, 2:00 pm
SSJ4_PrestonGarvey wrote:
RetroGamer87 wrote:
Oh yeah. A girl without pictures is likely to get less messages than a guy without employment.
Guys without employment get greater than 0 messages?
GammaRayBob wrote:
Was that sarcasm? I can't tell (and no, it's not an autism thing, it's just really vague ). On certain sites, like Tinder, nobody even reads profiles, which is why there's rarely anything written there (at least from the women's side). On hook-up sites especially, no one cares whether you have a job, they're just looking for one night stands, so if you can't connect there, it's definitely not about employment. But I believe that even a woman without pics is still likely to have an easier time meeting online than a lot of guys with pics. But that's just me.
). On certain sites, like Tinder, nobody even reads profiles, which is why there's rarely anything written there (at least from the women's side). On hook-up sites especially, no one cares whether you have a job, they're just looking for one night stands, so if you can't connect there, it's definitely not about employment. But I believe that even a woman without pics is still likely to have an easier time meeting online than a lot of guys with pics. But that's just me.I think probably not sarcasm. If no pictures I might tend to assume it's likely that the girl might be extremely overweight or else has something to hide(she might be good looking but is actually married).
Are those "one night stand" sites safe though? There used to be Craigslist but I'd see on the news people get kidnapped or killed when meeting people from there.
Funny you should mention Craigslist because I've actually had the most amount of success on there years ago, at least just dating-wise. I don't use it anymore since there's like 250 posts from men seeking women every day and almost nothing from women seeking men (the ones that are on there get flagged and removed in minutes), which leads me to believe that not very many women use Craigslist for dating anymore. I doubt any guy is actually having any success on Craigslist at this point, possibly due to the dangers you mentioned, but there's still a ridiculous deluge of incredibly stupid and borderline pathetic posts from some of the worst out there. I don't think I'll try it anymore as my posts would end up buried and because, well, who's even going on that site?
19 Jun 2018, 2:26 pm
19 Jun 2018, 3:26 pm
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19 Jun 2018, 4:31 pm
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19 Jun 2018, 4:38 pm
GammaRayBob wrote:
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IMO you're better off waiting for a woman to message you.
Yep. I'll let the woman message me. I'll let the woman pursue me. I'll let her shower me with gifts. After a string of failed relationships the next woman is going to have to try pretty hard if she wants me to give up my precious singleness.
More sarcasm? Lol. Seriously though, I'd never wait for a woman to message cuz I'd be waiting forever.
That's the idea of it. I've just gone through a bad relationship and the thought of being single forever is very appealing now
19 Jun 2018, 4:41 pm
19 Jun 2018, 4:43 pm
RetroGamer87 wrote:
GammaRayBob wrote:
RetroGamer87 wrote:
ThisAdamGuy wrote:
IMO you're better off waiting for a woman to message you.
Yep. I'll let the woman message me. I'll let the woman pursue me. I'll let her shower me with gifts. After a string of failed relationships the next woman is going to have to try pretty hard if she wants me to give up my precious singleness.
More sarcasm? Lol. Seriously though, I'd never wait for a woman to message cuz I'd be waiting forever.
That's the idea of it. I've just gone through a bad relationship and the thought of being single forever is very appealing now
Hmm, sounds rough. Care to share?
19 Jun 2018, 5:55 pm
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20 Jun 2018, 6:19 am
GammaRayBob wrote:
RetroGamer87 wrote:
GammaRayBob wrote:
RetroGamer87 wrote:
ThisAdamGuy wrote:
IMO you're better off waiting for a woman to message you.
Yep. I'll let the woman message me. I'll let the woman pursue me. I'll let her shower me with gifts. After a string of failed relationships the next woman is going to have to try pretty hard if she wants me to give up my precious singleness.
More sarcasm? Lol. Seriously though, I'd never wait for a woman to message cuz I'd be waiting forever.
That's the idea of it. I've just gone through a bad relationship and the thought of being single forever is very appealing now
Hmm, sounds rough. Care to share?
Sure. Take a look viewtopic.php?f=6&t=364750&start=180
20 Jun 2018, 6:20 am
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hale_bopp wrote:
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Thanks for your reply. The shallowness part, while technically relevant, isn't in this context since I'm wondering why there isn't even a shallow, base-level attraction towards me from women.
I guess you need to show us your pic then.
Are you implying that I may, in fact, be hideous? Lol. I'd rather not show my pics for various reasons, the main one being that I don't feel like being judged and possibly getting negative feedback. I'm also under the impression that even if I'm decent/average looking (I'm at least that), I should be able to have more success than I've had. But, again, this is strictly based on other guys' testimonials about how easy dating sites are.
No, I was joking. I believe you.
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