21 Jan 2014, 3:25 pm
OK, I am answering more questions. this is the best bit. Some of them are inane and some of them are IQ grade type questions. Some of them are intrusive and some of them are crazy. I love doing questionnaires!
Current question:
If you were to die, would whoever goes through your personal belongings be shocked by what they find?
and then
What is next in this series? 1, 4, 10, 19, 31, _
21 Jan 2014, 3:29 pm
21 Jan 2014, 4:02 pm
I'm laughing because I just spent the 3-day weekend putting up a profile on OKC and answering the questions. I'm an overachiever - LOL - I've already been through all of them, although I only answered about half. I've already gotten the usual battery of "hi how r u" messages. 
There's a total dearth of interesting (to me) men within 200 miles of me, a few within 500 miles, and a dozen or so who live on another continent (seems my highest percentage matches are in the UK or other parts of western Europe). I've currently got only one ongoing conversation - with a guy who lives 1000 miles away. According to our mutual responses to the questions, we are not a very high percentage match and we have some "issues," but at least he is interesting and has some smarts. And I think he might be an Aspie.
If not sheer entertainment, it's somewhat diverting, at least.
21 Jan 2014, 4:19 pm
There's a total dearth of interesting (to me) men within 200 miles of me, a few within 500 miles, and a dozen or so who live on another continent (seems my highest percentage matches are in the UK or other parts of western Europe). I've currently got only one ongoing conversation - with a guy who lives 1000 miles away. According to our mutual responses to the questions, we are not a very high percentage match and we have some "issues," but at least he is interesting and has some smarts. And I think he might be an Aspie.
If not sheer entertainment, it's somewhat diverting, at least.
Honey lets swap! I cannot find anyone interesting here and all the guys who look half way attractive seem to live in Texas. hehe I haven't put up a pic and have made a joke type profile generally speaking so I will be astonished if anyone messages me. However, I have noticed that even the guys who match me with over 80% still fall down when it comes to sex. Everyone just wants lots sex. It comes off like an addition like smoking or drugs.
21 Jan 2014, 4:31 pm
^^ Haha! Don't tempt me!
I have to wonder about the guys whose profiles brag about how great they are at sex (and so many of them do!). That seems eminently clueless to me. Especially from guys in my age bracket - my generation was raised to NOT discuss those things in public!! ! LOL
It's not like the dating site is "Gigolos, Inc." 
Although ... as many profiles as there are in my age bracket that mention the "little blue pill" as one of those things they can't live without, maybe there really is a method to their madness ... 
21 Jan 2014, 5:47 pm
I deleted my profile straight away and luckily didn't have a picture but now feel soooooo weird. Thankfully I don't see this guy very often but still..I was under the impression he was in a long term relationship. I didn't want to look any further on his profile but what if he is looking for someone while still in a relationship and I now know this!? Agh. Awkward.
Haha, this happened to me once but on a different site. In my list of recommended matches, the profile of my coworker appeared. IRL he's a bit of a tool. Out of curiosity I clicked on his profile to see what he'd written and he'd lied about a lot of things including height (but then all men do) and inflated his career profile (ditto). Only profile photo was of him shirtless, on a yacht. He'd also been chasing tail around the office, so go figure.
Reminder that you never know who's out there...
But it feels kind of weird when you see it...
21 Jan 2014, 6:04 pm
I deleted my profile straight away and luckily didn't have a picture but now feel soooooo weird. Thankfully I don't see this guy very often but still..I was under the impression he was in a long term relationship. I didn't want to look any further on his profile but what if he is looking for someone while still in a relationship and I now know this!? Agh. Awkward.
Haha, this happened to me once but on a different site. In my list of recommended matches, the profile of my coworker appeared. IRL he's a bit of a tool. Out of curiosity I clicked on his profile to see what he'd written and he'd lied about a lot of things including height (but then all men do) and inflated his career profile (ditto). Only profile photo was of him shirtless, on a yacht. He'd also been chasing tail around the office, so go figure.
Reminder that you never know who's out there...
But it feels kind of weird when you see it...
Funny that Leafplant's OP didn't make me think of it, but yours did ... when I was on POF several years ago, I ran across the profile of a guy who I often had work-related meetings with (along with half a dozen or so other people). I didn't know he was a motorcyclist (I also didn't know he was so close to my age or that he was single), so when I saw on his profile that he rode a bike, I sent him a message asking if he wanted to go for a motorcycle ride sometime. He responded with this stuffy thing about how he preferred not to combine work and business. Ferchrissakes, I wasn't asking him on a DATE - and my profile was very clear that I was looking for friends only and/or someone to go for bike rides with. The ego of some people!
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21 Jan 2014, 6:16 pm
I deleted my profile straight away and luckily didn't have a picture but now feel soooooo weird. Thankfully I don't see this guy very often but still..I was under the impression he was in a long term relationship. I didn't want to look any further on his profile but what if he is looking for someone while still in a relationship and I now know this!? Agh. Awkward.
Haha, this happened to me once but on a different site. In my list of recommended matches, the profile of my coworker appeared. IRL he's a bit of a tool. Out of curiosity I clicked on his profile to see what he'd written and he'd lied about a lot of things including height (but then all men do) and inflated his career profile (ditto). Only profile photo was of him shirtless, on a yacht. He'd also been chasing tail around the office, so go figure.
Reminder that you never know who's out there...
But it feels kind of weird when you see it...
Funny that Leafplant's OP didn't make me think of it, but yours did ... when I was on POF several years ago, I ran across the profile of a guy who I often had work-related meetings with (along with half a dozen or so other people). I didn't know he was a motorcyclist (I also didn't know he was so close to my age or that he was single), so when I saw on his profile that he rode a bike, I sent him a message asking if he wanted to go for a motorcycle ride sometime. He responded with this stuffy thing about how he preferred not to combine work and business. Ferchrissakes, I wasn't asking him on a DATE - and my profile was very clear that I was looking for friends only and/or someone to go for bike rides with. The ego of some people!
Your friend was totally right, I 100% support his response.
Also, we guys assume every woman on dating site has the main intention of dating because well...the main purpose of dating sites is ..dating?
Also, we guys have learned to assume this as well because often those who claim just to want friendship on their profile turn out they are really seeking for a boyfriend. Most of those women are simply avoiding using "seeking for a relationship/bf" terms and use "looking for friends" so they appear less desperate, their egos don't allow them to admit they want a boyfriend/partner (or at least just sex).
I mean, it's pretty funny that the majority of those "seeking just for friends" women on okcupid specify the gender (male) and the age range of the friends they are seeking for, why? Why friends should be always males? And why the narrow age range? And why often should be Single? LOLOLOLOLOL
Typically they are like this (copied from real profile):
I am looking for:
Guys who like girls ---> Why? Can't girls be friends too? Can't gays be good friends too?
Ages 19–36 --> Why?
Near me
Who are single ---> Why only with the singles? LOL
For new friends ---> who are you fooling? The monkeys?
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21 Jan 2014, 7:21 pm
ha! funny.
on the other hand, I have just discovered that OKC sends you your best and worst matches by state and country. This is like the best game ever!
USA
Your Worst States
1. Mississippi
2. Arkansas
3. South Carolina
4. Oklahoma
5. North Dakota
Your Best States
1. Massachusetts
2. Washington
3. Oregon
4. Vermont
5. Alaska
Your Worst Countries
1. Egypt
2. Saudi Arabia
3. Pakistan
4. Indonesia
5. Malaysia
Your Best Countries
1. Austria
2. Sweden
3. Czech Republic
4. Netherlands
5. Denmark
Seriously? Austria?
although Bill can definitely feel vindicated in his assessment of me as a liberal feminist, even OKC seems to think so.
