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24 Apr 2013, 9:57 am

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This thread should be titled: "Negative points about Online Dating and why it sucks for most men in general."
- The infinite loop of seeking the best: With or without the God's gift complex, because of the load of choices they're getting, many women stuck in this loop: She meets X, X sounds to be a great match, she replies him or dates him; Y comes in, Y sounds a better match! Dropping X like hot potato and goes for Y ...then Z comes in! ...loop. They don't invest enough time to build an emotional bond with anyone, they're stuck in seeking the best of the best of the best.... Those women remain single and dating for a long time.

That happens to exchange of messages AND dates, how many guys you've heard complaining that they were have a great conversation with a certain woman and she suddenly stopped replying? In many times, it's not always because the guy said something stupid but because a more appealing guy came into the picture.

It also happen to the dating itself, unlike the regular offline dating, even if you are successful in getting a 5th date with a certain woman, as long she's actively using the dating site then there's absolutely no guarantee that she would not drop you for a better candidate coming in.


Yeah, I had a nice conversation going over ~ a week, her last message was actually a virtual smooch and a phone # request (which I gave) and then *BLOOP* gone.

I mean... that's kinda cold.

Oh well. You pick yourself up and dust off and trudge on.



Yeah, imagine a bar or room with 20 amazing successful men and 5 horrible-quality women (ie. ignorant, filthy, losers...etc), those women would still likely develop the same picky and god's gift attitude...

I think most bad things about online dating come from the imbalanced gender ratio (excluding fake female profiles and females just playing quizzes and seeking friends).


Why is there such a contrast between the men and the women??

20 'amazing successful men' would have no doubt worked out a successful strategy for finding a partner



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24 Apr 2013, 10:45 am

nessa238 wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
JDintheQuietCorner wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
This thread should be titled: "Negative points about Online Dating and why it sucks for most men in general."
- The infinite loop of seeking the best: With or without the God's gift complex, because of the load of choices they're getting, many women stuck in this loop: She meets X, X sounds to be a great match, she replies him or dates him; Y comes in, Y sounds a better match! Dropping X like hot potato and goes for Y ...then Z comes in! ...loop. They don't invest enough time to build an emotional bond with anyone, they're stuck in seeking the best of the best of the best.... Those women remain single and dating for a long time.

That happens to exchange of messages AND dates, how many guys you've heard complaining that they were have a great conversation with a certain woman and she suddenly stopped replying? In many times, it's not always because the guy said something stupid but because a more appealing guy came into the picture.

It also happen to the dating itself, unlike the regular offline dating, even if you are successful in getting a 5th date with a certain woman, as long she's actively using the dating site then there's absolutely no guarantee that she would not drop you for a better candidate coming in.


Yeah, I had a nice conversation going over ~ a week, her last message was actually a virtual smooch and a phone # request (which I gave) and then *BLOOP* gone.

I mean... that's kinda cold.

Oh well. You pick yourself up and dust off and trudge on.



Yeah, imagine a bar or room with 20 amazing successful men and 5 horrible-quality women (ie. ignorant, filthy, losers...etc), those women would still likely develop the same picky and god's gift attitude...

I think most bad things about online dating come from the imbalanced gender ratio (excluding fake female profiles and females just playing quizzes and seeking friends).


Why is there such a contrast between the men and the women??



To make a point, that this attitude doesn't necessarly come from how great these women are but basically from the power of choice.

If you are living in a small town and all employers are sh***y bastards there you still have to work with one, those employers no matter how sh***y are would still have th upper hand over you.



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24 Apr 2013, 10:59 am

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
nessa238 wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
JDintheQuietCorner wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
This thread should be titled: "Negative points about Online Dating and why it sucks for most men in general."
- The infinite loop of seeking the best: With or without the God's gift complex, because of the load of choices they're getting, many women stuck in this loop: She meets X, X sounds to be a great match, she replies him or dates him; Y comes in, Y sounds a better match! Dropping X like hot potato and goes for Y ...then Z comes in! ...loop. They don't invest enough time to build an emotional bond with anyone, they're stuck in seeking the best of the best of the best.... Those women remain single and dating for a long time.

That happens to exchange of messages AND dates, how many guys you've heard complaining that they were have a great conversation with a certain woman and she suddenly stopped replying? In many times, it's not always because the guy said something stupid but because a more appealing guy came into the picture.

It also happen to the dating itself, unlike the regular offline dating, even if you are successful in getting a 5th date with a certain woman, as long she's actively using the dating site then there's absolutely no guarantee that she would not drop you for a better candidate coming in.


Yeah, I had a nice conversation going over ~ a week, her last message was actually a virtual smooch and a phone # request (which I gave) and then *BLOOP* gone.

I mean... that's kinda cold.

Oh well. You pick yourself up and dust off and trudge on.



Yeah, imagine a bar or room with 20 amazing successful men and 5 horrible-quality women (ie. ignorant, filthy, losers...etc), those women would still likely develop the same picky and god's gift attitude...

I think most bad things about online dating come from the imbalanced gender ratio (excluding fake female profiles and females just playing quizzes and seeking friends).


Why is there such a contrast between the men and the women??



To make a point, that this attitude doesn't necessarly come from how great these women are but basically from the power of choice.

If you are living in a small town and all employers are sh***y bastards there you still have to work with one, those employers no matter how sh***y are would still have th upper hand over you.


I don't have to work with anyone - I'm on benefits

If I don't like a person, I don't have to go out with them

No one has the upper hand over me in my life



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25 Apr 2013, 3:08 am

nessa238 wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
nessa238 wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
JDintheQuietCorner wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
This thread should be titled: "Negative points about Online Dating and why it sucks for most men in general."
- The infinite loop of seeking the best: With or without the God's gift complex, because of the load of choices they're getting, many women stuck in this loop: She meets X, X sounds to be a great match, she replies him or dates him; Y comes in, Y sounds a better match! Dropping X like hot potato and goes for Y ...then Z comes in! ...loop. They don't invest enough time to build an emotional bond with anyone, they're stuck in seeking the best of the best of the best.... Those women remain single and dating for a long time.

That happens to exchange of messages AND dates, how many guys you've heard complaining that they were have a great conversation with a certain woman and she suddenly stopped replying? In many times, it's not always because the guy said something stupid but because a more appealing guy came into the picture.

It also happen to the dating itself, unlike the regular offline dating, even if you are successful in getting a 5th date with a certain woman, as long she's actively using the dating site then there's absolutely no guarantee that she would not drop you for a better candidate coming in.


Yeah, I had a nice conversation going over ~ a week, her last message was actually a virtual smooch and a phone # request (which I gave) and then *BLOOP* gone.

I mean... that's kinda cold.

Oh well. You pick yourself up and dust off and trudge on.



Yeah, imagine a bar or room with 20 amazing successful men and 5 horrible-quality women (ie. ignorant, filthy, losers...etc), those women would still likely develop the same picky and god's gift attitude...

I think most bad things about online dating come from the imbalanced gender ratio (excluding fake female profiles and females just playing quizzes and seeking friends).


Why is there such a contrast between the men and the women??



To make a point, that this attitude doesn't necessarly come from how great these women are but basically from the power of choice.

If you are living in a small town and all employers are sh***y bastards there you still have to work with one, those employers no matter how sh***y are would still have th upper hand over you.


I don't have to work with anyone - I'm on benefits

If I don't like a person, I don't have to go out with them

No one has the upper hand over me in my life


Sure you have this choice, I am just trying to explain why women on dating sites often have this attitude.



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25 Apr 2013, 3:58 am

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
nessa238 wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
nessa238 wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
JDintheQuietCorner wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
This thread should be titled: "Negative points about Online Dating and why it sucks for most men in general."
- The infinite loop of seeking the best: With or without the God's gift complex, because of the load of choices they're getting, many women stuck in this loop: She meets X, X sounds to be a great match, she replies him or dates him; Y comes in, Y sounds a better match! Dropping X like hot potato and goes for Y ...then Z comes in! ...loop. They don't invest enough time to build an emotional bond with anyone, they're stuck in seeking the best of the best of the best.... Those women remain single and dating for a long time.

That happens to exchange of messages AND dates, how many guys you've heard complaining that they were have a great conversation with a certain woman and she suddenly stopped replying? In many times, it's not always because the guy said something stupid but because a more appealing guy came into the picture.

It also happen to the dating itself, unlike the regular offline dating, even if you are successful in getting a 5th date with a certain woman, as long she's actively using the dating site then there's absolutely no guarantee that she would not drop you for a better candidate coming in.


Yeah, I had a nice conversation going over ~ a week, her last message was actually a virtual smooch and a phone # request (which I gave) and then *BLOOP* gone.

I mean... that's kinda cold.

Oh well. You pick yourself up and dust off and trudge on.



Yeah, imagine a bar or room with 20 amazing successful men and 5 horrible-quality women (ie. ignorant, filthy, losers...etc), those women would still likely develop the same picky and god's gift attitude...

I think most bad things about online dating come from the imbalanced gender ratio (excluding fake female profiles and females just playing quizzes and seeking friends).


Why is there such a contrast between the men and the women??



To make a point, that this attitude doesn't necessarly come from how great these women are but basically from the power of choice.

If you are living in a small town and all employers are sh***y bastards there you still have to work with one, those employers no matter how sh***y are would still have th upper hand over you.


I don't have to work with anyone - I'm on benefits

If I don't like a person, I don't have to go out with them

No one has the upper hand over me in my life


Sure you have this choice, I am just trying to explain why women on dating sites often have this attitude.


Yes but my argument would be as soon as you assess anyone as having an 'up themself' attitude (however they look), you have perfect freedom to give them a miss

I can pick out this type of person from their photo and therefore wouldn't ever approach or encourage interaction with them

I suspect that these women still hold an attraction for you/other men, hence despite all the signs being there that they are
arrogant and unpleasant, you still attempt to chat them up

in which case whose fault is it when you get to deal with their obnoxious attitude?

men will always be prey to this type of woman as being sexually attracted to a woman will often override common sense regarding what that woman is evidently like

Hence so many unhappy marriages, where lust was the main attractant and the awful personality was overlooked



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25 Apr 2013, 4:07 am

nessa238 wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
nessa238 wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
nessa238 wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
JDintheQuietCorner wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
This thread should be titled: "Negative points about Online Dating and why it sucks for most men in general."
- The infinite loop of seeking the best: With or without the God's gift complex, because of the load of choices they're getting, many women stuck in this loop: She meets X, X sounds to be a great match, she replies him or dates him; Y comes in, Y sounds a better match! Dropping X like hot potato and goes for Y ...then Z comes in! ...loop. They don't invest enough time to build an emotional bond with anyone, they're stuck in seeking the best of the best of the best.... Those women remain single and dating for a long time.

That happens to exchange of messages AND dates, how many guys you've heard complaining that they were have a great conversation with a certain woman and she suddenly stopped replying? In many times, it's not always because the guy said something stupid but because a more appealing guy came into the picture.

It also happen to the dating itself, unlike the regular offline dating, even if you are successful in getting a 5th date with a certain woman, as long she's actively using the dating site then there's absolutely no guarantee that she would not drop you for a better candidate coming in.


Yeah, I had a nice conversation going over ~ a week, her last message was actually a virtual smooch and a phone # request (which I gave) and then *BLOOP* gone.

I mean... that's kinda cold.

Oh well. You pick yourself up and dust off and trudge on.



Yeah, imagine a bar or room with 20 amazing successful men and 5 horrible-quality women (ie. ignorant, filthy, losers...etc), those women would still likely develop the same picky and god's gift attitude...

I think most bad things about online dating come from the imbalanced gender ratio (excluding fake female profiles and females just playing quizzes and seeking friends).


Why is there such a contrast between the men and the women??



To make a point, that this attitude doesn't necessarly come from how great these women are but basically from the power of choice.

If you are living in a small town and all employers are sh***y bastards there you still have to work with one, those employers no matter how sh***y are would still have th upper hand over you.


I don't have to work with anyone - I'm on benefits

If I don't like a person, I don't have to go out with them

No one has the upper hand over me in my life


Sure you have this choice, I am just trying to explain why women on dating sites often have this attitude.


Yes but my argument would be as soon as you assess anyone as having an 'up themself' attitude (however they look), you have perfect freedom to give them a miss

I can pick out this type of person from their photo and therefore wouldn't ever approach or encourage interaction with them

I suspect that these women still hold an attraction for you/other men, hence despite all the signs being there that they are
arrogant and unpleasant, you still attempt to chat them up


in which case whose fault is it when you get to deal with their obnoxious attitude?

men will always be prey to this type of woman as being sexually attracted to a woman will often override common sense regarding what that woman is evidently like

Hence so many unhappy marriages, where lust was the main attractant and the awful personality was overlooked


The attitude is not always apparent online, if it's apparent in her profile I would click on the 'hide' immediately. There's also tolerable mild degrees of this attitude that can be compensated by other traits like general kindness, others are aware of this power of choices but they do not behave as they have it.

But from my experience, A LOT of girls using dating sites have it.



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25 Apr 2013, 4:13 am

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
nessa238 wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
nessa238 wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
nessa238 wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
JDintheQuietCorner wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
This thread should be titled: "Negative points about Online Dating and why it sucks for most men in general."
- The infinite loop of seeking the best: With or without the God's gift complex, because of the load of choices they're getting, many women stuck in this loop: She meets X, X sounds to be a great match, she replies him or dates him; Y comes in, Y sounds a better match! Dropping X like hot potato and goes for Y ...then Z comes in! ...loop. They don't invest enough time to build an emotional bond with anyone, they're stuck in seeking the best of the best of the best.... Those women remain single and dating for a long time.

That happens to exchange of messages AND dates, how many guys you've heard complaining that they were have a great conversation with a certain woman and she suddenly stopped replying? In many times, it's not always because the guy said something stupid but because a more appealing guy came into the picture.

It also happen to the dating itself, unlike the regular offline dating, even if you are successful in getting a 5th date with a certain woman, as long she's actively using the dating site then there's absolutely no guarantee that she would not drop you for a better candidate coming in.


Yeah, I had a nice conversation going over ~ a week, her last message was actually a virtual smooch and a phone # request (which I gave) and then *BLOOP* gone.

I mean... that's kinda cold.

Oh well. You pick yourself up and dust off and trudge on.



Yeah, imagine a bar or room with 20 amazing successful men and 5 horrible-quality women (ie. ignorant, filthy, losers...etc), those women would still likely develop the same picky and god's gift attitude...

I think most bad things about online dating come from the imbalanced gender ratio (excluding fake female profiles and females just playing quizzes and seeking friends).


Why is there such a contrast between the men and the women??



To make a point, that this attitude doesn't necessarly come from how great these women are but basically from the power of choice.

If you are living in a small town and all employers are sh***y bastards there you still have to work with one, those employers no matter how sh***y are would still have th upper hand over you.


I don't have to work with anyone - I'm on benefits

If I don't like a person, I don't have to go out with them

No one has the upper hand over me in my life


Sure you have this choice, I am just trying to explain why women on dating sites often have this attitude.


Yes but my argument would be as soon as you assess anyone as having an 'up themself' attitude (however they look), you have perfect freedom to give them a miss

I can pick out this type of person from their photo and therefore wouldn't ever approach or encourage interaction with them

I suspect that these women still hold an attraction for you/other men, hence despite all the signs being there that they are
arrogant and unpleasant, you still attempt to chat them up


in which case whose fault is it when you get to deal with their obnoxious attitude?

men will always be prey to this type of woman as being sexually attracted to a woman will often override common sense regarding what that woman is evidently like

Hence so many unhappy marriages, where lust was the main attractant and the awful personality was overlooked


The attitude is not always apparent online, if it's apparent in her profile I would click on the 'hide' immediately. There's also tolerable mild degrees of this attitude that can be compensated by other traits like general kindness, others are aware of this power of choices but they do not behave as they have it.

But from my experience, A LOT of girls using dating sites have it.


It's as clear as day to me and I suspect this is because I don't conform as much as yourself to NT expectations or have NT-like expectation of others, hence you are more like these people yourself in the first place than me, hence you have a blind spot to what they are really like (although it is all subjective too)

I mean a certain amount of what they are like is what you want whereas it's anathema to me completely

we're both rigid in our requirements of a person but on different criteria in other words

your requirements are more aligned with conformity than mine

if you want conformity, you have to almost expect obnoxiousness! lol

What I mean is, a woman you thought was fine, I'd probably still think was very up herself, as it's all relatvie to what a person is like themself and what their norms/expectations are of others

it will be important to you that a partner impresses your friends and family whereas that just doesn't hold for me at all



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25 Apr 2013, 4:14 am

Well, 'online dating' isn't exactly completely useless. Hell, I met Makayla on WP :3

Dating sites themselves, however, really are useless. Not that I've tried them myself.


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it will be important to you that a partner impresses your friends and family whereas that just doesn't hold for me at all


Um, not really, I don't really have friends to begin with.

And ties with my family aren't that strong. I have rejected their religion, remember?



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25 Apr 2013, 4:54 am

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Um, not really, I don't really have friends to begin with.

And ties with my family aren't that strong. I have rejected their religion, remember?


Sorry I thought you did

you talk as if you're in some kind of social group/are a very sociable person

I know this is very off topic but I just wanted to ask one thing

Have you ever visited Petra in Jordan?



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it will be important to you that a partner impresses your friends and family whereas that just doesn't hold for me at all


Um, not really, I don't really have friends to begin with.

And ties with my family aren't that strong. I have rejected their religion, remember?




Have you ever visited Petra in Jordan?




Nope.



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it will be important to you that a partner impresses your friends and family whereas that just doesn't hold for me at all


Um, not really, I don't really have friends to begin with.

And ties with my family aren't that strong. I have rejected their religion, remember?




Have you ever visited Petra in Jordan?




Nope.


That's strange as it's a lot nearer you than me and meant to be some fantastic place to see



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Been in Cyprus, Egypt and Syria, not Jordan yet.



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25 Apr 2013, 9:38 am

It depends what dating site you use, however you can meet people from both.

Plenty of Fish - More suited for the party, clubbing mainstream culture.

OKCupid - People tend to have more depth on OKCupid and you can meet artistic or intellectual people on there.

If you are looking to meet new people, Couch surfing is a good place to check out if you are into travelling.