Would dating online really make a difference?

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29 Dec 2020, 6:32 pm

I have been going out to bars and nightclubs since late 2013 and in those 7 years I have not managed to get a girlfriend or even a one night stand. Don’t get me wrong I have had some opportunities to hook up with women on nights out but in these situations the women expect me to make all the effort.

I am an average looking guy (about a 5 out of 10 in looks) so assuming if I was good looking or handsome enough the chances of me getting a date on a night out would be a lot higher. Back in 2013/2014 I was a little better looking though that I am at the moment......or at least that’s what I assume. :?

My parents and a few other people have said to me that if I want to find a relationship I should go online and not go to bars. But do you agree that trying to find a partner online would be just as hard as going out to nightclubs?



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29 Dec 2020, 6:56 pm

You might have a better chance online.



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29 Dec 2020, 7:08 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
You might have a better chance online.




Why?



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29 Dec 2020, 7:11 pm

Because Aspies have no chance in bars.

Read up on a guy named Sisyphus.



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29 Dec 2020, 7:16 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
Because Aspies have no chance in bars.

Read up on a guy named Sisyphus.



What’s your personal theory as to why aspies have no chance in bars?



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29 Dec 2020, 7:21 pm

Bars are noisy. And they are full of people who are overly social and only care about themselves.



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29 Dec 2020, 7:24 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
Bars are noisy. And they are full of people who are overly social and only care about themselves.




In a bar setting you do have to compete against other people to get the girl. That said online you have to compete against other men as well to land a date I assume?



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29 Dec 2020, 7:27 pm

Of course you do...but you’re not exposed to the noise and idiocy of bars.

Please Google Sisyphus.



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29 Dec 2020, 7:31 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
Of course you do...but you’re not exposed to the noise and idiocy of bars.

Please Google Sisyphus.




Yeah I did look him up. His efforts to push the bolder up the hill were futile :)



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29 Dec 2020, 7:37 pm

That’s the relationship between bars and Aspies.



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29 Dec 2020, 8:32 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
You might have a better chance online.

Wrong - except he matches with an autistic girl who likes him. There are nearly no attractive women at all online who like to date an average guy. Attractive women are approached in real life often enough and don't really need that. But it's even worse. There are at least ten times more guys than women and beside of that are a lot of the 'women' just scammers, fake accounts or profiles with a wrong age and many years old pics, or of girls who want to become influencers elsewhere and you liking them there, or of women who are looking for idiots who like to pay for nothing and of course some truly pervert ones.
It's better to work on yourself and your body language and to join places and clubs beside of bars and to learn to talk to the women there and especially to do eye contact right if you do.
You can try online dating beside of that of course but be carefully with that and don't expect to much.


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29 Dec 2020, 8:44 pm

To hear women talk about it, online dating is full of complete dicks who like to share unsolicited pictures of their complete dicks. I guess if you can clear that low bar, you're a prince among online men...


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29 Dec 2020, 8:45 pm

Just don’t send a picture of your dick...that’s stupid!



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29 Dec 2020, 9:00 pm

I have heard some horror stories about Tinder. 8O



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31 Dec 2020, 6:00 am

quite an extreme wrote:
kraftiekortie wrote:
You might have a better chance online.

Wrong - except he matches with an autistic girl who likes him. There are nearly no attractive women at all online who like to date an average guy. Attractive women are approached in real life often enough and don't really need that. But it's even worse. There are at least ten times more guys than women and beside of that are a lot of the 'women' just scammers, fake accounts or profiles with a wrong age and many years old pics, or of girls who want to become influencers elsewhere and you liking them there, or of women who are looking for idiots who like to pay for nothing and of course some truly pervert ones.
It's better to work on yourself and your body language and to join places and clubs beside of bars and to learn to talk to the women there and especially to do eye contact right if you do.
You can try online dating beside of that of course but be carefully with that and don't expect to much.


I have to agree with this to some extent. There are plenty of escorts on dating sites. masquerading as "girlfriends". Some are on there, literally telling you to buy them things. They are the scammers/escorts. But this is no different than in real life. How in the world can you tell the difference between an escort in normal clothing walking to buy groceries. In the end, all people, are well, just people, and come with their own baggage. I would say, read up on Attachment Theory, it will explain why we are the left overs.



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31 Dec 2020, 6:26 am

kraftiekortie wrote:
Just don’t send a picture of your dick...that’s stupid!


Yes. If it is under 9 inches, it's stupid. :mrgreen: