| Remember when dating was simple!
Posted: 7/3/2008 11:21:32 AM | Somehow nobody else has mistaken me for my foot. I suggest you really get some glasses. The towel is red. At one time, I had a pic of sticking my toe in a pool and the pic got banned. Apparently because pics such as you described are not even allowed on here.
I'm not going to recopy the thread for you to read your insults of everyone on here who fishes, uses haircolor and other hygiene products, dates long distance, men with long hair, and others. I just hope you stop doing that.
No, I wouldn't assume there was an acronym for a foot when there was no foot. You have a sick sense of humor. | |
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Posted: 7/3/2008 12:41:22 PM | When I looked at your thumbnail, I noticed your left shoulder way above your right shoulder so thus thought you were raising your whole left side but for what???? On my screen, the towel looked like your left foot with parting toes. I was mistaken and I said I was sorry, wear contacts so my eyesight is fine.
You think I have a sick sense of humor which is fine with me because I don't want harsh feelings between us. Everybody on here gets bashed for whatever they ask about or talk about, I've been bashed on for my own bad mistakes too, just take it for what it is and make a better life for ourselves. Can you and I please just end this bad conversation between us and look forward to better ones?  | |
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Posted: 7/3/2008 4:39:49 PM | | Well said! At 31, I am going through all of that, and have been hurt in my 20's (life and learn process). | |
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Posted: 7/3/2008 5:58:10 PM | Well, in my pic, my face and neck are attached to the hair (that you have insulted so bad). Other than the face and neck, there is very little even flesh colored showing. Usually an upper torso is attached to a neck and mine is in the black dress. Usually from the upper torso, there is an arm attached. A bit of that is flesh colored. Other than that, not much even flesh colored. The towel is bright red. It might be hard to even see my fingers on the camera with the flash. So if you somehow mistook all that for a foot, whatever to you. I don't see many people with feet attached from their neck area but that doesn't mean that someone doesn't have that.
Yes, anyone who would post what you have posted and say you did it for a laugh is sick. Getting bashed for an opinion is not the same as insulting everyone who chooses to use the site for what it was intended. Oh, so now I've made "mistakes"?? This bad conversation will end when you quit saying bad things about me and the other fish on here. I just chose to address you. | |
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Posted: 7/4/2008 10:12:08 PM | | One of my nicest pictures has now been deleted?? Because one Antagonizer insulted it??? No, I don't yet want to make assumptions without facts. But it sure looks awfully suspicious. Nobody else looked at that picture and thought I looked like a foot. I had gotten tons of compliments on that picture and my hair in it, and none were related to feet. And it's not that I'm really trying to get dates anymore on here per se, but "something is wrong with this picture" and it's not my hair, face, black dress, and red towel. | |
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Posted: 7/5/2008 2:05:20 PM | I see pictures of lingerie and swimsuits that are very nearly nothing but total nudity. I see pictures that have zero people and pictures that are hard to tell there is even a person in them. I see group pictures that you can't tell who the guy is until you read half his page where he says I'm this one in this pic. [I was fully dressed in my picture.]
Therefore, I want all those types of pictures likewise deleted and I want the very personal insults about me in this thread to be deleted. I don't want to look at a forum and see these things written about me. Never mind the fact that they apply to almost everyone else on the site as well. And why should that antagonizer still be allowed on here?? Just another "one person's opinion."
Well, my other pics that are still on here have the same haircolor, same upper body, same face, some the same red towel, and the same number of feet in them. The only exception is the campfire pic, and a different top. | |
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Posted: 7/5/2008 3:48:53 PM | Dating was simple?? err did I miss that then or what??
I have been single for about 7years now & find it incredably difficult to connect with anyone, especially on the net ....
90% / 10% which one am I ? LOL
why do some guys feel that you are here for cyber only, when all you really want is someone to be with..
Anyways keep the faith the one is out there  | |
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Posted: 7/11/2008 7:22:57 AM | | I think dating today is simpler than it has ever been. Talking to girls online is so easy, and then we text, talk a little and meet for a drink or something to eat. And dating down here in Florida is great. Most women here are from somewhere else and are looking to meet someone new. Much different from Iowa and Wisconsin where most people grew up there, had their friends and routines and it was hard to break into their inner circle. There are also so many single women in their late 30s/early 40s, they know what they want and are looking for something meaningful after all the crap they've been through, no pressure to have kids anymore, still youthful and active for the most part, these are good years. Just waiting for the right one to click with and tha-tha, tha-tha, tha-that's all folks! | |
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Posted: 7/11/2008 8:05:29 AM | I never thought dating wasn't simple or fun...when I was a kid, yeah sure I got emotionally involved faster than I should have but that was just a young stupid thing. I grew up.
I think it's awesome and fun to date IF you're not taking it too seriously, expecting too much or taking it too personal.
A lot of people seem to frustrate themselves with expectation and what they think they deserve when they should just be living in the moment and enjoying meeting new people.
*Shrug* | |
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Posted: 7/11/2008 7:10:38 PM | | It was in high school. You just got a thing for someone and went after it. Then you got hurt, now it's hard to just act in the world. Everything has to be analyzed, considered weighed and rejected. It's called 'growing up'. It's a drag. | |
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Posted: 7/12/2008 3:36:31 AM | I dont know if dating was ever "simpler" in past times. I do know however it seemed people were more decent before the dawn of computers, cell phones, and whatever gadgets people waste their time on. I feel women were easier to meet pre-2k. My two cents, it's 3:30 am .. maybe I'll post again later when I can think straighter  | |
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Posted: 9/26/2008 7:52:08 PM | I so remember dating be much easier when I was young. I have not figured out why it is so harder now that I am older. I know that after being single for 10 years, and not being a serial dater, that I find it harder and harder to even want to go out out on a date.
I so agree that there are 90% of the people who do not put what they are looking for on here. I think that there has to be some chemistry there, I do not believe that it is created over time... Though I must say I am not giving up but I am not going to lower what I am looking for to settle....
So Firesign68....here is a lady that totally agrees with you! Like you I am trying not to lose thjavascript:smilie(' ')
javascript:smilie('')e faith. | |
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Posted: 9/26/2008 10:12:19 PM |
I’ve found that 90% of the profiles I respond to do not post what it is that their actually looking for..
That being said I still have faith, I know that somewhere out there in that 10% I will find that special someone!
Before meeting someone, I always assume they are honest and true. If it is not true, you will find out one day. It never can hide. | |
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Posted: 9/26/2008 10:18:57 PM |
I so agree that there are 90% of the people who do not put what they are looking for on here. I think that there has to be some chemistry there, I do not believe that it is created over time... Though I must say I am not giving up but I am not going to lower what I am looking for to settle....
The whole life of human....
We are always searching for things we want....
When we were young, we think we know everything and we try to get everything we think it is good.
When we were getting older, we find what some things we have are not that excellent as we thought, we gave up; we find we lost a lot while chasing something we once believed that was more important....
After years and years, we know ourselves slowly but more clearly....
Some people might take about 10 years to know what they really want; some people might take a whole life to figure out what he's chasing for.... Different people have different paces. That's why we always say: right person, right time, and right location! | |
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Posted: 9/26/2008 11:34:51 PM | It used to be simple?!!!..... Nobody told me!
It might be me OP, but are you looking back fondly through rose-colored glasses? Dating has always been a nightmare for me. Probably just my problem. LOL. | |
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Posted: 9/27/2008 9:45:35 PM | Yes it was simpler when we were younger. We didn't have a history. and the "boy" you liked didn't have a history. Now when you go out or even talk to people you have red flags that will jump up and "ya been there done that and hope we know better." I'm not jaded(I think) but Its harder now to relax and just have fun. and now when we " DATE' we play 20 questions. we also did not have a life story to have to tell someone. after meeting them for 5min.  | |
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Posted: 9/28/2008 11:44:24 AM |
I’ve found that 90% of the profiles I respond to do not post what it is that their actually looking for..
That being said I still have faith, I know that somewhere out there in that 10% I will find that special someone!
I think people often post generic stuff on their profile... 'enjoy going to pubs but just as happy to stay in with the right person and a bottle of wine'! | |
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Posted: 9/28/2008 4:14:58 PM | * before the Internet you were mostly limited to date people within a small radius of where you lived (or to where you could travel, based upon your finances). now the dating field has been expanded to a thousand times the original number of people you could potentially have talked to. this creates an artificial sense that you don't have to "settle" on anyone less than perfect.
* before the Internet you reasonably didn't get to see that much porn. nobody shaved/waxed their genitals north of Brazil, honestly-speaking. standards now are rather high with respect to penis size, sexual stamina and technique, willingness to perform a variety of once-taboo acts...
* before the Internet you spent your evenings away from home if you expected to date somebody. now you sit at your computer for this odd form of entertainment. it almost feels like it's social although it really isn't.
* before the Internet we knew within moments if we thought someone was attractive and we could imagine being with them. these were real-life encounters and immediately you knew what their voice sounded like, whether or not you liked their perfume/cologne, for example and if they were witty or not. we had no idea how they felt about politics because you just didn't talk about politics in polite company, nor money, nor religion. you miss all these in-person clues now. all we get are photos and profiles.
* before the Internet the idea of a stalker was pretty scary. now it just seems the norm.
* before the Internet "remote dating" meant dating someone in a different town than yours. now it could mean a different country in a language you don't even know. | |
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Posted: 9/28/2008 4:46:54 PM | | I agree with the honesty part, but not everyone knows what they want, so why narrow it down to wants and needs if your open minded enough to meet all varieties? | |
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Posted: 9/28/2008 6:32:14 PM | The rules haven't changed. AT least in my opinion. I follow only one rule: the golden rule.
You can still do all that stuff you mentioned; the old fashioned way. It'll probably make you stand out if you do. | |
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Posted: 10/3/2008 4:12:12 AM | Life of Leisure:How do you know what someone is really or really not looking for by reading profiles? At least not the percentages you give, unless you are searching for Romper Room style profiles. This sounds like an assumption...if you ask me. Unless you are getting that many responses back from women saying they are lying or change their words when they write back. Your profile is pretty long like mine, does that mean you are "blabbering?"As for me, I just say it how it is. Like it or not, that is the way it is.
As far as the OP, I think things have become a bit more complicated, because things are different now than they were when we were 20 and such. Parenting has changed, schools have changed, movies, television, & critics have made this world very different over the years. I see younger parents now than I did before and they dress and raise thier kids to be mini thugs and such(not everyone but is out there a lot more than we care to admit.). The world has changed. It just means it is that much harder to find someone we are compatible with. | |
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