| Online Dating is a Farce
Posted: 7/23/2007 3:00:43 AM | I have yet to meet these wonderful men. Mean are very visual creatures and it is always about the picture. Great laughs when the follow-up e-mail is always about "How good are you in bed?" These are the men that are on here for years and they can't figure out why. I am very light hearted and simply MOVE ON!!!! Please do the same females. No man is worth shedding tears over. And YES I have had 2 glasses of brandy. Liquid courage ~LOL~! Life after a divorce is a blast!!!! Why did I not get this 5 years ago! | |
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Posted: 7/24/2007 4:27:22 PM | I'm one of those wonderful men. And I haven't met those wonderful women, they seem to be date sharks, working at dating like a part time job. Sorry but I'm not here to supplement your entertainment budget. Nor due I want to see you chew with your mouth open while telling me about your X, for God's sakes leave something for later! And keep your hands out of your plate of food, does that pasta look like fried chicken or what?
And for those few girls who don't I and all the men of the world thank you. | |
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Posted: 7/25/2007 2:57:51 PM | I beg to differ. I've met some really nice people on the site. Actually dating a very nice man right now. They're out there... just date quite a few of them or meet with a bunch until you find just the right one that makes you happy. Give everyone a chance... you have nothing to loose but a small amount of time and a cup of coffee.
If the dating thing didn't work out, sometimes it's best to have made great friends. | |
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Posted: 7/26/2007 5:26:08 AM | Your right Linda...if people would give others that chance, then this place would work out alot better....I see peoples profiles that have viewed me and have basically the same thing I am looking for, so I msg them a note about something in their profile, but alas either no response or something simple back and then nothing(oops forgot they didnt put in their profile they are looking for that model figure, lol) silly me....
I know my smoking hinders alot of responses also, but then thats ok its understandable, but they dont realize that I am trying to quit, I am a courteous smoker and I might just have more ummmmpf to quit if I met that right person...oh well their loss not mine as I say..
sorry my opinion | |
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| Online Dating is a Farce
Posted: 8/21/2007 3:40:16 PM | | geeandy, i agree, online dating is for visual stimulation only. but these forums are kind of fun. at least written by real people, at least some interesting stuff to read and/or respond to now and then. | |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 1:51:43 PM | madisonmatters I like your perspective on things.
Maybe you can tell me why all the profiles I really like and think are a good match for me, I can't leave a message with.
You were one of them and I can't even say hello.
Any help with this would be very much appreciated!!! | |
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| My opinion only....
Posted: 10/9/2007 4:43:29 PM | Dear Spbond,
I have been in your boat. I have e-mailed guys just to say hi and say I like your profile. Some of the men out there do not know how to even write back and say thank you. Don't get me wrong their are some real nice men out there who have it together. Some men just do not know how to be on their own without having a mother in tow.
Just be your self and the right women will come along. If a women does not like you for who you really are then they are not worth your time and energy.
Keep in mind their are still some good women out here.
Have a good One!
Di | |
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| dating vs chatting
Posted: 12/30/2007 12:03:04 PM | I dont understand something, please, help me out someone enlighten me plez
I met a wonderful guy off this site. And we hit it off the first night. We decided to be EXCLUSIVE I mean I thought that ment no other girls/guys Is that correct? Together a few months, daily. I email him every night, and hes online not with me- he's chatting up other birds every night. He says its not cheating. Just having fun. He wont email me, I talk adult to him, he gets mad, but hes talking adult with other birds. How can he say we are exclusive and yet chat up others? Did I miss understand the meaning of the word EXCLUSIVE? I myself chat with friends and forums but talking diry, flirty Thats cheating isn't it.
So Confused with this online dating rule .. help me out will ya...  | |
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| farce...?
Posted: 12/30/2007 3:53:12 PM | The whole thing is basically pretty amusing. I don't see POF as a viable venue for finding a relationship. Nor any other Internet venues.
I contact a few ladies with interesting profiles now and again. Never heard a word back - and it's not that I do one liners or crude emails, either.
Never heard back from a single one. Nor did I expect to. I'm not gorgeous, I'm not rich, and I'm not typical in my personality.
Life is a crap shoot. Mine came up bad. I can be bitter about that, but I choose not to, and rather to enjoy my single-ness instead. | |
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| dating vs chatting
Posted: 1/1/2008 11:29:29 PM | Thanks for the 411 .. I am starting to agree .. church, BBQs, supermarkets and car washes are better odds finding a decent guy!
but the forums are fun and people on them are real and honest. | |
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| dating vs chatting
Posted: 3/18/2008 10:24:54 AM | OK, folks, I know internet dating is an interesting source for amusement and a few laughs...just go and read my profile. Everything that I've listed there has happened. POF is great! I've met a lot of people here, and if u work on your profile and also your photos and keep it fresh, u will meet a lot of interesting and fun people. It also helps to participate in these forums..learned a lot here...and I do agree--don't spend all of your time sitting in front of the computer hoping you'll find that special someone..get involved in your community..do volunteer work, join an investment club....get away from yourself a little bit and get OUT THERE!  | |
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| dating vs chatting
Posted: 3/18/2008 3:30:50 PM | | I keep myself busy with work, school, our New In Town & Locals group on meetup, going out and being social, and helping people get VIP seats at Zowie Bowie. I know the band really well. | |
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| Online Dating is a Farce
Posted: 3/22/2008 8:31:18 PM | Some of us, those like me on the plus side of 40, find this whole thing of online dating to be sort of new and many of us are not in our environment. I have one leg up in that I have been online, since before it was cool and popular, but I was not born into the Internet or IM's or txt msg or any of the instant type of communications. Therefore, my style and how I react to say unanswered emails is very different from someone in their 20's who never knew life without a cell phone.
With all this in mind, we need to be thoughtful, each of us, of our fellow dating enthusiasts understanding that they might not be the Casanova of Nevada or the Internet and be able to charm their way through a crowd of strangers. I would hope that if someone read my profile and thought it was over-the-top they would feel obligated to provide some friendly advise.
All in all, I think lurking on POF is fun. I think finding a date here for someone who is unapologetically not photogenic such as myself is more difficult, but it is not impossible. The advice I found in this thread for the most part is very kind and productive and lends itself to the idea that just because this is the Internet don't expect a date in 30 seconds!
Best of luck to all!  | |
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| dating vs chatting
Posted: 3/25/2008 11:59:18 AM | lioness777,
“Must NOT like to wear women's underwear.”
“no Jerry Seinfeld or Doc Holiday impersonators”
Brilliant.  What I want to know is if it was the Doc Holiday impersonator who enjoyed wearing women’s underwear? | |
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| dating vs chatting
Posted: 4/4/2008 8:55:10 AM | | actually...didn't get to know Doc Holiday well enough to find out if he wore women's clothing...that was another guy. I've had a lot of very unique dates. | |
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| dating vs chatting
Posted: 5/20/2008 7:40:03 AM | | After reading all these comments, some humorous, some serious it brightens my day. I have met a few girls on here, unfortunately the "miles" function is incorrect, but I tried a long term relationship with someone 90miles away, and it doesn't work. Local women in Reno and single at that are difficult to find; the local matches may have 15 people in Vegas and about 1-3 in Reno, variety in this part of town is quite sparse. | |
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| dating vs chatting
Posted: 6/15/2008 3:14:42 PM | | I'm jumping in this topic very late. For me on line dating is a waste of time. I'm not going to spend countless hours messaging hundreds of women to finally see if ONE will at least replay to me. the problem with on line dating is this. its true, if your not as attractive as some other guys your not going to get women interested in you and if you do it might be from a girl who doesn't even have a picture in her profile and if you read her description, she's a few extra pounds... the ratio from men to women is like ten guys for one girl. If your a girl who is young and very attractive your going to have more guys hitting you up then you know what to do with. So, again for guys who are average or below average in looks there just going to get weeded out. Also consider this, your in a public place, say a bar or lounge or coffee shop. You see some one you want to talk to. You go up to her and say hi or what ever. Your going to get SOME replay from her! Weather it be positive or negative or what ever your going to get a reply! But on line you can message all kinds of women and never here from them. Then your wondering, is she a shallow snob? Did I say something wrong to her? Did she not get my message? Is her computer broken? Your left in the dark! So, meeting in real life is way better then on line. I'm better looking in person and people can see my personality and humour shine through my expressions. On line people are just going by a photo and again if your not photogenic your going to have one hell of a time with on line dating. I'm not saying don't do it. Try it to see if it works. But don't spent countless hours on the computer on a Friday, Saturday night waiting for some one to replay to you... Go out and meet people! | |
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| dating vs chatting
Posted: 6/18/2008 5:54:45 PM | fairmaiden89145...EXCLUSIVE means neither of you will date anybody else..
I joined this site after hearing about it at a meetup group and saw it in the review journal online forums. Online dating is a crock of sh*t. I am telling it how I see it. I have been on the internet 5 years and only met 2 people 1 on 1 because I see more lies online in a day than congress tells in a year.That's why I believe nothing I read in profiles because I seen it all before. Hott, sexxy lady looking for a guy( she is really 5'2 and weighs 250). Good looking male seeks female companion ( he is 5'8 bald and fat)
I got a good paying union job, own my car and house and have zero debt. Yet women don't talk to me because I don't have a fancy car and pay cash for what I want, because I can afford to not finance anything. I emailed a few ladies on this site and got no responses. Makes me wonder if they collecting emails and pics to see how popular they really can be; Or their profiles smell of BS. I vote for the latter.
As far as I am concerned, dating in Las Vegas can take a flying leap off a cliff into the grand canyon with no hang glider or parachute. I am who I am and I won't change for anybody. Take me for who I am or go away.
My name is Kevin and I approve of this message | |
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| dating vs chatting
Posted: 6/20/2008 2:26:48 PM | | The other crock about online dating is, Ever notice when a dating site pops up they always have some beautiful model as there cover girl getting guys to think there actually going to meet women like that online! especially these adult swinger sites. I don't know how but these sites know where I'm from and what town I'm in. I live in such a small town here in Canada its more like a Village. I've lived here all my life. Yet I'll see this site like Adult Friend Finder and it will have these profiles of women who are from my small town looking to hook up. Those women are NOT from my town! Clearly they just got these photo's from some porn site or another adult dating site and posted all these really sexy women so I will join. Its the oldest trick in the book. Lots of sites use fake profiles to sucker men into joining. | |
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| dating vs chatting
Posted: 6/20/2008 2:36:46 PM | | I can come up with so many examples of what a scam some of these online dating sites are. For example have you ever just wanted to browse profiles to see what kinds of women are on there? Then right away they want you to put in all your information like email and all that. And when you haven't even joined yet all of a sudden there sending you messages of women who are interested in you or who sent you a message and when you go to click on the link to see who sent you a message or who checked your profile out, it takes you to the sign up page! i've had that so may times. And you know its sad because there just taking advantage of lonley guys. | |
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| dating vs chatting
Posted: 6/21/2008 10:54:28 AM | | I was on adult friend finder a few years ago when I worked on the air base here. I thought it was a site to meet people over the age of 21. I met some of them at lunches and they are all full of it on that site. I was on true for a bit and a bunch of fakes on there also. I got no credit cards so it's hard for me to join any of those dating sites.. I pay cash for what I want because I can afford to. I am thinking of putting 4 new tires on my truck today at a cost of $700 and gonna pay cash. Need off road tires to play in the dirt here. | |
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| Online Dating is a Farce
Posted: 7/4/2008 12:27:08 PM | | Any experience is what you make of it. I have met some very nice people here. | |
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| Online Dating is a Farce
Posted: 7/12/2008 7:58:57 PM | I am only staying on here for the forums as profiles are a bunch of lies anyway. I am gonna keep having fun my way and the hell with the women on the las vegas personals boards. I bought a scooter because I refuse to keep paying $40 a week for gas for my 4x4. It's really fun zipping in and out of traffic on Las Vegas blvd and Industrial road on that motorbike during rush hour.  | |
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| Online Dating is a Farce
Posted: 7/15/2008 8:14:12 PM | I work on the city center site at the cosmopolitan resort. I bought the scooter cuz my 4x4 costs me $42 a week in gas to get to and from work. Now I spend about $6 a week. It has a 49 cc engine and gets about 85 MPG. i paid $1200 for it. has electric start and alarm. I feel guilty not giving oil companies $175 a month of my money. i stay in the right lan unless i come up on a construction zone then i zig-zag in and out of the cones. | |
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