| annoying dating advice that you've heard
Posted: 12/3/2007 9:35:00 AM | "make yourself MORE available"
How does that work exactly? Shall I take out an ad in the paper?
"Hi... I'm Mariachi (see photo at left)
I live at..... blah blah and I am available most nights and most weekends. Call me."
Or should I just hang out at train and bus stations? Maybe shake it up a little and hit the airport once a week?
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| annoying dating advice that you've heard
Posted: 12/3/2007 4:55:52 PM | the most annoying thing is "be yourself" because obviously that isnt working! Its obvious I need to change what I do or how I look in some way, but dont know what yet.
"Another piece of advice I got was to join a church. "There's good men there." I was told. Well I did, and I although I like the church a lot and made friends, there's NO available men there. They are all married or a lot older (like 70's-80's) or gay. Yeah, great advice."
I have this exact same issue. Been told the same thing, and the demographics are exactly the same at my church. No go. | |
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| annoying dating advice that you've heard
Posted: 12/6/2007 11:35:29 AM | O sometimes you have to kiss a few frogs until you get to your prince..
ya that is the biggest load of bull s h i t ever...a few huh..?
ya well now its more like a scavenger hunt of digging through trash cans, just to find a decent pair shoes..it's like o come on..how much longer,,its cold out here im dirty,an tired an the only thing ive found are coffee grounds,an used condoms an tampons..so just tell me where the "prince" is already...
cut me a break already..is there even a prince at all? have i been lied to after all these years..or do you just enjoy seeing me run around making an ass out of myself.. | |
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| annoying dating advice that you've heard
Posted: 12/7/2007 7:34:18 PM | | ha ha to bad you and I don't live in the same town. I started going to church more for my boys sake but was kind of hoping to find a nice woman. Same as you I found they were married or way older than me. | |
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| annoying dating advice that you've heard
Posted: 12/10/2007 3:47:16 PM | | I hate all the thoughts on "playing hard to get", "be elusive", "say no to an invitation even if you'd love to say yes", "act un-interested", "men love b*tches". I personally don't want to have to play games. If I like someone, I like them. Would like to see them and am not going to stalk them if they aren't interested. Wish that set of rules would go away. | |
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| annoying dating advice that you've heard
Posted: 12/10/2007 4:40:33 PM | | Most annoying dating advice I have ever heard was it happens when you least except it or be yourself cause neither of those is true is it? | |
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| annoying dating advice that you've heard
Posted: 12/10/2007 5:51:07 PM |
This one was just told to me the other day (from a guy I dated...ya were still friends)..."Just go up to a guy in the bar and grab his ass....he'll thank you for it"....what!!
Guys...please tell me this doesn't work!!!
His other piece of advice..."You have big boobs so you'll have no problem"....seriously!! (theres has to be more to guys then this kind shallow thinking)
It might work in some cases, but you need to be sure that they're single, that you're highly attractive, have the confidence to carry it off, don't mind your own arse being grabbed - and you still might get told to go away.
Big boobs will help, but are only another factor to be considered, and won't by themselves guarantee a date.
The reason the 'if you stop looking' advice works, and sites like this are a problem, is that when you're not looking you don't try and artificially force a conversation or situation, whilst that's pretty much 98% of the activity here. It doesn't help that 90% of profiles are incredibly generic, either - they should enable someone to ask an intelligent question, rather than the generic 'what have you been doing?' or a reference to fairly universal popular culture, as they're the only responses that can be given in the absence of information (other than 'you're pretty, want to shag?').
The worst dating advice I've had is to dress in a certain way. If you don't dress how you want, you won't be comfortable, and even if by some miracle people keep going out with you, if your clothes were the only reason they did so, you have to keep wearing them.. | |
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| annoying dating advice that you've heard
Posted: 12/11/2007 9:00:55 PM | I've heard both of these from people over the years. As to the first one, I think people say it because they don't have anything better to say! Actually, I think it should be changed to "you'll find the one when you're not expecting to find the one".
As to the second one, many years ago I had to go through electrolysis for clear up my unibrow. The woman at the office who subjected me to more pain than I had ever experienced in my life uttered the famous words "my father always said that if you wanna get laid, you need to go to church" in response to my lamenting about my inability to find a date, even though I wasn't specifically looking to get laid. You know, I'm not a religious man. But if there is a hell, I'm sure I'd end up there if I went to church just to get laid! 
My close buddy gave me another useless piece of advice. He said, "why don't you hang out at the college?" Yes, just what I want to do. Hang out with the 20 year olds! | |
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| annoying dating advice that you've heard
Posted: 12/13/2007 6:00:48 PM | I got set up on a blind date when I was about 18. My grandpa overheard the talk of me going and said "Just take her a jar of canned 'maters. I works for me."
That date didn't go so well. Maybe I should have taken his advice. | |
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| annoying dating advice that you've heard
Posted: 12/13/2007 11:40:39 PM | I like the advice I get when..
1. I didn't ask for any
2. It's from someone who's partner is a total jackass (IMO)
3. Someone else who is single, and has been for a number of years.
Oh yeah, gunna jump right on following advice from THOSE sources. | |
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| annoying dating advice that you've heard
Posted: 12/14/2007 7:51:18 AM |
I got set up on a blind date when I was about 18. My grandpa overheard the talk of me going and said "Just take her a jar of canned 'maters. I works for me."
My response would have been "oh, the price has gone up since your day, sir." | |
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| annoying dating advice that you've heard
Posted: 12/14/2007 10:17:23 AM | Well I will be honest, it seems like atleast 70% of the "advice" you find on these forums given by people are really not from a sincere heart, or are insultful in some way or disresppectful, or they just are lying or saying things to either appear or sound nice or to get the person off their backs. It's frankly annoying after reading many of the so called advices that people say on here, it is tough when you suspect that they are not being true to what they are saying and that they are BS-ing
There are some people that give great advice and I encourage them to keep that up. But many people need to think about what they post before they actually do it. | |
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| annoying dating advice that you've heard
Posted: 12/14/2007 10:37:15 AM | The 'love will find you' type of advice only works for attractive women.
Because 'love' (=men) is constantly, as in 24/7/365 looking for them.....
If you're aguy, no one (read again : N O O N E ) is ever looking for you, unless they think you owe them money, or they would like you to owe them money (= they're trying to sell you something). | |
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| annoying dating advice that you've heard
Posted: 12/14/2007 5:46:14 PM | This is a good one. I'll repeat a few of the most common ones:
"Just be yourself"
"Personality is more important than looks" and its twin "You have so much to offer"
"It's not as hard as you think"
"Have you looked online?"
Ok, it's a Fri night. Back to | |
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| annoying dating advice that you've heard
Posted: 12/14/2007 5:46:20 PM | The most annoying dating advice I've received is that whole thing where I hear guys going off about "Just sleep with her".
You know, I'm very sexually open minded, but I there's this thing that comes before sex. I believe it's referred to as "conversation". I'm also not a big fan of that "she'll come along when you're not looking" advice either, but that's just me.
That stuff gets on my nerves but really the "dating advice" that drives me the most nuts is when someone tries to tell me specifically how to handle someone I'm dating when they don't know them or myself very well. Everyone wants to be in the middle of your business. Sorry, but I can handle my own private affairs just fine thanks. | |
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| annoying dating advice that you've heard
Posted: 12/15/2007 4:19:20 PM | | 'It'll happen' A usual responce to someone who is in their mid 20's or early 30's and older who say they've never even been on a date or even experienced a woman being attracted to them. | |
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| annoying dating advice that you've heard
Posted: 4/3/2008 8:44:34 AM | | lol ........... ha ha no kidding .... what do they know...but hey i did meet that really great guy on line that dumped me for his ex and married her on my birthday lol ... so yeah on line go for it.!!! | |
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| annoying dating advice that you've heard
Posted: 4/3/2008 9:02:52 AM | | OP, I haven't been aware of any that I care to mention. But I can say that what may occur in an environment like this one is you have a meeting place with a lot of abused, and broken hearted people that come together. It is a blind leading the blind situation a lot of times. And you are trying to find someone that can tell you where to go. Don't ask me. | |
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| annoying dating advice that you've heard
Posted: 4/3/2008 8:54:21 PM | "Say more in your profile"
"Say less in your profile"
"Just be honest"
"Don't share so much"
"Use the pic with you in glasses"
"Use the pic without glasses"
"Smile in your pics" (Forgive me if I don't want to put on a fake smile when taking a pic of myself, BY myself)
"Show your sense of humor more"
"Don't make jokes...they'll think you're not serious"
"Send more messages out"
"Don't come across so needy...make them come to you"
"Don't be so picky"
"Don't settle for less than..."
*Shoots self in face* | |
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| annoying dating advice that you've heard
Posted: 4/4/2008 12:02:42 PM | | "You should look for a real woman"... yeah, because a girl who is pretty, nice and slim is not "real", unlike her fatter, angrier sisters. | |
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