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Posted: 12/21/2006 4:00:40 PM | I have emailed over 30 girls and I havent gotten any dates. I'm new to the internet dating due to my recent move from MI and I dont know anyone. It is hard to find friends in a new place. It just seems like I have good conversation through email with some POF members but when I try to meet up with them they stop responding to my emails. Has anyone had any luck with this site?
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| Has anyone had any luck on this site?
Posted: 12/21/2006 4:09:09 PM | What's your response rate to the emails? Out of the 30 gals you emailed, how many wrote back? Your experience might be in line with the norm or might even be better.
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| Has anyone had any luck on this site?
Posted: 12/21/2006 5:31:25 PM | That's a pretty darn good response rate actually. It would probably only be better if you were a firefighter. Keep it up! Work towards coffee meetings in a public place reasonably quickly with any of them that strike your fancy. You can't tell much about a person without meeting them. In terms of your fizzle outs, send them one last email asking if they'd like to meet you for coffee. You have nothing to lose if they don't respond. At this time of year, people are very busy, that's a possible excuse for the fizzle out.
Edit: If you've already asked to meet them for coffee, and they don't respond, then just move on.
-Jim | |
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| Has anyone had any luck on this site?
Posted: 12/21/2006 6:46:15 PM | Have you thought about putting a little more info about yourself on your profile? You really don't tell much about yourself. What your looking for and such. | |
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Posted: 12/21/2006 7:11:05 PM | Hey there, from a fellow Michiganian! Welcome to Georgia. As far as your question, yes I have met people from this site and other sites I've been on over the past couple of years. I have had numerous dates and am currently in a relationship with someone I met from this site. There's always a lot of weeding out to do, and you can't do that if you quit now. Besides, there's lots of fun friends you can make if you just chat with people, especially here on the forums. Enjoy yourself and all the best with your search.
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Posted: 12/22/2006 3:47:42 AM | I havent met a single person from this site. The closest possibility I had hung up on me when she found out I didnt have alot of MONEY. So I just hang around forums, and dont take anyone too seriousely.  | |
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Posted: 12/22/2006 4:49:38 AM | Well..I havent been on this site long..but from my experience..women get alot of emails aday..we cant hang out wit everyone..we cant email everyone back its just to much..and for the guys who dont have a pic..duh!!..what i look for is pic,status,height(cant be too short)age,and then i look at what they have to say.. every person looks for different things..little things like height can take u out the picture because there's so many guys that fit the bill..women ask for money cus most the time guys only want one thing or is involved(half the guys one here)u gotta bring more to tha table... and dont think that just cus u didnt get a message back that there not attracted..if we could im sure we would hang out wit everyone that emails..and also it depends on ya status no body really wants to be wit some who's already involved or worst married...if u want a relationship wit someone try to get to know through emails and stuff before asking for there number..u will get in much better like that.. we feel more comfortable than u askin for the number the first email... its all about the way u approach..quit rushin
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Posted: 12/22/2006 4:58:30 AM | | Dont try to attract women wit putting ur number on tha first email.... that only means one thing to women... ur desperate.. ask for my yahoo messanger or something.. dont just give ur number to anybody we could be crazy | |
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Posted: 12/22/2006 6:52:38 AM | I have had no problem meeting anyone that I have corresponded with, as long as the distance is not a factor. Of course, how you communicate with people and the vibe they get from you plays a lot into whether they WANT to meet you.
Just keep trying, and keep your chin up. COMMUNICATING with people is the key.
cheers~~
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Posted: 12/22/2006 7:53:26 AM | | I haven't had any luck here. Frankly in the area where I live (Columbus, GA) there aren't too many fish and from the women I have contacted only half even bothered to read the e-mail, let alone get a reply. | |
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Posted: 12/22/2006 8:10:10 AM | Hey chocolatebunni,heck ill give you my number sexy... you can hide yours...lol but seriously very nice indeed you are bunni.Peace-Out | |
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Posted: 12/22/2006 8:10:55 AM | Your luck is running about like mine - but no point in giving up - it's free after all - what have you got to lose?
I've always said it's just one more way of putting yourself out there and hopefully the right person will come along one day.
Just keep going and doing the things you love and don't count on anything really happening here - then if it does you will be pleasantly surprised. | |
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Posted: 12/22/2006 8:30:06 AM | Hi animal5181,
On your profile you have "long term". Are you looking for friends or a long term relationship? Sure, I believe you have to be friends before you can be anything else, but others might not think so. There are ways to "weed through" your messages. The way I look at it, if you are sending messages back and forth with someone and you ask to meet that person for coffee or what ever and they don't reply then they are not really interested. Don't contact them again. You can tell a lot about a person through the messages that they send you and how they respond to things you say to them. If you are really looking for a long term relationship, do you really want to pursue a friendship with someone that won't even send a reply to your messages? I would not. Just a thought but maybe you are saying something that is sending up red flags in your messages........or you are coming on too strong. I don't know this for sure and if I am wrong I apoligize. Just hang in there and I am sure you will meet someone.
Take care and Have a Merry Christmas 
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Posted: 12/23/2006 10:35:53 PM | NOPE! I just about emailed every woman in my area......both of them. Didn't hear from neither of them.
I really don't expect too much here on POF, its free and im sure the average woman is getting about 5,000 emails a day so why bother. I rarely and i do mean rarely email anybody on here. If someone is interested in me then she can email me first then we can take it from there.
I've pretty much concluded that im not internet dating material women are looking for. I don't look like Brad Pitt and Im not 6ft dark hair, and a nice tan. Confidence i do have, but have no confidence in the internet dating.
Im sure if someone did a poll on internet dating and ask if you would take it to the next level and "ACTUALLY MEET" the polls would look like this.
Men yes 100 percent
no 0 percent
Women yes 20 percent
no 80 percent
So men and women have different opinions on internet dating. Men are eager and ready to meet up for a date, women are just flat out skeptical about the whole idea.
I haven't had any luck on any sites, but been on some dates and relationships just still not married yet. | |
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Posted: 12/24/2006 11:51:10 PM | | I have met a lot of wonderful women on this site and have been out with a few of them. They are out there and if you are very clear in your profile you will attract someone that is better suited for you. As far as communicating with them, be yourself. I personally do not like IM or emails. Maybe I don't look that crazy because I have not had a problem getting a phone number when I asked. I think people make up their mind about you from your first contact with them. If you make them feel comfortable from the begining, that tends keep the communication flowing. | |
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Posted: 12/26/2006 2:03:02 PM | Just wanted to try to answer the question. I've been on this forum for what now...5 whole days? And the first three were spent waiting for "approval" to post or whatever...so now we're down to two days on here.
I've heard that God watches out for fools and drunks...thank heavens I've got a double does of blessing then -- I sent an email to a lady on here and before I knew it, she called me on the phone about 1 or so yesterday (Christmas day). We finally said our "goodbyes" at 6am this morning (the 26th)...and I've talked to her several times today...
Am I having "luck" on this site? Suppose you could call it that..but I prefer to say that I've been "blessed". Don't know where this relationship is gonna go...but I'm glad where it's gotten to so far...and I hope she is too. | |
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Posted: 12/26/2006 2:27:24 PM | | Another thing you have to remember....you have down "occasionally" for smoking.....there are a lot of women who don't smoke and who choose not to hook up with anyone who does. Personally, that's the first thing I look at after location. And no, I am not looking for someone with a tan as someone else on here said.....that would just be another indication to me that they are not health conscious. | |
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Posted: 12/28/2006 6:19:12 PM | look at my profile
i know i`m nor perfect and don`t try to be but i guess i`m one of the "lucky?" ones
or at times i think i`m very unfortunate
i seem to attract most of the desperate women | |
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Posted: 12/28/2006 6:55:42 PM |
i seem to attract most of the desperate women Desperate women? Desperate women, please line up to the left...I AM TAKING APPLICATIONS.
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Posted: 12/29/2006 3:42:46 PM | | Men seem to assume that women get a million responses. I might get one every 3 months and he usually lives nowhere near me or smokes or is married, and my profile states that I am not seeking a smoker or a married man. | |
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