| Online dating is depressing for guys
Posted: 8/27/2004 7:00:04 PM | I've been experimenting with a few online dating sites like this one and have found the results really depressing. There is always a much higher ratio of guys than girls. For example, if I do a search for women my age and in my city, I get 22 results on this site. If I do the same search for men (woman seeking man search) I get 134 results. That's more than a 6-to-1 ratio!
I know there are tons of nice girls out there dying to meeting a genuine guy like me. But if they're not online and they're not in any of my university classes than how am I supposed to meet them? Are there particular hobbies/clubs these girls are in that I should know about?
Any girls got some advice? Any guys that can relate? | |
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| Re: Online dating is depressing for guys
Posted: 8/28/2004 1:01:58 AM | it depends on where you live...in my area, when I do a search for ppl living in my city, I get about 30 or 40 pages...but I live very close to Toronto, so the population base is a lot higher than in say, where you live.. ( i never looked at your profile so I don't know)
you have to have patience tho....it'll pay off in the long run...even if that run never ends "just around that next corner"...the run is always longer than you expected it to be and you end up being disheartened when you have to keep going... lol
anyway..good luck.. | |
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| Re: Online dating is depressing for guys
Posted: 8/29/2004 3:45:18 PM | | I get enough emails from guys...but very few if any have actually been from people who live in my area. I don't mind, since really all I'm looking for is some friends, but it is a bit depressing when your friends live all over the place. | |
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| Re: Online dating is depressing for guys
Posted: 8/30/2004 4:15:58 AM | | It's just as depressing for girls too. There's just no replacing the face to face interactions. It also takes me a long time to get to know a guy. I guess I'm looking for those personal qualities - maybe as well as a pretty face. Maybe I want to much. I do know that, as an older woman, I find some of the men of my own age just too old. No energy or enthusiasm! | |
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| Re: Online dating is depressing for guys
Posted: 8/30/2004 6:37:32 AM | Quoting Lucy in the sky:
"I do know that, as an older woman, I find some of the men of my own age just too old. No energy or enthusiasm!"
Oi lucy!! it might be like that on your side of Oz, but not over here in the West !! (......says he bragging needlessly) | |
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| help
Posted: 8/30/2004 10:13:02 AM | Alright, continuing this theme I've started...
I've had about 9 women in a row read and delete my emails without replying. I don't ask them if they want to see my wee-wee. My emails run along the lines of:
"You seem nice and I like . Drop me a line sometime."
Can anyone take a look at my profile and tell me if there's something wrong with it? Bad pictures? Nobody wants to date a university student? I don't get what I'm doing wrong here... | |
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| Re: help
Posted: 8/30/2004 10:25:44 AM | hell they read u're Pm's thats a start. i've had them being deleted unopened!. Got a pm from someone but thats was because i maded little sense in my profile and they were wandering where the hell i lived. NIce bike by the way.
As i see it, it's very early days. U'll do fine in the long haul. | |
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| Re: Online dating is depressing for guys
Posted: 8/30/2004 3:07:29 PM | | That'sHimOfficer: I looked at your profile and I thought it was pretty good compared to some I've seen. What type of girls did you write too though? That might be a factor on why you aren't getting replys. | |
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| Re: Online dating is depressing for guys
Posted: 8/30/2004 10:27:11 PM | Yeah, it's rightdown stupid.
I guess this is the way women like to date. This way they don't get touched.
But I like posting whatever comes to my mind, just for fun. | |
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| Re: Online dating is depressing for guys
Posted: 8/31/2004 1:18:33 AM | reply to DearestPrincess:
I wrote to all kinds of girls, even ones without pictures. Basically any girl with a few common interests.
Scott | |
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