Match.com (Volume 6)

[fttm]

Thankyou4calling said:

olly22n said:

Its easy - nurse or teacher.

After my last tinder relationship came to and end after nearly 3 years I seemingly have struck gold with the new one.

1 month in, no apparent signs of craziness.

Fingers crossed!

Mad in the head = Bad in the bed :-) (Phoneshop quote)

A degree of crazy is good.

Two certainties in life ,death and nurses . Trust me

[Shakermaker]

olly22n said:

Calza said:

TedMaul said:

This. I'm yet to find the right words for my profile to say "Looking for long-term Mrs Right but if Mrs Quick and Dirty comes along (pun intended) for something transient in the meantime then that's spot on"

Silver tongued cavalier I am not...

When you find the words, let me know please

Its easy - nurse or teacher.

After my last tinder relationship came to and end after nearly 3 years I seemingly have struck gold with the new one.

1 month in, no apparent signs of craziness.

Fingers crossed!

I'd agree with this. I have married a teacher... when we got together it was very easy to spot who were the teachers. They spend all day having to be prim and proper with little kids around so once work is done they need to feel adult again...

[xjay1337]

Shakermaker said:

olly22n said:

Calza said:

TedMaul said:

This. I'm yet to find the right words for my profile to say "Looking for long-term Mrs Right but if Mrs Quick and Dirty comes along (pun intended) for something transient in the meantime then that's spot on"

Silver tongued cavalier I am not...

When you find the words, let me know please

Its easy - nurse or teacher.

After my last tinder relationship came to and end after nearly 3 years I seemingly have struck gold with the new one.

1 month in, no apparent signs of craziness.

Fingers crossed!

I'd agree with this. I have married a teacher... when we got together it was very easy to spot who were the teachers. They spend all day having to be prim and proper with little kids around so once work is done they need to feel adult again...

I'm going out with a carer, she is great. We've been official a month and a half, no craziness at all! Joyous.

[Shakermaker]

xjay1337 said:

I'm going out with a carer, she is great. We've been official a month and a half, no craziness at all! Joyous.

Top notch!

[br d]

xjay1337 said:

I'm going out with a carer...

Yours?

[AyBee]

br d said:

xjay1337 said:

I'm going out with a carer...

Yours?

We were all thinking it

[Blown2CV]

br d said:

xjay1337 said:

I'm going out with a carer...

Yours?

and by going out, he means going out the park to feed the ducks.

[anonymous-user]

Blown2CV said:

br d said:

xjay1337 said:

I'm going out with a carer...

Yours?

and by going out, he means going out the park to feed the ducks.

[xjay1337]

walked right into that one!!

Edited by xjay1337 on Saturday 30th July 19:28

[N-TY4C]

Anyone tried PlentyOfSize. What is the deal there?

[TedMaul]

N-TY4C said:

Anyone tried PlentyOfSize. What is the deal there?

Larger ladies looking for love, presumably larger men too.

Cant be arsed to think of the words that wouldn't offend the PC brigade, but I certainly prefer a slightly chubby lass to a bin liner full of bones, but morbidly obese isn't my thing. From the pictures on the home page, none of the lasses look particularly plus size to me, but I guess that's some pointless crap and not shots of actual members fnarr fnarr.

May register when I get back from hols and see what the score is

[N-TY4C]

TedMaul said:

N-TY4C said:

Anyone tried PlentyOfSize. What is the deal there?

Larger ladies looking for love, presumably larger men too.

Cant be arsed to think of the words that wouldn't offend the PC brigade, but I certainly prefer a slightly chubby lass to a bin liner full of bones, but morbidly obese isn't my thing. From the pictures on the home page, none of the lasses look particularly plus size to me, but I guess that's some pointless crap and not shots of actual members fnarr fnarr.

May register when I get back from hols and see what the score is

Keep us posted!

[Calza]

The home page has the same images duplicated a few times, that can't be a good sign of membership numbers?

[N-TY4C]

Gretchen said:

anonymous said:

[redacted]

This is so true in my opinion also. In my widened years ive become really rather cynical.

Relationship wise I also believe that they can't be alone for more than the proverbial five minutes. It's often not even the other person they want to be with. It's just they don't want to be by their self.

Slightly off topic my middle (very straight and serious) son has been with his girlfriend for seven months now. They had dinner here together at the weekend. She's very pretty, quiet/shy and as grown up snd serious/sensible as he. The way he speaks of the relationship is that they will go to university, have their careers, marry and perhaps have children but not until they're comfortable and possibly in their 30s. He is 15 shortly. I almost hope true and long lasting love still exists.

Increasingly 5/10 divorced men nowadays are looking for the 7/10 woman who earns £50/100k, who spends a lot of time at home cooking and cleaning, and serves their dinner and laughs at their jokes when they come home. Now that's a dream - only very few of us lucky ones have this

[N-TY4C]

Gretchen said:

anonymous said:

[redacted]

This is so true in my opinion also. In my widened years ive become really rather cynical.

Relationship wise I also believe that they can't be alone for more than the proverbial five minutes. It's often not even the other person they want to be with. It's just they don't want to be by their self.

Slightly off topic my middle (very straight and serious) son has been with his girlfriend for seven months now. They had dinner here together at the weekend. She's very pretty, quiet/shy and as grown up snd serious/sensible as he. The way he speaks of the relationship is that they will go to university, have their careers, marry and perhaps have children but not until they're comfortable and possibly in their 30s. He is 15 shortly. I almost hope true and long lasting love still exists.

Increasingly 5/10 divorced men nowadays are looking for the 7/10 woman who earns £50/100k, who spends a lot of time at home cooking and cleaning, and serves their dinner and laughs at their jokes when they come home. Now that's a dream - only very few of us lucky ones have this

[anonymous-user]

I'm intrigued.

Do any of the posters on this thread who insist 'yeah, girls like cock pics', or 'you just gotta play the odds', or 'they're all SWTs', or 'treat them like st and they'll come flocking', ever stop to think and wonder why they're the ones who are relying on the internet to provide them with a date, and why it hasn't happened/lasted in 'real life'?

Serious question.

[TedMaul]

had ham said:

I'm intrigued.

Do any of the posters on this thread who insist 'yeah, girls like cock pics', or 'you just gotta play the odds', or 'they're all SWTs', or 'treat them like st and they'll come flocking', ever stop to think and wonder why they're the ones who are relying on the internet to provide them with a date, and why it hasn't happened/lasted in 'real life'?

Serious question.

You may have the cart before the horse of sorts, it may well be recent events or being in a bad place is the cause of their current negative outlook. No different from a lass stating all men are bds after she has been cheated on. The lens with which one views things will be entirely dependant on mood and circumstance. The same SWT crier will be head over heels in love and putting someone on a pedestal before the year is out. Probably

[Condi]

had ham said:

I'm intrigued.

Do any of the posters on this thread who insist 'yeah, girls like cock pics', or 'you just gotta play the odds', or 'they're all SWTs', or 'treat them like st and they'll come flocking', ever stop to think and wonder why they're the ones who are relying on the internet to provide them with a date, and why it hasn't happened/lasted in 'real life'?

Serious question.

I was going to answer this, got half way through 2 answers, and then decided it wasnt me you were on about. In fact, I dont really know who you are on about, because I dont regonise the last 2 statements from here at all.

However, you do have to play the odds. Its always a numbers game, and if you think it isnt then you're being naive. Thats not to say that you need to shag as many women as possible, not at all, its just the very simple fact that there are 3.5 billion women in the world, the chances of the first one you date being someone you want to spend your life with is very very slim. You learn about dating, you evolve, hopefully get better at dealing with women, so by the 3rd or 4th girlfriend you are more suitable for each other.

All the likes of Tinder/PoF give you is a way of meeting many women, all wanting a similar thing, without having to work out who is single, who is a lesbian, who is just stood at the bar for free drinks... etc. And lets face it, a lot of people use it for a bit of an ego boost and when they're bored on an evening.

Maybe its a generational thing, but most tech savvy under 30's, especially those who are single, think very little of sending pictures to each other in various states of undress.


EDIT - just to add also, there are quite a lot of professionals on the internet. Doctors, teachers, nurses and carers seem to be in plentiful supply on Tinder, I suspect because they cant get to bars or social events if they're working shifts.

Edited by Condi on Sunday 31st July 23:37

[DanB7290]

So, had a date on Friday which went well, and a second is on the cards. But we've both said we want to do something unusual, because drinks/dinner/cinema are just too normal, dull and predictable. Been racking my brains all day and best I've come up with so far is bowling (still a bit mundane) Any suggestions?

[Condi]

What do you enjoy? Museums, roller coasters, bungee jumping, ice skating, rugby/football match, music concert?

In the past Ive found music gigs, Alton Towers and rugby matches to be good value.