Match.com (Volume 6)
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I closed my POF, OK Cupid and Tinder accounts a couple weeks back. I find I do it for the cuffing season and not for the rest of the year.
POF. Sent loads of messages got no replies. But got loads of "Wants to meet" from fat heffers who hadn't read my page/profile had nothing in common at all with.
OKCupid. Waste of time, matches are too vague. Probably more likely to get a positive match than POF or Tinder though
Tinder. Set my criteria of 25 miles away and age of -8 to -2 of my own age. 3 "matches" but all 3 of them had better first pics than they deserved. So didn't message any of them. I did notice as time went on my standards for right swiping slumped and I was essentially right-ing anyone with blonde hair and wasn't obese
Bit gutting that even the less good swipes weren't interested in meeting 
POF. Sent loads of messages got no replies. But got loads of "Wants to meet" from fat heffers who hadn't read my page/profile had nothing in common at all with.
OKCupid. Waste of time, matches are too vague. Probably more likely to get a positive match than POF or Tinder though
Tinder. Set my criteria of 25 miles away and age of -8 to -2 of my own age. 3 "matches" but all 3 of them had better first pics than they deserved. So didn't message any of them. I did notice as time went on my standards for right swiping slumped and I was essentially right-ing anyone with blonde hair and wasn't obese
Bit gutting that even the less good swipes weren't interested in meeting Rich_W said:
I closed my POF, OK Cupid and Tinder accounts a couple weeks back. I find I do it for the cuffing season and not for the rest of the year.
POF. Sent loads of messages got no replies. But got loads of "Wants to meet" from fat heffers who hadn't read my page/profile had nothing in common at all with.
OKCupid. Waste of time, matches are too vague. Probably more likely to get a positive match than POF or Tinder though
Tinder. Set my criteria of 25 miles away and age of -8 to -2 of my own age. 3 "matches" but all 3 of them had better first pics than they deserved. So didn't message any of them. I did notice as time went on my standards for right swiping slumped and I was essentially right-ing anyone with blonde hair and wasn't obese Bit gutting that even the less good swipes weren't interested in meeting
I got virtually the same results. Tried Match as well but only a couple of decent replies. Also got some Russian scammers as well.POF. Sent loads of messages got no replies. But got loads of "Wants to meet" from fat heffers who hadn't read my page/profile had nothing in common at all with.
OKCupid. Waste of time, matches are too vague. Probably more likely to get a positive match than POF or Tinder though
Tinder. Set my criteria of 25 miles away and age of -8 to -2 of my own age. 3 "matches" but all 3 of them had better first pics than they deserved. So didn't message any of them. I did notice as time went on my standards for right swiping slumped and I was essentially right-ing anyone with blonde hair and wasn't obese
Bit gutting that even the less good swipes weren't interested in meeting I just wish I'd thought of dating sites as a business plan.
Rich_W said:
I closed my POF, OK Cupid and Tinder accounts a couple weeks back. I find I do it for the cuffing season and not for the rest of the year.
POF. Sent loads of messages got no replies. But got loads of "Wants to meet" from fat heffers who hadn't read my page/profile had nothing in common at all with.
OKCupid. Waste of time, matches are too vague. Probably more likely to get a positive match than POF or Tinder though
Tinder. Set my criteria of 25 miles away and age of -8 to -2 of my own age. 3 "matches" but all 3 of them had better first pics than they deserved. So didn't message any of them. I did notice as time went on my standards for right swiping slumped and I was essentially right-ing anyone with blonde hair and wasn't obese Bit gutting that even the less good swipes weren't interested in meeting
PoF - I can understand. It does seem as though quite a few members are on there for an ego boost, or are 'unicorn hunters' and will never find the perfect man for them. However that said, my last ex I met through PoF and we were together for 14 months or so!POF. Sent loads of messages got no replies. But got loads of "Wants to meet" from fat heffers who hadn't read my page/profile had nothing in common at all with.
OKCupid. Waste of time, matches are too vague. Probably more likely to get a positive match than POF or Tinder though
Tinder. Set my criteria of 25 miles away and age of -8 to -2 of my own age. 3 "matches" but all 3 of them had better first pics than they deserved. So didn't message any of them. I did notice as time went on my standards for right swiping slumped and I was essentially right-ing anyone with blonde hair and wasn't obese
Bit gutting that even the less good swipes weren't interested in meeting OKCupid - It's free, but members do seem a little more orientated towards dating and finding a relationship. You'll find the more questions you answer, the better your matches will be. I've made a few friends on here, as we've had similar in common ... Just not relationship material, if you see what I mean.
Tinder - It's all about your first photo. If you don't have a good first photo, you won't get any matches. Put a decent one up of yourself wearing some nice clothes - Job done! I'm no Adonis myself, but I've had over 100 matches in just over a week, some of which I'm talking to ...
Although in all honesty, I'm not entirely sure a relationship is what I'm after at the moment. Tinder is the place for less serious relationships, it seems. However it's all quite a bit of effort!
Latest Match update from me:
I had 2 dates with 1 girl who liked me but I didn't feel the same. Nothing wrong with her but didn't see an attraction. She asked me straight away at the end of the 1st if I'd see her again so thought it was worth a 2nd. After the 2nd I was honest with her and said I'd still be happy to hang out and be friends, although in reality that never really happens.
As usual, found a girl I found really attractive, date on Fri night. She was running late and delayed it 90 minutes to the point I thought she was going to bail. I found it hard to get her to speak to me and I had to make most of the conversation. I sensed it was either nerves or she wasn't interested. Confirmed it was the later when I text her the next morning saying she could be total honest about how it went...no reply as of this morning which means it was a dud.
And now I've ran out of girls. Had another on Match who agreed to meet but she stopped replying. Another on POF who agreed to meet last Thurs but didn't even reply to confirm.
I had 2 dates with 1 girl who liked me but I didn't feel the same. Nothing wrong with her but didn't see an attraction. She asked me straight away at the end of the 1st if I'd see her again so thought it was worth a 2nd. After the 2nd I was honest with her and said I'd still be happy to hang out and be friends, although in reality that never really happens.
As usual, found a girl I found really attractive, date on Fri night. She was running late and delayed it 90 minutes to the point I thought she was going to bail. I found it hard to get her to speak to me and I had to make most of the conversation. I sensed it was either nerves or she wasn't interested. Confirmed it was the later when I text her the next morning saying she could be total honest about how it went...no reply as of this morning which means it was a dud.
And now I've ran out of girls. Had another on Match who agreed to meet but she stopped replying. Another on POF who agreed to meet last Thurs but didn't even reply to confirm.
Mouse1903 said:
Latest Match update from me:
I had 2 dates with 1 girl who liked me but I didn't feel the same. Nothing wrong with her but didn't see an attraction. She asked me straight away at the end of the 1st if I'd see her again so thought it was worth a 2nd. After the 2nd I was honest with her and said I'd still be happy to hang out and be friends, although in reality that never really happens.
As usual, found a girl I found really attractive, date on Fri night. She was running late and delayed it 90 minutes to the point I thought she was going to bail. I found it hard to get her to speak to me and I had to make most of the conversation. I sensed it was either nerves or she wasn't interested. Confirmed it was the later when I text her the next morning saying she could be total honest about how it went...no reply as of this morning which means it was a dud.
And now I've ran out of girls. Had another on Match who agreed to meet but she stopped replying. Another on POF who agreed to meet last Thurs but didn't even reply to confirm.
Is this some kind of demonstration of the whole "treat em mean, keep em keen" philosophy preached by those dating guru douchebags?I had 2 dates with 1 girl who liked me but I didn't feel the same. Nothing wrong with her but didn't see an attraction. She asked me straight away at the end of the 1st if I'd see her again so thought it was worth a 2nd. After the 2nd I was honest with her and said I'd still be happy to hang out and be friends, although in reality that never really happens.
As usual, found a girl I found really attractive, date on Fri night. She was running late and delayed it 90 minutes to the point I thought she was going to bail. I found it hard to get her to speak to me and I had to make most of the conversation. I sensed it was either nerves or she wasn't interested. Confirmed it was the later when I text her the next morning saying she could be total honest about how it went...no reply as of this morning which means it was a dud.
And now I've ran out of girls. Had another on Match who agreed to meet but she stopped replying. Another on POF who agreed to meet last Thurs but didn't even reply to confirm.
As in girls you don't find attractive, or romantic material, your indifference just attracts them to you even more, whereas the ones you find attractive often end up dead ends. I often find similar patterns. I bet if you hadn't waited for her, and just texted her with something like "get in touch when you aren't going to waste my time" she'd have had her interest perked? Ah, women.
kS SAKE!
I wonder if thats her clever reply to folks when she sees the message and thinks WTF???
Glad I don't need this online dating now (been with OH 7odd years now) but it was fun when I did do it.
It is a simple case of get the number asap, be a bit cheeky and forward, don't try pickup lines unless you have found the holy grail, mass message loads of them, the reject rate will be high, but you only need a few to reply.
I enjoyed my time on those sites and if a ginger dwarf can have 3 on the go at the same time, to such an extent that the phone must be on silent or off when on a date, then anyone can do it.
Glad I don't need this online dating now (been with OH 7odd years now) but it was fun when I did do it.
It is a simple case of get the number asap, be a bit cheeky and forward, don't try pickup lines unless you have found the holy grail, mass message loads of them, the reject rate will be high, but you only need a few to reply.
I enjoyed my time on those sites and if a ginger dwarf can have 3 on the go at the same time, to such an extent that the phone must be on silent or off when on a date, then anyone can do it.
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