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Dating Online
Posted by Rholt1985 • 7/31/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: best dating sites, beware, Dating, free dating, marriage, pictures, relationships
What do u prefer?
Do you miss the true essence of dating with online dating? I’ve noticed extroverts tend to like the more conventional way of meeting; at work, the grocery store or a chance meeting. On the other hand, introverts or the extremely busy tend to be more open to online dating.
Encouragement
One of the many scenarios I think encourages online dating registration; a single guy at a nightclub buying rounds of drinks for ladies that offer him encouragement, just enough to get the free drinks but have no intention of ever dating him. So in essence he leaves the club 200 hundred dollars less than what he came with and no phone numbers. One advantage of online dating; dealing with rejection (no room for confusion) and a lot easier to accept at home: ( just move to the next profile or if you get to frustrated just shut off your computer, grab a brew, pop in a porn movie and imagine that you have a starring role). On the other hand, rejection at a nightclub; a lot more severe; it’s almost like a domino effect, one turns you down and the others usually follow.
Fees
I would never recommend paying for online dating services, to many free ones out there. Rumor is; unless you pay a fee the quality of the men or women may not be as good. I guess some people have the philosophy that if their perspective mate can’t afford to pay a monthly fee than more than likely they don’t have a job or either they’re too cheap; both of which is dating suicide. Please keep in mind; if you find yourself paying an hourly rate for a date it’s not a dating service it’s prostitution and you might get prosecuted.
Men Vs Women
When it comes to men dating online the scales are real lopsided. I think the number of desperate men that sign up for dating services far outweigh the number of desperate women. Therefore, the success rate in the online dating arena seems a lot lower for the guys. In order for a guy to have an inkling of chance to achieve success he must first upload a picture, without it, chances of a return response are slim to none. Secondly, the guy has to possess in his profile; originality, humor, catch phrases or a nude picture, all of those components may increase his chances. Now women on the other hand, can fill out a profile in 2 seconds just indicate you’re a female with a pulse and you’ll have a full inbox.
Advice
Now we all know some people online that tend to stretch the truth so here are some important facts to beware of; the ladies tend to misrepresent their body weight on their profiles, if you want more of an accurate depiction, multiply whatever she states by two. Another routine the ladies tend to favor; what I call the (who is you) epidemic; they post on their profile a picture of someone else. the reason; protection, they may not necessarily be ugly, they do it in case you are, that way they can leave the scene without you realizing they were ever there. Guys here is some advice; If you feel that you’re not too attractive don’t be shy upload you’re picture anyway just make sure you indicate in your profile that you have a high monetary exchange rate (you will get replies) cause in most women’s eyes; money can make ugly look good and fat look a lot thinner.
User Comments
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I met my husband through an online dating service called 'People to People.' We've been together for 9 years now.
How this worked was that if you wanted to contact someone whose profile you were interested in, you had to pay a fee. However, you could post a profile and be contacted by other members for free--which was what I did. As a female, I had lots of men who were interested in contacting me. When they contacted me, I would read their profile and IF I was interested, I contacted them back and we would start corresponding.
I met lots of great guys and had a blast dating. I'd been single for about 8 years--my first husband died and I was too destroyed by that--and also busy going to college and graduate school to have time for much dating. But after finishing up at grad school, I wanted to meet someone--and online dating was a great way.
I highly recommend it for busy people who want to be able to screen out at least a few of the potential toads before you have to actually meet and talk with them. I met my prince!
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