Plan9

Online dating is a game. It's the Safety Dance. And you have to stick with it for it to work.

Also: I found several great nerdy girls online. Turns out nerdy girls like the internet.

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Nobody finds "true love" by being 100% honest on a date. That's ludicrous and total information overload... like dumping a clutch or anal sex using Ajax as a lubricant: abrupt and abrasive. You wanna be you? That's the plan. But be you in easily digestible chunks, not the whole enchilada in a single gulp.

And now for a little song about the subject:

Oh, man, I can't believe the things I said to you
Hey, I must have been out of my mind
Desperation crept in from all the things I've kept in
I'm sorry, I just couldn't help my self

Am I coming off like I'm crazy?
Is my lack of pretense too intense?
Am I telling you more than you wanna know?


Rollins Band, "Spilling Over the Side"

They like to wear shoes and vote.

What's wrong with women? Well, let's rephrase this so it's easy for guys to understand:

Do you want to be stuck with a 300 pound heffer with no job who watches cartoons all day, smokes Lucky Strikes, and is saving herself for marriage?

No. You want to get the most physically/mentally attractive/compatible partner you can by browsing through a pool of people who've basically declared they're looking for someone in the pool you're currently floating in right now. Now, nobody is going to get to know how awesome you are when you're just being yourself if they don't pick you up off the shelf for a lookie-loo first. You sell yourself as the best thing ever to get attention that will attract a wider range of potential dates, not because you're lying to yourself or anyone else. Use me as an example. In real life? I'm some dumbass non-traditional student with mediocre looks, a POS car, and a long future of government employment. But on dating sites? I'm The Man You Wanna Read More About for Five Seconds.

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G5_Todd

haha crompsin i stole one of ur lines for mine

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Bear Cub

Au contraire, smoothie. Being 100% honest can make a girl think she's found true love on the first date, if not sooner via those few precious PoF or OK Cupid messages.

In fact, it's on rare occasion that Bear Cub doesn't reach at LEAST third base on the first date, because the little lady is enamored with him.

However, their fantasy love world comes crashing down when they realize that Bear Cub's honesty was, well, completely honest.

But then again, this world isn't full of Bear Cubs, nor is it full of people who exhibit assholeishness and panache quite at his level.

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bazkitcase5

this thread convinced me to try out these free online dating sites

I have some trust issues though, especially with the fact that they are free - plenty of chances for fake profiles and people you can't expect to be completely honest

I can only guess that that is part of it... no real luck yet however...

ShaniFaye

Not true and I'm proof of it.

Dave and I met online 6 years ago next week, 100% honesty on both sides on that date because both of us were tired of the bullshit we were finding elsewhere....we've been married 4 years in October and anyone that knows us, will tell you....its true love

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crystalan

What I would say is keep at it, keep on dating online because the more girls you date and meet, the more chances of you finding a girl that you really click with and fall in love with will happen. And yeah, of course who have to be attracted to the person, physically and intellectually, to really make that deep connection with someone, just remember to put yourself out there as honestly as possible and hopefully the feedback you get will be mutual. Good luck and you might want to check this site out, not sure if it would help you at all; style life academy.

Orchrist

I totally signed up for match and e-harmony. The e-harmony profile got done first, I finally put the finishing touches on my masterpiece and then.... EPIC FAIL... I was rejected without even a reason why, just a instant sorry we can't match you because apparently you suck so much even our computers don't want to set you up with people they know.

ametc

My most recent ex mostly find his girlfriends through the internet. they're usually camwhores so the relationships never last long.


I've tried internet dating, but it all ended up turning into bootycalls.


I'm trying online dating right now.. but not quite to the serious-dating phase yet at all. We're still in the flirting phase. :P


Some girls only like a guy with a nice face.. I prefer a guy with a nice penis. This is probably why all my online dates end up as bootycalls. :P

Bear Cub

Unless you are a religious fanatic with delusions of "true love" and a desire to sit on a couch whilst wearing a Snuggie and watching romantic comedies, E-harmony will not match you. That's how it works. They can't match normal people, only morally upright desperate ones. I even tried lying on the profile for that thing, and it still rejected me.

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dippin

for what it's worth
Zombies good, God bad when dating online

FuglyStick

When and if I ever get back in the dating pool, I will probably make an attempt to try the online thing. It's all very foreign to me though.

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Plan9

Turns out they have sites for that. Sites that don't waste time with history, feelings and goals. Or faces, for that matter.

I am willing to be your guide through the Twilight Zone, Sir. Extend to the left - March!

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"You should not drink... and bake."