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bottom of the barrel for dating
I was on there for almost a year while separated
women 60lbs+ heavier than what they admit to or pics show (very creative pic taking hides the girth)
broke ass women with no car, drugs and drink issues, crazy exes and sometimes crazy spouses
hookers...YES...I found quite a few who were DIRECTLY looking for $$...most were at least indirectly
change the income on your profile and watch em come out of the woodwork
youd be surprised
I personally was on POF about 7 years ago for a short while and didn't like it much. I Have been on match and liked it, but took a break from it a couple of months ago (will probably go back on it eventually), so in the meantime was thinking of joining POF, but I've heard from many that's a hookup site (which is not what I want), I've also tried bumble, but quickly discovered that most people on there are just looking for hookups as well. On match I seemed to encounter men who were more serious about finding someone.
So just wanted to get some opinions on POF if you've used it, and how the experience was.
Depends on what you are looking for. There are way too many good looking folks on plenty of fish, which cannot be a bad thing. But if you are looking for a serious relationship, I'd say paid dating site like match.
bottom of the barrel for dating
I was on there for almost a year while separated
women 60lbs+ heavier than what they admit to or pics show (very creative pic taking hides the girth)
broke ass women with no car, drugs and drink issues, crazy exes and sometimes crazy spouses
hookers...YES...I found quite a few who were DIRECTLY looking for $$...most were at least indirectly
change the income on your profile and watch em come out of the woodwork
youd be surprised
Experiences will vary. I've received exactly one solicitation on OKC from a woman interested in trading affection for lucre, and zero such offers on POF. I've never received even the faintest hint that the person in question is interested in being supported, rescued or otherwise sustained.
I have however with remarkable frequency run into women on the edge of poverty (often despite being college graduates), women taking a bevy of anti-depressants, renting a room or literally an attic-garret in somebody's house, and so forth. This has been true for POF and OKC in equal amounts. The common denominator is that I'm interested in women who are child-free. Well, locally, the 40+ child-free set is, shall we say, not the most successful or the most mentally stable. I've actually found the single-moms to be in better shape.
Well, we're merely doing what we're told: competing within our own league!
Here's another exasperating oddity: most of the women who I've met online, report no paucity of dates for themselves. They do lament not meeting sufficiently compatible men, in the sense of a comprehensive package of the physical, the emotional, the intellectual and the logistical (lives close enough, has suitable work-schedule, does not have entanglements with former spouse,…), which is why they persevere with dating.
His point, to the extent that it's also my point, is that after some months/years, one finds recurrently the same 10-15 faces appearing whenever one runs a compatibility-screen - especially on OKC. I could do a screen-shot of last night's pickings, one from the past summer, one from another 6 months prior, and so forth... the overlap amongst these would probably be around two thirds.
I'm merely stating a fact. PoF has a lot of low quality women if I want to date on there I would have to lower my standards to someone I'm not physically attracted to and/or has a ton of issues like the guy above luckytobalive, eduded to.
Any guy that gets a lot of dates on PoF, isn't very selective. Sorry that's just the truth.
Exactly. If you aren't married and have no children, and not much in the way of responsibilities, then sure, meeting people around town is certainly fine. But for those of us that have lots of demands on our time, which I think is certainly more normal when you are older, OLD offers a great time-savings. It did for me, and worked very well.
How would surfing dating profiles be a time saver, over meeting somebody while you are already out doing something?
Unless, of course, you are advocating the trolling of dating sites from company time and equipment.
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How would surfing dating profiles be a time saver, over meeting somebody while you are already out doing something?
Unless, of course, you are advocating the trolling of dating sites from company time and equipment.
Because meeting someone single that you have things in common with, and make a connection with, is nearly impossible. If I'm lucky, and I'm out 3-5 nights a week (which I'd like to cut back on), that might happen 1-2 times a year. Usually less.
I'm like Goldilocks when I look on POF. I look at the pics and find them all unattractive. Then I'll find someone attractive and think he's too attractive for me. I have rarely if ever found someone who was "jusssst right." I did go on one date recently with a guy. I loved his height, because I like short guys. But he had a strong accent. Couldn't deal.
I personally was on POF about 7 years ago for a short while and didn't like it much. I Have been on match and liked it, but took a break from it a couple of months ago (will probably go back on it eventually), so in the meantime was thinking of joining POF, but I've heard from many that's a hookup site (which is not what I want), I've also tried bumble, but quickly discovered that most people on there are just looking for hookups as well. On match I seemed to encounter men who were more serious about finding someone.
So just wanted to get some opinions on POF if you've used it, and how the experience was.
Forgot to add, some people on match are also on POF lol but a lot of people on POF are not necessarily on match. Obviously, match is the paid dating site, and POF is not. I think people who are on paid sites are more serious in a long term relationship. (well, generally speaking.)
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