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View Poll Results: Which is better for dating above your league?
Online dating 7 24.14%
Real life 22 75.86%
Voters: 29. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-08-2016, 09:16 AM
 
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Simple question. I would imagine online dating is more difficult since those above your league filter you out of their searches.
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Old 06-08-2016, 09:21 AM
 
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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What is this league stuff?
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Old 06-08-2016, 09:28 AM
 
Location: Florida
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What is this league stuff?

Apparently, this is when you think so little of yourself for one reason or another, that you think somebody else is worth more than you.
Usually results in self-fulfilling prophesy.
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Old 06-08-2016, 09:38 AM
 
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What is this league stuff?
We all know what it means.
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Old 06-08-2016, 09:46 AM
 
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It means you see yourself as not good enough to date someone. I think that's pretty sad.

I don't have a league. Neither does anyone I know. We date who we like.
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Old 06-08-2016, 10:06 AM
 
Location: Brentwood, Tennessee
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Apparently, this is when you think so little of yourself for one reason or another, that you think somebody else is worth more than you.
Usually results in self-fulfilling prophesy.
Yep.

Talking about "leagues" and ranking people with numbers is what middle-schoolers do, not grown-up people.
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Old 06-08-2016, 10:15 AM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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I don't have a league. Neither does anyone I know. We date who we like.
You may not "have" a league, but you are in one. So am I. It's not bad, its not good, its what it is. We don't date who we like, we date who likes us back.
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Old 06-08-2016, 10:17 AM
 
Location: Earth
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You'd probably do best to try luck with real-life. If you're not that cute, OLD may make things worse, as many people look worse in pictures, even cute people.

So, it may be best to interact with people in-person. Another thing to try is improving yourself in different areas, you you have a higher chance of being appealing to the types you like.
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Old 06-08-2016, 10:22 AM
 
Location: In the bee-loud glade
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You may not "have" a league, but you are in one. So am I. It's not bad, its not good, its what it is. We don't date who we like, we date who likes us back.

I kind of agree. I put in the terms "we choose from among the options actually available to us". I think there's an aversion to the connotations of the word "league", maybe having something to do with the implied rigidity of it. There are always exceptions, but people tend to date and mate and marry people who are about as attractive as they are, about as well educated, and with generally similar backgrounds.
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Old 06-08-2016, 10:39 AM
 
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I'm assuming real life since the vast majority of the time only women I find unattractive/average message or match with me through online dating. Not sure if it's because my pictures really suck or that I'm not as good looking as I thought.
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