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Old 07-15-2012, 11:50 AM
 
Location: NYC
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The above statement may be true for many (maybe most) men...there are some men though, who will genuinely want nothing else but something that has the potential for a long-term relationship, even in the opening stages of of dating. For me personally, I have never been in a short-term relationship, and never will be...only interested in a LTR with the potential to lead to a loving marriage, nothing else
Are you saying you would be in an LTR with a woman you aren't sexually attracted to? Sorry, I don't believe you. It's about sexual attraction first.
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Old 07-15-2012, 12:49 PM
 
Location: Southern Illinois
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Yeah well guess what? I'm one of those women who messages men and I got really depressed today when I got to looking at who I've messaged and most of them have not messaged me back. So you're fooling yourself if you think that we have the upper hand and can afford to be picky. Though I am picky b/c I'd rather not go out with anyone than any of the guys who have messaged me first. I can see why though when I see a 57 yo on there who says he will date anyone from 30-60. Yeah right he'll date a 60 yo--he won't even date a 50 yo and this wasn't even one of the good looking ones.
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Old 07-17-2012, 08:50 AM
 
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Are you saying you would be in an LTR with a woman you aren't sexually attracted to? Sorry, I don't believe you. It's about sexual attraction first.
Lol, believe it, my friend I am telling you the 100% truth...b/c for me personally, my feelings of physical attraction for a woman can grow and expand, the nicer a woman is to me Even if I wasn't initially physically attracted to her at first, her other attributes (i.e., capacity for kindness, affection, gentleness, and comnpassion) can always sway the balance for me, in terms of physical attraction. In other words, a woman being genuinely sweet and affectionate to me *increases* my level of attraction (physical and otherwise), to her.

It has happened to me quite a few times, IRL: a girl I wasn't initially physically attracted to turns out to be the sweetest, most caring, loving angel...boom, I am practically guaranteed to be instantly attracted to her in every possible way, just from her sweetness alone

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Old 07-17-2012, 09:16 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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Very interesting observation. I agree although I do not understand that phenomenon, I don't see how someone simply changestheir sexual orientation. It is bizarre to me but oh well I thought that was something that was in our DNA
Women don't just "turn lesbian" because they're not successful with dating. Having a dry spell doesn't automatically make a woman attracted to women.
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Old 07-17-2012, 10:34 PM
 
Location: Montgomery County, MD
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I think so all together. Too many women are becoming lesbians because there are just SO many bad men out there, and men are forced into homosexuality as well because all these women are becoming a bunch of man-hating lesbians

Good looking women who are going lesbian is a serious problem in America today
Not that many lesbians are good looking, you've been watching way too many of the Cinemax late nite movies. In America it varies a lot by region. The South is very much a mans world and the Northeast is pretty much ball busting women because the north has much fewer hot women than the south.
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Old 07-17-2012, 10:39 PM
 
Location: Virginia
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So lets say that she gets 200 replies in the first few days of placing an ad. She now has to sort through each one which is time consuming. She can eliminate the one-liners and pervy dudes with a click of the mouse, so now lets say she's cut her replies in half to 100. Depending upon how many replied with photos and how many were attractive to her, she can then cut her list in half again, so now we're down to 50. Now she starts speed reading through each reply looking for the ones that captivate her interest. Lets say she narrows this down to the top 20. If she had the time to send a reply to each one which she probably won't, she then has to reply back. If a week has gone by you can bet she probably received another 100 or more replies which keep piling up and eating into her time.

So basically, your ad or reply really needs to knock it out of the park if you want any degree of success. The online dating scene is going to be way more superficial because its much easier to reject someone by simply looking at a photo and not even taking the time to read their profile or reply.
200 replies showing interest in her. Wow sounds like a nice problem to have. That is 200 men telling her they find her desirable. I think most men would give anything to have that luxury yet women have it and complain about it.
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Old 07-17-2012, 11:44 PM
 
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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Decently looking women sure are...most of the attention I get online are for plain looking women. Ugly women are about on the same level as men.
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Old 07-18-2012, 05:20 AM
 
Location: Australia
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I run an experiment on online dating, here are the results.

Guy 1 = a fake profle of A very muscular male with a shirtless mirror photo. Guy 1's bio made him sound like a self obsessed player. Guy one worked at KFC and smokes

Guy 2 = a dame profile of an average looking guy, nit ugly just average. Guy 2's profile made him would like he was looking for serouis dating. Guy 2 had a steady job and owned his own home.

The women I contacted with both profiles were average looking women. I only contacted women who mentioned that they dont just want to be used for sex in their profiles. I found alot of women said that they want a decent nice guy on their profiles and they dont want the player type. Using the both profiles I added these women and chatted to them, results below.


Guy 1; 80%+ of sent requests were approved. 100% of women replyed to instant messaging straight away. These women were spoken to in a vulgar fashion. Women were asked if they wanted to come over for drinks and a "movie". Over 60% of these women responded positively and were even willing to meet the fake guy on that very night. The rest of the women were not Intrested and only 2 women got mad and deleted the profile contact.

Guy 2; 2 women accepted his request the rest declined. 1 woman ingnored him and the other women had long delays in replying to instant chats. I have nothing else I can realy report on this profile as no women were even remotely interested.


So here is my advice on how to get more dates on online dating;

1. Grow abs
2.take a shirtless photo
3. Be vulgar
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Old 07-18-2012, 05:24 AM
 
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Women are more picky in online dating(and in general) because they can be. What they bring to the table is in more demand
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Old 07-18-2012, 12:17 PM
 
Location: Infernuan
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I run an experiment on online dating, here are the results.

Guy 1 = a fake profle of A very muscular male with a shirtless mirror photo. Guy 1's bio made him sound like a self obsessed player. Guy one worked at KFC and smokes

Guy 2 = a dame profile of an average looking guy, nit ugly just average. Guy 2's profile made him would like he was looking for serouis dating. Guy 2 had a steady job and owned his own home.

The women I contacted with both profiles were average looking women. I only contacted women who mentioned that they dont just want to be used for sex in their profiles. I found alot of women said that they want a decent nice guy on their profiles and they dont want the player type. Using the both profiles I added these women and chatted to them, results below.


Guy 1; 80%+ of sent requests were approved. 100% of women replyed to instant messaging straight away. These women were spoken to in a vulgar fashion. Women were asked if they wanted to come over for drinks and a "movie". Over 60% of these women responded positively and were even willing to meet the fake guy on that very night. The rest of the women were not Intrested and only 2 women got mad and deleted the profile contact.

Guy 2; 2 women accepted his request the rest declined. 1 woman ingnored him and the other women had long delays in replying to instant chats. I have nothing else I can realy report on this profile as no women were even remotely interested.


So here is my advice on how to get more dates on online dating;

1. Grow abs
2.take a shirtless photo
3. Be vulgar
Yeah, sure, and I suppose it never occurred to you that the women who would throw their panties at 'Guy Number One' are probably a bunch of idiotic fools.

Your 'advice' is taken with a very small grain of salt.
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