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I think you should also try match.com
There are tons of singles on that site (match) and when I was on there four years ago, I got on average 50 - 100 winks a day and i got regularly 10 dates per week. But were they all keepers? Hardly
If you just want to have a good time, try match.com.
I think you should also try match.com
There are tons of singles on that site (match) and when I was on there four years ago, I got on average 50 - 100 winks a day and i got regularly 10 dates per week. But were they all keepers? Hardly
If you just want to have a good time, try match.com.
10 dates per week? How is it even possible to go on 10 dates a week?
I hate winks. What's the point? Do guys think by sending me a wink I'm going to take the time to read their profile and write a thoughtful message? Winks are lazy IMO. If you are interested in someone then send a message. I didn't even bother to read the profiles of guys who sent winks.
I met a lot of guys on match who just wanted to have a good time and hit the road after a month or two when they realized I wanted more than a good time. I guess if you just want to date casually or hook up, then match is great, but I was looking for a relationship and didn't have any luck on there.
10 dates per week? How is it even possible to go on 10 dates a week?
I hate winks. What's the point? Do guys think by sending me a wink I'm going to take the time to read their profile and write a thoughtful message? Winks are lazy IMO. If you are interested in someone then send a message. I didn't even bother to read the profiles of guys who sent winks.
I met a lot of guys on match who just wanted to have a good time and hit the road after a month or two when they realized I wanted more than a good time. I guess if you just want to date casually or hook up, then match is great, but I was looking for a relationship and didn't have any luck on there.
well I was 24 at the time and if my only purpose was to date and had a good time, match is like heaven for me.
However, I did meet my first true love on Match.com as soon as we hooked up, we both took our profiles down. You do have to have quantities in order to find quality though.
well I was 24 at the time and if my only purpose was to date and had a good time, match is like heaven for me.
However, I did meet my first true love on Match.com as soon as we hooked up, we both took our profiles down. You do have to have quantities in order to find quality though.
That's what others have told me...you have to wade through a LOT of crap to find someone who is genuine. I just can't do it anymore right now. I wonder how much experiences vary by location as well.
I think you should also try match.com
There are tons of singles on that site (match) and when I was on there four years ago, I got on average 50 - 100 winks a day and i got regularly 10 dates per week. But were they all keepers? Hardly
If you just want to have a good time, try match.com.
People I know who used online dating 4-5 years ago seemed to have better luck with it than those I talk to who are using it now.
My current experience with Match is 523 profile views and only 3 messages after a little over a month: two scammers and one "hey sexy wanna text?" Only two winks-one of which was from myself (I read you could do that and wanted to test it); however, I know there was at least one more because I winked back and he's not showing as someone who winked at me. And if I look at his profile, neither wink is showing up under "our history." (I suspected this was a fake profile so I winked back to see if it would go any further). There were several (I want to say 9) who clicked they were "interested" from their daily matches-most were from members with no pictures, no interests and the section about what they want in a match not filled out; those are all now missing as well-one was from last week. Ironically, I got that a couple of hours after I posted on here that I hadn't checked my account in a few days and wondered how long it would take before I got an alert that someone winked at me to lure me back into logging on to the site.
Other than the disappearing interests and winks, this is pretty much the same experience I had when I tried it in 2011.
Well heres my 2 cents on dating sites: If you go on POF or OKC you need to make your profile stand out. Girls on these sites tend to either be really picky or just there for an ego boost and guys tend to be there for booty calls. Also, pictures will make or break you! You are more likely to get somewhere with paid sites like eharmony, just for the simple fact that you are putting money towards it.
Thanks for the information. I agree, while I am honest as there is no reason to lie, others will stretch the truth and pics from years back. What a shocker to see the real deal and wonder.....hummmm if he lied about something so trival, what about the bigger stuff?
How has it been for you now? Have you found someone to be truthful with? I wonder how many years people search with no luck.
Still looking.
I think Huck is a sweetheart, I do....but he has posted that story at least one hundred times here on this forum. Clearly, it affected him. But it leaves one to wonder why on earth he would have even gone that far out on a limb given that he had never met them. Kinda crazy, and anyone who has had success with online dating (I have), would advise you against such naivete. Use some common sense. Also, to join for a month is a complete waste of time and money. If you can't be prepared to spend 3 months at a minimum (and 6 is better) then you need to just get a few good books.
10 dates per week? How is it even possible to go on 10 dates a week?
I hate winks. What's the point? Do guys think by sending me a wink I'm going to take the time to read their profile and write a thoughtful message? Winks are lazy IMO.
It's called spray-n-pray. It's faster for them to send winks to 50 attractive women than to send messages to that many (even if the messages are copy-and-paste). If they just send messages to 3 or 4 attractive women, they'll likely get no response, but if they send to 50 they'll likely get responses from 3 or 4. It's a game of odds. Annoying, but that's how it works on sites like that where anyone can view and contact anyone else.
I hate winks. What's the point? Do guys think by sending me a wink I'm going to take the time to read their profile and write a thoughtful message? Winks are lazy IMO. If you are interested in someone then send a message. I didn't even bother to read the profiles of guys who sent winks.
Everybody complains about winks, but people forget they are the ONLY way to communicate on Match if you don't have a paid subscription. Someone may wink and if you like them and wink back, they might just go ahead and sign up.
People I know who used online dating 4-5 years ago seemed to have better luck with it than those I talk to who are using it now.
My current experience with Match is 523 profile views and only 3 messages after a little over a month: two scammers and one "hey sexy wanna text?" Only two winks-one of which was from myself (I read you could do that and wanted to test it); however, I know there was at least one more because I winked back and he's not showing as someone who winked at me. And if I look at his profile, neither wink is showing up under "our history." (I suspected this was a fake profile so I winked back to see if it would go any further). There were several (I want to say 9) who clicked they were "interested" from their daily matches-most were from members with no pictures, no interests and the section about what they want in a match not filled out; those are all now missing as well-one was from last week. Ironically, I got that a couple of hours after I posted on here that I hadn't checked my account in a few days and wondered how long it would take before I got an alert that someone winked at me to lure me back into logging on to the site.
Other than the disappearing interests and winks, this is pretty much the same experience I had when I tried it in 2011.
If there are no pictures, I suspect they are fakes trying to chat you up so they can scam you. I was heckling one of the scammers on IM one night. "She" was about the tenth "32 year old" trying to chat me up, which is comical. Perhaps the random 32 year old might find me cute, but I doubt there are dozens of them just dying to meet me. LOL
I had this other scammer going for almost an hour (in front of the TV on my laptop). "She" kept trying to get my name and tried to get me to go over to Yahoo IM. I kept telling "her" how hot she was and how I couldn't wait to meet up with "her". When I got tired of "her" I abruptly told "her", "I can't talk anymore - my wife just came in. Bye."
Within seconds, I get another scammer (probably the same one) asking me if I'm married.
It was worth it to eat up their internet cafe time.
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Use some common sense. Also, to join for a month is a complete waste of time and money. If you can't be prepared to spend 3 months at a minimum (and 6 is better) then you need to just get a few good books. 
