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Old 06-13-2013, 04:27 PM
 
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Part of the problem is that people think online dating comes with some kind of guarantee.
Yup. I don't know why anyone expects that, but they do. It's just as much toss of the dice as any other method.
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Old 06-13-2013, 04:53 PM
 
Location: Up in the air
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I made it a point to filter and only message heavy women, it was still a night mare but at least it was not hopless.
I hope you started the email with 'Dear ___, I'm only emailing you because I think you're desperate because you're fat. I'm interested in sex but since prostitution is illegal because of evil feminists I guess I'll try for a relationship because that's what you have to do to get sex. Please email me back.'
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Old 06-13-2013, 08:25 PM
 
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Yup. I don't know why anyone expects that, but they do. It's just as much toss of the dice as any other method.
On the pay sites, they expect it because they paid a fee. What they fail to grasp is that they're not paying for a guarantee, but rather all the work that goes into creating and maintaining the site in the first place.
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Old 06-13-2013, 08:54 PM
 
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I hope you started the email with 'Dear ___, I'm only emailing you because I think you're desperate because you're fat. I'm interested in sex but since prostitution is illegal because of evil feminists I guess I'll try for a relationship because that's what you have to do to get sex. Please email me back.'
If i'm desperate it makes sense to go after desperate women. The key thing you keep failing to realize is I don't just dump the woman once I get what I want, so it is mutually beneficial. Also I think you or another poster is right about it being a religious right issue and not a feminist issues so I might tweak the paragraph you wrote a little.
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Old 06-13-2013, 09:24 PM
 
Location: Back in the gym...Yo Adrian!
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Weird, because I've had a POF account for nearly 3 weeks now and have received a grand total of 3 messages, one of which was from the 'founder' welcoming me to the site. The top 1/3 of attractive women receive a disproportionate amount of the emails while the bottom 2/3 are almost entirely ignored. Oh, and I'm no obese and I don't have children.



It must be nice not to have to worry about being raped or harmed...but as a woman, it IS something that I'm worried about when meeting a strange man. You think it's silly for women to be worried about it because you'll likely NEVER experience it or have to worry about it at all. Please don't dismiss our fears as unimportant because they don't affect you directly.
Did you post a photo in your ad? Did you actually post a paragraph or so of what you're looking for? Perhaps it's the area you live in, is it heavily populated with men in your preference range?
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Old 06-13-2013, 09:36 PM
 
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Did you post a photo in your ad? Did you actually post a paragraph or so of what you're looking for? Perhaps it's the area you live in, is it heavily populated with men in your preference range?
I'm in Boston proper. I have 3 pictures (2 face, one full body) and I have a nice, but succinct paragraph about what I have to offer and what my interests are. I use no cliches either.
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Old 06-13-2013, 09:39 PM
 
Location: Back in the gym...Yo Adrian!
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I'm in Boston proper. I have 3 pictures (2 face, one full body) and I have a nice, but succinct paragraph about what I have to offer and what my interests are. I use no cliches either.
That is odd that you only received three replies. Have you tried any other sites?
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Old 06-13-2013, 09:41 PM
 
Location: Viña del Mar, Chile
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That is odd that you only received three replies. Have you tried any other sites?
That's weird, one of the girls I met online showed me her inbox. She said she hadn't checked in a couple days so we looked and she had 50 new messages over 2 days. She said it was normal. We read some and most were so pathetic it wasn't funny.
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Old 06-13-2013, 09:44 PM
 
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That is odd that you only received three replies. Have you tried any other sites?
Yeah, I had better luck on OKcupid, but still nowhere NEAR getting more than maybe 4 or 5 messages a week, and that was a super busy week.

Of course, 75% of those messages were overtly sexual or just 'hey, how r u' which I ignore.

I do have 2 dates this weekend though so it's working enough.
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Old 06-13-2013, 09:45 PM
 
Location: Back in the gym...Yo Adrian!
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That's weird, one of the girls I met online showed me her inbox. She said she hadn't checked in a couple days so we looked and she had 50 new messages over 2 days. She said it was normal. We read some and most were so pathetic it wasn't funny.
Yeah, just about every girl I know who has placed an ad has been swamped with replies. Whether they are hot or average their inbox is full. Granted most of them are one liners or creepers sending inappropriate photos, but it's rare that a girl would only get a few replies over a few weeks.
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