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View Poll Results: I am a woman who has used online dating and I have:
Received a message that was a single word. 32 80.00%
Received a message that contained unsolicited nudity of any kind (other than a penis). 16 40.00%
Received a message that contained an unsolicited picture of a penis. 16 40.00%
Received a message that contained comments about my body. 27 67.50%
Received a message that was insulting/demeaning/threatening after I rejected a man's advances online. 26 65.00%
Received a message from someone who was completely outside of important parameters (age, geography, religion, children, etc.) 36 90.00%
Received a message that was an obvious cut/paste or a scam. 28 70.00%
Received a message that contained unsolicited sexual propositions or statements. 27 67.50%
Other (please elaborate). 8 20.00%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 40. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 05-15-2016, 11:19 AM
 
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Originally Posted by DontH8Me View Post
Oh, wow. This post reminded me of one of the slew of nasties I have been sent. Totally forgot the rape-wishers. One guy literally told me, 'I hope a bunch of gang bangers pull a train on you.'
Dear GOD.

 
Old 05-15-2016, 01:09 PM
 
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Dear GOD.
Startling, and scary isn't' it? So much untreated mental illness walking around out there, posing...

I've had all of those listed.

After being married for almost 20 years, I have slightly arrested development in the dating area. I literally got so scared I cried and didn't log back on for days after someone turned on me and replied Mod cut." ...all I said was "I really enjoyed our conversations, but this seems more like a friendship, I really would like being friends"and he turned rabid.

I've had a guy I'm not really into tell me he hopes I get an STD, if I think I "can just spread my legs and get what I want..."(I never even met him).

Such hatred and hostility...no one ever talked to me like that before. Good thing those things come out before one ends up in a relationship.

I don't reply to 80 or 90%. I'm not attracted, why should I lead them on? My analogy is: say I'm walking down the street and an enthusiastic homeless guy jumps out and yells "Hey pretty lady where you going??" Do I stop and explain "I'm on may way to Target to get cat food"...because I don't want to be rude...If I look surprised and keep walking do I deserve to be called a "stuck up Mod cut"?

Oh yeah, one big party for us women on OLD

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Old 05-15-2016, 01:21 PM
 
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OH and another: called me up drunk -at work- yelling: "IM THE CAPTAIN OF THIS SHIP".

Then texted the next day: "lets start again, ok? We both said dumb things...."(my dumb thing was don't call me anymore, this is the second time you've done this, you have a problem). Yep, lets start that again every week... actually wanted to keep arguing with me sober, trying to talk me into going fishing with him? Why do I want to meet someone who's mad at me and argumentative?
 
Old 05-15-2016, 02:07 PM
 
Location: Interior Alaska
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I could have checked every box several times each. In the "other" category... you'll have to wait til I publish my book of dating disasters and other comedies.
 
Old 05-15-2016, 03:06 PM
 
Location: ......SC
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All of the above.
 
Old 05-15-2016, 03:32 PM
 
Location: Central IL
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Originally Posted by DontH8Me View Post
Oh, wow. This post reminded me of one of the slew of nasties I have been sent. Totally forgot the rape-wishers. One guy literally told me, 'I hope a bunch of gang bangers pull a train on you.'
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Originally Posted by wanderlust76 View Post
Women might get those types of messages but they are still getting lots of good messages too. I would rather have a basket full of apples to sift through and find the good ones, as opposed to no basket of apples at all.
Mod cut.? Nope - women should be GRATEFUL to get any response at all...because poor guys don't even get violent as$holes messaging them that they should be hogtied and dealt with "Deliverance" style...or are these guys desperate enough for ANY kind of attention? Sorry, I don't really mean that because it's exactly the type of misogynistic type of comment THEY would make. I just really don't see how any decent man could excuse this stuff, on any level at all.

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Old 05-15-2016, 09:52 PM
 
Location: Windham County, VT
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Alas, every single item in the poll has befallen my OLD inbox
Of course, gnarly stuff occurs in the dating arena offline, too...
 
Old 05-15-2016, 10:44 PM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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I have mist of those, and had a few lovelies who sent me unsolicited messages to say I was ugly (in much harsher words). That seems like a lot of effort to send messages to people you aren't attracted to.
 
Old 05-15-2016, 11:31 PM
 
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women don't read men profiles either because it was clear in my OKC profile that I don't have kids and she sent me a message asking do I have kids. I think it's the norm for men and women not to look at the profile if they are attracted to the pictures.
 
Old 05-16-2016, 04:14 AM
 
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Originally Posted by wanderlust76 View Post
Women might get those types of messages but they are still getting lots of good messages too. I would rather have a basket full of apples to sift through and find the good ones, as opposed to no basket of apples at all.





lol One more year of getting absolutely nowhere with anyone I'm interested in, and this will be me.
This is not true. Sometimes you are so inundated with page after page of awful messages that you end up giving up on the whole dating site, meaning you might never get to the good guys. In this instance a basket full of rotten apples is similar to a basket with no apples at all!
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