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Old 10-28-2016, 02:46 PM
 
Location: The Valley Of No Fun
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Originally Posted by Curmudgeon View Post
In my experience there were more than enough women IRL. Finding them was easy. You just have to keep your eyes open and your wits about you. Of course, I had only three absolute requirements. Any others were negotiable. None were predicated on looks.
Yeah, my eyes are open and my wits are about me. Hasn't been a bang-on methodology.
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Old 10-28-2016, 02:47 PM
 
Location: SW MO
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I've scored plenty of amazing women in my life. Just not around this f##ckin hellhole. But then again, I've only been single for a few months.
Interesting! I've lived in nine states, probably 20 different towns/cities/areas and three other countries including six different towns/cities. Amazingly enough there have been attractive women in every one of them.
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Old 10-28-2016, 02:49 PM
 
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JerZ,

I haven't read much of this thread. Please tell me you were quoting the OP, at least thematically, when you wrote "scored amazing women".
Thematically, yes.

I know PUA when I see it and the memes just sort of seem to roll off my fingers onto they keyboard of their own accord.

The whole principle, the damaged goods idea, baggage, the ridiculous false premises (for example, maybe at some point she'll HAVE to choose between you and one guy who is even worse than you? - to paraphrase)...they all just sound awfully familiar.

As a woman I don't support such phrases, no, and IRL I certainly don't use them.
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Old 10-28-2016, 02:50 PM
 
Location: The Valley Of No Fun
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I've scored plenty of amazing women in my life. Just not around this f##ckin hellhole. But then again, I've only been single for a few months.
Two months? I haven't had a date in 3 1/2+ years. You do need to chill a bit.
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Old 10-28-2016, 02:50 PM
 
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I've scored plenty of amazing women in my life. Just not around this f##ckin hellhole. But then again, I've only been single for a few months.
That is WEIRD since the entire premise of your OP pointed to a generalization for middle-aged men, not specifically for your area.

You then went on to relate it to you, saying trying to date is like talking to a brick wall and so on, which would seem to round this out to the original post being autobiographical.

But now you're totally fine, just in your area specifically (??) and have been with "plenty" of amazing women...as if that's no problem...and indeed, as soon as you cross the county line or whatever mojo apparently you'll be with these amazing women again...?

Hmmm, that is odd. Doesn't match up.

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Old 10-28-2016, 03:01 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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There are plenty here on online dating (how else are you going to find them outside of luck?), but that doesn't mean any of them are going to reply, show interest, or even look at his profile. If his situation is anything like mine (though I might be a bit less picky here).
You're saying the chubbies tend to cluster on OLD, is that it? I can't speak to that, since I wouldn't know. It's a good point in favor of trying to meet women IRL, though. There's gotta be singles groups around, though the OP is in a rural area, as I recall, so his situation is a bit different.


*sighhhhh*
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Old 10-28-2016, 03:07 PM
 
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You're saying the chubbies tend to cluster on OLD, is that it? I can't speak to that, since I wouldn't know. It's a good point in favor of trying to meet women IRL, though. There's gotta be singles groups around, though the OP is in a rural area, as I recall, so his situation is a bit different.


*sighhhhh*
This is about weight? More than two-thirds of all adults are overweight in the U.S. so I doubt it's that OLD has more overweight people. There will seem to be more than a comfortable majority of overweight people of both sexes on OLD because that's a fact IRL too...just in my opinion. But it seems logical.

But this does go for both women and men. There are slender people on OLD, we all know this. Anyone who's been on OLD has seen it. They're there, just as they're there IRL, and they're a numerical minority in OLD, just as they're a numerical minority IRL.

I'm not talking down meeting people outside of OLD, that isn't my intent, but the big woe on OLD seems to be that there aren't any super-amazing, fit, accomplished people on OLD, but look around you, those are in the minority IRL, too. "Average" is called average for a reason, ...and "above-average" is considered a minority quite appropriately.
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Old 10-28-2016, 03:11 PM
 
Location: In the bee-loud glade
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Thematically, yes.

I know PUA when I see it and the memes just sort of seem to roll off my fingers onto they keyboard of their own accord.

The whole principle, the damaged goods idea, baggage, the ridiculous false premises (for example, maybe at some point she'll HAVE to choose between you and one guy who is even worse than you? - to paraphrase)...they all just sound awfully familiar.

As a woman I don't support such phrases, no, and IRL I certainly don't use them.
Good. I feel better.
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Old 10-28-2016, 03:15 PM
 
Location: The Valley Of No Fun
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You're saying the chubbies tend to cluster on OLD, is that it? I can't speak to that, since I wouldn't know. It's a good point in favor of trying to meet women IRL, though. There's gotta be singles groups around, though the OP is in a rural area, as I recall, so his situation is a bit different.


*sighhhhh*
Huh? I was referring to childfree women (though I'm open to women who don’t have kids yet who may or may not want them). I thought that's what we're talking about here.

I couldn't imagine trying to find love in a rural area. I live where there's 4.2 million people and I got no options.
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Old 10-28-2016, 03:21 PM
 
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If you are an attractive dude, dating is never hard.

If you're a normal joe, it gets better late 20s plus if you take care of yourself and are successful.
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