Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Relationships
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 01-05-2018, 07:42 PM
 
4,432 posts, read 6,982,756 times
Reputation: 2261

Advertisements

Actually if the OP continues with all the hook ups, he can end up an lonely old man.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 01-05-2018, 07:44 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
1,715 posts, read 2,837,008 times
Reputation: 1514
Quote:
Originally Posted by other99 View Post
Actually if the OP continues with all the hook ups, he can end up an lonely old man.
I am headed that way with or without them.

So I am striving for fun and excitement in the here and now.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-05-2018, 07:47 PM
 
Location: Tricity, PL
61,685 posts, read 87,077,794 times
Reputation: 131643
Quote:
Originally Posted by SlowMotionApocalypse View Post
my social life seemed to be deteriorating.
You need to do something about that, and Craigslist isn't going to change that...
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-05-2018, 07:49 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
1,715 posts, read 2,837,008 times
Reputation: 1514
Quote:
Originally Posted by elnina View Post
I am trying, but all I see is:
<<< your post #5, above.
"2017 was the first year I had anything resembling an adult income"

and

"No one wants to date anyone working 30 hours a week at $10 an hour, on the other hand when it flipped hard in the other direction,"
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-05-2018, 07:56 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
1,715 posts, read 2,837,008 times
Reputation: 1514
Quote:
Originally Posted by elnina View Post
You need to do something about that, and Craigslist isn't going to change that...
From my post in another thread in another forum:

I recently hit "reset."

In addition to deleting Facebook, I am not contacting a single person who doesn't contact me first. Seems a LOT of people I am not talking to, aside from my handful of concert buddies.

Fine with me, at least I know where things stand.

Of course I am a 40 something year old man with the mind of a teenager and aware of the fact that people my age aren't really supposed to have "friends" but a family and a career with any social life beyond that on the periphy.

2017 was a really weird year.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-05-2018, 08:02 PM
 
Location: Northern California
436 posts, read 302,371 times
Reputation: 554
Quote:
Originally Posted by SlowMotionApocalypse View Post
Only one ad per category per person.

And they are IP banning accounts.

So no more blanketing the site with ads with the hope that I might get a few hookups a year.

I do admit being completely addicted to casual encounters. I also admit to not being on anything resembling a date in decades and going years without even having a successful conversation with a member of the opposite sex.

Last non-Craigslist hookup was in 2003.

Of course the scammers and bot ads are still continuing unabated as usual.

Just another fatal blow in the death of the free internet.

This is the most despondent I have felt in years.
You mean you might have to treat these objects as human beings instead of using their bodies like a rag doll? If you are going to claim that is happening to you, I won't disagree. But still, you remain guilty.

I do not see a fatal blow here whatsoever. You will have to be forced to have conversation treating the person as a human being of value before using them. And by then, you may just fall into a real human relationship. Then it won't feel like a blow. Literally or figuratively

What I do see is a reduction with the spread STD's
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-05-2018, 08:05 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
1,715 posts, read 2,837,008 times
Reputation: 1514
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cyclist1968 View Post
You mean you might have to treat these objects as human beings instead of using their bodies like a rag doll? If you are going to claim that is happening to you, I won't disagree. But still, you remain guilty.

I do not see a fatal blow here whatsoever. You will have to be forced to have conversation treating the person as a human being of value before using them.

What I do see is a reduction with the spread STD's

"Guilty" is quite the accusatory statement when we are talking about mutually agreed upon behavior. And never have I disrespected anyone I met off Craigslist.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-05-2018, 08:07 PM
 
Location: NNJ
15,071 posts, read 10,096,890 times
Reputation: 17247
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cyclist1968 View Post
You mean you might have to treat these objects as human beings instead of using their bodies like a rag doll? If you are going to claim that is happening to you, I won't disagree. But still, you remain guilty.
If they are adults and mutually consenting, I don't think there is anything to be "guilty" of.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-05-2018, 08:11 PM
 
Location: Tricity, PL
61,685 posts, read 87,077,794 times
Reputation: 131643
Quote:
Originally Posted by SlowMotionApocalypse View Post

I recently hit "reset."

2017 was a really weird year.
So, lets hope that 2018 will be much better year for you. At least try to make it more meaningful. Try to make changes, and changes will come.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-05-2018, 08:12 PM
 
Location: Northern California
436 posts, read 302,371 times
Reputation: 554
Quote:
Originally Posted by usayit View Post
If they are adults and mutually consenting, I don't think there is anything to be "guilty" of.
Guilty of using people for their bodies. And as already stated, if he claimed the same, I wouldn't disagree.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Relationships
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 05:14 AM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top