The Internet dating world is a cesspool

Sometimes on OKC you will email an especially fetching woman and you will get an automatic form email in return that says "you can't email this person as their inbox is too full" with emails from other dudes. There are far more women on earth than there are men, but not on OKC apparently.

 

Does The Naked Man work on any of these sites?

 

Obviously, I haven't been a member since 2005, but the fee wasn't too bad back then. It was like $8 a month, or $80 for a one-year membership. If you canceled before your year was up, you got your pro-rated fee back.
I never joined eHarmony because it was around $200 per year, IIRC. Fuck that noise.

 

Is it legit? Or are the females actually bots or something? There are WAY too many attractive women on that site, I don't get it...

 

I don't know ... there's going to be a lot of khaki down there.

 

Hahaha sounds like a firestorm. Oh, and a lot of work.

 

I dug this post up from this thread...

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/43744/

OK, Phila. Here is my more than two cents on on line dating.

I did it on and off for about four years. I started some very good relationships (few months, a year and now the current Mrs.) through on line dating.

I do not shit where I eat and bars were tough.

I would say on line is the way to go, but here are some warnings.

1. Be up front and honest to the woman. If there is anything in her profile you are weary about (three kids, tats, washes dishes at Denny's, etc...), do not waste your time with her.

2. The first time you meet, do something small. Go to get coffee or do a small lunch. Do not invest a 40-50 dollar meal in some lady who you think is coach but winds up needing the business class. She also may not dig you either. No need to waste money.

3. Get the meeting out of the way early. Just approach it as wanting to see if there is a spark.

4. Never cross state lines for a woman and never let one cross state lines for you. There always is a reason why they are traveling to meet you, and it is never good.

5. Try to get a full body photo of the girl. If they are showing you pictures from the neck up, there is a reason. That sounds terrible, but it's true.

6. I am taking this out...

7. This one too....

8. Now this is the only real negative of Match (my preferred). Have you ever been in a bar where it is a total dude fest? You are chatting a girl up, and you go to a bar to get her a drink and another guy has already swooped in? Welcome to on line dating.

You will not be the only one talking with them. You are in competition with a bunch of other men. This is the reason why you will take a woman out a couple of times and then they will just dissappear. They met someone better. It sucks. They will always be waiting for that doctor who wrote them once to write back.

Do not feel guilty about dating a few women off of there at once. They will probably be doing it to you.

9. Get ready to spend a lot of your free time trying to meet them. Emailing, calling, etc...

10. This all said, it's worth it.

Enjoy.

 

I DID NOT GIVE PERMISSION FOR YOU TO USE OUR PHOTO!

And 93D, removing two of the offensive parts, but including a link to where the original post lives kind of defeats the purpose.

 

Edited for you IJAG. It was crass for me to post it that way, but be honest about everything before you meet someone, and that does include the way you look, how much money you earn, if you ahve ever been married, have kids, yada, yada, yada.

I cannot stress that enough.

 

Bull. Shit. I don't have to tell someone my entire romantic history before I ever meet them. Funk dat. Should you lie about weighing 120 when you weigh 220? No. But to say "be honest about everything before you meet someone" is bullshit.

 

It's OK to fudge the truth at little. I claim to stay awake for at least 10 minutes of cuddling after sex.