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25 Sep 2010, 10:20 am

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I have a bad feeling about all this over-excitement.
do you mean you have a bad feeling in that online dating is statistically difficult to be successful at? it's still fun to try, isn't it? i take it your experiences have not been great?

i think there is something wonderful about the hopeful anticipation that precedes any actual dating. even if most relationships fail, there are places and times and points of excitement etc, that are worth pursuing.

i guess i don't plan well for the future, so i can get very excited in any given moment, without regard to what the past taught me or where the future is heading. so i feel happy for people who are at certain important points, because it is surrounded by a big unknown, and events can turn an individual in any direction.

it just occurred to me that you were probably cautioning the OP about the fact the woman hasn't logged on in a long time and may have moved on. dang, your posts are cryptic.


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25 Sep 2010, 10:21 am

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I have a bad feeling about all this over-excitement.


The worst that could happen is that either I don't get a reply back or get rejected. If that happens then I'll have to look for someone else, it's no big deal.



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25 Sep 2010, 10:33 am

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The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
I have a bad feeling about all this over-excitement.
do you mean you have a bad feeling in that online dating is statistically difficult to be successful at? it's still fun to try, isn't it? i take it your experiences have not been great?

i think there is something wonderful about the hopeful anticipation that precedes any actual dating. even if most relationships fail, there are places and times and points of excitement etc, that are worth pursuing.

i guess i don't plan well for the future, so i can get very excited in any given moment, without regard to what the past taught me or where the future is heading. so i feel happy for people who are at certain important points, because it is surrounded by a big unknown, and events can turn an individual in any direction.

it just occurred to me that you were probably cautioning the OP about the fact the woman hasn't logged on in a long time and may have moved on. dang, your posts are cryptic.


hey....it's just a feeling , damn it :P


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dang, your posts are cryptic.


but ...but ..... I am the face of boo , brining bad news and killing people's fun times is my job :(



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25 Sep 2010, 10:44 am

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
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The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
I have a bad feeling about all this over-excitement.
do you mean you have a bad feeling in that online dating is statistically difficult to be successful at? it's still fun to try, isn't it? i take it your experiences have not been great?

i think there is something wonderful about the hopeful anticipation that precedes any actual dating. even if most relationships fail, there are places and times and points of excitement etc, that are worth pursuing.

i guess i don't plan well for the future, so i can get very excited in any given moment, without regard to what the past taught me or where the future is heading. so i feel happy for people who are at certain important points, because it is surrounded by a big unknown, and events can turn an individual in any direction.

it just occurred to me that you were probably cautioning the OP about the fact the woman hasn't logged on in a long time and may have moved on. dang, your posts are cryptic.


hey....it's just a feeling , damn it :P


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dang, your posts are cryptic.


but ...but ..... I am the face of boo , brining bad news and killing people's fun times is my job :(

hahaha you always cause me to try to explain myself. it's like i am always trying to impress you. i guess your opinions are important to me, even if they are nihilistic.


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02 Oct 2010, 12:07 pm

I sent a message to a second person who did reply back to me even though her profile indicates that she replies very selectively. Unfortunately, her reply seems to indicate that there's not much commonality, saying "we'll probably bore each other to death" while I talk about science and she recounts "adventures" from her childhood.

I'm not having much luck here so far. Although the last person I messaged was an 86% match based on my answers to the OKCupid match question the above paragraph seems to indicate that she probably isn't the kind of person I've been targeting. In fact there doesn't seem to be a lot of women on there, at least in my area, that are the kind of people I've been. Amongst the ones that are, they often haven't logged in for a long time, are single mothers or several years younger than me. There is one who's 24 years old and logged on in the past week but I don't know how acceptable it is for a 30 year old to date a 24 year old.

I still think that the match system on OKCupid is impressive though since just about everyone who does fall into my targeted group seems to have high match percentages.



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02 Oct 2010, 12:56 pm

A 30yo and a 24yo is no big deal. I married a woman 9 years older than me when I was 22. We have since divorced for reasons that have nothing to do with the age difference. I've since dated women older and younger than myself. If you were 18 and she was 12 then that would be a problem.


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02 Oct 2010, 2:21 pm

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A 30yo and a 24yo is no big deal. I married a woman 9 years older than me when I was 22. We have since divorced for reasons that have nothing to do with the age difference. I've since dated women older and younger than myself. If you were 18 and she was 12 then that would be a problem.


Not from a legal point of view, I was thinking more about what people in general think about 30 year old men who date 24 year old women. I was thinking that maybe I would be viewed as one of those men who just want to date young women because of looks without looking for people their own age group. I don't want to be seen as one the men who would still date women in their 20's when I'm 50 because that wouldn't be true. I've heard of some people thinking of it like that, that 24 would be a bit too young for a guy of 30.

Is that a legitimate concern or is 24 still within a reasonable age range as far as that goes.



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02 Oct 2010, 5:31 pm

Jono wrote:
I sent a message to a second person who did reply back to me even though her profile indicates that she replies very selectively. Unfortunately, her reply seems to indicate that there's not much commonality, saying "we'll probably bore each other to death" while I talk about science and she recounts "adventures" from her childhood.

I'm not having much luck here so far. Although the last person I messaged was an 86% match based on my answers to the OKCupid match question the above paragraph seems to indicate that she probably isn't the kind of person I've been targeting. In fact there doesn't seem to be a lot of women on there, at least in my area, that are the kind of people I've been. Amongst the ones that are, they often haven't logged in for a long time, are single mothers or several years younger than me. There is one who's 24 years old and logged on in the past week but I don't know how acceptable it is for a 30 year old to date a 24 year old.

I still think that the match system on OKCupid is impressive though since just about everyone who does fall into my targeted group seems to have high match percentages.



Honestly , Jono .....

I think that even if you roll yourself in some pig poop and run in the street half naked , you would have a better chance meeting a potential gf than using the okcupid.



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02 Oct 2010, 6:20 pm

Jono wrote:
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A 30yo and a 24yo is no big deal. I married a woman 9 years older than me when I was 22. We have since divorced for reasons that have nothing to do with the age difference. I've since dated women older and younger than myself. If you were 18 and she was 12 then that would be a problem.


Not from a legal point of view, I was thinking more about what people in general think about 30 year old men who date 24 year old women. I was thinking that maybe I would be viewed as one of those men who just want to date young women because of looks without looking for people their own age group. I don't want to be seen as one the men who would still date women in their 20's when I'm 50 because that wouldn't be true. I've heard of some people thinking of it like that, that 24 would be a bit too young for a guy of 30.

Is that a legitimate concern or is 24 still within a reasonable age range as far as that goes.

well, it is probably hard to find women in your own age range without children, so if you want to avoid single mothers, you may want to date women a few years younger than you.


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02 Oct 2010, 6:33 pm

Nobody will even give a second thought to a 30yo man and a 24yo woman or a 30yo woman with a 24yo man for that matter.


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03 Oct 2010, 9:14 am

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Jono wrote:
I sent a message to a second person who did reply back to me even though her profile indicates that she replies very selectively. Unfortunately, her reply seems to indicate that there's not much commonality, saying "we'll probably bore each other to death" while I talk about science and she recounts "adventures" from her childhood.

I'm not having much luck here so far. Although the last person I messaged was an 86% match based on my answers to the OKCupid match question the above paragraph seems to indicate that she probably isn't the kind of person I've been targeting. In fact there doesn't seem to be a lot of women on there, at least in my area, that are the kind of people I've been. Amongst the ones that are, they often haven't logged in for a long time, are single mothers or several years younger than me. There is one who's 24 years old and logged on in the past week but I don't know how acceptable it is for a 30 year old to date a 24 year old.

I still think that the match system on OKCupid is impressive though since just about everyone who does fall into my targeted group seems to have high match percentages.



Honestly , Jono .....

I think that even if you roll yourself in some pig poop and run in the street half naked , you would have a better chance meeting a potential gf than using the okcupid.


Who knows? Maybe someone will find that attractive. :lol:

By the way, why do you believe that dating sites have less of chance to work for AS men than it does for NT men? That seems to be what you keep trying to say.



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03 Oct 2010, 9:26 am

Jono wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Jono wrote:
I sent a message to a second person who did reply back to me even though her profile indicates that she replies very selectively. Unfortunately, her reply seems to indicate that there's not much commonality, saying "we'll probably bore each other to death" while I talk about science and she recounts "adventures" from her childhood.

I'm not having much luck here so far. Although the last person I messaged was an 86% match based on my answers to the OKCupid match question the above paragraph seems to indicate that she probably isn't the kind of person I've been targeting. In fact there doesn't seem to be a lot of women on there, at least in my area, that are the kind of people I've been. Amongst the ones that are, they often haven't logged in for a long time, are single mothers or several years younger than me. There is one who's 24 years old and logged on in the past week but I don't know how acceptable it is for a 30 year old to date a 24 year old.

I still think that the match system on OKCupid is impressive though since just about everyone who does fall into my targeted group seems to have high match percentages.



Honestly , Jono .....

I think that even if you roll yourself in some pig poop and run in the street half naked , you would have a better chance meeting a potential gf than using the okcupid.


Who knows? Maybe someone will find that attractive. :lol:

By the way, why do you believe that dating sites have less of chance to work for AS men than it does for NT men? That seems to be what you keep trying to say.


Dating sites are useless for the vast majority of male gender on this planet, let alone the male aspies.



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03 Oct 2010, 9:42 am

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Jono wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Jono wrote:
I sent a message to a second person who did reply back to me even though her profile indicates that she replies very selectively. Unfortunately, her reply seems to indicate that there's not much commonality, saying "we'll probably bore each other to death" while I talk about science and she recounts "adventures" from her childhood.

I'm not having much luck here so far. Although the last person I messaged was an 86% match based on my answers to the OKCupid match question the above paragraph seems to indicate that she probably isn't the kind of person I've been targeting. In fact there doesn't seem to be a lot of women on there, at least in my area, that are the kind of people I've been. Amongst the ones that are, they often haven't logged in for a long time, are single mothers or several years younger than me. There is one who's 24 years old and logged on in the past week but I don't know how acceptable it is for a 30 year old to date a 24 year old.

I still think that the match system on OKCupid is impressive though since just about everyone who does fall into my targeted group seems to have high match percentages.



Honestly , Jono .....

I think that even if you roll yourself in some pig poop and run in the street half naked , you would have a better chance meeting a potential gf than using the okcupid.


Who knows? Maybe someone will find that attractive. :lol:

By the way, why do you believe that dating sites have less of chance to work for AS men than it does for NT men? That seems to be what you keep trying to say.


Dating sites are useless for the vast majority of male gender on this planet, let alone the male aspies.


Ok, I'll take your word for it. Let's wait and see.



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03 Oct 2010, 10:55 am

Jono wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Jono wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Jono wrote:
I sent a message to a second person who did reply back to me even though her profile indicates that she replies very selectively. Unfortunately, her reply seems to indicate that there's not much commonality, saying "we'll probably bore each other to death" while I talk about science and she recounts "adventures" from her childhood.

I'm not having much luck here so far. Although the last person I messaged was an 86% match based on my answers to the OKCupid match question the above paragraph seems to indicate that she probably isn't the kind of person I've been targeting. In fact there doesn't seem to be a lot of women on there, at least in my area, that are the kind of people I've been. Amongst the ones that are, they often haven't logged in for a long time, are single mothers or several years younger than me. There is one who's 24 years old and logged on in the past week but I don't know how acceptable it is for a 30 year old to date a 24 year old.

I still think that the match system on OKCupid is impressive though since just about everyone who does fall into my targeted group seems to have high match percentages.



Honestly , Jono .....

I think that even if you roll yourself in some pig poop and run in the street half naked , you would have a better chance meeting a potential gf than using the okcupid.


Who knows? Maybe someone will find that attractive. :lol:

By the way, why do you believe that dating sites have less of chance to work for AS men than it does for NT men? That seems to be what you keep trying to say.


Dating sites are useless for the vast majority of male gender on this planet, let alone the male aspies.


Ok, I'll take your word for it. Let's wait and see.


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05 Oct 2010, 1:54 pm

I've got a question. With regards to internet dating, does anyone have advice on messaging? I'm wondering if the messages I sent have anything do with why people haven't replied yet. Maybe mentioning that I like talking about science isn't a good thing to put in a first message.

Oh and Face_of_Boo, nice picture. Hopefully I won't end up like that before I decide to give up.



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05 Oct 2010, 2:02 pm

Jono wrote:
I've got a question. With regards to internet dating, does anyone have advice on messaging? I'm wondering if the messages I sent have anything do with why people haven't replied yet. Maybe mentioning that I like talking about science isn't a good thing to put in a first message.

Oh and Face_of_Boo, nice picture. Hopefully I won't end up like that before I decide to give up.


Keep it short, snappy, hooky. There's no point investing a lot of work in it. They may not even bother to read it, or they might not be interested enough to write back. Also you don't want to bore them. It's good if you can get a joke in. Rouse their interest. Let them know in a short and pointed way that you read their profile and that you 'get' some part of it, and by extension, them.

You can get a bit more in depth if they bother to write you back.


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