Online Dating ?

[jamesww]

Anyone tried this ?

What's the over under on it - effort vs rewards ?

I was talking to a friend and he loves it, though he only uses it for female company; he, like me isn't interested in the seduction community type of bullshit.

Conversely I'm not looking for 'happily ever-after', settling down, 'love of my life' etc.

So what have you experiences of it been like ?

[Razgovory]

I wrote an AAR.  It's here somewhere.

[jamesww]

I wrote an AAR.  It's here somewhere.

oh, I remember that, it was rather sweet, well written and intentionally amusing. 

Raz, you should try it again.

[Ideologue]

I got a match.com account after things fell through with Korea, just to check it out.  At least in my area, 75% the chicks are ugly, and most of the remaining 25% have a greatly inflated sense of their own value in the sexual marketplace.  The only ones I could sort of understand was the hot blonde who made $100k+, who didn't want anyone who made less than 70, and the 6' tall chick who wanted someone at least her own height.

Then there are the ones looking for a "strong Christian man."  I just elide on by.

One decent-looking Democrat agnostic, but a little old for me, who may or may not have been using a high school graduation photo.  I mean, she was like 33.  It's a fine picture, but WTF is up with that?  If she can do that, I can cosmetic-campaign photoshop myself and claim I'm six feet tall.

[Razgovory]

Things fell through with you and Korea?  I'm sorry.

[Josquius]

Have a profile on OK Cupid (originally made it for the quizzes there) but don't think I've ever actually messaged anyone. Too few people from my area have accounts to make it really work.
Though, my friend over in Sweden, where even less people use it, actually met his current girlfriend of going on 2 years on there. She's a fatty of course but meh, he likes that.

[jamesww]

I got a match.com account after things fell through with Korea, just to check it out.  At least in my area, 75% the chicks are ugly, and most of the remaining 25% have a greatly inflated sense of their own value in the sexual marketplace.  The only ones I could sort of understand was the hot blonde who made $100k+, who didn't want anyone who made less than 70, and the 6' tall chick who wanted someone at least her own height.

Then there are the ones looking for a "strong Christian man."  I just elide on by.

One decent-looking Democrat agnostic, but a little old for me, who may or may not have been using a high school graduation photo.  I mean, she was like 33.  It's a fine picture, but WTF is up with that?  If she can do that, I can cosmetic-campaign photoshop myself.

H, you're a fine lad, with a pretty good personality, so I'd guess the real world isn't a problem for you. 

[Ideologue]

Things fell through with you and Korea?  I'm sorry.

S'alright.  I mean, odds are I'm gonna be alone for a while, but that's what my home pornography business is for.  Prostitution?  No, it's recorded: that's expression, my friend.

H, you're a fine lad, with a pretty good personality, so I' guess the real world  is problem for you. 

I don't know exactly what this means, but it's probably true, I guess.

[Razgovory]

http://languish.org/forums/index.php?topic=2251.0

There's my AAR.  I tried that stuff for a little while.  I was surprisingly successful at it.  Possibly because, though my writing is poor by Languish standards, it's above average in the real world.  I did come to a distressing conclusion though.  I don't really like people that much.

[jamesww]

Things fell through with you and Korea?  I'm sorry.

S'alright.  I mean, odds are I'm gonna be alone for a while, but that's what my home pornography business is for.  Prostitution?  No, it's recorded: that's expression, my friend.

H, you're a fine lad, with a pretty good personality, so I' guess the real world  is problem for you. 

I don't know exactly what this means, but it's probably true, I guess.

Sorry about the typos, I can't do both eating and posting at the same time; it's a compliment. 

[Ideologue]

[dps]

I tried it a bit years ago when I first moved back to WV and found that I no longer really knew anybody locally.  It was mostly a waste of time, because most of the women on the site (I don't even remember which service it was) were single mothers and I wasn't interested in hooking up with someone who already had a kid.

[Norgy]

Anyone tried this ?

What's the over under on it - effort vs rewards ?

I was talking to a friend and he loves it, though he only uses it for female company; he, like me isn't interested in the seduction community type of bullshit.

Conversely I'm not looking for 'happily ever-after', settling down, 'love of my life' etc.

So what have you experiences of it been like ?

Yes. It is effortless and yields a variety of women, from the crazies to the shy, but dirty. I have never tried it to find a partner, but to pass time and keep the bed warm, it's even better than singles bars. You barely have to make introductions, yet you know you don't need to stagger home alone. 

[Ideologue]

Wait, dirty as in they're sexually liberated, dirty as in they smell bad, or dirty as in they do not maintain proper protocol for anal?

Anyway, I could probably deal with a preexisting kid, since I decided if I ever did have a kid I'd probably adopt so as to practice a little home eugenics and cut the bipolar off with me (and my sister's gay, so presumably it's worked itself out on that end).

[garbon]

I wouldn't call it "dating" but it is pretty much a given among city dwelling gays.