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 2012-04-14 12:53 PM in reply to: #4150507 |
Master  1890     Gig Harbor |  Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Threadthebigb - 2012-04-14 10:35 AM elrasc06 - 2012-04-14 11:29 AM Well I think part of the issue (and why there may be so few women in general on online dating) is that it's freaking scary and overwhelming if you're a young female. I tried it once out of curiosity (I'm a grad student and it seemed like the only people I dealt with on a daily basis were other grad students who apparently have no social skills and never see the sun, so I wanted to see what else was out there) and I immediately got so many creepy messages that I quickly shut down my profile. That's the truth. I've seen some of the inboxes of my female friends that are on various sites and it's creepy as hell. Seemingly a bit more filtered on pay sites (like match) but not completely void. The biggest problem I had with match was that in order to respond both parties need to be paying members, total bonk. Not to mention there's no indicator that the one you are emailing even has paid for a membership. Yep - the only indicator is the number of emails that never get read..... Instead - match.com uses the emails sent to you, or that you send - as a way to say "Upgrade now - and read / respond to this email". |
| 2012-04-14 12:54 PM in reply to: #4150493 |
Master 1890 Gig Harbor | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread elrasc06 - 2012-04-14 10:29 AM Well I think part of the issue (and why there may be so few women in general on online dating) is that it's freaking scary and overwhelming if you're a young female. I tried it once out of curiosity (I'm a grad student and it seemed like the only people I dealt with on a daily basis were other grad students who apparently have no social skills and never see the sun, so I wanted to see what else was out there) and I immediately got so many creepy messages that I quickly shut down my profile. Maybe I should put "Normal, non creepy guy" in the subject of my emails. |
| 2012-04-14 8:07 PM in reply to: #4127973 |
Master 1890 Gig Harbor | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread I think I am having thread withdrawls.... We shall see soon whether any more dates result from it (shouldn't be hard to beat ZERO) - but as far as the site itself goes - it's pretty cool. Thought I would let all you "online daters" know. |
| 2012-04-14 8:45 PM in reply to: #4151028 |
Master 2099 Madison, WI | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread Clearly you are not aware of the precipitous drop in thread traffic on the weekends. We'll all be back at it on Monday.  |
 2012-04-14 8:50 PM in reply to: #4151028 |
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| 2012-04-14 8:58 PM in reply to: #4151082 |
| Master 1890 Gig Harbor | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread Teejaay - 2012-04-14 6:50 PM Muskrat37 - 2012-04-14 6:07 PM I signed up on there on a whim and put my birth year in wrong because i wasnt wearing my spectacles. It only matched me with dudes looking for women 70 and older. It's frightening how many profiles came to me with that age range and some of these guys are in there 40's. I couldnt seem to get the change to stick so I gave up. Ha!!!! I think I am having thread withdrawls.... We shall see soon whether any more dates result from it (shouldn't be hard to beat ZERO) - but as far as the site itself goes - it's pretty cool. Thought I would let all you "online daters" know. Just take your walker on the date with you, and they won't care how old you really are! |
| 2012-04-14 8:58 PM in reply to: #4151078 |
| Master 1890 Gig Harbor | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread DeannaS - 2012-04-14 6:45 PM Clearly you are not aware of the precipitous drop in thread traffic on the weekends. We'll all be back at it on Monday. Oh no - another week of getting nothing done? |
| 2012-04-14 9:03 PM in reply to: #4150493 |
Alpharetta, Georgia Bronze member | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread elrasc06 - 2012-04-14 12:29 PM Well I think part of the issue (and why there may be so few women in general on online dating) is that it's freaking scary and overwhelming if you're a young female. I tried it once out of curiosity (I'm a grad student and it seemed like the only people I dealt with on a daily basis were other grad students who apparently have no social skills and never see the sun, so I wanted to see what else was out there) and I immediately got so many creepy messages that I quickly shut down my profile. Yeah but that's just like real life, no? At least it is for me. Just gotta filter well in both situations. |
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| 2012-04-14 9:49 PM in reply to: #4151082 |
| Elite 3002 HURRICANE, Utah | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread Teejaay - 2012-04-14 9:50 PM Muskrat37 - 2012-04-14 6:07 PM I signed up on there on a whim and put my birth year in wrong because i wasnt wearing my spectacles. It only matched me with dudes looking for women 70 and older. It's frightening how many profiles came to me with that age range and some of these guys are in there 40's. I couldnt seem to get the change to stick so I gave up. Ha!!!! I think I am having thread withdrawls.... We shall see soon whether any more dates result from it (shouldn't be hard to beat ZERO) - but as far as the site itself goes - it's pretty cool. Thought I would let all you "online daters" know. Ive never signed up for an online site and went here about 45 minutes ago,,,,,,my goodness all the questions I finally had to retire from them for the evening. I put my age in correct and it sent me lots of matches suggestions and such but when I went to see what they were looking for they had age groups for gals 25-40 years old.....and granted most of these dudes were 38 and up? Hmmmmmmm guarantee they couldnt keep up with the "old" 44 year old! LOL |
| 2012-04-14 11:09 PM in reply to: #4127973 |
| Veteran 178 , New York | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread Well I think the difference is in person I usually get some kind of filter. But with online and being more anonymous, there's all kinds of creepiness. Is asking for a triathlete that's also a geek that difficult? |
| 2012-04-15 12:25 AM in reply to: #4151140 |
| Master 1890 Gig Harbor | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread Jungle Jenn - 2012-04-14 7:49 PM Teejaay - 2012-04-14 9:50 PM Muskrat37 - 2012-04-14 6:07 PM I signed up on there on a whim and put my birth year in wrong because i wasnt wearing my spectacles. It only matched me with dudes looking for women 70 and older. It's frightening how many profiles came to me with that age range and some of these guys are in there 40's. I couldnt seem to get the change to stick so I gave up. Ha!!!! I think I am having thread withdrawls.... We shall see soon whether any more dates result from it (shouldn't be hard to beat ZERO) - but as far as the site itself goes - it's pretty cool. Thought I would let all you "online daters" know. Ive never signed up for an online site and went here about 45 minutes ago,,,,,,my goodness all the questions I finally had to retire from them for the evening. I put my age in correct and it sent me lots of matches suggestions and such but when I went to see what they were looking for they had age groups for gals 25-40 years old.....and granted most of these dudes were 38 and up? Hmmmmmmm guarantee they couldnt keep up with the "old" 44 year old! LOL The questions are a bit overwhelming at first - but just answer like 50 of them...then go do a search - when you see someone you like, click their profile, then on the tabs just below their picture - click "The two of us" - on the right side - you can click "he cares about" and it will show you the questions he answered that are important to him - and you can also answer those same and see how much you match. I discovered all this on accident, so thought I would share. I think it is a cool system. Much better than MuckFatch.com |
| 2012-04-15 12:26 AM in reply to: #4151223 |
| Master 1890 Gig Harbor | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread elrasc06 - 2012-04-14 9:09 PM Well I think the difference is in person I usually get some kind of filter. But with online and being more anonymous, there's all kinds of creepiness. Is asking for a triathlete that's also a geek that difficult? Just go to your next triathlon and look for the guys with the coke bottle glasses under their Scuba masks...duh! |
| 2012-04-15 3:29 PM in reply to: #4151287 |
| Elite 3002 HURRICANE, Utah | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread LOL not sure this is for me, Got a chat request from a guy abour 5 hours away and then he asked me to describe myself more but to describe my height, build, hair color eye color? I said I dont get it I have 3 photos? So I was a smart in responding. Help me out here is this a typically first question??? |
| 2012-04-15 3:38 PM in reply to: #4151928 |
| Master 2099 Madison, WI | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread Jungle Jenn - 2012-04-15 3:29 PM LOL not sure this is for me, Got a chat request from a guy abour 5 hours away and then he asked me to describe myself more but to describe my height, build, hair color eye color? I said I dont get it I have 3 photos? So I was a smart in responding. Help me out here is this a typically first question??? OK Cupid? A lot of women just turn off the chat feature, because it's common to have creeps chat with you. (Turning it off is in the bottom right corner.) I don't know what kind of pics you've posted, but if it's anything suggestive at all, you're going to get creeps. |
| 2012-04-15 3:39 PM in reply to: #4151935 |
| Master 2099 Madison, WI | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread Oh, and you can set parameters that only people within a certain range/with a certain match percentage can chat with you. |
| 2012-04-15 3:44 PM in reply to: #4151935 |
| Elite 3002 HURRICANE, Utah | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread DeannaS - 2012-04-15 4:38 PM Jungle Jenn - 2012-04-15 3:29 PM LOL not sure this is for me, Got a chat request from a guy abour 5 hours away and then he asked me to describe myself more but to describe my height, build, hair color eye color? I said I dont get it I have 3 photos? So I was a smart in responding. Help me out here is this a typically first question??? OK Cupid? A lot of women just turn off the chat feature, because it's common to have creeps chat with you. (Turning it off is in the bottom right corner.) I don't know what kind of pics you've posted, but if it's anything suggestive at all, you're going to get creeps. Nothing suggestive at all, one of myself in a blue dress from Christmas which is on BT GIRLS page as well as my photos, one after I finished a 50K in January and one when I had my hair cut with bangs last month again on here. He then went on to ask if I was bean pole or curvy and Im like i look like my photo! Then asked my bra size and I just found a block button LOL Sounded like all the first most important things to know about someone |
| 2012-04-15 4:31 PM in reply to: #4151944 |
| Master 1890 Gig Harbor | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread Jungle Jenn - 2012-04-15 1:44 PM DeannaS - 2012-04-15 4:38 PM Jungle Jenn - 2012-04-15 3:29 PM LOL not sure this is for me, Got a chat request from a guy abour 5 hours away and then he asked me to describe myself more but to describe my height, build, hair color eye color? I said I dont get it I have 3 photos? So I was a smart in responding. Help me out here is this a typically first question??? OK Cupid? A lot of women just turn off the chat feature, because it's common to have creeps chat with you. (Turning it off is in the bottom right corner.) I don't know what kind of pics you've posted, but if it's anything suggestive at all, you're going to get creeps. Nothing suggestive at all, one of myself in a blue dress from Christmas which is on BT GIRLS page as well as my photos, one after I finished a 50K in January and one when I had my hair cut with bangs last month again on here. He then went on to ask if I was bean pole or curvy and Im like i look like my photo! Then asked my bra size and I just found a block button LOL Sounded like all the first most important things to know about someone It must be guys like this that make it tough for guys like me.... I like the website - but that's a guys point of view. haha. |
| 2012-04-15 4:35 PM in reply to: #4152020 |
| Elite 3002 HURRICANE, Utah | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread Muskrat37 - 2012-04-15 5:31 PM Jungle Jenn - 2012-04-15 1:44 PM DeannaS - 2012-04-15 4:38 PM Jungle Jenn - 2012-04-15 3:29 PM LOL not sure this is for me, Got a chat request from a guy abour 5 hours away and then he asked me to describe myself more but to describe my height, build, hair color eye color? I said I dont get it I have 3 photos? So I was a smart in responding. Help me out here is this a typically first question??? OK Cupid? A lot of women just turn off the chat feature, because it's common to have creeps chat with you. (Turning it off is in the bottom right corner.) I don't know what kind of pics you've posted, but if it's anything suggestive at all, you're going to get creeps. Nothing suggestive at all, one of myself in a blue dress from Christmas which is on BT GIRLS page as well as my photos, one after I finished a 50K in January and one when I had my hair cut with bangs last month again on here. He then went on to ask if I was bean pole or curvy and Im like i look like my photo! Then asked my bra size and I just found a block button LOL Sounded like all the first most important things to know about someone It must be guys like this that make it tough for guys like me.... I like the website - but that's a guys point of view. haha. Im noticing so many of the ones closer to my age are looking for women 20-35? and also state looking for casual sex |
| 2012-04-15 6:23 PM in reply to: #4152023 |
| Master 2099 Madison, WI | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread I mentioned way earlier in the thread that I've heard it's a very regional dating site. IOW - in some regions it's sex trolling. In other regions, it's legit. So, you might be in one of those nasty regions. I was also told that there are regions where the Craigslist personals aren't just people looking to buy or sell sex. Blew my mind. |
| 2012-04-15 6:26 PM in reply to: #4152162 |
| Elite 3002 HURRICANE, Utah | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread DeannaS - 2012-04-15 7:23 PM I mentioned way earlier in the thread that I've heard it's a very regional dating site. IOW - in some regions it's sex trolling. In other regions, it's legit. So, you might be in one of those nasty regions. I was also told that there are regions where the Craigslist personals aren't just people looking to buy or sell sex. Blew my mind. Yeah I quess you are gonna be 100% correct I shoulda known better being that Portsmouth Ohio is also the Oxycotin capital of the freaking world with 75% poverty rate. I need to move! LOL But these "suitors" are not directly from my town they are all within a couple hundred miles.? Edited by Jungle Jenn 2012-04-15 6:28 PM |
| 2012-04-15 8:34 PM in reply to: #4152168 |
| Master 1890 Gig Harbor | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread Jungle Jenn - 2012-04-15 4:26 PM DeannaS - 2012-04-15 7:23 PM I mentioned way earlier in the thread that I've heard it's a very regional dating site. IOW - in some regions it's sex trolling. In other regions, it's legit. So, you might be in one of those nasty regions. I was also told that there are regions where the Craigslist personals aren't just people looking to buy or sell sex. Blew my mind. Yeah I quess you are gonna be 100% correct I shoulda known better being that Portsmouth Ohio is also the Oxycotin capital of the freaking world with 75% poverty rate. I need to move! LOL But these "suitors" are not directly from my town they are all within a couple hundred miles.? I wish I would get a weirdo stalker, crazy lady that wants to talk about sex.....! I get no one...It's like I have the plague or something. |
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| 2012-04-16 7:12 AM in reply to: #4152485 |
| Elite 3002 HURRICANE, Utah | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread Teejaay - 2012-04-15 10:09 PM Jungle Jenn - 2012-04-15 4:26 PM DeannaS - 2012-04-15 7:23 PM I mentioned way earlier in the thread that I've heard it's a very regional dating site. IOW - in some regions it's sex trolling. In other regions, it's legit. So, you might be in one of those nasty regions. I was also told that there are regions where the Craigslist personals aren't just people looking to buy or sell sex. Blew my mind. Yeah I quess you are gonna be 100% correct I shoulda known better being that Portsmouth Ohio is also the Oxycotin capital of the freaking world with 75% poverty rate. I need to move! LOL But these "suitors" are not directly from my town they are all within a couple hundred miles.? Ha, suitors. That made me laugh. My "suitors" wear acid washed jean jackets and and have pornstaches. It's awesome. no ciggie hanging out of the mouth?? Had a 21 year old send me a message this morning "wow you are pretty wanna chat?" ha |
| 2012-04-16 10:53 AM in reply to: #4127973 |
| Master 1890 Gig Harbor | Subject: RE: Triathlon Dating Thread wooo hoooo - got my first email from a lady on match.com! According to her email, she lives in Texas, and really loves animals. She posted 5 pics - 1 of her dog - 1 of a flower - 2 blurry ones (one in which she is kissing her dog).... Says she has one kid - 13, dads not in the picture so "no drama from that aspect". (should I tell her that no baby daddy around is drama, because I am not interested in raising someone else's kid?) I think I am moving to Texas! |
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