Triathlon Dating Thread Ver 2.0 (Page 41)

Okay POF users - is this normal?

I signed up for the site 48 hours ago and have received... 48 messages. WTF! I literally can't keep up. Most of them are just "hey" or "whats up" but a lot of them are actual sentences and conversation starting attempts. 

Confession: I only signed up because of one particular person's profile. And he didn't even respond to me  EDIT: he just replied with 8 paragraphs of hilarious. Huh!

Do you POF users get this volume of messages as well?

Okay POF users - is this normal?

I signed up for the site 48 hours ago and have received... 48 messages. WTF! I literally can't keep up. Most of them are just "hey" or "whats up" but a lot of them are actual sentences and conversation starting attempts. 

Confession: I only signed up because of one particular person's profile. And he didn't even respond to me  EDIT: he just replied with 8 paragraphs of hilarious. Huh!

Do you POF users get this volume of messages as well?

I laughed my way through this, a bit long but funny!

http://theurbandater.com/online-dating/the-case-for-dating-profiles-less-than-2400-characters.php/

One thing I would add would be, don't invite a woman to your neighborhood for a date unless you LOVE near each other already.  If you are asking a woman to meet you a few blocks from your place, it's obvious you are just looking for a hook-up.

Tonight a guy emailed me and asked me out without even telling me his name!  I looked over his profile and saw that he had every box checked from Long term dating to casual sex, so I called him out on it.  Told him I'm not interested in a hook-up and he responded with "have a nice evening".  Basically if a guy  has every box checked I look at it as, he is only looking for casual sex and trying to hide it by checking the other boxes.  Or his is just wiling to take whatever he can get.

intentional or Freudian Slip? made me smile either way because it works well with the later part of your story.

Yep thats normal.  I changed my preferences so the guys have to at least have a profile pic and a few other filters, so that helped.  A lot of them I just look at the profile pic and just delete them without even looking at the message.....eventually you can tell which ones just send a "hey"

Geez.  No wonder guys get a such a low response rate on those sites.  How does the Match Inbox compare?

Geez.  No wonder guys get a such a low response rate on those sites.  How does the Match Inbox compare?

They're all pretty similar.  I remember going out on a date with one girl from Match who literally got as many messages in a day than I would in a good week.  With that said, I'm thinking about rejoining the fray after Single Awareness Day blows over.  

There has to be a girl in my area that is intelligent and enjoys doing things outside every now and then.  Where are they hiding?!

Maybe we need to do a BT Singles trip!!!  

Ha! I'm down!

Count me in - Vegas sounds like a great place for such a trip.

Ok fellow singles / internet dating users... explain this one.  

I get a "hit" from a girl on POF.  She marked me as one of her "favorites" so I emailed her.  

She emailed back - we have a bunch in common, I send her back a response to her email that clearly shows I read her profile.  I suggest we meetup for a cup of coffee (one of her suggestions in her profile).  

I never hear back from her.  What gives?  2 people, lot's in common, both on dating sites, friendly and witty emails back and forth and then nothing.  

This is not the first time that has happened.  Email a few times - then when I ask them out they stop emailing.  

How about Vegas marathon?

That would be fun!  

I've been staying out of this thread, but I'd completely be up for a trip like this.

Were you thinking the Rock 'n' Roll Vegas in November??

That's a long ways away! 
I'm with Abbie, a few months from now would be fun! 

That's a long ways away! 
I'm with Abbie, a few months from now would be fun! 

Ok fellow singles / internet dating users... explain this one.  

I get a "hit" from a girl on POF.  She marked me as one of her "favorites" so I emailed her.  

She emailed back - we have a bunch in common, I send her back a response to her email that clearly shows I read her profile.  I suggest we meetup for a cup of coffee (one of her suggestions in her profile).  

I never hear back from her.  What gives?  2 people, lot's in common, both on dating sites, friendly and witty emails back and forth and then nothing.  

This is not the first time that has happened.  Email a few times - then when I ask them out they stop emailing.