Triathlon Dating Thread Ver 2.0 (Page 48)

This made me laugh...

Well, there's the regular gym, the crossfit gym, and the climbing gym.  And I wish I still had a MMA gym, but hard to justify another $150/month if I can't find time to go.  Nothing but dudes in that place anyway.

Teejaay - 2013-02-20 12:53 PM

Zero2Athlete - 2013-02-20 9:37 AM

Muskrat37 - 2013-02-19 9:25 PM

Zero2Athlete - 2013-02-19 5:38 PM

I'd sequester myself for a weekend if it got me a date with Lisa!  I really hope I was wrong about him being a serial killer.

 

I'm proving that my online dating method is 100% reliable - I set up my match profile, browsed for a couple days, sent my minimum 2 messages,  and now have real world prospects from each of my 3 gyms.   I bet if I went as far as to mail order a Russian bride, I'd find my soul mate while she was in transit.

This made me laugh...

Well, there's the regular gym, the crossfit gym, and the climbing gym.  And I wish I still had a MMA gym, but hard to justify another $150/month if I can't find time to go.  Nothing but dudes in that place anyway.

Nothing wrong with a place full of dudes ....for me of course! I'd never date anyone from my crossfit gym. We're too close knit, it would be awkward if things didnt work out. I quietly lust after a couple of the guys ...but the guys treat the girls like other dudes. I do the olympic lifting class and am the only girl in a sea of dudes and i could be naked and they wouldnt notice. No BCBC atmosphere going on in there. Maybe I need to check out the climbing gym!

The climbing community is pretty small...that has caused awkwardness.  Not nearly as small as a crossfit gym, though, so it makes me think but won't stop me.  The climbing community is a very chill and coed place - and much easier to chat than on a long bike ride.  Do it!  Hopefully you have a decent gym...Tempe/Pheonix has pretty crappy ones.  Fair trade, though - they have real climbing nearby.  I have one of the best gyms in the country, but I have to drive 6.5 hours to Kentucky for real rocks.

Yeah, we have a couple great gyms here too. I love going and wish I could make more time to get there.

Sorry man. I have had dates like that. I think the hand shake thing is awkward, and does make it feel more like a job interview.

To be fair to her, she said that I was her first date from the site, so maybe she just psyched herself out.  Or...there just wasn't anything there, which is fine as well.  Gotta take the losses with the wins.

God I hate interview dates.  Regardless..always go in for the hug, even if she extends for a handshake.

this is why drinking is a boon.

After two hours I'd sing her my life story Les Miz style.

It's way more fun to make something up.

I bet she's either A) emotionally challenged/disengaged, incapable of intimacy B) doesn't wear deodorant and didn't want you that close to her, or C) has a 3-star General for a father and is just prepping you early for how to do a firm handshake. 

Teejaay - 2013-02-21 11:40 AM

lisac957 - 2013-02-21 9:32 AM

msteiner - 2013-02-21 8:20 AM

jlruhnke - 2013-02-21 8:18 AM

msteiner - 2013-02-21 7:59 AM So my first POF date was kind of a dud.  We met up at a restaurant (shook hands...) and talked for about two hours.  We seemed to do ok while talking, but after we left she told me she had a good time, shook my hand again, and left.  It felt more like a job interview I bombed than a date, which was unexpected for how well we clicked while messaging.

 

Sorry man. I have had dates like that. I think the hand shake thing is awkward, and does make it feel more like a job interview.

To be fair to her, she said that I was her first date from the site, so maybe she just psyched herself out.  Or...there just wasn't anything there, which is fine as well.  Gotta take the losses with the wins.

It's way more fun to make something up.

I bet she's either A) emotionally challenged/disengaged, incapable of intimacy B) doesn't wear deodorant and didn't want you that close to her, or C) has a 3-star General for a father and is just prepping you early for how to do a firm handshake. 

Or married. Or a spy. What if she has a fetish for hands and she was feeling out your skillz!

maybe she just got a manicure and thought you would enjoy touching her smooth pretty hands.

Maybe she really did have a job interview the next day and was practicing on you...

She's a shut-in and this was her first time outside in over a year.  Que major panic attack and she won't see the light of day for another year.  She's also a massive hoarder and has 20 years worth of the New York Times in her house, as well as about 50 cats.  The smell is awful!

She's a traveling carny..  The carnival is only in town for a few more days and while she thought she'd like to settle down in Montgomery, she realized on the way to the date that she knew no other life than life on the road.  She collects tickets at the house with the crazy mirrors..  Did you notice if she has small hands?  Did she smell like cabbage?

Thanks everyone for the humor.  I tried to go for the hug at the end, but she quickly looked at her hand as if to say "I'd really rather you just shake my hand".  That stung for a second, but I took it in stride.

But......

"She's a shut-in and this was her first time outside in over a year.  Que major panic attack and she won't see the light of day for another year.  She's also a massive hoarder and has 20 years worth of the New York Times in her house, as well as about 50 cats.  The smell is awful!"

This is my vote for most likely.

sounds like 90% of my first dates.  We click when we email/text and sometimes it just non stop.  Talk on the phone non stop and we met and its like.  so defensive.

mehaner - 2013-02-21 8:46 AM

Teejaay - 2013-02-21 11:40 AM

lisac957 - 2013-02-21 9:32 AM

msteiner - 2013-02-21 8:20 AM

jlruhnke - 2013-02-21 8:18 AM

msteiner - 2013-02-21 7:59 AM So my first POF date was kind of a dud.  We met up at a restaurant (shook hands...) and talked for about two hours.  We seemed to do ok while talking, but after we left she told me she had a good time, shook my hand again, and left.  It felt more like a job interview I bombed than a date, which was unexpected for how well we clicked while messaging.

 

Sorry man. I have had dates like that. I think the hand shake thing is awkward, and does make it feel more like a job interview.

To be fair to her, she said that I was her first date from the site, so maybe she just psyched herself out.  Or...there just wasn't anything there, which is fine as well.  Gotta take the losses with the wins.

It's way more fun to make something up.

I bet she's either A) emotionally challenged/disengaged, incapable of intimacy B) doesn't wear deodorant and didn't want you that close to her, or C) has a 3-star General for a father and is just prepping you early for how to do a firm handshake. 

Or married. Or a spy. What if she has a fetish for hands and she was feeling out your skillz!

maybe she just got a manicure and thought you would enjoy touching her smooth pretty hands.

Maybe she liked his manicure and thought she'd enjoy touching his smooth pretty hands.

Here is one for the thread. Been a long time since I been hit on (obviously) in person.  IMO- with online dating I feel it is becoming less and less?!?

I got hit at the gym, in the steamroom, by a very pretty black women.  This is not a first for me either. 

So if I fail with you men.  I guess got options!!! 

If it makes you feel better, I was on Match last year.  Even wound up dating someone for a while..  But sometimes you have to dig through the weeds to find the gold (is that an expression?)...

I went on one date with a girl I'd been talking to over e-mail and phone for a few weeks...  Boy, were we getting along great.  Laughing, sharing stories, etc.  You know the drill..  So, we meet up at a beer garden after work.  She got there a little earlier than me (though, to be clear, I was a few minutes early, too).  She was sitting at a table outside as the waitress brings her a drink.  I order mine right then.  First thing out of her mouth was that she's done with Match and dating.  How awful the whole experience has been.  That she's going to "try something else."  It didn't take long to realize she was insulting me.  Before my beer even arrived, I placed a few bucks on the table to pay for my drink/tip (beers here are expensive), wished her luck and got out of there..  Never looked back as I left.

A few weeks later, I met someone I'd end up dating for a few months.  Really nice girl.  This is the one who talked like it was 1942.  So, as we were courting, I came to realize I needed someone with a more active lifestyle.  As nice as she was, I sitting on her couch watching TV and going to eat junk food all the time just wasn't my idea of a swell time.  I might get back "out there" and try to meet someone this fall or so..  But for now, I'm kind of enjoying dating myself..

//end rumination....

my friends are telling me this is my only option...nice friends! 

There's an alarming number of posts in the "missed connections" section of Craigs List about people trying to hook up with someone they spotted in the locker room or sauna at the gym. Highly entertaining, and only slightly disturbing. 

Oh boy. So the last match.com date I went out on, no sparks, nothing since.

Today I get a message on POF from that guy.

Now my profiles on the two sites are identical, except on POF I added a funny section called "What I've learned from online dating" - it's stuff we talk about here. Like profile photo do's and don'ts, how mine and your definition of "athletic" might vary greatly, all light-hearted. Because POF seems to be more relaxed, it just fits.

The message I got today accuses me of publicly taking stabs about the date I went on with this guy - he completely took everything I said as if it was personally written towards him (which actually, NONE of it was - that's what's so funny). He told me I'm way too picky, to get over myself and I'm not that amazing.

So - as hilarious (or sad) as that is - just let it go and block him? Or write something light-hearted back.  

Toy with him a bit, and please keep us updated (for our entertainment of course).  

Where is this section about what you've learned from online dating?  I haven't seen that.