Sure there are plenty of viable “fish”… However, how are you going to net and gut said fish without the proper ‘equipment’: meals, drinks, or any other misc expense? Perhaps it would be in our best interests to attempt to fish with your meager fishing rod at multiple lakes? and when it comes to fishing, don’t let the fish tell you to stop fishing…. they are only fish. —stfu fish
This article appears in Aug 29 – Sep 4, 2013.
Word, brother.
Plenty of Flounders.. I don’t think even Fort Knox would be safe.
Meal and drinks? Whatever happened to coffee and conversation? I wouldn’t lay out an expensive outing for someone I hadn’t met face to face.
Do you drink coffee Reg? If so we’ll have to meet for a friendly coffee and conversation.
ho hum, so there are duds on an internet dating site. don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.
when you walk down the street, take the bus, eat in a restaurant, go to the bookstore is EVERY SINGLE PERSON there dateable? for YOU? no. so why would you expect a dating site, which is made up of the same variety of humans you encounter in the f to f world expected to be perfectly matched to you?
if you consider yourself a decent human with reasonable expectations and good qualities to offer, why would you not expect to encounter another such human? but do you consider yourself a dime a dozen? I doubt it. you probably consider yourself somewhat special (that’s a good thing) so why would you expect there to be 1000 matches for you? shouldn’t you expect to have to search for someone of your calibre? so you should expect to have to sift a lot to get to the special one.
its not just online dating sites that have wallet sharks swimming the water, or 4F octopi lurking, or moray eels with teeth in their you-know-whats.
my answer to both this posting and the one from the female side is the same old, same old it always is. you will get what you expect. if you go in expecting to be disappointed you will be. if you already have a chip on your shoulder about the opposite sex (or same ) you will get what you expect. if you think all men are amoral boors, you will get what you expect, and if you believe women are all conniving gold diggers you will get what you expect.
I believe miserable, cranky people should stay off dating sites. but heck, there’s someone for everyone. why ruin two families.
I gave my hand at trying LL years ago, they have piranha there as well, went in with no expectations, met a few Klingons (clingons).. a few I saw I had no chemistry or attraction with , a few I had coyote syndrome with ….. Needless to say, I honesty tried that avenue, and today am better for it.. I have my lonely moments, maybe milliseconds but I’m happy with my life. As GDM says, it’s all about what your expectation levels are and your attitude.
As for me…. I’m from Missouri, show me, don’t tell me
After becoming widowed, I sat and moped for a while, then daughter said to get a life, so I tried the fish pond. Met a few ladies for coffee and chat, some were ok, some were not so, I’m sure they felt the same way about me as I’m a fucking ignorant mutant.
After about 5 intros, I met a lady, who ironically enough lives a 5 minute walk from me and we’re doing well after 5 years, we just got back from another overseas trip and life can be grand.
You do need a good BS detector, and I’m sure the ladies feel the same way too.
alrighty phat!
Good on yer, Bazzer. SOBova & I celebrate our 20th this week. ♥
24 years of wedded love & hisses on September 9th, 31 years since we became best buds with all the lovely fringe benefits. I feel blessed, Mr. Ivan, and Mrs. Ivan is a true testament to your excellent taste in partners – we both lucked out, boyo!
41 year anniversary with my first husband (if we had stayed married) I had dinner with him last week and over coffee we figured out how long it would have been. we started dating when we were younger than our granddaughter is now. had lockers next to each other in high school. still the nicest man in the world! and he has the BEST woman for him now. and hey people, he met her on match.com and they are having 10 yr anniversary. you never know.
Check out the hoofing pair of bookends she got me for my B-day:
http://www.tintoyarcade.com/product_images…
Besties 4-evah.
OMG, Ivanski, Mister and I were talking about those soldiers yesterday! I was never a girlie girl and my best times as a kid involved those little green guys – my mum gave me a faux Barbie back then but I popped off that slapper’s head and used it as a grenade. Good times, buddy.
Best. Costume. Ever.
http://www.likecool.com/Gear/Toy/Green%20A…
The bookends are now occupying the high ground in my man-cave.
Happy Anniversaries all around! <3
Khorosho, BrendonTovaritsch. Ivan celebrate in style, Da?
http://i.imgur.com/XzrdJ.gif