#556

Also logged into okcupid for the first time in 9 months, someone immediately messaged me just a load of punctuation. Very edgy, m9 (logged out instantly).

#557

i had an online date last night (met on Happn) - went ok I think. Iā€™ve just messaged her to see if she wants to meet up again

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#558

i got banned from that before i could ever post a message

donā€™t think they liked that my profile picture was a dog dressed as a goth

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#559

Best of luck mate!

I had a really nice first date a couple of weeks ago, really felt there was chemistry, sent the ā€œShall we meet againā€ message the day after, got the ā€œNo thanks, didnā€™t feel a sparkā€ message back :frowning: Just got to keep at it.

#560

yeah that;s the way - sheā€™s not replied yet so weā€™ll see

#561

I canā€™t be bothered. CBA to message a bunch of randoms. Just feels like a tedious job interview doesnā€™t it.

#562

A job interview where the candidates send you unsolicited dick pics and sub-Penthouse porn stories.

#563

Anyone ever been catfished?

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#565

Super easy to spot the catfishes innit? I mean, the sort of person who would go to the trouble to make one of them isnā€™t the sort of person who could convincingly ape the mannerisms and personality of a real life, actual woman.

Also if youā€™re not sure, just have a few simple tests that they have to pass before messaging i.e. if itā€™s okcupid -
more than one photo, doesnā€™t just give all the sexiest answers on the sex questions, actually explains a few answersā€¦ etc

If only saint_cronin had been able to read my sage advice.

#566

Dunno mate, Iā€™ve just seen about a hundred episodes of the MTV show and have never used a dating site, so Iā€™m curious.

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#567

Google image search & only modeling type photos are dead giveaways too.

#568

First date in ages tomorrow after work. Definitely gonna have a pre-beer on the train back from Edinburgh.

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#570

yeah, I keep thinking about doing it but I havenā€™t yet got round to it. probably due to various kinds of insecurity.

#571

I went on a dating website for one day some of years back. I used photos of me when I was 18, young and fairly decent looking. I got tons of responses.

Then I deleted the account and put up a new one with photos of me now, older, fatter, hair starting to recede. Zero responses.

It was an experiment to prove what I believed I knew already - that I am better off finding someone in a bar when weā€™re both shitfaced. And, yes, that is how I met my current partner of three and a half years.

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#572

would love to run a dating agency

thereā€™s surely gotta be a market for it, for people who just hate dating apps and sites

especially cos at first iā€™d know everyone on it, meaning anyone who sent a dick pic would get destroyed

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#573

Got the ā€œno sparkā€ response; which I probably agree with on balance (I wasnā€™t sure how much of my thinking was clouded over by nerves forwardslash not knowing what the fuck a date even is, pal).

At least I know what the fuck a date even is, pal, now, though. SO I CAN INCORPORATE THIS EXPERIENCE INTO A ROSCOE AND MARLON ROSCMARNLONTIC COMEDY COMING SOON TO A DIS THREAD NEAR U

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#574

You should set up a DiS dating agency / Dinner Date service. Reserved for people with Trust Level 2 or above :slight_smile: (edited because I donā€™t have time for this!)

#575

would love to have the confidence and be normal enough to try this but Iā€™m a hugely damaged person with no money so itā€™s hard to imagine a world where Iā€™d be making anyone happier.

#576

This reminds meā€¦

Bam! We love you! :heart:

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