fishtaco Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 So I pretty much don't even do online dating any more. My profiles are still up on OKC and POF, because why not, they're free. They have virtually no information. Picture, that's it. I don't say ANYTHING about myself, I just use that space to rant about the news or whatever random stuff. "Best of luck to Japan, condolences to the earthquake victims.", stuff like that. So it really surprised me when a woman sent me a message telling me that she wants to know more about me. I am not interested in her at all. Usually, when women are in this situation, seems to me they just ignore the message. That seems to be the way to go. So should I do the same? Just ignore her? I'm perfectly fine carrying on a civil and polite conversation with her, I'm just not interested in anything more than that. What's your suggestion?
oaks Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 What's your suggestion? If I get an unsolicited email from someone I have no interest in that's well written (use of sentences, punctuation, more than just "hi how r u?") then I usually write back to say that I'm not interested. Something like "Thanks for your message but I don't think we're right for each other" usually does the trick. I know that most of the messages I send to women just result in silence, but it's not as if I'm either overwhelmed by so many messages that I can't respond or that I'm frightened of getting an angry "why did you reject me?" response. By replying I also feel morally superior than all the women who ignore me.
mo mo Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 My suggestion is to make some fish tacos and fed ex them to me in a cooler. Also, online dating is whack. I can't be arsed anymore.
Author fishtaco Posted April 12, 2011 Author Posted April 12, 2011 If I get an unsolicited email from someone I have no interest in that's well written (use of sentences, punctuation, more than just "hi how r u?") then I usually write back to say that I'm not interested. Something like "Thanks for your message but I don't think we're right for each other" usually does the trick. I know that most of the messages I send to women just result in silence, but it's not as if I'm either overwhelmed by so many messages that I can't respond or that I'm frightened of getting an angry "why did you reject me?" response. By replying I also feel morally superior than all the women who ignore me. It was short, but it had correct grammar, and made sense that I basically had no information on my profile. I like your answer. I think I'll feel morally superior to most women on dating sites as well. My suggestion is to make some fish tacos and fed ex them to me in a cooler. Also, online dating is whack. I can't be arsed anymore. I'll trade you fish tacos for Newcastle. Drive a couple of dozens of those suckers over in your Audi. I agree, I don't do it anymore. That's why my profile is crap. I was thinking if I were more into promoting my band or something, I could put links to my band page or youtube vids of performances or something. Free marketing you know. Except I'm not into promoting my band. I don't care about any of that, I just want to play my instrument, even if it's behind closed doors in my bedroom by myself (yes, there's a masturbation joke in there some place). But I do get notified if some chick decides to msg me. As in this case.
daphne Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 Through trial and error, I think ignoring her would be the best route. Some people get spitting mad when you suggest you may not be compatible, or that their geographic location of New Zealand isn't 20 miles from your city as you suggested you wanted.
Crazy Magnet Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 Yes. I made the mistake of replying to a hard core conservative that our values were different. He berated me for another five messages (without my reply) until I blocked him. Ignore.
Author fishtaco Posted April 12, 2011 Author Posted April 12, 2011 Through trial and error, I think ignoring her would be the best route. Some people get spitting mad when you suggest you may not be compatible, or that their geographic location of New Zealand isn't 20 miles from your city as you suggested you wanted. Yes. I made the mistake of replying to a hard core conservative that our values were different. He berated me for another five messages (without my reply) until I blocked him. Ignore. Interesting. Well I already gave her a polite reply. We'll see how she behaves.
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