Are guys on online dating sites representative of the male single population?

November 12, 2011

Can't say I met too many that had altered pictures... Mine had more to do with serious character flaws.

One admitted to cheating on his (now ex) ALOT when they were married, and somehow expected me to overlook that. He confessed to this (for some bizarre reason) after we agreed to date just each other and later learned he hadn't stopped dating others. The funny thing was that he was really upset that I wouldn't give him a chance.

Another asked me (after about 4-5 dates) if I'd be open to a FWB. This was after I told him specifically before meeting him that I'm only looking for men who are actively looking for a committed relationship. Well, to clarify... He asked me if I'd do a FWB after I caught him in a ridiculous lie...

Another one called my dog an 'f'ing dog' the first time I invited him over to my house when she wouldn't stop pacing. When she first started pacing and crying, I knew something was seriously wrong with her and said so when I saw him start to get annoyed. After he screamed at her, I asked him to leave. The next day, we talked about it, and he defended his 'right' to get angry at her... Oh, he was a recovering alcoholic. (turned out my dog had a brain tumor. Had to put her down about a month later).

There are worse stories about ones I screened out, but these are just the ones I gave a chance.

Not going there again...

November 12, 2011

Can't say I met too many that had altered pictures... Mine had more to do with serious character flaws.

One admitted to cheating on his (now ex) ALOT when they were married, and somehow expected me to overlook that. He confessed to this (for some bizarre reason) after we agreed to date just each other and later learned he hadn't stopped dating others. The funny thing was that he was really upset that I wouldn't give him a chance.

Another asked me (after about 4-5 dates) if I'd be open to a FWB. This was after I told him specifically before meeting him that I'm only looking for men who are actively looking for a committed relationship. Well, to clarify... He asked me if I'd do a FWB after I caught him in a ridiculous lie...

Another one called my dog an 'f'ing dog' the first time I invited him over to my house when she wouldn't stop pacing. When she first started pacing and crying, I knew something was seriously wrong with her and said so when I saw him start to get annoyed. After he screamed at her, I asked him to leave. The next day, we talked about it, and he defended his 'right' to get angry at her... Oh, he was a recovering alcoholic. (turned out my dog had a brain tumor. Had to put her down about a month later).

There are worse stories about ones I screened out, but these are just the ones I gave a chance.

Not going there again...

Sorry to hear about your dog, always tough when they pass on but i hope she didnt suffer to much. Dogs are such a great judge of character and you can always tell a lot about a person good or bad by the way a dog behaves on meeting someone for the first time.

November 12, 2011

Sorry to hear about your dog, always tough when they pass on but i hope she didnt suffer to much. Dogs are such a great judge of character and you can always tell a lot about a person good or bad by the way a dog behaves on meeting someone for the first time.

One of my exes said the same thing when a stranger dog fell asleep at his feet. I thought he was just flattering himself

November 12, 2011

Maybe you need a life style change.

The weirdest guy I met had altered his photo and lied about his build. He was tiny, smaller than me and I'm only 132 pounds, 5' 6"

He lied about his job and everything else, I had the most uncomfortable 30 minutes of my life. Other guys I screened better but had one that posted a photo that was 10 years old then asked me what I would have done upon meeting him. I said I would have walked out and considered him a liar. He said he was marketing himself with his old photo and that he was like a discounted Gucci bag. I told him I could afford one on full price.

Then chatted with a few that had just split up with someone and others that were very very awkward. I had lots contacting me from overseas probably thinking at the age of 38 I was desperate enough to marry them and get them a visa, they were always young men from developing countries.

I also had Africans contacting me for casual sex probably thinking I wouldn't know about the astounding level of HIV infection in their countries.

I found the most socially awkward ones were on OKC

Oh on getting a lifestyle change.. Well i run my own business in partnership with someone else so not quite so simple to change where i live/work etc but will start a thread i think on that one..

What site is OKC?

I cant see the point of putting on old photos of yourself or lie about your job etc on dating sites, you are what you are looks wise and you cant change that and as for your job/intrests etc what is the point in not telling the truth as you will get found out on the job front and on the intrests front if for example you say your sports mad etc and your actually a couch potato you will only end up arranging dates with people that arent suitable for you so whats the point??

How long did you do internet dating?

So how come you havent meet anyone thru your job?intrests etc being as you live in London?

Have a read (bit longer than i meant it to be) of the thread iv just started on my last internet dating experience and tell me what you think..

Ha ha, i love the comment about the Gucci bag.. def put him in his place!!

November 12, 2011

Sorry to hear about your dog, always tough when they pass on but i hope she didnt suffer to much. Dogs are such a great judge of character and you can always tell a lot about a person good or bad by the way a dog behaves on meeting someone for the first time.

I agree. It would be pretty much impossible for me to trust and care for someone who didn't like animals. I understand people not having them... but not liking them? Seems wierd to me.

November 12, 2011

Other guys I screened better but had one that posted a photo that was 10 years old then asked me what I would have done upon meeting him. I said I would have walked out and considered him a liar. He said he was marketing himself with his old photo and that he was like a discounted Gucci bag. I told him I could afford one on full price.

Just saw your comment about old pictures! I really don't understand why they would put up old pictures. I'm really lousy with guessing people's age and while I'm still not very good, I'm sure I'm getting better at it just by staring at so many pictures.

November 12, 2011

One of my exes said the same thing when a stranger dog fell asleep at his feet. I thought he was just flattering himself

Ha ha, well guess he is a ex for a reason but dogs are great at picking up the signs that we dont even know we are giving off.. hence why a snappy stressed dog is normally owned by someone that flys off the handle at the smallest thing that goes wrong in their everyday life..

November 12, 2011

Do you think the guys on online dating sites are representative of the male single population? I'm on a free dating site, by the way, not sure if that makes a difference.

I'm feeling a bit frustrated at the moment and I wonder if I should give it up or not. It's free, but well, I'm starting to wonder if it's not going to screw up my perception of the single male. The guys over thirty will almost always want to date a younger woman. Example, guy, 35, looking for someone between 36 and 20. Guys way older than me, like 15+, will contact me and think I will go on a date with them. The only ones who don't mind dating women their age or older are guys in their twenties and well, they're awfully young and they rather stir up motherly feelings than anything else. And well, I guess, it's because they hope to find a sexually experienced woman. Who knows what they want for a long-term relationship.

Their behavior in general is weird. I have turned various people down and they continue to visit my profile. Why would you do that? I'm just as clingy and desperate as any other single woman in her thirties, but even I have some pride. If you don't answer a contact message or if you have turned me down, I'd rather drop dead than show any sign of interest in you ever again.

I just can't help thinking that so many guys on online dating sites are idiots.

Wow, what started out as a very fair question, turned into somebody looking rather absurd. (of course I don't know which to address first)

But OK: Men on dating sites (fairly) represent all men in SOME categories, but they don't represent all men in other categories (and you probably knew that).

In terms of, say, penis size, for example... those online probably come very near to mirroring the entire male population.

In terms of self-confidence whilst engaging women in conversation, those online, as a general rule, do NOT measure up fully to the male population as a whole (but they're trying... so give'em some credit).

Dating and mating really IS a numbers game... and those who encounter the greatest numbers of potential mates are more likely to pair-off and mate with somebody.

Online dating sites give people not wonderfully versed in the (habit) of going 'out' and being where lots of people tend to be, the opportunity to encounter other perfectly viable human beings in a convenient place (at home, in the den).

There ARE those on dating sites who sift through the candidates so fast, and are so quick to want to rush right out and meet and disapprove that their whole game plan just shoots themselves in the foot. Anybody wanting to hit or miss in that random sort of a human shooting gallery should be OUT in such a shooting gallery, as nothing about the internet is doing them any favors in the mating game.

The subset of humanity on dating sites is more likely to need the added personal boost provided by a significant online interaction beFORE in-person meeting, so that each party can be versed in the small details of the life of the other that make conversation thrive.

The stereotypical internet dater is the person who loses his/her own confidence in conversation with a member of his/her preferred sex, for seeming to have "nothing to say". That person is most often perfectly viable, but may need to 'trick' him/her self past that point by fully arming themselves with the topics important to the other.

So what if you end up in a relationship with someone who needed to sneak around his inhibitions to become comfortable with you long before he otherwise would have if left to real-life/in-person devices.

Nowthen, about your age references/equations:

Know that, in the early/mid 1990's a survey was given to adult males of all ages wishing to determine how to calculate what age they found "ideal" for a woman they would want to date.

The answer was the equation: "half his own age plus 7 years"

This let data from 84yo men and 22yo men fit reasonably well in the same survey, without, say, merely averaging a bunch of numbers and deciding that "34.777295 years old" is THE 'ideal' age in a female partner according to men everywhere.

SO, if you happen to be 34... then it is true that the guys who find your age "ideal"... are those near to 54. (now of course few ever get to date their self-perceived 'ideal', but so what)

Finally, the last part of your entry is completely absurd:

The implication that I should sort through hundreds of online personals of women, and study more details about them than you probably tend to do... and then select, say, 3 to respond to... and prefer to "drop dead" rather than show any future interest in them, if they so much as fail to answer one of myyyyyyyyyy (obviously superior) contact messages, is the height of stupidity!!

Showing future interest in that same person is a mark of my recognizing MY OWN Priorities, and having faith in MY OWN JUDGMENT, and whyyyyyyyyyy on earth should my values change just because you deem me to have been snubbed (by some woman whose appeal may warrant the 403 responses she got on that random Tuesday when I messaged her)??

So c'mon, it IS OK for you to be 'frustrated' with online dating, for various reasons... but your best chance is to keep your chin up and stay in the game, rather than spend the rest of your life criticizing everybody else.

November 13, 2011

Oh on getting a lifestyle change.. Well i run my own business in partnership with someone else so not quite so simple to change where i live/work etc but will start a thread i think on that one..

What site is OKC?

I cant see the point of putting on old photos of yourself or lie about your job etc on dating sites, you are what you are looks wise and you cant change that and as for your job/intrests etc what is the point in not telling the truth as you will get found out on the job front and on the intrests front if for example you say your sports mad etc and your actually a couch potato you will only end up arranging dates with people that arent suitable for you so whats the point??

How long did you do internet dating?

So how come you havent meet anyone thru your job?intrests etc being as you live in London?

Have a read (bit longer than i meant it to be) of the thread iv just started on my last internet dating experience and tell me what you think..

Ha ha, i love the comment about the Gucci bag.. def put him in his place!!

OKC is 'ok cupid'

I tried OLD for about a year on-off {more off than on) because I was unemployed at the time in 2009 (at the height of recession) when I came back from travelling and had to be very careful how much I spent on my hobbies ie had very little money to mingle and meet people that way. Now I'm financially secure again, I meet men through my interests. I never date my co-workers.

I don't get why people lie about their looks, it won't even get them laid! They must be deluded completely

November 13, 2011

So c'mon, it IS OK for you to be 'frustrated' with online dating, for various reasons... but your best chance is to keep your chin up and stay in the game, rather than spend the rest of your life criticizing everybody else.

I don't think she was asking whether it was ok to be frustrated.

She felt that OLD made her feel negative about men... Telling her she should be ok with 54 yr olds hitting on her is counter productive... Why is she obliged to tolerate it? Because that's what they are interested in? Too bad.

My personal experience is that I feel better about men when I come across them in real life. Hands down. Maybe because, in real life, I don't get hit on by recovering alchoholics, drug addicts, and 54 yr olds?? Hmm... yea, probably.

The OLD experience, for me, was a quick dip in a pool I felt would do more damage staying in than getting out of.

Also, I firmly believe in voting with my feet.

Her 'best chance' (as is mine) is with those activities that will provide some positive benefit while she looks for a partner.

...not participating in a system that is fueled by people she is not compatible with and has no interest in...

November 13, 2011

Can't say I met too many that had altered pictures... Mine had more to do with serious character flaws.

One admitted to cheating on his (now ex) ALOT when they were married, and somehow expected me to overlook that. He confessed to this (for some bizarre reason) after we agreed to date just each other and later learned he hadn't stopped dating others. The funny thing was that he was really upset that I wouldn't give him a chance.

Another asked me (after about 4-5 dates) if I'd be open to a FWB. This was after I told him specifically before meeting him that I'm only looking for men who are actively looking for a committed relationship. Well, to clarify... He asked me if I'd do a FWB after I caught him in a ridiculous lie...

Another one called my dog an 'f'ing dog' the first time I invited him over to my house when she wouldn't stop pacing. When she first started pacing and crying, I knew something was seriously wrong with her and said so when I saw him start to get annoyed. After he screamed at her, I asked him to leave. The next day, we talked about it, and he defended his 'right' to get angry at her... Oh, he was a recovering alcoholic. (turned out my dog had a brain tumor. Had to put her down about a month later).

There are worse stories about ones I screened out, but these are just the ones I gave a chance.

Not going there again...

I've had similar experiences- both with a guy that admitted to cheating on his ex-wife loads of times- and a guy that was annoyed by my dogs. Both were deal breakers.

I had to take off out of the back door of a restaurant kitchen once while on a date with a guy that got aggressive, angry, and even put his hands on me and shook me. That was scary stuff, and just the Cole's notes version on what happened. That was in the earlier days of online dating- from Lava Life.

On POF, it's just become ridiculous. Married men soliciting affair partners, sexually inclined messages, the over-used "U R HAWT" message...

I remember getting an email from a married man- and just messaging back out of frustration from having one too many married guys seeking affairs... I wasn't rude- just stated something along the lines of not fitting the OW profile and that my profile stated clearly I wasn't seeking that arrangement. I got a huge long winded response about being a judgemental "bi&ch" that was going to rot and die alone....

I don't know why I stay on the site. The only thing that keeps me there is that in the past, I have gotten that ONE message out of hundreds from someone I found interesting and wanted to meet. I guess you get addicted to the notion that if you cancel your account- you'll miss out on that "next" message that could be a good one.

November 13, 2011

The OLD experience, for me, was a quick dip in a pool I felt would do more damage staying in than getting out of.

It's the geeky place to be. I think men are more comfortable expressing their base instincts from the privacy of their home. This doesn't change who the man is though.

November 13, 2011

I'm not saying this because I want to bring down men, not at all, but in my opinion women have it hard when it comes to finding the right man.

But I think that's true for anyone who is looking for a meaningful relationship. As you're not only looking for someone who wants the same, but also someone with whom you feel a connection. Anyone who is looking for something meaningful is looking for a connection, but women might have a harder time finding guys who are in a truly relationship oriented state of mind.

And with 'truly' I mean finding someone that wants to be in a relationship with you over deeper feelings, over a connection/bond. And not just for the sex.

Edited November 13, 2011 by Nexus One

November 13, 2011

I'm not saying this because I want to bring down men, not at all, but in my opinion women have it hard when it comes to finding the right man.

But I think that's true for anyone who is looking for a meaningful relationship. As you're not only looking for someone who wants the same, but also someone with whom you feel a connection. Anyone who is looking for something meaningful is looking for a connection, but women might have a harder time finding guys who are in a truly relationship oriented state of mind.

And with 'truly' I mean finding someone that wants to be in a relationship with you over deeper feelings, over a connection/bond. And not just for the sex.

No I don't think that's the case. I meet relationship oriented men all the time, it's the connection that's often missing. That's not their fault though. Most men I know that's my age is married or in a committed relationship. That's what some of us made as our point on this thread regarding the difference between men that participate in OLD and those that don't

November 13, 2011

It's the geeky place to be. I think men are more comfortable expressing their base instincts from the privacy of their home. This doesn't change who the man is though.

I think it does. I think it means he more often than not doesn't have good social skills and to me personally that's as important as looks, way more important than money, career, etc

November 13, 2011

The subset of humanity on dating sites is more likely to need the added personal boost provided by a significant online interaction beFORE in-person meeting, so that each party can be versed in the small details of the life of the other that make conversation thrive.

The stereotypical internet dater is the person who loses his/her own confidence in conversation with a member of his/her preferred sex, for seeming to have "nothing to say". That person is most often perfectly viable, but may need to 'trick' him/her self past that point by fully arming themselves with the topics important to the other.

Good grief, that's why people have a profile where they state their interests.

Know that, in the early/mid 1990's a survey was given to adult males of all ages wishing to determine how to calculate what age they found "ideal" for a woman they would want to date.

The answer was the equation: "half his own age plus 7 years"

This let data from 84yo men and 22yo men fit reasonably well in the same survey, without, say, merely averaging a bunch of numbers and deciding that "34.777295 years old" is THE 'ideal' age in a female partner according to men everywhere.

SO, if you happen to be 34... then it is true that the guys who find your age "ideal"... are those near to 54. (now of course few ever get to date their self-perceived 'ideal', but so what)

I'm seriously doubting the validity of this study unless you can cite the source.

Finally, the last part of your entry is completely absurd:

The implication that I should sort through hundreds of online personals of women, and study more details about them than you probably tend to do... and then select, say, 3 to respond to... and prefer to "drop dead" rather than show any future interest in them, if they so much as fail to answer one of myyyyyyyyyy (obviously superior) contact messages, is the height of stupidity!!

Showing future interest in that same person is a mark of my recognizing MY OWN Priorities, and having faith in MY OWN JUDGMENT, and whyyyyyyyyyy on earth should my values change just because you deem me to have been snubbed (by some woman whose appeal may warrant the 403 responses she got on that random Tuesday when I messaged her)??

I recommend that you follow my example if you want to have success with women. Maybe men expect me to contact them various times until they feel comfortable enough to reply back and maybe, "Hey, sorry, thanks for your message, but I took a look at your profile and I don't think we are a good match," (I never got that message, but that's what I sometimes replied) means that I should pursue them even more, but when you deal with women, it means they are not interested. If you continue visiting their profile, you will look like a stalker or someone who is quite desperate.

So c'mon, it IS OK for you to be 'frustrated' with online dating, for various reasons... but your best chance is to keep your chin up and stay in the game, rather than spend the rest of your life criticizing everybody else.

I find online dating to be convenient, because you can see immediately that a guy is single and what kind of interests he has. I can also find out much quicker what his attitude about women is when he states his age preferences. But maybe I should make more of an effort and invest more time, because it doesn't look to me right now as if the majority of single men online are attractive to me at all. Not at least in my area.

November 13, 2011

She felt that OLD made her feel negative about men... Telling her she should be ok with 54 yr olds hitting on her is counter productive... Why is she obliged to tolerate it? Because that's what they are interested in? Too bad.

I wonder if these guys ever had success?

November 13, 2011

No I don't think that's the case. I meet relationship oriented men all the time, it's the connection that's often missing. That's not their fault though. Most men I know that's my age is married or in a committed relationship. That's what some of us made as our point on this thread regarding the difference between men that participate in OLD and those that don't

Either the connection is missing or they're already in a relationship. Sometimes they're also not interested, but ok, usually my crushes are very superficial and I have no clue if we're compatible or not.

November 13, 2011

I wonder if these guys ever had success?

If they have money then probably

November 13, 2011

Nowthen, about your age references/equations:

Know that, in the early/mid 1990's a survey was given to adult males of all ages wishing to determine how to calculate what age they found "ideal" for a woman they would want to date.

The answer was the equation: "half his own age plus 7 years"

This let data from 84yo men and 22yo men fit reasonably well in the same survey, without, say, merely averaging a bunch of numbers and deciding that "34.777y295 years old" is THE 'ideal' age in a female partner according to men everywhere.

SO, if you happen to be 34... then it is true that the guys who find your age "ideal"... are those near to 54. (now of course few ever get to date their self-perceived 'ideal', but so what)

Finally, the last part of your entry is completely absurd:

The implication that I should sort through hundreds of online personals of women, and study more details about them than you probably tend to do... and then select, say, 3 to respond to... and prefer to "drop dead" rather than show any future interest in them, if they so much as fail to answer one of myyyyyyyyyy (obviously superior) contact messages, is the height of stupidity!!

Showing future interest in that same person is a mark of my recognizing MY OWN Priorities, and having faith in MY OWN JUDGMENT, and whyyyyyyyyyy on earth should my values change just because you deem me to have been snubbed (by some woman whose appeal may warrant the 403 responses she got on that random Tuesday when I messaged her)??

So c'mon, it IS OK for you to be 'frustrated' with online dating, for various reasons... but your best chance is to keep your chin up and stay in the game, rather than spend the rest of your life criticizing everybody else.

That "survey" exists for women too. We are not supposed to date men younger than half of our age plus 7 years Someone forgot to tell my exes about these "surveys" (otherwise known as old wives tales) because many have been way off with the age gap

As for stalking profiles of women that are not interested: it's creepy and you should stop it.

November 13, 2011

Good grief, that's why people have a profile where they state their interests.

I'm seriously doubting the validity of this study unless you can cite the source.

I recommend that you follow my example if you want to have success with women. Maybe men expect me to contact them various times until they feel comfortable enough to reply back and maybe, "Hey, sorry, thanks for your message, but I took a look at your profile and I don't think we are a good match," (I never got that message, but that's what I sometimes replied) means that I should pursue them even more, but when you deal with women, it means they are not interested. If you continue visiting their profile, you will look like a stalker or someone who is quite desperate.

I find online dating to be convenient, because you can see immediately that a guy is single and what kind of interests he has. I can also find out much quicker what his attitude about women is when he states his age preferences. But maybe I should make more of an effort and invest more time, because it doesn't look to me right now as if the majority of single men online are attractive to me at all. Not at least in my area.

The study quoted above is a load of rubbish, age wise i would have no worrys going oiut with someone between 26 and 40, the main thing is you get on great. chemistry.connection between you, age is just a number with in reason, if you date thinking im only goona date someone 36/37 (for example) you window of search is so narrow you will be a long time looking!!!

Maybe you should chat to a few guys in your area that are similar to what you want and if you get on go out for a drink with one or two, iv found that the only way you can tell about someone good or bad from the internet is to meet up as there is only so much you can tell about someone online..

November 13, 2011

The study quoted above is a load of rubbish, age wise i would have no worrys going oiut with someone between 26 and 40, the main thing is you get on great. chemistry.connection between you, age is just a number with in reason, if you date thinking im only goona date someone 36/37 (for example) you window of search is so narrow you will be a long time looking!!!

Maybe you should chat to a few guys in your area that are similar to what you want and if you get on go out for a drink with one or two, iv found that the only way you can tell about someone good or bad from the internet is to meet up as there is only so much you can tell about someone online..

Aren't you 36? Why are you not interested in dating women in their forties?

I've gone out with several guys already. There's one that I found interesting enough for second date, but he disappeared for seven weeks and then arranging a second date dragged on for a couple of weeks more. In the end, we both got angry with each other.

November 13, 2011

Aren't you 36? Why are you not interested in dating women in their forties?

I've gone out with several guys already. There's one that I found interesting enough for second date, but he disappeared for seven weeks and then arranging a second date dragged on for a couple of weeks more. In the end, we both got angry with each other.

Im 34, yea i would date a women in her forties if the right one came along, why what ages of guy are you looking to date??

If it was meant to be with that guy you were thinking of seeing again you both would have made a effort to hook up at some point the following week, first dates from the net are difficult for sure and i think if you get on well in the first one you should just go for it and meet again the following week and see how that one goes, women want chemistry from the word go but sometimes it takes a while for it to show thru( not months but 2 or 3 dates etc)

November 13, 2011

Im 34, yea i would date a women in her forties if the right one came along, why what ages of guy are you looking to date??

Because you said "between 26 and 40". You would be willing to out with someone much younger than you, but not someone much older.

I just want someone my age.

If it was meant to be with that guy you were thinking of seeing again you both would have made a effort to hook up at some point the following week, first dates from the net are difficult for sure and i think if you get on well in the first one you should just go for it and meet again the following week and see how that one goes, women want chemistry from the word go but sometimes it takes a while for it to show thru( not months but 2 or 3 dates etc)

I was the one to ask him out. I'm not going to ask someone out twice. I was already thinking that asking guys out is not such a great idea anyway, so twice - no way. Also, when we left he asked me if should repeat this and I said yes. To which he replied that he would contact me. Guys who are interested ask you out and contact you when they say they will. The rest is just not interested enough.

Edited November 13, 2011 by PlumPrincess

November 13, 2011

Do you think the guys on online dating sites are representative of the male single population? I'm on a free dating site, by the way, not sure if that makes a difference.

I'm feeling a bit frustrated at the moment and I wonder if I should give it up or not. It's free, but well, I'm starting to wonder if it's not going to screw up my perception of the single male. The guys over thirty will almost always want to date a younger woman. Example, guy, 35, looking for someone between 36 and 20. Guys way older than me, like 15+, will contact me and think I will go on a date with them. The only ones who don't mind dating women their age or older are guys in their twenties and well, they're awfully young and they rather stir up motherly feelings than anything else. And well, I guess, it's because they hope to find a sexually experienced woman. Who knows what they want for a long-term relationship.

Their behavior in general is weird. I have turned various people down and they continue to visit my profile. Why would you do that? I'm just as clingy and desperate as any other single woman in her thirties, but even I have some pride. If you don't answer a contact message or if you have turned me down, I'd rather drop dead than show any sign of interest in you ever again.

I just can't help thinking that so many guys on online dating sites are idiots.

Representative of the majority or all?

I'm in my mid 30s and my range is about 24 to 45 (and flexible). And I strongly prefer women in their 30s (more mature, less petty). So not all.

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