Addiction, thy name is LS Dating Forum (LSDF)

[kaylan]

I love you guys...seriously.

 

For some reason Ive become super addicted to these forums. More so than any board Ive ever been apart of. I kill two birds with one stone here.

 

1. My fascination with male-female dating relations.

2. My love of debate

 

Even though I disagree with some of you at times, I value you just as much as those I agree with. Plus I really do look up to some of you here. Folks like carhill and D-lish give off the wise parents vibe to me. I dig that.

 

I will admit I hate that my posts per day stat is above 10 at the moment. Im glued to my phone browsing the web some days. Ive never been addicted to a new forum for so long.

 

Maybe share you sentiments of your feelings for the LSDF?

 

P.S. - Could Mods please not move this topic. It does address the dating forum.

Edited February 18, 2012 by kaylan

[SmileFace]

I have been on this site for several years and have found home in many names besides smile. I barely post in the dating section anymore and mostly only come to the site for **** and giggles and to see how some of the people I met along the way are going. However I have been addicted to this forum prior. I came to this site after a silly break up, sometime that wouldn't even bother me now. Anyway I use to post more trying get advice, instead of getting out and actually living. I have found tons if help here and believe me when I say this site has helped me grow. I try to take the good out of everything. It has showed me that I have to live and experience to find happiness. Idk if this relates to your addiction but I think everyone needs to take a step back ever so often. I am not saying my dating life is going great but I am happy with what I learned and have been working on myself. Just doing the best I can do.

[FitChick]

It's like a car crash. You can't look away.

[Jynxx]

I get it. Other forums have a way higher "I'm so much smarter than everybody else" attitude, this one doesn't really have that. As someone who thinks he's smarter than everybody else, that's kind of refreshing.

 

And there's the endless possibilities. Most topics are about problems that someone posed about a couple of weeks earlier. Boring, right? Wrong, each and every topic has enough desperation, need of advice and wrong information that almost every single time it gives you 3 options: giving real helpfull advice, giving your own blunt opinion on something or telling people why they are wrong/clueless about something. It's an inner struggle to decide what to do almost every time you read a new topic.

[ThaWholigan]

Have been forum hopping for a number of years. Was at Ill Community on AllHipHop, then HHBoard (both under my real name), then Wrongplanet (Autism forum) then Loveshy forum (big mistake smh) then back to Wrongplanet, and now here. I still frequent other forums here and there, but I like the diversity of the people on this forum a lot, this and Wrongplanet have been highly addictive due to the interesting nature of the people who post in them. Next up is SOHH.com.......

[Titania22]

I find ls addictive. I might manage to let it go for a few weeks, then i see a thread that catches my attention and pulls me back it.

 

Also many of the things I have done since joining, from okcupid to asking a stranger out on the street, have all been due to things I read here, that gave me the push.

 

However I do think I was very happy being single before I discovered ls dating forum. Reading about everyones adventures in search of the right partner, made me want to be having those adventures too. I actually thought I was single purely per choice before, and now I am starting to stack rejections. And I have learnt alot about peoples general goals regarding relationships and the kind of partners they want. I really don't fit in much in the world (which I knew already, but now i know why).

 

That being said, it is kind of fun putting myself right out there for rejection, being brave in a way most people around me wouldn't, seeing people reactions. I think what gets me going is that. Knowing that each time I ask a guy out, he can never justify coming on a forum and starting a thread about how women never ask men out. That maybe he will be flattered, and get a lift out of it. I have learnt that men are much nicer when it comes to rejecting people, and seem to actually feel bad about it. I have learnt how empowering it is to be the one approaching, because I can choose to only approach guys I find at least somewhat physically appealing. I have learnt that I would much rather be rejected then be the one doing the rejecting....etc etc.

 

So thankyou all the people of ls for opening my eyes to so many things.

[Els]

Yep, ditto. I've been trying to cut down for a while now. I find I'm happiest (and also don't spend quite so much time) when I only come here to give support to those in need and chat with friends. However, like you, I have this deep-seated love of debate in me, which does not fare me well in LS. Ah, well.

[Cee]

I was seriously addicted for several months, but then I got in a solid relationship. And I had absolutely nothing to post about. I tried to write about happy stuff, but I found that bland and unsatisfying. So I come on here to see how the other posters are faring.

[tigressA]

I find posting her fun, but I could stop any time I want.

 

:lmao: That's what all addicts say.

[Anela]

I feel that way about a few sites. I got out of the house today. It was good for my health.

 

I'm not so addicted anymore. I tend to go through phases, and avoid when I'm feeling really unpleasant; at times this place makes me feel worse, but I enjoy the humour around here (when people aren't really being picked on).