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Online Dating really damaged my confidence and self esteem


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OP is concerned about breaking the law and being branded a "sex offender." I think it would be well worth the risk.

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OP is concerned about breaking the law and being branded a "sex offender." I think it would be well worth the risk.

 

Being branded a sex offender isn't all that bad. I dated a guy who was a sex offender. Really sweet man.

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Being branded a sex offender isn't all that bad. I dated a guy who was a sex offender. Really sweet man.

 

Seriously? You're for real? :confused:

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Being branded a sex offender isn't all that bad. I dated a guy who was a sex offender. Really sweet man.

 

That's beautiful!

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I hear you OP. I had a horrible time with online dating before I finally gave up and realized no one online wanted to date me (or even respond to my messages). It was a real devastating hit to my self esteem too. I wish I never tried it.

I'm sure one reason why you didn't succeed were your pictures and I told you to change them, but of course, you didn't listen to me.

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I'm sure one reason why you didn't succeed were your pictures and I told you to change them, but of course, you didn't listen to me.

 

What was wrong with his pictures?

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I'm sure one reason why you didn't succeed were your pictures and I told you to change them, but of course, you didn't listen to me.

 

I did change them. I took them all down.

 

I told you already, I have other important things to work out right now. I have to get a job, and my own place before I start dating. It's not that hard to figure out.

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First of all, many men see hookers as disgusting. Then there is the cost aspect. $300 for sex is a whole lot of wasted money.

 

Also, there is no sense of accomplishment of getting a hooker. Men are hunters and want some semblance of a chase. Though some want to work harder than others.

You should so not be allowed to use the word "hunter"...

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What was wrong with his pictures?

I guess, it would be indiscreet if I told you what I didn't like about his pictures. :o

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You should so not be allowed to use the word "hunter"...

Jeez PP, what is it that you have against me?

 

You're always on my case now.

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Jeez PP, what is it that you have against me?

 

You're always on my case now.

I don't know. Your posts provoke me! :p You always talk, but you never do anything. Go out and hunt, for heaven's sake!

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I don't know. Your posts provoke me! :p You always talk, but you never do anything. Go out and hunt, for heaven's sake!

I tried on Saturday then went home hungry, and I opened up an old wound in the process.

 

It's almost as if you think that men don't get hurt and that we don't have emotions.

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I tried on Saturday then went home hungry, and I opened up an old wound in the process.

 

It's almost as if you think that men don't get hurt and that we don't have emotions.

Ask yourself, "Do I sound like a real manly hunter? Someone who is tough and likes to hunt down wild animals? Who persists through bad elements, hunger and failure?"

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Ask yourself, "Do I sound like a real manly hunter? Someone who is tough and likes to hunt down wild animals? Who persists through bad elements, hunger and failure?"

Of course not.

 

And what you wrote just confirms my belief about you.

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I'm surprised you still haven't understood the reasons of your "dating" failures. :confused: That's because you're not even remotely interested in dating or connecting seriously with someone beyond sex. Based on your other threads, what woman in her right mind would respond to someone who tries to manipulate them into dating just so he can have sex? No amount of "romancing" will do that. The few women who met you and gave you a chance, bailed out because they saw, albeit with a delay, what they couldn't see online, that they were getting manipulated. Even the women who DO want casual sex, still don't want to feel manipulated. So unless you're rich and /or supermodel-handsome, your approach will never work.

I will agree with this.

 

OP, there are some women online looking for casual fun, but not a one night stand. If a girl is looking for a guy to sleep with online its usually for a sustainable FWB arrangement. And to get you cannot make a woman feel like shes being used as a warm hole.

 

You have to treat her as a person and at least take the initial dating process somewhat seriously. If you can at least show them youre a good dude whos just trying to keep things casual yet comfortable, you wont have so much trouble.

 

Either way, I wouldnt sweat online dating. Its a meat market. People will be more picky online and will gloss over folks with ease. Dont dwell on it so much. If anything, get in good shape, buy new threads, then take new pics and watch your response rate increase.

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OP is concerned about breaking the law and being branded a "sex offender." I think it would be well worth the risk.

 

NOTHING is worth that risk. Especially if you're in a career that requires licensing of any sort, because being convicted of a sex crime could literally be the end of your career.

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And for the record, I sort of get a creepy vibe from the OP too. It's not even the 200+ messages as much as he's sent that many AND has tracked the exact number of them. I'm no OLD Cassanova myself, but even though I've probably sent 1/10 that many messages over the last year I couldn't give you a specific number. It just seems so... cold, and calculated.

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Sorry bout that OP. Maybe it would've helped not to keep such rigorous stats though, who needs to look at it in #s form, that can't be good for you.

 

And for the record, I sort of get a creepy vibe from the OP too. It's not even the 200+ messages as much as he's sent that many AND has tracked the exact number of them. I'm no OLD Cassanova myself, but even though I've probably sent 1/10 that many messages over the last year I couldn't give you a specific number. It just seems so... cold, and calculated.

 

Wow, you people have never used OKCupid, have you?

 

OK Cupid keeps track of and tells you the profiles you've visited, the messages you sent, the responses you got back. It's a part of the website; you can't undo it.

 

Did you really think I was keeping a tally in a notebook or something?

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I've used OkCupid for years and never realized that it tracks the number of sent messages in your mailbox at the bottom until you said something. So I guess I've just never really cared to look, I dunno. I don't really check the "sent" folder in my mailbox that much.

 

I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt on that then. Have you posted one of your messages to any of these threads so people can try to figure out where you're going wrong? You can snip out personal stuff if you want to, I'd be more interested in just the style of the message.

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Wow, you people have never used OKCupid, have you?

 

OK Cupid keeps track of and tells you the profiles you've visited, the messages you sent, the responses you got back. It's a part of the website; you can't undo it.

 

Did you really think I was keeping a tally in a notebook or something?

I've never seen any statistics.

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Did you really think I was keeping a tally in a notebook or something?

 

Seems like it. You also often ask how to "teach girls a lesson" for not responding to you, and how to somehow force or trick a girl to be isolated with you when she clearly does not want to be.

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still, i try to act interested, but inside, i can't help but become frustrated by how tedious it is talking to her, and just hoping we have sex soon. Maybe that's why i haven't had luck recently; maybe the girls i've been meeting could sense i really wasn't interested in getting to know them personally? But how can a guy make himself to be genuinely interested in a girl as a person when all he can think of is "wow, you're a total air-head. You're hot though" when he talks to her for the first time?

          

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I just had to do a search for your post. :laugh:

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I'm an intellectual too. I like to study everything. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I have above average intelligence. That doesn't mean I have to be prick, and look down on everyone that's not as smart as I am. I program calculus functions into computers..not everyone can do that. However, that doesn't mean that other people, even less smart ones, don't have value. I'm really impressed by people that give unconditionally of themselves. I'm a sucker for a sweetheart. You don't have to even have moderate intelligence for that. I make it a point to try and learn something from everyone I meet, and you can learn a lot from a dumb person(or any person) just by listening to their experiences.

 

Your problem is that you don't appreciate anyone but yourself. You're not good looking, so that attitude isn't going to work for you. You're also uptight, and no fun to be around. You have no personality. You really don't have **** going for you except your brain, at least not yet. Aren't you in school for molecular biology or something? I'd say you should just focus on that and try to meet somebody in the same field.

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