iceisles Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 I've had online personals on both Yahoo and Match.com for about a month and have gotten nothing more than three short "thanks but no thanks" responses. Between the two sites, I have e-mailed about two or three dozen girls and have received very few replies. From your experience, is this pretty typical, or do I just suck? A female friend of mine says she gets two or three e-mails a day, which is all I've received after four weeks. It was always my assumption that folks who use the subscription dating sites were serious about meeting people, but no one seems to check their e-mail on them. If anyone can speak to their experiences with these (or any other) services, I'd appreciate the input. If my profile sucking is the reason for so few responses, I'll have to retool it. P.S. I do have five pictures on my profile, as I know ads with pictures receive many more responses...or so I thought.
WWDDFD Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 What I've found from personals sites is that girls typically don't go around searching for guys, but instead wait for the guys to contact them. I dunno; my luck with personals sites is pretty crappy too. Out of everyone I've talked to, I was only really interested in three people; one only has time to be friends with me, another turned out to be a habitual liar who was engaged to 3 people at the same time without any of them knowing about it (she wanted me to propose to her too, glad I didn't), and a mentally unstable person who can't control themselves near alcohol. grrr. *trying very hard to not think that every woman on the planet is completely insane*
Rez Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 Do NOT take it personally. The ratio of men to women is really high. I have female friends on there that say they get 30-50 a day. I posted about this in another thread. http://www.loveshack.org/forums/t49888/
Author iceisles Posted October 22, 2004 Author Posted October 22, 2004 Originally posted by Rez Do NOT take it personally. The ratio of men to women is really high. I have female friends on there that say they get 30-50 a day. I posted about this in another thread. http://www.loveshack.org/forums/t49888/ That's not too promising. It just goes to show how tough it is to meet people.
theedge Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 I know what you mean, it is tough. I was on a dating site for 4 years and got maybe 3 dates out of it. Im glad it was free, not now though lol Me and the girl I am seeing just just deleted ours together. I remember the times when I would send out 10 e-mails a day and get few if any responses. The other poster was right though, usually men out number the women by a large margin.
Author iceisles Posted October 23, 2004 Author Posted October 23, 2004 Originally posted by theedge I know what you mean, it is tough. I was on a dating site for 4 years and got maybe 3 dates out of it. Im glad it was free, not now though lol Me and the girl I am seeing just just deleted ours together. I remember the times when I would send out 10 e-mails a day and get few if any responses. The other poster was right though, usually men out number the women by a large margin. I know people say not to date co-workers, but as tough as it is for me to find people, I have to keep that avenue open. I'm pursuing someone right now at my office and really hope it works out. If not, though, it shouldn't be too bad because she's on the other side of a fairly large building. If you're a social butterfly and meet folks at bars, clubs, etc, I'd recommend staying away from work romance. But for someone like me who doesn't get out much, it's perhaps my biggest bank of single women.
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