Fun thread: Tell us you strangest/funniest.weirdest OLD experience

[salparadise]

I have never had any success with online dating. I gave up dating about 4 years ago because I kept attracting jerks and losers.

 

That's really the trick to online dating... you have to sharpen your people picker to avoid dealing with the bottom of the barrel types. It takes practice and good deal of intuition, reading between the lines. Over time I've gone from the "why not" mentality to needing a positive reason to want to meet someone. As I told someone recently, I'm adopting the women's tactics in that they need to be bringing something that I'm interested in as opposed to giving them a shot just because they're female.

[jwizzle]

That's really the trick to online dating... you have to sharpen your people picker to avoid dealing with the bottom of the barrel types. It takes practice and good deal of intuition, reading between the lines. Over time I've gone from the "why not" mentality to needing a positive reason to want to meet someone. As I told someone recently, I'm adopting the women's tactics in that they need to be bringing something that I'm interested in as opposed to giving them a shot just because they're female.

 

My people picker has been broken for years. Right now, I have no problem being single. I have never excelled at relationships so I just quit trying. In fact, sometimes the only reason I have wanted a relationship is because I compare myself to others. I had an extremely traumatic childhood that set some serious patterns that I have been unable to break (even with therapy). I just don't think I am relationship material. Too much baggage. Heck, maybe guys I have dated think I am a mess too.

 

Oh yeah - the sloppy nose blower guy was really likeable and nice. Just sloppy and gross. lol.

[salparadise]

My people picker has been broken for years. Right now, I have no problem being single. I have never excelled at relationships so I just quit trying. In fact, sometimes the only reason I have wanted a relationship is because I compare myself to others. I had an extremely traumatic childhood that set some serious patterns that I have been unable to break (even with therapy). I just don't think I am relationship material. Too much baggage. Heck, maybe guys I have dated think I am a mess too.

 

Oh yeah - the sloppy nose blower guy was really likeable and nice. Just sloppy and gross. lol.

 

I'm sorry your life has been difficult. At least you're aware of your patterns, which puts you ahead of many. There are patient, understanding people out there, and as they say, there's a lid for every pot. I think that's mostly true. Everyone is imperfect and as long as you can appreciate and accept a person's deficits along with the positives, as well as your own, there is hope. I think biggest hurdle is often truly believing that you're worthy of being loved. Keep the door open - you never know when your stars may align. All the best.

[JourneyLady]

I'm not sure how funny this is...

 

But a year or so ago, a guy I was corresponding with on POF started getting upset seeing me online and not talking to him. He left me a scathing message about my "talking to other guys" and him bowing out of the "competition".

 

Y'all know how an IPAD works, that you can leave an application open while not using it. Or maybe leave a browser tab open while not using it. Basically that's pretty much what was going on. I might have answered messages from one or two others over time, but I wasn't hanging out with anyone special. And I hadn't even MET the guy in person yet -- and he was already jealous?

 

I said as much: and then I blocked him.

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[jwizzle]

I'm not sure how funny this is...

 

But a year or so ago, a guy I was corresponding with on POF started getting upset seeing me online and not talking to him. He left me a scathing message about my "talking to other guys" and him bowing out of the "competition".

 

Y'all know how an IPAD works, that you can leave an application open while not using it. Or maybe leave a browser tab open while not using it. Basically that's pretty much what was going on. I might have answered messages from one or two others over time, but I wasn't hanging out with anyone special. And I hadn't even MET the guy in person yet -- and he was already jealous?

 

I said as much: and then I blocked him.

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OH that reminded me of a jealous dude I was just FWB with. It was during my match years. He was active on there and so was I. We were straight up about the nature of our "relationship." He calls me out of the blue all huffy and said I had a nice profile. He got pizzed at me and said "well I hope you find what your looking for cause I guess I'm not it. good luck with all that."

 

Then, I dated a guy for 3-4 months, and his profile remained active on a regular basis. He said he really liked me and I thought he did. Guess it was a nut and cut.

 

So another caveat about OLD is when you start to see someone and vice-versa and both of your profiles are active - then it can be problematic because of jealous and what not.

 

But I cannot believe a guy you didn't meet did that to you. That is hilarious and scary!

Edited October 24, 2013 by jwizzle

[JourneyLady]

One more rather sad experience.... My fault really.

 

My ex-bf was getting ready to move out of the place I had bought to move into. I stayed overnight (no sex) and had to leave the next day to visit relatives. We kind of got into rehashing again why we were splitting (we were agreed on it, but it still hurt) and I got tearful again and cried. I have depression and that was triggered as well.

 

The day before I had already set up to meet this OLD guy, because I didn't know anyone in the area and was interested in making friends and eventually moving on. I knew it would be a short meeting, but felt like it would be my only opportunity for about a month when I was scheduled to come back and move in. At the point I was a wreck, I wanted to call it off and wait (should have) but I felt that would be flaking out so I didn't.

 

I made the mistake of explaining why I wasn't at my best when we met up. Nice guy, but I didn't feel a whole lot of chemistry and I felt pretty awkward. I wasn't trusting "chemistry" on a first date anyway, since letting that lead had gotten me where I was with the ex-bf. Still, this was the first time I'd ever opened up to anyone and didn't even get a hug back. I'm a huggy person; I will hug most people I have talked to for more than an hour if they appear to be friendly and trustworthy (and not lecherous or pervy).

 

Never called me back or thanked me for meeting him. I admit I didn't either, mostly from embarrassment. It's a small town and now that I live here I am sort of afraid of running into the guy. I just really wasn't myself that day and it was a dumb thing not to call it off. He probably thinks I'm a complete flake.

 

But that's what happens when you have to date again after going 35 years without having to do much of that sort of thing.

[phineas]

Have had a run of women contacting me, giving their number, facebook (I don't friend them) then just go dark on me after some good texting.

They are flirty, ect. then *poof*

 

Very strange.

[Kate9292]

I had several guys send me pics of their junk out of the blue. We were talking about whatever mundane stuff then suddenly they send me a link to a pic to tell them what I think about it...

 

Gross...

Edited November 7, 2013 by a LoveShack.org Moderator

[Babolat]

I'm not sure how funny this is...

 

But a year or so ago, a guy I was corresponding with on POF started getting upset seeing me online and not talking to him. He left me a scathing message about my "talking to other guys" and him bowing out of the "competition".

 

Y'all know how an IPAD works, that you can leave an application open while not using it. Or maybe leave a browser tab open while not using it. Basically that's pretty much what was going on. I might have answered messages from one or two others over time, but I wasn't hanging out with anyone special. And I hadn't even MET the guy in person yet -- and he was already jealous?

 

I said as much: and then I blocked him.

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I get these...one recently, I accidentally butt dialed her from the mens locker room at my gym. She later texted me stating she heard a woman and a childs voice, I must be married, Goodbye.

[djcos25]

I like this thread and have enjoyed some of the stories posted. Here are some of mine.

 

1: Met a girl for coffee, she seemed nice and everything. As soon as we sit down she starts taking medication right in front of me. She says "Oh you must think I'm crazy, this is just my seizure medication." Its like, you couldn't do that at home? Not only that, I've had a family member suffer from seizures, so its a bit of a personal matter to me.

 

2: Everyone loves this story. A girl from my hometown messaged me and we started talking, let to texting. She asks me questions like what are you looking for etc, then if I'm financially stable. Later she asks me "Because you're short, are other things small?" I played dumb just to make sure I heard her right. Guess what? I was still the nice guy and ended up meeting her. In her profile she had her body type as "athletic" and she played soccer. When I met her, she got out of the car and, well, lets just say she wasn't athletic. The only things that were missing were the words "Good Year". Sorry to sound mean but if you lie about something in your profile, I'm going to find out. Luckily right after, I started seeing someone I knew from High School. It didn't work, but it gave me the perfect reason to get away from that girl. Then when I was polite and told her I was seeing someone else, she replied "It's ok, I wasn't interested anyway." Right.

 

 

I have a few more but I have to get to work. I'll post more later.

[tlegend]

I have never tried online dating.

 

That's my experience.

[Babolat]

2: Everyone loves this story. A girl from my hometown messaged me and we started talking, let to texting. She asks me questions like what are you looking for etc, then if I'm financially stable. Later she asks me "Because you're short, are other things small?" I played dumb just to make sure I heard her right. Guess what? I was still the nice guy and ended up meeting her. In her profile she had her body type as "athletic" and she played soccer. When I met her, she got out of the car and, well, lets just say she wasn't athletic. The only things that were missing were the words "Good Year". Sorry to sound mean but if you lie about something in your profile, I'm going to find out. Luckily right after, I started seeing someone I knew from High School. It didn't work, but it gave me the perfect reason to get away from that girl. Then when I was polite and told her I was seeing someone else, she replied "It's ok, I wasn't interested anyway." Right.

 

Been there, done that, have a drawer full of T-Shirts!

[pyramid]

I think the strangest was when the guy cried about his ex-wife on our first date. Turned out I was his first date since his divorce two years prior, and he was telling a story about something that had happened early in their relationship... and the tears started flowing. Poor guy. I didn't hear from him for several days and thought I was home free, until he wrote an email saying what a great time he'd had and suggesting plans for our next date. I did reply, saying that I didn't think we were quite in the same place.

[d0nnivain]

Met a guy through the site. We lived over 1 hour apart. He looked great on paper. We were in the same industry. We quicly progessed to talking on the phone & he checked out when I looked him up.

 

He asked me out to dinner for our 1st meet at a midpoint location; he offered to spring for dinner because it would late & we both would have traveled a fairly long way. He assured me that even if we didn't make a love connection, we could talk about business because I just started my own company but he'd been self employed for a while. It all sounded OK.

 

When I got there, well, his picture on the site had to have been at least 10 years old & he weighed at least 50 pounds more than his profile said. I took a deep breath & reminded myself not to be judgmental on looks.

 

I don't drink when I'm driving so I ordered a coke. During our conversations, he told me he didn't drink yet he had 3 martinis very quickly while waiting for our table. I don't care how much you do or don't drink, but I didn't like the fact that he said he didn't drink at all then he had that much that fast.

 

He was in my personal space too far, too fast.

 

During dinner he told me about the 100+ other women he'd been on 1st dates with & the last one he made out with. It was really inappropriate.

 

Although he didn't pick up on it, both the waitress & the table next to me asked if I was OK because I was so uncomfortable.

 

As we were leaving -- after I paid the check because I didn't want to be the slightest bit obligated -- he shared with me that he wanted to lose his virginity (he was over 50), consumate his marraige & impregnant his wife all in the same act. I wished him well with that goal, assured him I was not his girl & got the heck out of there. He stalked me for about another 3 weeks until I had to threaten to get the regulatory body that oversees our industry involved as well as the police.

 

Yikes!

[Charlie Harper]

I am not into OLD, but women sometimes invite me for a coffee, so I have had a lot of conversation on a first time basis with women I don't know a lot about.

 

The weirdest one was a quite cute one that had great voice and intelligent conversation, we had a great time but she received a call and went berserk got really angry, and I told her jokingly "I hope its not the end of the world!", and she began shouting at me and cursing, then she went away to the restroom and stayed there for like 5 minutes, I waited... waited, then she came back much more relaxed and told me "I am sorry I got so angry, I am on prescription antipsychotic meds, so please understand....

 

My back suddenly grew wings....

 

Thankfully I never saw her again...

[crederer]

I've never been a huge fan of OLD. How did you ladies decide to meet up with these guys that were total idiots? I mean they must be doing something right. I've messaged quite a few girls, managed to get 2 dates (both went really bad). But the majority of the time I'll get a decent conversation going, then never hear back from them again and I just simply don't like it. I do a lot better in person and it's a lot less degrading, to be honest.

 

I'm a relatively good looking guy and quite sociable. I just don't get how these douche knobs manage to get dates.

[petitefleur]

My dates haven't been as bad as others mentioned here but in two of them I did lose interest quickly. One of them sounded very condescending, he ate my leftovers and showed me a picture of his ex... And the other one was complaining about money and the price of phones and whatnot. I tried to be nice throughout both dates but I was counting the minutes to get out of there.

[Lokie]

I haven't had anything really weird happen from online dating. (*knocks wood*) I've met some interesting people though.

 

When I recently tried OLD again, I responded to sexual flirting and flirted right back. Then, I was schooled by a couple female friends that I may not want to lead with sex. I asked why because I wanted to have sex, to which I was gently persuaded to realize that the relationship I seek (adult, normal, long-term) does not begin with sex. Dang.

 

I'm still learning. Meeting appropriate guys that I don't really have a sexy feeling about is new to me. The one I'm speaking with now lives 3 hours away and while he told me I was "strikingly beautiful" after we met IRL, I'm not sure if I feel enough "umph" to keep it going long distance.

 

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