Just thinking aloud, musing I guess. But the thing is, when you meet a person in person you have enormous amounts of sensory information that you don't have from a profile. Seems like 1 minute in person is worth a whole OKC profile.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Monday, 13 February 2012 00:18 (fourteen years ago)
I got a lot of response from a hook-up site when on a whim I changed my headline to "Mr. Right plz to come here." Actually got a couple dates, and one guy mentioned the headline.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Monday, 13 February 2012 00:20 (fourteen years ago)
OK. Laurel and I are meeting at Bemelman's Tuesday night around 7. Who is in? On to Subway after, around 8, 8:30ish.
The thought of re-instating my profile fills me with dread. Yeah, I can judge a person with 1 second of meeting them.
― Virginia Plain, Monday, 13 February 2012 03:43 (fourteen years ago)
Jesse--I could try and write your profile. I would need some info from you tho:)
― Virginia Plain, Monday, 13 February 2012 03:50 (fourteen years ago)
I wish I could just say to all the single boys on ILX "anyone wanna go on a date with me?". itd be so much easier than this poopy OKC crap.
― thanks to denial, I'm immortal! (Trayce), Monday, 13 February 2012 03:54 (fourteen years ago)
Ha, are there many in your hemisphere?
I almost felt inebriated enough for a moment to re-load my profile, but then I got distracted by the Grammys.
I'm over wishy-washy dating; I'm ready for mutual attraction. Does that still exist?
― Virginia Plain, Monday, 13 February 2012 04:01 (fourteen years ago)
VP that might work though I'll have to let you know when the booze has left my system.
Trayce, I would totally accept a date w/ you except for the matter of sexual orientation.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Monday, 13 February 2012 04:53 (fourteen years ago)
Jesse, we could exchange deets and write each others' profiles. Comedic hijinks ensue.
― Virginia Plain, Monday, 13 February 2012 05:02 (fourteen years ago)
VP: no thats the problem ;_;
― thanks to denial, I'm immortal! (Trayce), Monday, 13 February 2012 05:03 (fourteen years ago)
i'm back in OKC land and am grabbing a drink with someone on Tuesday. tmi but this is my first ever date with someone who is bi
― Z S, Monday, 13 February 2012 05:04 (fourteen years ago)
I have a terrible confession - after dating a bi guy I am somewhat bi-phobic. Sorry.
ZS have you ever had a threesome?
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Monday, 13 February 2012 05:07 (fourteen years ago)
nope
and shit, just realized the drink with someone on tuesday is...valentine's day. that kind of ruins my plan of setting a new solo drinking record and then passing out with my shoes on
― tmi but (Z S), Monday, 13 February 2012 05:09 (fourteen years ago)
Oh man I'm sorry I asked. It feels like I asked my brother that question.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Monday, 13 February 2012 05:09 (fourteen years ago)
oh, no big deal
i mean this thread is de-indexed (right?) so who cares.
― tmi but (Z S), Monday, 13 February 2012 05:11 (fourteen years ago)
Only thing I learned from OKC was that if someone says they're mentally ill on there, it's a good idea to believe them.
― Bryan, Monday, 13 February 2012 05:13 (fourteen years ago)
i feel like i could trust a female bi person more. that might be fucked up and sexist. it was just weird for me b/c there was a very, very sexually aggressive woman pursuing me who he encouraged me to fuck so that he could get a chance to be w/ a woman.
anyway, good luck and keep your mind open i guess.
that sounds discouraging but i mean it.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Monday, 13 February 2012 05:18 (fourteen years ago)
Why does the fact someone's bi always lead to questions about threesomes and/or infidelity risks? It bugs me.
― thanks to denial, I'm immortal! (Trayce), Monday, 13 February 2012 05:22 (fourteen years ago)
because that is all these bisexual monsters care about
― ⚓ (gr8080), Monday, 13 February 2012 05:31 (fourteen years ago)
god bless em
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Monday, 13 February 2012 05:46 (fourteen years ago)
oh man, on the first (and last) time I ever IM'd someone, total disaster. :(
― tmi but (Z S), Monday, 13 February 2012 05:46 (fourteen years ago)
Sorry Trayce. Unfortunately the bi guy I dated was also an asshole, which I should remember when thinking of bi people.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:08 (fourteen years ago)
FWIW many of the str8 dudes I've dated were assholes with issues around infidelity + desires for threesomes so YMMV.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:17 (fourteen years ago)
fwiw I have dated women who were kind of jerks and also had infidelity / threesome desire crap
― valleys of your mind (mh), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:32 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah but were they straight ot bi? The point is when str8 ppl suck at relationships it's accepted that it's bcuz they're assholes. When bi ppl suck at relationships it's evidence that bisexuality is at fault. Which is hypocrisy land.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Monday, 13 February 2012 17:03 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, Je55e, you definitely need to concentrate on the 'he was an asshole' part rather than the 'he was bi' part. The two aren't really related.
― emil.y, Monday, 13 February 2012 17:05 (fourteen years ago)
i'll be there! but, probably, significantly underdressed? i am horrible at dressing up. vp, i have no idea what you look like! wear a red rose?
― rayuela, Monday, 13 February 2012 18:36 (fourteen years ago)
also i kind of feel like i'm going on a blind date
― rayuela, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:06 (fourteen years ago)
Mary feels like she's going on a date, full stop. Yesterday she asked me if I had planned something romantical.
― one little aioli (Laurel), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:09 (fourteen years ago)
um i have a date now
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:25 (fourteen years ago)
Great!
― one little aioli (Laurel), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:25 (fourteen years ago)
disabled my account
― conrad, Monday, 13 February 2012 20:40 (fourteen years ago)
due to success or frustration?
― rayuela, Monday, 13 February 2012 20:50 (fourteen years ago)
I'd like it to be success! quickly v intense while not rushing into anything not interested in seeing anyone else at all.
― conrad, Monday, 13 February 2012 21:01 (fourteen years ago)
congrats!
― rayuela, Monday, 13 February 2012 21:21 (fourteen years ago)
I might be done with this site for good. I've had more luck meeting people on Fetlife than this collection of hopeless freaks (present company excluded, obv).
― homosexual II, Monday, 13 February 2012 21:31 (fourteen years ago)
Great, rayuela. Laurel and I will be the two Midwestern looking people. Actually, on the upper east side that descriptor might not go that far. I'll message you my details.
Don't worry about dressing up--its the most laid-back swanky place I've ever been. You can wear whatever you want. Ssshhh, Laurel. You're making me seem like a demanding date.
― Virginia Plain, Monday, 13 February 2012 22:51 (fourteen years ago)
I just reactivated my account and immediately found 2 guys I like the look of a lot - one of whom I already know from last.fm funnily enough.
I'll try and stem my complete anxiety at not being in the right frame of mind to date anyone and just get on with my life.
― thanks to denial, I'm immortal! (Trayce), Monday, 13 February 2012 22:59 (fourteen years ago)
loooool, i have a meeting with a contractor tomorrow at 1pm and one of them just sent me a message on okcupid saying that i showed up as one of her quiver matches and she thought she'd send a message in advance to avoid potential awkwardness!
― tmi but (Z S), Monday, 13 February 2012 23:33 (fourteen years ago)
Hahah oh christ, I would be mortified if a workmate showed up in my matches. Never thought about it.
― thanks to denial, I'm immortal! (Trayce), Monday, 13 February 2012 23:51 (fourteen years ago)
when i put a profile up i came across a workmate after about 3 matches.
not cool.
― dayove cool (Noodle Vague), Monday, 13 February 2012 23:57 (fourteen years ago)
i think she mightn't maintain her profile now tho. anyway i got the fuck out of dodge post haste.
― dayove cool (Noodle Vague), Monday, 13 February 2012 23:58 (fourteen years ago)
it also sucks because she's like a 95% match with me and had flirted with me once at a bar after a conference. i'm trying to get out of it right now by going on at length about the most boring work topic i can possibly imagine.
― tmi but (Z S), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:14 (fourteen years ago)
Bless <3
― thanks to denial, I'm immortal! (Trayce), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:16 (fourteen years ago)
i'm pretty sure this is the only conversation about a Return on Investment study that's currently happening on OKC
― tmi but (Z S), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:33 (fourteen years ago)
What if she's hot for budget analysis? OMG!
― thanks to denial, I'm immortal! (Trayce), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:38 (fourteen years ago)
get a drink after the meeting imo
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:42 (fourteen years ago)
or just ask Shakey for some tips on this convo
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:43 (fourteen years ago)
!! Avoiding awkwardness would have been accomplished by immediately blocking you and never mentioning it! So maybe she's after you.
This is my worst online dating/hookup nightmare. I don't want anyone I know IRL seeing my profile EVER. Last time I had one I locked the friends I could locate before I put up a real picture.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:35 (fourteen years ago)
was yr profile racy
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:36 (fourteen years ago)
Mine? It was on Adam 4 Adam so it was somewhat adult themed. But a non-hookup profile is no less super private for me.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:40 (fourteen years ago)