are there women who would think 5'9" is too short? seems insane.
― whiskey and ice cream sandwiches (Treeship), Friday, 10 May 2013 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
have def passed through some '6'0+ only please :)' profiles
― 乒乓, Friday, 10 May 2013 22:35 (eleven years ago) link
:)
― markers, Friday, 10 May 2013 22:36 (eleven years ago) link
i must be one of the only people here who just basically doesn't do the dating thing
― markers, Friday, 10 May 2013 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
i don't think i'll ever do online dating. it seems brutal.
― whiskey and ice cream sandwiches (Treeship), Friday, 10 May 2013 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
lol i meant dating in general, but
― markers, Friday, 10 May 2013 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
dating in general is brutal too tbh
― whiskey and ice cream sandwiches (Treeship), Friday, 10 May 2013 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
dayo otm
― gr8080, Friday, 10 May 2013 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
people who don't meet that metric deserve to die alone
― markers, Friday, 10 May 2013 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
to quote papa roach, "life's not fair"
it's times like these that i feel grateful that i'm 9 feet tall.
― whiskey and ice cream sandwiches (Treeship), Friday, 10 May 2013 22:53 (eleven years ago) link
Somebody upthread said something about listing preferences (as opposed to requirements), but I had some problems with that years ago when I listed a preference - clearly set forth as a preference - for short fellas, and a couple average-height guys contacted me saying, hey, sorry I'm not short, but....
(NB: Now it seems dumb to state preferences for physical characteristics, but that's where I was on my journey of h<3art at the time.)
― Je55e, Friday, 10 May 2013 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
Small for tree or ship either tbf
― i gave ten pounds and all i got was a lousy * (darraghmac), Friday, 10 May 2013 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
it's times like these you learn to love again
― markers, Friday, 10 May 2013 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
xposts
I wouldn't date her even if I was 6'3". So shallow and irrelevant.
― and in his absence, she (Lee626), Friday, 10 May 2013 22:58 (eleven years ago) link
i mean, i get that people have "types" they are attracted to and that's their prerogative, but i agree, my "type" would be someone more open-minded than that. also i couldn't date them anyway because i am not over 6ft, i lied earlier.
― whiskey and ice cream sandwiches (Treeship), Friday, 10 May 2013 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
I have never dated my type, such as it is, and only hooked up with my type maybe twice. Calls into question what "type" means.
― Je55e, Friday, 10 May 2013 23:14 (eleven years ago) link
two of my three best relationships ever were with women who were not at all my type, and that's part of why i found them so fascinating. I found myself suddenly caring about all sorts of things i never dreamed i'd ever give a crap about.
― and in his absence, she (Lee626), Friday, 10 May 2013 23:17 (eleven years ago) link
― markers, Friday, May 10, 2013 10:49 PM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
my mans
― hoospanic GANGSTER musician (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 10 May 2013 23:34 (eleven years ago) link
Papa Roach aka "The Bard"
― Treeship, Friday, 10 May 2013 23:36 (eleven years ago) link
weird how all these ppl on a dating thread are talking about dating, yeah
― charli.xlsx (sic), Saturday, 11 May 2013 00:15 (eleven years ago) link
i need to remove myself from okc. i keep starting these promising conversations with attractive people, and then realizing that i don't actually have enough time or interest to be trying to 'date' somebody from scratch right now. and i wind up just not-responding when it gets to the 'so where do you want to meet up?' portion. so much easier/more dangerous to date in my social circles, and super unhelpful to see people from social circle *on okc* with high match points.
am gon' quit next week, i think.
― hoospanic GANGSTER musician (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 11 May 2013 01:18 (eleven years ago) link
vaya con dios, steendriver
― gr8080, Saturday, 11 May 2013 03:33 (eleven years ago) link
this is probably the main reason i ever got messages tbh (before i turned it off)
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 May 2013 04:17 (eleven years ago) link
if i've got my search set to "within 100km of me" and almost every Quiver suggestion i get is well over 100km away, does that mean i'm basically wasting my time?
― Koné 2013 (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 12 May 2013 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
how many questions have you answered? what are the match %s like for people w/i 100 km of you
― 乒乓, Sunday, 12 May 2013 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
i'm about 330 questions now. most "Match & Distance" searches are less than 70 percent. i dunno, there just seem to be very few people in my datable vicinity.
― Koné 2013 (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 12 May 2013 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
well that sucks
― 乒乓, Sunday, 12 May 2013 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
you could maybe try other sites too? some dating websites might have larger marketshares among certain locations / demographics
― 乒乓, Sunday, 12 May 2013 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it's probably me as much as anybody else, i might be setting my sights too narrow and it's probably just not an ideal site for people my age living where i live plus i'm still chickening out on the "just message somebody you have something in common with" scattergun approach
― Koné 2013 (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 12 May 2013 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
at heart i don't feel dead comfortable with it as a process, keep going back more because of the unlikelihood of meeting new people between home and work and need to keep away from pubs etc
― Koné 2013 (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 12 May 2013 19:40 (eleven years ago) link
'm still chickening out on the "just message somebody you have something in common with" scattergun approach
i know you know this, but this approach is no good! the whole point of the site, i think, is to facilitate setting up a first encounter irl, everything else is just noise
― 乒乓, Sunday, 12 May 2013 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that's what i thought, so i try to be honest and think "what kind of person would i really get on with?" but then i feel like i'm being unnecessarily picky or self-centred when really for it to work i guess you have to be honest with yrself. bottom line is this wd all probably be a lot easier if i was 34 than 44 so i shd probly try something else.
― Koné 2013 (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 12 May 2013 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
well it's also impossible to tell what the other person is gonna be like from a profile
― 乒乓, Sunday, 12 May 2013 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
i know right?
arrrgh i'm such a ditherer
― Koné 2013 (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 12 May 2013 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
yeah - just don't put too much stock into the website, don't put so much significance into it - it'll be easier to proceed if you're not thinking "IS SHE THE ONE???' with every new profile you look at
― 乒乓, Sunday, 12 May 2013 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it wasn't like looking for The One but looking for anybody who might be interesting/interested in a date. that's another thing that makes dating sites seem too much like work i think
― Koné 2013 (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 12 May 2013 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
Some guy on OKC sent me two messages to which I did not reply. He sent me a third telling me to not be "stuck up."
― emilys., Sunday, 12 May 2013 23:53 (eleven years ago) link
what a maroon
― mookieproof, Monday, 13 May 2013 00:05 (eleven years ago) link
i hate accusations of "pretentiousness" or "stuck up-edness" because it feels like people are trying to scratch away at my dignity and bring me down to their level.
― Treeship, Monday, 13 May 2013 00:12 (eleven years ago) link
or something. i think it's a vicious thing to say to someone. you should block that person, if that is possible on ok cupid idk
The guy who I met on OKC in October – and moved in with in January (yikes! but good!) – is still on OKC. Is it ok that this makes me uncomfortable? He was, still, on OKC a few weeks after we met up and were pretty much of a thing. I was like "dude 1. you are being deceptive, no one wants to click on a profile that says 'I AM IN WUV W/A LADY BUT HERE'S MY PROFILE'* and 2. this kind of makes me uncomfortable." I think my biggest past relationship mistake has been being Too Accommodating, but OTOH I hate making ultimatums, I don't want to be like 'get rid of profile FOR ME bcz I SAID SO' but but otoh maybe that's not unreasonable at all???
*which happened way too much when I was shoving all my libidinal energy into that site
― I wish every slot machine had EAT THE RICH printed on it (Crabbits), Monday, 13 May 2013 03:01 (eleven years ago) link
that's not an unreasonable request at all, in my view. he shouldn't have a profile if you don't want him to.
― Treeship, Monday, 13 May 2013 03:03 (eleven years ago) link
There's secretly still a part of me that glamorizes being single, and living alone, and looking forward to a future of living w/my deranged and mean sister in a Grey Gardens style, god. Not to rub it in y'all singles' faces. The fact is I will always want what I can't have! As usual with feelings, the only solution is to drink and bicycle it out (not in that order).
― I wish every slot machine had EAT THE RICH printed on it (Crabbits), Monday, 13 May 2013 03:04 (eleven years ago) link
nah thats bs
living together is a big deal!
― mookieproof, Monday, 13 May 2013 03:25 (eleven years ago) link
^^^
― ljubljana, Monday, 13 May 2013 03:40 (eleven years ago) link
i got a message from a gel in spain saying "nice profile, consider this a pat on the back"
:-/
― gr8080, Monday, 13 May 2013 03:48 (eleven years ago) link
if only it a were mousse compliment
― Nhex, Monday, 13 May 2013 04:08 (eleven years ago) link
move to spain
― iatee, Monday, 13 May 2013 04:10 (eleven years ago) link