Just when you thought it was safe - OK CUPID PART 3: The Return of the WOO!

From the two people I've met so far, it seems to be a thing for males to add at least two imaginary inches to their height? I don't really care how tall someone is or isn't, but I find this brazen duplicity troubling.

that's not the only etc etc

it wouldn't occur to me in a million years to do that

oktrends stats say its p common though

been getting a lot of messages lately since i changed to what i guess must be a more flattering pic, but nobody i find myself that interested in.

― thank you BIG HOOS, you brilliant god-man (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, September 26, 2011 3:06 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

lol not picking on a hoos but one thing that became very clear to me in my couple of brief online dating stints is that (some, not all) straight men have no idea how to select flattering photographs of themselves, so much so that i was very pleasantly surprised on a couple of first date occasions, immediately followed by thoughts of "wtf? doesn't he have a female/gay male friend that can help him pick out a photo?" it's just funny; i feel like this never happens in the opposite direction.

Yeah I got that impression from my trawling too. I'm not talking about "ugly guy is so ugly no photo will save him", i'm talking you can tell its a pleasant looking lad, but the photo(s) are complete and utter shite. Smile a little, guys. AND DONT TAKE YOUR GOD DAMN SHIRT OFF.

You have your ubulus muscle that connects to the upper dorsinus. It's boring, but it's part of my life. I'm just gonna grab this shirt, if you don't mind. Just watch out for the guns. They'll get you.

From the two people I've met so far, it seems to be a thing for males to add at least two imaginary inches to their height? I don't really care how tall someone is or isn't, but I find this brazen duplicity troubling.

― Virginia Plain, Monday, September 26, 2011 8:54 PM Bookmark

As a 6'0 guy, it pisses me off to no end when 5'10-5'11 dudes claim to hit the big mark. :(

I feel sorry for them

I'm 5'10", I'm cool with that.

My ex is back on OKC and still claiming to be 4 years younger than he is. Tempted to report him to the site, but we have stayed friends and I want it to stay that way, so this probably not the best idea even though I massively disapprove.

I went on an OKC date on Sunday with a guy who'd listed himself as 5'9" - I guess I am so used to the 5'9"ers actually being 5'7" that I was surprised that he was actually... 5'9"

It went well, and we're supposed to go out again.

Hm maybe fall will reinvigorate me to try this again. Right now I'd have to be, like, sure, I have a free Wednesday in November.

so i filled out my stuff and added some pix and in my first set of matches was someone i know o_O

If you live in a city, that's going to happen. I know at least 2 people in my listings.

My housemate's still in my top 5! Its kind of hilarous really, who are we kidding.

Good work, MP; was it me? If you like, we can go on a fake date and I'll pretend to be socially awkward and incapable of forming complete sentences and you can practice how to extricate yourself from such situations.

I have my third "date" tonight. At what point does this get old or frustrating? I'm finding it all terribly amusing.

Found a girl who looks like me in a wig -- messaging now.

haha it was not you! if it had been, i'd have given you five stars and sent you a photo of my cat, of course

Aw, with charm like that, you're sure not to be single long:)

I thought this site was going to be skeevy guys hoping to get laid, but all anyone wants to do is send me reading suggestions and invite me to museums. What am I doing wrong?

add cleavage shots and "casual sex" to your profile

worked for me!

*dons v-neck shirt

Haha, I knew I had overlooked a few things. Tonight's guy said he was 5'7" and he was of course, my height; also I think he underestimated his age by about 10 years. Anyway, he loves Jack Lemmon so we found some common ground.

Laurel, you should date him. I don't think he's your type, but your fashions would complement each other. I've never felt so underdressed in my life.

I'm really suprised by all this lying about height stuff. Height isnt something I ever think or care about.

You say that now, but wait until a four foot tall dude shows up

he already did

j/k (or am i)

and you were expecting a 4'2" dude...

lol Rob isnt 4 foot tall jim u barstool. Hes at lEAST 5 foot :P

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_big_is_a_dwarf%27s_penis

Haha holy shit I forgot about people being kangaroo-sized down over there.

Explains why AA's wife is always indoors. If she went outside she might get mistaken for prey and be carried off by a hawk!

Hey, some 'roos are quite tall I'll have you know!

I'm not THAT short, I'm 5 foot 4, harrumf.

(actually the otehr day in the lift a complete stranger suddenly exclaimed loudly to me OH MY GOD YOU HAVE THE TINEST FEET I HAVE EVER SEEN WHAT SIZE ARE THOSE DOCS THEY ARE SO ADORABLE) :/

Tried very, very hard to want to continue to date tonight's date, who was lovely and friendly and very interesting, but no frisson.

Height as advertised (over 6ft) but sweater could have done with ironing.

Who irons sweaters? Maybe it was a thin sweater.

It was a very thin but very creased sweater. I don't iron sweaters, but I hang them up in a way that - anyway, wow, I am coming across very picky on this thread.

That's ok. I used to date someone who ironed jeans. She is nonetheless a good person.

sweater could have done with ironing

love this

irony?

I need to suggest a bar for happy hour -- Boxcar?

What are you supposed to do when you don't like them like them, but would be happy to hang out with them as friends? Also, I'm running out of days of the week to go on all these dates--maybe I need to be more picky.

What are you supposed to do when you don't like them like them, but would be happy to hang out with them as friends?

― Virginia Plain, Monday, October 3, 2011 7:11 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark

tell them before you meet up

"You remind me of Dad"

Maybe the sweater had been in storage and was folded poorly? I don't really have any sweaters that can go on hangers, they're all weaves and would have horrible pouches on the shoulders where the hangers had been after being on a hanger all summer.

pr0 tip: spray a little febreeze on it and toss it in the dryer on a low setting for about 20 minutes

You're really supposed to fold sweaters rather than hang them although I do both.

gr8080 stop disseminating our pr0 tips, people are gonna figure us out

(you can also throw a damp washcloth and a dryer sheet into the dryer for the same effect

I am the woman who walked around with mud caking her boots all day today without noticing and I renounce criticism of sweaters.

I quietly reactivated my okc acocunt a while ago and I feel vaguely guilty for having done so. It does say "not really looking" but I find myself surreptitiously deleting the "hey so and so is checking our yr profile" emails just in case guy-i'm-vaguely-dating happenes to look over my shoulder at my gmail.

Which is dumb. Hes the one who wanted to dump me/wont commit to anything solid, why am I feeling bad?