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No. 82463

Share your experiences, advice, tips.
What was your cringiest story? Have you had a successful interaction? Do you think dating apps are worth the effort?

No. 82472

>>82463
Clever image.

On topic, though, none of my conversations seem to go anywhere in online dating. Just hellos and we don't share interests and silence.

No. 82474

when i told my male friend i wanted to try using tinder he told most people are on it for sex and not really looking for a serious relationship. he had just broken up with a girl he met there so i'm inclined to believe him

No. 82475

Tinder is awful and a terrible way to meet people. I hated it when I used it. Guys are demanding and cheesy. Things guys actually said to me:

>are you a catfish because you’re too beautiful to be real

>your smile is what I’ve been looking for
>I’m actually further than my profile says, but you’re worth the distance
Etc

Gag me.

No. 82477

i have a kind of funny story about tinder.

>use tinder browsing for guys since OKC is full of sjw trash

>like really "cute" boys rather than manly guys
>most dudes are meh/just want sex
>okay guy pops up and we both swipe
>have a pretty good chat, he lives around me, into similar stuff
>decide to meet up for coffee
>as soon as i get there, realize something is wrong
>the person is a girl, not a dude
>ask if she put male by mistake
>tells me she is ~~genderfluid~~
>tells me she has two profiles one for man and one for woman
>proceeds to tell me she feels like a woman today, but it's okay because she's pan and we can have a les/het relationship
>nope the fuck out of there and get really annoyed because my profile says cis only on it
>fast forward a few months later with new boyfriend (who originally was only looking for casual sex)
>somehow get to talking about the girl
>he apparently met her as well when she was on her girl profile
>she told him that he made her feel like a man when she was with him cause he looks like an uke
>said she would only do gay shit with him no PIV
>he gets annoyed and nopes the fuck out

it was really fucking awkward and really hilarious as well and to this day i still almost don't believe that this chick somehow pulled a bait and switch about her gender to both me and my boyfriend!

No. 82478

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I don't know if this makes me sound dated, but when I was single, one of my OkCupid conversations got legit meme'd. It humored me that some guy thought my banter was so funny he had to share it on plebbit and 4chan.
That was one of my only good memories with the dating app.

As for the bad memories…
I dated and had a few short term boyfriends from OkC, but nobody ever stuck. More often than not, I attracted crazy men. Worst of all, they'd sound completely normal–and looked it too–until I'd meet them in person.
I have stories for you:
1. One guy was a super narcissist and led me on with hot-and-cold tactics that were abusive until I finally told him to fuck off for not taking me seriously. He berated me mercilessly on all my social media for rejecting him and not tolerating his shit anymore.

2. Another guy looked way different than in his photos. He showed up to my place with a pack of beer and intended to get drunk and fuck me. He tried getting me to drink asking 'truth or dare' types of questions, and when I refused further he eventually just started forcing himself on me until I fucked him just so I could get him to go away. The sex was awful and he was gross. At the time I thought I deserved it for not meeting in a public place. I secretly consider that rape but never told a soul and ghosted that guy completely.

3. A guy from my college campus got in touch with me and said he wanted to meet. He was well-liked on campus and was doing student teaching. We hooked up twice and chatted on and off amicably. He invited me over for another visit, but during that time he seemed emotionally unhinged and told me he did something "stupid with a girl." Like he was trying to rally my support and sympathy, but wouldn't elaborate on what it is he had done. Later, I found out he had been sexually engaging with students from the high schools he was placed at and was incarcerated. He's currently serving jail and listed as a sex offender. This implies he sought me out because I wore lolita at the time. Let that skeeve you out.

I'd also have guys lose their collective shit at me because I didn't respond to every "Hey" message in my inbox, or couldn't respond to their messages within 5 minutes. I got pelted with verbal abuses about my appearance and personality even though moments before they gave me compliments. They DEMANDED my attention and reprimanded me if I didn't give it. Like the world's most thinly veiled sour grapes!
Lots of men on there seemed eager to fuck me but very few were interested in legit conversation. I was constantly paranoid of being used for sex, and in some cases, I was 100% correct.

That said, every guy I've dated through 'normie' means (meeting via work, school, public) have been way better than those who I met through an app. Even my current bf who I've been dating for four years I met at a party.

No. 82479

>>82478
Anon, you were raped. There's nothing to consider here. I hope the guy rots in hell. I am so sorry

No. 82480

>>82478
>secretly consider that rape
Well yeah, that’s what that was.

No. 82481

>>82479
>>82480
Thanks for the validation.

That went down a few years before consent discussions really took off in mainstream media.
Had I been honest about it at the time I'm positive locals would have faulted me for inviting the dude over and not explicitly saying no, and after all I didn't say no so it wouldn't have been rape.
I'd have just had buyer's remorse.

And just to give you an idea of how backwards my hometown was: That aforementioned narc? I fell asleep for a nap one day and didn't respond to his text message immediately. He got agitated and called my parent's house phone and threatened our lives in a voicemail. My parents called the cops but the cops refused to investigate because they determined it to be a "lover's quarrel," and my parents went with that because they blamed me for it happening. That shit wouldn't fly today.

So glad I don't live in that area anymore.

No. 82482

Anyone else find it incredibly depressing to browse people on dating apps? Feels like I'm shopping for something. I can never really get anywhere with them.

No. 82483

Have only been on two tinder dates since I got the app a year ago.
First guy was nice, though a little clingy. He waited until our second date to tell me he has a kid. I cut contact after that.

Second guy is everything I have ever wanted in a guy. Interesting, smart but not smug about it, kind, funny, outgoing, quirky in a cute way, and we share hobbies/interests. Only problem is he never really texts me since we went out on our first date. I get one or two messages a day, and he leaves me on read constantly. Every weekend he has asked me out, and so far (we've had three dates now) he seems super interested when we meet in person. He has never tried anything sexual, and we haven't even kissed; but he tries to get to know me and shows genuine interest in what I say.
Last time we went out was last Thursday and he hasn't texted me again since then. So I impulsively deleted his number, because this shit is driving insecure-me crazy ¯\_(ツ)_/ ¯

No. 82484

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I made a tinder recently actually. All my friends have it and insisted I try it at least once. I have only one dude I swiped right on lol. We have nearly everything in common and have been having talking for like two months now. We talk about meeting and how we want to hang out once we can but I'm keeping an arms length emotionally. He's definitely someone I could be with, but I know how it is, so I don't really expect anything and don't really want to start. I don't think it's worth putting in the effort if it's for a real relationship, especially with ghosting being normal nowadays. My friends think it's insane I've kept up talking to the same dude for "so long" without meeting or him dropping off since they go on dates up to three times a week just to get let down. Idk how they do the whole cycle on a regular basis. I personally couldn't handle it and wouldn't want to waste my time so much.

No. 82487

>>82482
Yes. But for me it's more like, I see those - mostly - ugly incel-tier mugs and I feel so sad for myself and for them as well. Like I look down on them but it makes me feel bad, because I know it's not fair, they're often writing very genuine bios etc but all I can see is they're so ugly I can't even consider them.
Dissonance was such a pain I stopped using okc. Also I was bored and tired of it, I chatted with people from other countries mostly, and our only perspective was talking for few days until one stops responding.
I'm left with many screens of funny/cringey convos though so that's nice lol

Never tried tinder, it scared me they want my facebook, phone number and everything and I uninstalled. Idk people say it's mostly for hookup where I live, which I'm not down for. However pretentious OKC could be, fuckboys were more stealthy there I guess, people seemed serious about dating.

No. 82491

>>82482
Yes, it's actually really miserable and confronting imo. As in, it makes me seriously consider my standards, how shallow I might be, what I deserve in a person vs what I'm hoping for, etc. I don't enjoy 'rejecting' so many people in a row, it makes me feel like a shitty person and full of myself, but jesus christ most men look so unappealing when you're scrolling through a bunch of them. It's more obvious on apps than real life that they don't put effort into their looks, they use the most unclear and unflattering photos and look older than they are. I can't judge my own appearance very accurately but at least I do my best to look decent.

No. 82492

>>82487
>fuckboys were more stealthy there I guess
It was simple as fuck to weed them out though.
>create fake profile for a girl in your area
>make it raunchy fuckbait, upload body photos found on internet
>nothing of substance filled out in profile so as to entice vapid males
>see which males respond to the bait profile
>see if they're the same ones who reply to your real profile
There's even bonus entertainment to see if they're the types who simply copy & paste their messages they've sent to other women. Or try to seem really invested in you while knowing they're messaging the same thing to the fake profile.
Interesting shit, I tell ya. I didn't expect some guys to be that way but I'm glad I did it at the time for the fact.

No. 82505

>>82481
Have you posted this story before? I can swear I remember it.
That said, sorry it turned out that way, anon.

No. 82506

>>82491
I completely agree. Half of men's photos are blurry, out of focus, or just really crap shots up their noses while sitting at a desk.

No. 82507

>>82506
Don't forget the gross pictures of them shirtless and flexing their muscles.

No. 82509

>>82505
You probably did, I rant a lot anonymously and it wouldn't surprise me that some stories overlap into different threads. Thanks though.

No. 82513

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I've tried Tinder once, uninstalled it right away.

It's not only full of fuckboys, but all those fuckboys are extremely boring. I don't even know who bothers with Tinder anymore, it's basically a quick hookup app at this point. It feels like an uninspired meat desk full of guys who are "fitness instructors" and "entrepreneurs" who "love hiking and the outdoors" and apparently have a friend with a dog they can all take a picture with. Most of them try too hard to be funny and stick to the same old formula they got off of some male echochamber like r/Tinder or /fit/. Try talking to one of these men and they'll all be vapid, boring sacks of shit who are very obviously just looking to pump and dump you.

I've had better luck sitting on the internet and playing video games. I'm totally serious, at least the few greasy NEETs had something interesting to say every once in a while.

No. 82517

I tried Tinder back in 2014.

I met up with one guy after speaking to a few of them. We met in a bar but he lived down the street from it and it was hard to talk to each other and I think he could pick up on my nervousness and invited me back to his. We had already been talking for 2 weeks so this didn't seem strange I also knew I wasn't going to sleep with him on the first date so if it got sketch I could leave (I drove up and parked my car on the same street, I wasn't going to drink which he knew. I also told my Mum. I was 24 lol). I had weed on me and we had a few smokes and watched a film. We made out but I headed home when his roommates came back from the bar.

We met up one more time and I took him to a favourite spot of mine. I had recently gotten out of a very long term relationship and hadn't had proper sex in years (me and my ex were essentially turned asexual towards each other lol). We were getting pretty hot and heavy and he licked me out. He then tried to stick his dick in me and I asked if he had a condom because I didn't. He said he didn't. I told him to get off then, he was nice enough about it. On the drive back to his he started asking me details about my family. My Dad owns a successful business and he put 2 and 2 together and figured it out. He then started telling me about his large family and how they all have money problems and he wishes he could help them (he worked part time in a hotel bar). He asked me what it was like growing up rich and I had to break the news that my father walked out on me when I was 10.This was when he started making his millions, shockingly he left my mother for a younger woman, who would have thought!? we have a relationship now but he's not going to be buying me a pony anytime soon to right his wrongs. Anyway, on the way back I went through a drive thru because I was high af and hungry, so was he. He didn't have any money on him, but I didn't realise at the time. We both ordered at the window and his order was ridiculous. At the register he told me I could fit the bill, I mean I had just drove him about all night why not spend more money on fuel for him? He just turned me the complete wrong way. It was years ago so I can't remember everything clearly, but it was really gross and off putting how he changed when he found out I may come from money. And then to tell me about his families private money problems as if I was going to get my dad to fix it.

I dropped him home and deleted the app after that, he sent a few texts but I ignored them. He sent one final one saying "I get it." Oh yea and just remembered he gushed on and on about his ex (who was in one of his tinder profile pics) and it was just like… ok? He was no where near hot enough to think a rich woman was going to take care of him and his mess of a family.

No. 82533

I recently signed up to tinder because since leaving uni the pool of guys has dried up a little and I wanted to expand my horizons.

I'm already sick of it. I'm tired of the expectation that we meet and fuck. I said I was looking to get to know somebody before considering a relationship and yet people still swipe and talk to me with the expectation that we hook up within 24 hours.

I'm mad that friendzoning became a meme because I'm a girl that likes to be friends with a guy before considering a relationship yet they all assume it's over if I suggest hanging out platonically or just chatting.

What's the alternative to this bullshit nowadays?

No. 82534

I met my bf on tinder, and we are just approaching our 3 year anniversary. The first time he messaged me and I could barely hold a conversation with him (I was new to the online dating scene) When he messaged me originally he was pooping. The second time he messaged me, he was also pooping while looking through his tinder messages. he saw me, remembered he last talked to me while pooping and the struck up another convo with me. i asked him out for coffee and 3 years later, we have our own place and are proud parents of a cat and snake! I will definitely tell the tinder pooping story at our wedding some day

No. 82536

>>82533
You can maybe join a club of some sort and meet people there ? At least they will share an interest with you right from the start.

There's always alternatives to technologies we didn't have before, good luck anon !

No. 82540

>>82507
That's far better than a distant shot of them in ski gear or something, I want to actually see a clear shot of what they look like.

No. 82542

>>82513
>love hiking and the outdoors
Oh my god, what the FUCK is it with men online and hiking? 99% of men on the internet love it even though I've met barely anyone who likes it irl. I often see it used to justify not wanting fat girls. Like, "I live an active lifestyle and I need a girl who can keep up on hikes!". Not saying there's anything wrong with wanting a fit girl but just admit it instead of pretending to love hiking so much it dictates your taste in women.

No. 82547

>>82542
imo it means they don't have any real regular hobbies so they think of things that they enjoy doing a few times a year and put that as their hobby. girls also put traveling and hiking a lot despite rarely doing either for this same reason

No. 82548

>>82547
lol true, that's why I put hiking, I could hardly put "browse anon boards to trash talk people all day"

No. 82563

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I tried using tinder for about 8 months last year and finally gave it up, thank god.

Like >>82478 I seemed to attract a lot of crazy dudes, even though I tried to be pretty picky with swiping. I've been in two relationships with guys I met on tinder and both of them turned out to be really fucking scary. I also went on a couple dates with this completely normal guy in between aforementioned awful relationships and I had a good time with him, but I was so fucked up from what had happened from the first one I think I scared him, though that was not the explanation he gave. He was super sweet about the rejection, though, and we're friends on social media and interact occasionally.

I'm not sure if I was just unwittingly tolerating crazy behavior because I didn't have a good frame of reference for what relationships are supposed to be like, or if it was because I had a hard time saying no so guys who pushed my boundaries by asking for my number or snapchat or asking to meet up, so pushy guys got through to me the easiest.

Honestly, I'm never going to use another dating app ever again in my life. I know this was a boring post because I didn't really go into detail but it fucked me up and it's harder to talk about than I realized.

I believe I was coerced into sex with the first dude, and I finally got out of the second relationship after I stopped believing that he was going to kill himself if I left him.

Pic is something the second boyfriend sent me kek he hated women so much and loved browsing pol. I immediately called him out because the outsiders was written by SE Hinton when she was A TEENAGER! a teenage girl! My life became all about little victories like that and I fucking hated it.

No. 82570

i had met with three in the past couple of years on that app.

1. First guy seemed interested in me for about a month and claimed he was looking for a relationship. we even added each other on social media after we met. something bad life-related thing happened to me and guy said he would support me and help me get through a problem. The very next day, he ghosted and blocked my social media and every form of communication. found out through a mutual friend that he was seeing multiple girls on tinder and doing the same thing. also discovered that he chose another girl the day i got blocked. the girl he chose eventually got pregnant and abandoned by him as of now. definitely dodged a bullet there

2. Another 'looking for relationship' guy. This guy was, personality-wise, my type. But, he was average looking and intimidated by me. Even after we matched he would get nervous speaking to me in person. We communicated with each other mainly through messenger almost every day. I never went on official dates with him except for meeting him on campus (we went to the same college). This went on for almost two years. We ended up becoming good friends. until a year ago, he told me he was seriously pursuing another girl. i didn't mind that and wished him good luck! he cut contact with me after becoming this girl's bf. haven't heard back from him in a year since.

3. Matched with a semi-well known youtuber with a couple of million subscribers. It was his real Tinder profile and everything. Unfortunately, he never responded back to my messages :(

No. 82571

>>82570
*matched and mostly met

No. 82572

I've been using OkCupid for a while now and actually met my last boyfriend on it who I ended up dating for about a year. I like it better than Tinder and similar apps because I feel I can get a better idea of what the person is like and what their values are. However since my ex and I broke up a year ago I haven't been able to find anyone I'm interested in. Most of the messages I receive are super low effort and while I've come across some decent profiles, there's always inevitably some dealbreaker (them wanting kids is a big one). I know part of it is my fault for being picky as hell but it gets depressing after a while.

No. 82574

>>82563
i'm raging a few of these are my honest to god favorite movies.

i'm just a sucker for movies where the main character starts out miserable due to being an insignificant cog in a corrupt machine and then snaps and starts living for themselves and determining the course of their own lives and is willing to risk it all for that independence. it's not my fault that main character is usually male. does anyone know any movies like that with female leads? there's so many movies with that basic character arc and i love to identify with it and live vicariously through it lol

No. 82581

>>82572
Iktf anon, OkCupid got really shitty out of nowhere

No. 82582

>>82563
>women don't connect as strongly with hyper masculine main characters who dominate entire movies as well as men do
>women's roles are often trivialized and ridiculed in these movies
>"women just don't get it bro"

truly ~shocking~ I must say

No. 82584

>>82542
Holy Crap I didn't realize it until you said it but all the "I love the outdoors/mountains/keep up on hikes" crap is 100% code for no fatties. I always got annoyed reading that (despite my 19 BMI) because I don't like physical exercise and outdoor shit. Wonder if they realize you can have lazy (or ill, I am both) skinny girls too

No. 82587

My bad dating experiences are equally shared across real-life meetings (work, bar) and online sites, meaning forums and dating sites. All different types of guys too. I'm aware it takes two to tango, the first meetings were often enjoyable but bearing in mind effort expended = result + weird bad things that happened afterwards = bad

After each date and each (short) relationship, I got more and more put off, (see: all you guys' experiences for reference) but instead of repeating that, I will list annoying and interesting things about the behavior of guys on the platform(s) itself.

Specific memorable things:
>Guy who looked like Jeremy Irons. Sent a copypasta message. Viewed profile. As soon as he saw I viewed the profile I got a message with his (large) dicc measurement. I ignored.
>VERY attractive guy who just had a hookup profile feat: his face and his dicc. Kept getting the profile deleted, remaking it, and viewing and messaging me every time. Also apparently also had a huge dicc. Ignored
>The guy who negged me when I updated my profile with a shorter haircut (other pic had extensions). Blocked.
>The trans boy who (this was many years ago and I was naïve to these issues) who I thought would appreciate a message from me saying I guessed they were a girl. (I thought this was a great compliment). Catfight ensued, had to block.
>My friend and housemate separately dating and being really keen on guys who'd messaged me and I'd totally ignored (both guys were big letdowns for my friends in different ways)
>The guy who said I can pay for his drinks because "he's a feminist". I am not a feminist myself so he was just being a jerk.
>Saw one person (a trans woman) I recognised ON LOLCOW many years after the fact. I guess they kept cycling through the same photos. (it was bumped a few months ago)
>The guy who called me while drunk a whole year after attaining my number on chat but never meeting. Called me by my fake psuedonym name which is how I knew where he got the number

General annoying things:
>Guys messaging you with specific dates and times to meet (usually within the next 12 hours) without discussing with you first. Sometimes after days or weeks of silence. Ignored
>Guys getting upset when you don't reply within the hour
>See also: trying/hassling for phone number or chat apps "I don't know how to use this, let's move to _____"
>Nice looking guys who are extremely extremely dull. I think it is because they've had nice lives without challenge. Usually blonde guys were like this.
>Decent young guys who are too immature to meet but seem alright otherwise
>Guys randomly telling you they just came back from holiday
>People asking for your location and job within the first few messages when you didn't ask him.
>"Any plans for the weekend?"
>Catfishers/Liars/weirdos
>Fuccbois pretending they want relationships
>Guys who go WAY TOO FAR for the lay. You wouldn't believe the lengths some of these guys would go. It's honestly baffling
>Shitty generic profiles
>Profiles that only mention what THEY want which is always hella specific
>No alt guys
>Any slightly alt guys were ex escorts, in poly relationships or into Weird Shit which they went into great detail about on their profiles


Nice things: 1000s of "likes" from unknown sources bc I'm not paying for a subscription
-All the guys who had nice intelligent conversations with me including about sci-fi and AI/robots
Topless shirt guys who actually have personalities. I chatted to a few of these but you can't trust a topless pic guy
-If you go on there during "celebration days" e.g christmas, new year, etc you get tons of messages wishing you happy Christmas etc. Men are also most active on these times (presumably because they have some time off work and remember they're single/relatives remind them)

I spent a long time on these sites but hardly ever agreed to meet, and the few I DID meet were, well, see intro. It just got worse and worse

No. 82588

>>82584
Kek yeah it bothers me too, I do indoor sports so the way people glorify the outdoors as a paragon of physical activity and health is annoying. I sure as fuck don't consider excessive sun exposure beneficial to my looks or health.

Plus my body is mediocre and I know that my frequent exercise means jack shit if my body doesn't reflect the fit and toned body they're angling for in reality.

No. 83499

Someone knows/has tried any dating apps like these but for lesbians/bi-women?

Basically somewhere where you can focus on dating women, bonus points if they have some kind of system so dudes can't bother you at all.

I know this is lulzcow and I'm probably wasting my time for asking about lezzie stuff but hey, can't blame a girl for trying.

No. 83508

>>83499
The app Her is pretty active even in my shitty small town. There's a few trannies but I haven't encountered any obvious dudes or couples.

No. 83611

I originally joined OkCupid to make new friends. I was so lonely since all of my friends were busy in college and I dropped out because I wanted to move out of my parent's house ASAP.

I found two people through OkCupid, one is my most recent ex and the other is my current boyfriend who I've been dating for over 3 years.
My ex was the worst person. I had an intensely traumatic experience with them. I dated them for almost two years.
I'm honestly surprised I found my boyfriend on the same site a few months after I broke it off with my ex, who is a million times better than my ex.

I think the most successful thing I have to say with dating websites is don't be serious and treat your profile like a joke you want to show off to your friends. That'll give your potential partner the true and genuine you right off the bat. Anybody who doesn't understand it isn't worth it.

When my ex messaged me, I was serious. I laid out every "interesting" thing the profile asked me and it was really generic.
I was literally role playing as Charles Barkley when my boyfriend messaged me for the first time.

No. 83621

My one real date was some guy I met on tinder who was a grad student and seemed fairly compatible with me. He paid for my dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant and then tried hooking up with me. I left and he ghosted. Oh well. Otherwise I used it mostly to get free food from dates. There was one guy who I actually saw multiple times. Wonder what happened to him.

>>82472
You need to make plans and see each other in person. I don't get people who want to talk for ages and then are surprised nothing happens.

No. 83633

>>83621
>Otherwise I used it mostly to get free food from dates
I don't get people who do this. Nevermind the lack of character, why seat through a date knowing you have no intentions of taking it further?

No. 83634

>>83633
they literally just said they do it for the free food, what more of an excuse do you need

No. 83635

>>83634
Yeah but it's not like guys take you to the fanciest places on first dates ime, it's just ain't worth it unless you're homeless or a cunt. I definitely get the idea behind it tho, was only amazed at the shamelessness of it all.

No. 83637

>>83633
I get why they do it, but I personally cannot stand bad dates and no dinner is worth the displeasure of someone's company when I find them annoying/awkward.

Then again I have money so I don't need anyone paying for my food to begin with.

No. 83638

>>83637
Yes exactly, I think the awkwardness that radiates off the average man on a date is not worth it for the chance of freebies

Also I feel really guilty if guys buy me stuff. Mostly guys have bought me drinks and when I'm busy/happy I don't think about money so I forget to pay them back. I will usually pay for most of my stuff and then forget the last drink I had or whatever

The money thing I hate so much, I wish just hanging out in parks or libraries or something were considered to be acceptable dates. Just want to get to know someone without racking up a tab in the background

No. 83651

>>83635
Sometimes guys do. I read about a guy who took his date to Nobu. She ordered a super expensive bottle of champagne while he was in the bathroom, like $100. He still wanted to ask her out on another date.

I never ordered anything extravagant, and I always provided guys with my attention for the entire time. I feel like that's what guys pay for female attention.

>>83637
I didn't mind it. I like talking to people in general, and I've had some fun stories. I had a decent amount of money then, but I wanted to eat out more without paying that much.

No. 83655

I had Tinder for like a week then deleted it, earlier this year. I put on my bio that it takes me a while to trust people and open up to them. To also keep things respectful, this weeded out a lot of crappy guys :) even the guys that wanted a hook up were respectful about it apart from one.
I usually didn't swipe on guys that had shirtless pics, a drink in their hand, unflattering angles, their height in their bio or anything relating to sex maybe that helped too.

I only met up with one guy and went out with him for a couple of months! It was an overall good experience even though it didn't end well (he started to ignore me, until he told me the truth eventually). I didn't expect much really, but he was like my ideal guy patient, funny, caring (when we were dating at least), not pushy/perverted or controlling and didn't mind me being shy/awkward. I made like two platonic friends from Tinder as well though we don't talk anymore.

Yeah a lot of the guys are on there for sex, but you'll never know what's out there. I felt bad for rejecting guys especially ones that super liked me.

No. 83656

>>83655
What was the truth? I’m curious

No. 83657

>>83656
He said he couldn't care about me anymore because he had visa issues.

No. 83791

My issue is that I'm really photogenic and look better in pics than IRL. Yes it sounds ridiculous. But I look a lot thinner in my pics than IRL, and I'm paranoid if I meet up with a guy he'll be grossed out and shit. What do I doooo

No. 83794

>>83791
Ha. I have the exact opposite issue. I look like a balloon in all pictures. I might really be one is what scares me.

No. 83810

>>83791
Hah, same! I feel like I unintentionally catfish because I'm skinny from the ribs up but I'm so chubby in more important areas. My reverse camera has a filter you literally cannot remove that smooths out your skin, and my skin literally goes from hideous and nice depending on lighting. I tend to use slightly ugly pics and unflattering full body shots to lower expectations. No idea if it works.

No. 83878

>>83499
>>83508

Came into this thread to ask about this same thing…

What if you don't have Facebook? I thought you needed an account to use the HER app, but I don't want to give in to the zucc.

I found OKC very frustrating because it's full of Justin Bieber baby dykes, SJWs, and the worst part, couples looking for a third. They always make the profile under the girl so they can get the drop on you when you ask not to be seen by heterosexuals.

No. 84119

I've got an afternoon park date with a real qt I met on Tinder. Any advice? I've never had a real date off tinder before and he's really good looking (chatted a bunch on instagram) and I don't want to screw it up

No. 84126

>>84119
Park date sounds weird, make sure you research cafes and bars in the area to go to as well (or if there are places to get food/drink I'm the park)

I find I get bored unless there's something to do or see. Or you can bring something for you both to eat+drink with you/go to the shop with them before the park.

I really like sitting in the park drinking something, but without the distraction of food+drink I go on people-watch mode and can't relax as much.
Also doesn't really matter if they are cute or not, personality is everything so focus on that

No. 84311

Does anyone feel weird if you run into people from tinder? At the mall or event etc. Like any kind of guy whether you went on a few dates or only exchanged a few messages and ghosted each other. Or sometimes I worry that I’ll match with a friend of my previous match and then they’ll start to talk about me. Or maybe they’ll argue because guy friends don’t date the same girl or some other social rule. I worry I’m going to be like “that hoe from tinder who matched with my whole peer group”. I’m probably looking into it too much lol.

No. 84363

Using Tinder now because OkC is literally trying to be a more complex Tinder. (Sad since I was more comfortable messaging people without liking them, now I'm forced to like Tinder.) I also got curious and decided to spend the $14 for Tinder Gold to see who likes me and look for matches in different locations. Seeing that I have at the moment 200+ guys who like me makes it easier for me to choose who to match with along with the usual swipe right/left. Once I go back to school, I'll probably pay for it again since I'll get more results because I'll be near a city.

Despite knowing who likes me (or the types of guys who likes me) I have yet to go on a date from my matches since either the convos go nowhere or those who just want a lay… I'll remain hopeful for the rest of the month while my Tinder Gold sub lasts to find a nice date.

No. 84371

>>84119
My first date with my bf was ice cream and the park, we got the ice cream first and then went to the park, walked around it and sat on the swings for hours telling stories. I agree with the other anon to get some sort of food or drink so you have a bit of an ice breaker, and if conversation goes well then initiate a walk around the park. If there is a river or anything you can go down by it and skip rocks or something…
I’ve always found parks a nice first date spot because there are things to explore together!
Getting food or a drink is kind of the warm up, if the date goes bad you can leave when ur all done eating!
Don’t over think it anon, just be yourself and relax and have fun!

No. 84514

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>>82563
>Johnny got his gun
Literal communist propaganda
What an atrocious list, a breakup was too good for him
Should have hanged him instead.

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Met my ex on OkCupid. We were together 5 years. Relationship was 2/10 overall.

>lies to me for months about his interests, goals for the future, and essentially who he is as a person

>drops the act almost immediately after we declare ourselves official
>we still have enough in common that I stick it out and try to make things work
>he's completely unsupportive of me, never wants to spend time together, refuses to communicate and blames all of the relationship issues on me
>we have a dead bedroom, which apparently is entirely my fault too, even though I'm the only one trying to come up with ways to spice things up
>he'd "redpilled," so I'm expected to do all the cooking and cleaning, conform to gender roles 24/7, and am sure to be reminded that "women have always had it way easier than men" if I ever complain
>eventually convince him to start going to therapy with me
>we're barely three months in before he flips shit and dumps me out of nowhere
>starts bringing around some slut he met on /pol/ before I'm even moved out of the apartment
>it's been two days since we broke up
>claims it's not a rebound, but also totally wasn't cheating on me and/or planning to get with her after breaking up with me
>lmao okay pal
>find out later they only lasted a month and don't even talk now
>dude's almost 30 and still spending all his free time in 4chan discords complaining about how women and society are against white men
>i'm in the best relationship of my life and we fuck every day
>mfw

Before meeting my current bf, I gave tinder a shot for a couple of months. Ended up going out with a dude who attempted BDSM-play with me literally 20 minutes into the date. Another dude was nice, but clearly unstable and not actually interested in anything long-term.

Long story short, I don't think normal people use dating apps. At best, you can expect meaningless, consensual sex out of them.

No. 84553

used a japanese dating site and tinder.

met my 2 ex bfs from tinder. they were super weird. I broke up with them shortly

dating site

only guys who wants sex or doesn't show up

thinking about doing a dating app break

No. 84579

I'm too shy to get to know a guy 'irl' and live in such a remote area that there are literally only a handful of guys on tinder and bumble who live close to me… Fuck my life.

No. 84600

It feels so weird making up some bland profile thing that I see everywhere. My interests are bland/niche on the dating sites and no one talks about anything I want to. It all feels so fake.

No. 84966

Why are men so god awful at taking/picking photos of themselves? I see a lot of profiles where they look like a completely different person in each photo, some being hideous and some being cute. They really need to step their selfie game up and stop using (presumably) old or inaccurate photos. I'm so disinclined to actually meet anyone in case they look more like the ugly photos.

No. 84973

>>84966
Usually they only slightly resemble their photos, not necessarily worse, just different. Most use set photo ideas: Someone else's dog/pet/child to look "kind", sporty pic, pic in a suit, holiday pic. They are maybe all from different times as he tries to fill the quota. Older men tend to use 5 year old pics as if nothing has changed.
I wouldn't take the photos too seriously and just focus on the dialogue between you both.

No. 85030

>>84966
lol it makes them seem clueless about what's attractive in a man, big turnoff for me. I like guys who know how to take a good photo of themselves because it means they have some idea of how to be hot and might not mind being a little objectified. As long as it's not some male instathot level shit.

I'd rather a guy be a little on the arrogant/vain side than the type to stumble around all 'is this ok? what about this?'

No. 85079

I just spent the last two weeks testing the waters on Tinder/OkCupid and it was so disappointing. I don't know what other girl's profiles look like, but are they all this formulaic as well?

Picture of them:

>In a suit

>Doing some sort of extreme/adrenaline sport
>Rock climbing
>Posing with a dog (ALL OF THEM)
>Ex-girlfriend cropped out (poorly)
>In a group so you can't tell which one they are
>In a foreign country so you know they like travelling
>Poorly lit front-camera selfie from below
*BONUS >Pic of them playing an instrument

Then more than half of these have no bio or it just says "Like what you see? Message me." Ughhhh.

No. 85081

>>84966
so many guys never take photos of themselves. ive seen many men on tinder whose only photos are ones that were obviously taken by an ex girlfriend and they just crop her out or zoom in

No. 85100

>>85079
From what I hear, girls profiles are just as formulaic (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskMen/comments/5vxmtu/what_are_you_sick_of_seeing_in_womens_profiles_on/). Men seem to adapt to what girls like to the point it turns into a cliche ("I only swiped right for your dog" -> overemphasis on their dog, something about wanting a guy over 6ft -> "6'2 because apparently that matters").

I think most people are just basic as fuck and it's extremely evident when you're swiping through loads of them at a time. Too bad I hate all the extreme, outdoorsy sports every man claims to like and don't give a shit about anyone's pets but mine.

No. 85164

>>84966
I don't mean to discourage you, but I met a total qt online and met him irl and he was missing teeth and had a face full of acne, really put me off online dating

No. 85210

TINDR DATING BINGO SHEET PLEASE

No. 85264

>>85100
>Too bad I hate all the extreme, outdoorsy sports every man claims to like and don't give a shit about anyone's pets but mine.

Ugh, same! I'm not into that and I feel like most of the guys who post that aren't into it either. Just be a normal fucking person with an actual personality, I'm not gonna swipe right on someone if I think their lifestyle is much more active than my own anyway.

>>85164
Lmao! What do people think is gonna happen when they do this? I once heard that you should use pics that are actually slightly less attractive than you are in real life, but I guess that doesn't work as well for men since there's so much competition.

No. 85275

>>85081
how do you take good photos of your self? im a girl but i never take selfies or anything since im so unphotogenic. i think ive only taken a cute photo of myself one time my entire life and i had to put the dog filter from snapchat over it

No. 85285

>>85275
>i never take selfies or anything
How do you expect to learn without taking selfies? You don't magically get good at it, you practice it like any other skill.

No. 85684

>>82463
I met a dude on tinder a few weeks ago. He was average but cute. We had very similar interests and hit it off I think! So we added another on different social media. We talked for like a week straight. I was really OTD happy about it and honestly I probably fucked it up because I got too clingy to the point that I am embarrassed even thinking about it. I kind of rushed into trying to learn more about him, asking a lot of questions. And I was way too forward with talking him how much I liked him. I wasn't trying to dive into a relationship, but I really complimented him way too much and came off as way to happy. I have really bad abandonment issues so I didn't want him to ghost me. But I messed it up by being too desperate. :/

We met IRL once but I felt like it was very awkward and I felt like he hated me. But directly afterward he texts me that it was fun?

Fuck…..anyway he randomly stopped reading and responding after a week so guess that's that. He's not offline either. I think he just ghosted me? I don't get why he still follows me though. Feels bad. I feel really embarrassed. I have really really bad attachment issues and I hate how clingy I am when I meet someone I think likes me.

No. 85697

>>85684
Men you have to play mind games with aren't worth it, anon. I get that there's a line (mentioning marriage in the first few dates), but being curious about a guy and saying you like him shouldn't be a huge turn off. It's a compliment!

Men that "love the chase" are to be left for women who also enjoy those games, since chances are you'll never be compatible. It's nothing wrong with you, you're just forward and blunt. There are definitely men out there who would appreciate that.

No. 85699

>>85684
>>85697

I am exactly like you anon and I can speak from experience that a right person (who's into you as much as you are into them) will not find you needy or clingy. Instead of playing retarded games, you will get to know each other. Unless you are spamming them while they ignore you or propose on the first date there is nothing wrong with you. Your eagerness might seem like a curse at the moment but trust me, it's a great gift. It will pull in the right one and make less serious people fuck off (interested in ONS etc).

No. 86217

I met my ex on OkCupid. We were together for about four years. We were extremely compatible but he was immature.

I've only used Tinder briefly. I mentioned an artist in my profile (I wanted to find people who liked similar stuff) and pretty much every guy who messaged me said "wow, I've never known anyone else who knows them". They all seemed like they mythologize women and treat them like shit. I just want a nice person who likes the same stuff as me.

No. 86221

>>86217
Many people on tinder use it for a quick fuck so that was probably a retarded way they used to try and fuck you and they probably didn't care that much about you or your interest. If you're looking for a genuine relationship I would say skip tinder.

No. 86255

>>85699
disagree
at the beginning don't be too clingy.

No. 86265

Is super liking a guy creepy if you seem to have interests in common? I heard that some girls are put off by it, but dating apps are harder for guys so maybe they'd be flattered??

No. 86268

>>86265
Idk what you’re even saying? Of course it’s fine to be interested in someone based on similar interests just dont be a creep

No. 86341

>have 0 friends
>live alone

Is it even worth it or am I gonna be murdered? Anyone signed up for Tinder in a similar situation?

No. 86359

>>86268
I meant the super like function on Tinder instead of just swiping right

No. 86834

I'm texting with a guy for 1 month now.
Everyday two or more messages. we called once.
He ignores my questions sometimes. He often reads my messages but doesn't answer
Today I've called him and he was weird because his "friend" died. So after 1 minute i hung up.
2 hours later he texted me "yeah because his friend died and he is busy with a lot of things he can't write and he will write again when he got more time"
sounds like bullshit to me
smells like excuses.. I'm thinking about deleting him
what do you think?

No. 86837

>>86834
>barely talks to you
>leaves you on read
>giving you excuses

stop tolerating him and find someone else that'll cherish your time.

No. 86838

>>86837
thank you
we wrote everyday a few times but I deleted him

No. 86852

>>82513
>I don't even know who bothers with Tinder anymore, it's basically a quick hookup app at this point.

Tinder has and always will be a "quick hookup app." What ever gave you girls the impression otherwise?

t. male interloper(USER HAS BEEN PUT OUT TO PASTURE)

No. 86861

Recently matched with a guy and we met up right away to see a movie since I had mentioned not seeing it. I've been talking to this other guy but he wasn't in town so I thought it wouldn't be bad. Obviously we didn't converse a lot and he wasn't as talkative in person.
The other day he sends me a snap "went on a date with a girl who hasn't texted me back feels bad" and I wasn't sure how to respond so just said "don't worry there's plenty of girls"
Next day I realized he unfriended me on snapchat. I'm still confused because even though I hadn't gotten around to plan another date in ~2 weeks we still snapped each other so I didn't think he was referring to me but maybe he was?

No. 86862

Dating apps suck because every single one of them is designed to present the women to the men to sort through instead of allowing users to match with each other based on any kind of meaningful criteria.

When's the last time any woman signed up for a dating app that didn't make you swipe yes/no for every single guy before it let you see anyone else? Exactly. Then the search feature filters are usually hidden behind a paywall so you can't even filter out guys you know you aren't interested in (location/ethnicity/etc).

Every dating app is designed to show men as money women as possible while throttling the women's ability to pick and choose without paying for it. Bumble, the "dating app for women" isn't much better, the only difference between that and Tinder is that the women have to take the first move and hardly any men use it who aren't already too passive to message women first.

No. 86866

I've had a few plans to meet guys after matching but only two or three made it to irl meeting before I ghosted all of them.
First guy is a embarrassing memory bc I was really into him and he had a cheapass phone thus never messaging which made me feel like shit. I thought it was romantic that our first meeting at starbucks he brought roses but looking at it now I just cringe. The worst part was we both worked in the same chain of grocery stores so all my supervisors knew who he was. It was funny because not long after I ghosted him, one of my supervisors told me he left to go back to his hometown they all just go "What did you do to make him leave??"

The second guy was weirder in person but I didn't say much, thought it was odd he never offered to pay for the small food we would first get. Second meetup we went back to my apartment, watched some anime and then hooked up which is still my only experience. I stopped before 3rd base though, he went to jack off in my bathroom and left. He texted me a week later and I never responded. What really sucked was he would regularly shop at the store I worked at and I would literally drop whatever I was doing and go hide because I was so embarrassed.
So moral of my stories, don't date people who live close to where you work when you work in retail.

No. 86871

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im new to posting so please don’t yell at me too much lol

I’m 24 years old and I’ve never been in a relationship. I’ve been with guys but I’ve never been given the title of girlfriend and I’m super scared I never will. I held out on trying to find a relationship after being strung along for a 3rd time. I held out for almost 2 years when my friend out of the blue convinced me to redownload dating apps with her and scout for cute boys. I was reluctant yet bored so I downloaded tinder and bumble. I didn’t really use tinder a lot because I just get automatic bad vibes from that app so I focused all o my attention on bumble. Since I wasn’t taking it seriously I started asking stupid questions to whatever cute guys I matched with to see if they’d respond to the stupidity and I was shocked to find that most did. Including the guy that I’m talking too atm. Since I wasn’t taking him seriously I wasn’t nervous texting him or afraid of what to type next so the convo flowed smoothly. He asked me if I had. a snap but I didn’t give it to him because fuck these niggas and their clout lol. (I gave it to him later lol) while I was in the br my friend took it upon herself to post a random photo of pornstars fucking and because I was so embarrassed I deleted our whole text convo including his number but I forgot to block him. So he ends up responding with a funny joke and I apologize profusely. Much to my surprise he kept taldking to me which I found kinda cute. He keeps insisting that we meet up soon and I suggest we go bowling since he’s only gone once as a child. Again I wasn’t taking him serious I was just passing time. So the day comes for us to hang out and I completely flake on him because I was getting my hair done and I found out he lives in a completely different county. When I told him I couldn’t make it he seemed genuinely sad and I felt really bad so I rescheduled for 2 days later which we did end up meeting. He was so sweet even though I was like 3 hrs late (longer story) and when we went bowling he asked me questions about myself and my life and he genuinely seemed interested in getting to know me which is something I never experienced (sad I know lol). He was also super fine and fit and had a beautiful smile after the date we go back to his place to watch a movie but of course we end up making out instead. He was such a good. kisser. Luckily I had my period so we only made out but I ended up sleeping over because he lives so far away. He kissed me goodbye and he ended up driving out of his way to see me like 2 days later. Fast forward to now and he still is the sweetest guy I’ve ever talked to but we never see each other and he has moved back home with his parents because they are divorcing and I know he’s busy with work but he legit never makes time for me. And if he does it’s weeks down the line because he has a huge group of friends who he hangs out with every weekend and he works all week. Which is totally understandable but it sucks. And on top of that I told him what my feelings for him are and while he agreed to feeling the same why he said that he is super indecisive and it took him a whole year to ask out his first girlfriend because he’s just bad at making decisions or whatever. Which is cute but I don’t have a year to wait I’m only getting older. The next time we hang out I plan on telling him that I don’t want to be strung along anymore. But I’m scared of what he might say. Should I just be patient and be myself or should I rip the bandaid off and give him an ultimatum? Sorry this is so long btw

No. 86872

>>86871
Sorry for my spelling mistakes it’s hard to type this stuff on a phone 😂

No. 86876

>>86871
I know this is a fast reply but I clicked your sailor moon on image on the main page haha.
I'm in exactly the same situation! I'm 25 now and have never had one either. I was strung along for three years by someone who I stupidly was in love with and who treated me so badly. Other than him the only guys I ever like just want to hook up or are legit horrible to me or don't care about me.
I met someone recently too but I'm too scared to hook up with him because I'm afraid it will be the same way. It seems no matter what they say or do in the beginning it's impossible to predict. And this guy has talked to me in the sweetest way unlike anyone has ever before but I still expect it to end horribly. I actually felt so weird about it and how things were happening because its never worked like this for me before and so suddenly and it makes me nervous.
I should follow my own advice but if I were you I'd keep him on the back burner and still keep in contact while trying to talk to other people too, just in case. I guess that's what I'm trying to do in a way anyway.

No. 86880

I downloaded Tinder recently and I'm surprised. It feels too easy? Too good to be true? I'm mainly looking for a relationship but don't know if I can resist the temptation with all these cute guys.

No. 86881

>>86871
>>86876

You both just need to be more up front with what you want. If you want a relationship with the guy, say so. If you're scared of being lead on, then hold out on sex. If he doesn't make it official or at least hint at it before he starts pushing to fuck, he's a flake.

Guys are easy to read when you stop focusing on yourself and your insecurities, it sounds simole because it is. You know that corny saying that if you thing negative thoughts, negative shit will happen? It's got some truth to it. If you approach the guy you're interested in like you're his dream girl, he will respond to it. This guy obviously wants something from you, if he was willing to put up with a 3 hoir delay and travel to another county to see you, and asking you questions about yourself is a good sign too. Ask him what he's looking for and if he wants a GF, and if he says anything along the lines of "try it out/see what happens", drop him. Guys will say this shit when they want to lead you into bed hoping you'll think it will lead to a relationship, but if a guy wants to fuck you before getting involved with you then thats all he wants anyway.

No. 86883

>>86880
>I want a relationship
>I downloaded Tinder

The robot upthread was right, Tinder is for hookups. Thats why the premise is swiping instead of matchinf based on common interests. Tinder is 100% superficial.

No. 86884

>>86883
Ok, but I'm not against some fun either. It just feels too good to be true.

No. 86885

>>86884
I wasn't trying to hate, anon, I just hate seeing girls go starry eyed over Tinder fuckbois who break their hearts by leading them on. Its fine to have fun, but dont go chasing hookups expecting a happily ever after. If it seems too good to be true, something's probably up. Just guard yourself is all!

No. 86900

Used a dating website that only exists in my country a few years ago. I got two dates out of it.

First guy seemed alright but I could sense something underneath, some kind of eagerness/pride that was not entirely healthy. When I told him I didn't want to meet him again after two dates he exploded and ranted that the interesting girls never gave him a chance, that two dates were not enough to know him and that I owed him another one. He had told me that he had ditched many girls after first date because they were not cute/interesting enough and that I was special (another red flag), so I countered with 'how about all those girls you didn't give a chance to?' That effectively shut it up. TL;DR the guy was borderline redpill/PUA fan and riddled with insecurities. I fancy I could sense it even before he got mad at being rejected.

Second guy had a lot in common with me and used dating sites because shy geek. He was educated, presented well and we got on nicely. We dated for 10 months but actually should have stayed friends, because that's mostly what we were. He was way too immature to handle a relationship, never took the lead, sulked like a kid and had massive psychological/family issues he refused to solve. He was also terribly awkward and forced himself to be humorous and sociable, which was at best painful to witness. It was so bad I started resenting him for it. I broke up with him and got cursed at by his friends (whom I had met many times) which, you know, is always nice.

After that I left the website and never returned. A year or so later Tinder became big and I tried it out of curiosity.

I got a date with a guy who would 'pay for one drink but not more'. The friend that was with him at the bar (it was a last minute meet) was nicer than him lmao. The guy I was meeting was trying to project this wealthy and manly persona but the little middle-class boy hiding behind the facade was obvious. I finished my drink asap and as I set to leave and he asked to sleep at my place because his was too far. I laughed at his face and bid goodbye to his friend.

Then I moved to another country and after swiping left on a mountain of fuckboys, incels and overall pitiful men, I found the profile of someone who had the same interests as me again. He was not the type of person I usually date (ok, he was Asian and had never dated outside of my race) but my only standard is having a unique, kind-looking face and he did so I swiped right. Well, it was a great match. We turned out to be so identical in some aspects of our personalities that we can guess why the other reacts so and solve problems before they even arise. We are on opposite sides for other things but match for the important stuff like values and long-term goals so it's all good.

We've been together for more than a year and it's awesome, all of my past relationships, stemmed from online means or otherwise, look ridiculously shit in comparison. You CAN find adjusted, interesting people on Tinder. You just have to accept to wade through the shit first and take a gamble here and there.

(This got so fucking long I'm so sorry.)

No. 86952

>>86881
I'm second anon. I wish I could just have sex with him cause obviously everyone wants to have sex and its nice. It sucks to have to hold out just because men are dumb and won't communicate unless you communicate first. I've definitely learned my lesson though.
I always hear girls getting into relationships after being friends with benefits though, it just never happens with me. Risking it doesn't sit right with me anymore, though. And I don't know how often that actually happens.

>>86885
My motto now is just not to trust anybody no matter what they do or say! You have to know someone for a while before actually getting to know them. Also "everyone is nice until they're not". Can't even follow other people's opinions about a guy you know and ask about them because I've discovered the way they treat girls is soooooo 100% different from who they are to everyone else. Every time! Just cause they're a "nice guy" doesn't mean they won't treat you like shit! Be cautious!

>>86900
Like this anon and there is someone I know who has been in a long term relationship with someone she met on the app called "hot or not" which seems even trashier than tinder.

You have to make such a huge effort to protect yourself, set boundaries, drop someone as soon as there is any major red flags, etc. I get really jealous about people who get into healthy relationships so nicely and effortlessly and when guys genuinely care about them and they can be all happy and in love and have no insecurities about anything.

No. 86981

>>86876
Thank you for responding I knew there were probably other people like me but still this so so reassuring. I’ve just recently redownloaded those apps but for some reason I feel guilty I know I shouldn’t cuz guys do this shot all the time. I really hope we can both find dudes who aren’t trash/leading us on cuz this is getting ridiculous haha

No. 88984

I went on tinder for the first time yesterday, matched with a guy who was already very daunting in the beginning.
He was asking a lot of questions like am I really matching him sinceriously, and well yes I do match with someone I would be interested in meeting.
Well, THIS morning he starts off with do i wanna be in a relationship with him and he keeps pestering me about how many other guys do I talk to and about how I should just quit talking to them this instant to show respect to him. If I don't answer his txt messages in 10 minutes he says that "guess you weren't actually interested in me". Now that I said that it's probably for the best that we unmatch he keeps calling me(we switched the chat to whatsapp last night because it's..easier, I guess?). I guess i'm just cutting all contact right here because it's scary to me.
I was seriously interested in dating him until this point, now it just makes me worry that he would get mad at me for having guy friends or so in the future.
I guess it's true when people say there really isn't sane people in dating apps. I did see some familiar guys there tho and chatted with them for a while but 2 days in tinder was fucking enough for me for a lifetime. 0/5 never again, gonna find a qt nerd boyfriend from video games.

No. 88988

>>88984
Sounds like a lucky escape Anon

No. 89002

>>88984
Sounds like a weird guy, but maybe he was just extremely socially awkward? You probably did the right thing to stop contacting him even if for just feeling weirded out, but remember this guy because there are going to be lots of other similar types. Most of the time they will be just harmless and extremely awkward guys with god awful social skills, you just need to learn to screen the awkward weirdos from dangerous weirdos.

No. 89003

>>89002
nah. anon needs to screen awkward assholes. awkward guys like this who are so sure of themselves are cringy jerks. there's a difference between being awkward and passive aggressive.

No. 89072

>>88984
One of my GF bestie came over the other day and said how fed up she is with tinder too. I guess since everyone uses it you get the biggest dating pool filled with worms

No. 89073

>>82478
Guess you never know people until you know hiw they treat their dates :|

No. 91569

If someone has their Instagram connected to their Tinder profile, that means it's definitely the person from the Instagram right?
Cause I've recently matched with this guy who I've seen a bunch of catfishes of, but this time his real Instagram is actually in his profile. Does that mean it's legit?

No. 91575

>>91569
It means he just linked that profile himself.

No. 91588

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>logs into Tinder as a lesbian
>98% of profiles are cuck couples looking for a "unicorn"
The absolute state of them

No. 91644

>>91588
Noticed this myself. Gross.

No. 91655

>>91588
And always the girls are pretty cute and the guys look like naked mole rats, ugh

No. 91658

>>91588
Threaten to cuck them if they approach you. If anyone ever wanted me as their unicorn, I'd take the girl for casual sex. Alone. No male partner in any form. Did they think lesbian meant something else?
>>91655
The girl is definitely always cute. I've thought of trying to encroach their relationships since they seem to think my sexuality is flexible. They almost always end up freaking out.

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>>91655
YES, all the fucking time. Also it's annoying how they purposefully try to deceive women, because they fill the profile with pictures of the girl and only in the end you see a picture of the guy or them both as a couple.
Sometimes they don't even imply it's a couple and not just a girl. One time I was chatting with a qt and we were about to set a day to meet up and then she says "Oh, and my boyfriend will come as well…" and she shows me a picture. No, I don't want to touch your ugly manlet of a boyfriend, Karen. Nobody does.

>>91658
Usually the girl isn't even interested, she's just a cool girl™ meekly accepting to be cucked.

Also,
>guys setting their profile as "Women" in order to appear in lesbian searches
Are they… actually retarded?

No. 99987

Sorry to necro a thread but I’m in a online dating rut

I abandoned OK!Cupid because I thought it was a ghost town, so I went to Tinder. But almost everyone on Tinder is super fug and looks like they haven’t showered in days. Bumble has cute guys but no one replies to you. I thought about paying for Match again but I haven’t had good success on it either.

Sometimes, I wonder if my standards are too high (my mom even says so). But at the end of the day, I don’t think I’m asking for too much. Just a decently good looking guy who is nice and not a dumbass. Why is it so hard?

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Right

No. 100008

>>84524

where did you meet your current bf anon

No. 100010

>>99987
because men are typically ugly, rude, and dumb anon

No. 100012

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>>100005
>lift his ass up like those moms that lift up cars to save their trapped baby

No. 100028

The worst things tinder dicklets have said to me when I was still using that godless app (low self esteem lol. I was also in the midst of a very serious ed which always makes me roll my eyes when guys I'm friends with try to "help" me by saying "but guys don't like anorexia!", see below)
>I want you to puke in my mouth
>You're such a delicate little loli
>You're the perfect heroin-chic babe
>I could pin you down with one hand ;)
>Small girls are always tighter

I'm so glad I don't socialise with males anymore, online or irl, they're sick freaks with fetishes for controlling and injuring vulnerable women

No. 100029

>>100005
jesus christ

No. 100060

>>100028
jesus anon
definitely solidifies my belief that i will never want to use dating apps or sites at all

No. 100073

>>100005
Wow that site is full of weird men who shitpost and pretend to be women. None of their posts are interesting or funny to boot.

No. 100083

>>100073
ffs.
>woman who uses the rating system unironically and considers 7/10 some kind of detriment
>gold-star but suddenly questioning and willing to fuck guys now
>confident enough to yell at the guy and move him and look at him angrily but not confident to stop the whole thing because she's clearly not into it


sounds legit guys. clearly not dreamed up by an incel who believes that women simultaneously get no pleasure out of sex but also have too high standards and will harshly reject a man for any little thing. oh wait he vaguely mentioned "decent foreplay"! so convincing

No. 100088

>>100005
>after some decent foreplay I go get some lotion from the bathroom b/c we decided on a handjob

is this a thing? just giving a dude a handjob? and discussing it beforehand?

No. 100093

>>100083
I thought
>questioning sexuality
Quickly followed by a very weird gross hookup story made it very clear a guy wrote it.

No. 100094

>>100088
it is if you're in middle school

No. 100096

I use bumble and tinder, mostly just to fuck around and not seriously. I'm a senior in college and planning to move a ways away after I graduate, so I'm not looking for a serious relationship. I have met up with one guy from bumble and two guys from tinder over a ~1 year period.

Bumble guy:
>showed up to our first date wearing a MAGA hat
>should've left then, but free drinks so whatever
>spends the whole time talking about himself, and about politics and about how much he hates obama
>goes on a tangent about how obamacare made the price of his medication for his skin disease skyrocket, asks if I want to see his rash
>no
>half way in says "you're not a libtard right?"
>say no, just to see how much more ridiculous shit he will say
>told him I think obama is hot and I would fuck him just to see his reaction (keep in mind I am pretty damn drunk at this point)
>he says waiiiit…. you've never fucked a black dude right?
>no (not bc i'm a racist fuck, just never have lmao)
>he says good, race mixing is disgusting and I fucking hate n*ers
>too far, I say i'm going to the bathroom and leave
>he texts me 30 mins later calling me a cunt, cocktease, fat, ugly, etc. and I never reply
>I internet stalked him and found his alt right twitter account
>6 months later he texts me at 2 am asking to hook up
>no

tinder guys were both chill, one of them I still hook up with occasionally lol. overall I like tinder better because you don't have to send the first message, but the guys are grosser

No. 100101

>>100008
I second this question.

No. 100129

>>100096
i feel bad for laughing but man what a ride.

No. 100132

>>100096
I always thought dudes only cared about getting laid, but I guess recruiting for their cult is more important to them than sex even.

No. 100133

>>100127
It's this scrot making the rounds on the board again

No. 100188

>tfw wanting to hook up with someone but don't want to have my face plastered on an app
>also the fear that if i did, the person i meet up with would think i look either better or worse in my pictures
>or someone i know would find me on the app
the struggles of wanting to remain anonymous

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No. 100201

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i wanna do online dating, but i'm a lecturer at a university. i'm only a couple of years older than the students.

i dread the idea of one of them finding me on OKC or similar and showing the profile to others in the department.

on the other hand, i'd really like to meet someone. it'd be great to meet someone the old-fashioned way through work or friends, but everyone i interact with at work is older and married and my friends are all in relationships and generally only mingle with other couples. any other anons in this situation? how do you work with it?

No. 100202

>>100201
I believe both OKC and Tinder have features where you can approve who sees your profile. Like on Tinder you'll only appear to people you've already swiped right on. You have to pay extra for those features though.

No. 109055

Any dating website/app for girls looking for ONLY for girls?

No. 109056

>>109055
Her, but troons are sadly allowed.

No. 109063

>>100096
y'all remember me??? this dude just texted me AGAIN inviting me to a WEDDING

No. 109066


No. 109067

I uhhh met my boyfriend on okc. I feel like it was a freak accident we met, and actually clicked enough to get this far.

The majority of guys on there are a fucking joke and every time my irl female friends talk about maybe checking out the online dating scene I go to make a horrible joke about how they're all kissless virgins and misogynists or trans """""lesbians""""", but someone beats me to the punch by saying "they're all software engineers", and they immediately understand and we all laugh. My bf is great but I hate where we live tbqh.

>>109063
At least it wasn't something like:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6442321/Woman-reveals-Tinder-match-took-surprise-date-FUNERAL.html
(guy made it out to be a surprise date, but he took her to his gran's funeral…)

No. 109083

>>109067
The common trash meet each other on okcupid and then have the audacity to call out other people on there as if they're any better. How cute.

No. 109086

>>109066
Go bungee jumping and ask for drew.

No. 109092

i get stupidly anxious about texting people over these apps. i'm generally fine in person and want to hurry and get to the meeting part but i get so fucking weird and put off by texting strangers. i also get bored by it. at the same time i don't like to hurriedly jump to a date because i often don't like the people i meet… any tips for relaxing and just being chill about texting? i feel dread sometimes when i get a reply notif. i fucking hate texting and idk why.

No. 109117

>>109092
I feel the same actually. I have succesfully gotten a bunch of tinder dates but it's stressful, it's a stranger whose expression and reactions you can't see.

No. 109141

>bored on tinder, swipe right on a preppy looking guy
>first contact is ok, we talk a little about our interests, turns out he's a closet weeb
>joke around that's the reason he swiped right on me (I had purple hair and dressed in alternative fashion)
>he lived in a rich area, but I didn't give any thought
>also a neet, that should've been the first red flag
>few days later, I get sick as fuck
>he texts me and offers to drive me to the doctor since I lived on my own
>was too feverish to think straight, give him my address
>turns out cuter in person, he drives me to the doctor, makes sure I get home ok
>we talk a bit more, says he really wanted to hug me but he was too shy
>when I get better we go on a date, always super nice with me
>we kiss on the way back and I invite him over
>I was slightly drunk so fuck it, let's have sex
>he doesn't want to
>proceeds to tell me his ex still lives with him and she'd be mad
>weird but ok
>next day he texts me asking if I work on "name" street
>what the hell, it's a few streets away where I actually work
>get mad at him and tell him he could just ask
>turns out he somehow figured my schedule and followed me the day before
>I'm still dumb and go on a second date
>he brings out he can be a NEET because his parents are damn rich
>he's also catholic as fuck
>confesses me he wanted to turn me into a good girl and he picked the most "satanic" girl on tinder for it
>fuck you I wasn't even a goth
>nope the fuck out of it and threaten to call the police if I ever see him following me
>never hear from him again

It's a shame because he was really cute but he wasn't worth it. Funny thing, I met my boyfriend on tinder too, and while he's not that good looking, he's sane and sweet.

No. 109144

>>109063
You should go and report back on how he treats you in front of wedding guests. I'm sorry, that just sounds like it will be a hilarious experience.

No. 109154

>>109141
this was a wild ride, anon.

No. 109209

>>109063
He probably invited every woman in his contacts list so he doesn't look pathetic to his family at yet another gathering. If it's a nice wedding with lots of food it might be worth the annoyance. Maybe he has a cute cousin or something.

No. 112198

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Guys on dating apps are so fucking boring and are more normie than I even thought was possible. Like, I'm not that weird but they're like the personification of a saltine.

Guy's profile said if he could have one superpower it would be time travel so I asked to the past or future.
>Accident Greece

No sense of humor… dear god

No. 112204

>>112198
Half of them are completely retarded and incapable of any sort of an intriguing conversation. I never met up with anyone but I remember talking to some guys who would respond with "nothin, just chilling alone on a friday night" or simply "ya lol."

Like great, keep giving me reasons to dread talking to you since you're so fucking boring. I swear that the claim about women being better at reading people is 100% spot on.

No. 112208

>>112198
>Accident Greece
Fuck, I’m dying.
Dating apps are seriously a fucking chore for me because of this. Sure, it sucks for guys to barely get matches but having to sift through hundreds of cookie-cutter profiles of men who share nothing in common with you or lack any substance isn’t fun and it’s dispiriting in its own way. The majority of these men end up not actually being that interested in you to continue a conversation or to exchange numbers because they mass swipe. This whole swiping shit is just cancer really.

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>>112198
I COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE. I have dated a few normies resulting in me feeling no attraction with them.
I made it a rule for myself to be the first one to message as most of these Normans can't think of any fun questions aside from something similar to "Heyyy what are you doing?".

Guess it doesn't help that I love weeb shit and vidya lol.

My only regret was never getting with this Chad who actually sent me pic related as an actual message lol!!

No. 112217

>>112210
anon, this is husband material right here and you let him go!

No. 112229

>>112198
>when you put on your profile that you appreciate when a guy starts a real convo and messages something more than just 'hi' and it weeds out all the retards who clearly didn't care to read your profile
All the dudes with shirtless profile pics are the most beyond generic and boring.

No. 112243

I've been on a few Tinder dates and even managed to meet some interesting people, except meeting one fuckboy who ended up breaking my heart (but that's a lame story).

Last year, I met my current bf on Tinder. Both mid to end 20s, he's a few years older. I only logged onto Tinder for lols when hungover at this point and hadn't been swiping right on anyone for about three months since meeting my last fuckbuddy, until I saw my bfs profile. He was cute looking, my type (and I didn't even think I had one) and his profile was short though surprisingly intriguing. I waited for two weeks to swipe right on him, since I expected we'd match and I was about to move to a city nearby.

We matched, I initiated contact by asking about if the crazy cool maine coon in one of his pictures was his. We instantly clicked, we were both surprised.

The first date was a bit awkward, we went back to my place and had sex though. I initiated it, which caught him off guard, no problem though, the sex was 10/10.

The second date was awesome, we stayed up all night drinking beer and talking about music, politics and life in general.

It's been two years since my last, abusive relationship. It's been one and a half year since his last, also abusive relationship. I'm glad to say there's been no red flags, we share the same values and goals in life. When there's conflict, we always manage to communicate and work it out at the end of the day. We never go to bed angry and at least for me, this has not really been the case in past relationships. I've never met a guy this loving and understanding.

I didn't expect to find a man like this on Tinder. I do see a future with him. We've been together officially for 4 months and plan on moving to the capitol of my country together within this year (with our four cats; he has two male and I have two female cats), to start a life together.

Tinder dating has been a wild ride and I did not expect anything like this to come of it but I'm looking forward to the future even more now.

No. 112245

>>112243
It’s nice to hear that you found a meaningful, loving relationship out of a dating app. Thanks for sharing.

No. 112376

I met my current boyfriend (almost a year so far) on tinder. I joined tinder because I was mostly bored and lonely and wanted to chat with people. Didn’t meet anyone besides him on there, he was the first person I met with. I guess I had too high expectations for tinder but it ended up working out thankfully (wasn’t looking for a fling or a hook up, but I stated that on my profile) . I think you can 100% find a meaningful or long term partner you just have to weed out guys looking for hookups or just idiots but there’s definitely nice guys available as well.

No. 112431

I hate online dating. I had 2000 likes on tinder, matched with a few and maybe only 5 people sent a message?!

No. 112435

>>112431
Same problem I'm running into except I'm on Bumble. My free Bumble Boost trial shows that I likely have 1000+ likes but very rarely do people I end up matching with even message me back. Plus, there are too many generic or blank profiles. It's a goddamn chore and I'm sick of writing well-thought-out messages showing clear interest in my matches only to get ignored. I only put up with it because it's better than nothing.

No. 112439

>>112435
Glad I‘m not alone

No. 112511

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More bumble normie cringe

No. 112521

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Can be applied to any other dating app.

A quote from or any mention The Office can be interchangeable with the Anchorman quote.
Same goes for "your mom will love me" with any mention of their mother in their profile; and "will only be in PLACE for X AMOUNT OF TIME" for "NY>LA>>>>".

No. 112522

>>112521
Don't forget hiking, favoured by those with no real hobbies but can pretend their yearly bushwalk counts.

Or just a plain blank bio, or a bunch of emojis

No. 112525

Anybody else get a lot of blank profiles on Tinder or is my ELO score just low? This app is a joke.

No. 112526

My favorite dating profile staples

>chipotle

>self deprecation
>polyamorous
>open relationship
>”only swiping right for your dog”
>pizza amirite
>netflix
>no mirror selfies here ladies!!
>maple leaf emoji
>that cringy “review” bio
>tacos
>former college athlete
>love music/food/travel as though those aren’t basic human traits that everyone has
>french exchange student (why are there so many)
>beer
>that’s not my kid it’s my nephew/brother/child i kidnapped
>pictures with African children on a mission trip
>game of thrones

No. 112545

I just saw a guy's profile who is joking that we should call him "Little Kid Lover" because that's where is priorities are at. Even if you want children, I can't help but feel sick that he's are even joking about that. I wouldn't be surprised if he's a secretly a pedo.

Also who's getting tired from guys mentioning "dank memes" in their profile? Because I am! It makes them sound less interesting than the foodie traveling Norman and so "not like other normies i post memes lol". Yeah, I go on the internet a whole lot too, but I don't shape my whole identity around memes.

No. 112546

>>112545
It’s hard to find someone who isn’t a complete normie or complete manchild. I can’t help but feel that someone who mentions “dank memes” is both of those things.

No. 112547

>>112546
Normies, Manchildren, and Fuckbois… The Holy Trinity of the left swipe.

No. 112550

>>112547
a.k.a. 99% of Tinder

No. 112552

>>112526
Don't forget "I can COOK/clean/shower" or any basic ass thing a fully adjusted human can do. Jfc.

No. 112554

>>112545
"little kid lover… that way people will know exactly where my priorities are at" is a direct quote from The Office anon! he's not a pedophile, he's just basic as hell.

No. 112555

>>112554
Damn I'm dumbass. At least I'm not a basic dumbass.

No. 112556

I somehow managed to make a friend through tinder! I was pleasantly surprised. I think it's because it's extremely rare that I will say yes to someone. There has to be some kind of feeling there for me to, and there has to be enough photos, an instagram synced, etc.
I started talking to this guy and he was straight up honest with what he wanted, he said he was looking for cute girls who were dtf or if not to be friends. I opted for friends and he's actually normal. I met him at a bar around like 8pm, we each had one beer, chatted, then went home after a couple hours. We still text. He's cute so maybe I'll be friends with benefits later, but I'm in a weird place emotionally right now so I'm not sure. But he isn't forcing anything. It's still early in the friendship though. He invited me to something else but cancelled. He's into music and is trying to play shows so I share things/events with him that may help.

I do want to find someone similar that I am more into. But I don't want something so serious that I want to try OkC or hinge (that I went on for a little bit) It does get depressing some days you 100% just get incels or neckbeards then other days look more hopeful (even though I still won't get anyone I say yes to). Then sometimes I'll run out of people around me.

No. 112580

>>112198
I found a man who love videya and movies but hates weeb shit. He is a fucking degenerate who just wants something casual but I’m okay with this because he is literally perfect and I’m probably not in the right head space to be in a serious relationship rn.

No. 112582

I've given up on dating apps because all of the hot guys are mind numbingly dull and everyone else is ugly and dull. I just want to meet a nice hot guy who has watched something besides The Office.

No. 112584

>>112580
You're a moron and so is the guy you want to fuck. Far from perfect.

No. 112585

>>112584
It's clearly a situation where a scumbag is taking advantage of a woman who's going through emotional issues.

No. 112608

>>112580
Do not put him on a pedestal!! He’s far from fucking perfect anon. Don’t let him take advantage of you. If you’re not in the right head space it would be best you don’t pursue any romantic/sexual relationship since you are emotionally vulnerable.

>>112582
Sure it is hard, but there are qts who are into other things besides The Office (I have met and gone out with 1 and chatting up 2 atm). I understand how you feel about the 99% of dull boring guys and why you gave up.

No. 112620

>>112521
I'm from Eastern Europe and so many check out, men are really the same everywhere. It lacks
>states height because THAT'S apparently important…
>poker face selfie from the low angle
>420
All those men with picks of them drinking or trying to be funny and quirky about being useless slobs - the audacity to expect to be swept right lol enjoy your 0 matches mister

With me the case is really lame… I'm too shy to even swipe right on a guy. There's no hope for me lol

No. 112629

I live in a big city and it’s been a huge pain in the ass wading through and swiping through all the profiles around here. I’m so tempted to just buy Gold just to save some time. Someone tell me this is an awful idea.

No. 112670

>>112629
I live nearby a city (at the moment for school) and plan on moving there for grad school. I’ve have bought the 6 month gold plan and have was able to go on a few dates since I know what I like and they like me back so it makes it easier than swiping on randos.
I’m planning on getting the yearly plan in a few months so if you have the cash and think you’ll be on it for a while might as well.

If it helps I get about 250-500 likes a week and about 700 from using a boost (which lasts 30 mins). However you will have to wade through whoever likes you.

No. 112680

Okay girls I need some serious advice…
So around August of last year I visited family for a few weeks and while I was there I was using tinder to score weed. I matched with this dude and when I finally met him he was super attractive I mean perfect my type. This was towards the end of my trip so I only hung out with him a total of three times but it was the most fun Id ever had with a guy, we have a lot of the same interests in movies and music but he has a weird edgy side as in he has a fucking copy of mein kampf. Honestly I don't know why I'm still thinking of him after so much time has passed, we texted for a bit after I got home but it just wasn't the same as being together in person. I'm gonna go back to that area for the summer should I hit him up again or try for someone new. The only thing that really bothers me about him is the edgy act we've experienced a lot of the same traumas growing up so it's not as concerning as it would be if he just had this out of nowhere. I think it's worth mentioning that this area is an island and this guy knows anyone thats worth knowing so that kinda makes things awkward if he decides he doesnt want to hang out again. Im so troubled over a stupid tinder fling lmao

No. 112681

>>112670
I’m very particular about the type of person I may potentially want to date and I think I just might go for it if the idea doesn’t go away for me after a couple of weeks. Even if there are still hundreds of likes I may have to wade through, it still sounds like more time saved rather than swiping one-by-one. Thanks for telling me your experience using Gold.

No. 112682

>>112680
scrolling through this wall of text…
>mein kampf
no, do not hang out with this dude again wtf

No. 112683

>>112681
Just remember just because you’re talking to someone who likes you does not guarantee yourself a date. Sometimes you may have to steer the conversation to the date if the guy doesn’t do it first. So I was the one mostly asking guys out.

Also I’m not sure if you know this but never give a guy your number until you actually go out on the date. That way he actually messages you on the app to check up if the date is still on.

No. 112686

>>112683
Yeah, I admit the insecurity I have in regards to messaging guys is one reason why I’m holding off right now. Currently, I have ~20 guys in my matches but only two have messaged me and one pretty much stopped messaging me after I replied probably because he was just mass messaging everybody. I keep having this mindset that if a guy doesn’t message me first, he’s not that interested in the first place which I get isn’t always the case and that messaging is a two-way street. Anyways, I don’t expect instant dates if I get Gold and I realize the possibility of nothing happening because of how particular I am and because people are generally flaky. I guess I need to work on my confidence before making any real investment on this.

I’ll definitely have to keep the number thing in mind too. I’ve naively given out my number a few times and while nothing bad has come out of it yet, I can get how it’s better to stick with messaging in-app first.

No. 112693

>>112686
Then please don't get Gold until you work on your confidence.

It mostly because when I don't confirm a date through the app, guys would give me booty calls even if I say that I'm not interested in hooking up before I can definitely set up a date.

No. 112695

>>112693
Definitely will hold it off then. Thanks for helping me reflect on this.

No. 112746

>>112686
But you are right

No. 112747

>>112686
Are you talking about getting bumble gold or tinder?

If it were me I would get bumble gold (or plus or whatever it is called). If you want to go out on a lot of dates, honestly the best way to go about it is to cut right to the chase and have your first message be "want to grab a drink friday?" or something like that. guys are into it and you won't have run out of things to talk about on your first date. you also won't talk for like a week until it fizzles out. and if it's on bumble, if they don't reply then the message disappears and you don't have to think about it lol

No. 112852

I tried the new Facebook dating, and jesus christ, my town is full of desperate uggos. Deleted my profile after one day.

No. 113266

>>112511
tbh this is kinda charming. there's a sort of innocence that normies have that i never will so maybe i'm just envious

i mean i'd never date one but still

No. 113608

For anyone who has been successful on dating apps and actually found a long-term relationship, how much time did you spend on dating apps before you did?

No. 113631

>>113608
The only dating app I have ever used was Tinder. I used it on and off from probably around 2015 - 2017. I would delete my account so whenever I came back onto it, I would have a fresh slate of people to match with (and avoid certain ones, heh). Been together with my significant other for well over a year and things are going great (though boy it was trial and error before I finally met him). My former assistant manager met his girlfriend off of it and they have been together for years!

No. 113642

>>113608

I deleted my account and registered anew a few times to start over. Other dating apps like OkCupid didn't do it for me. I met three people during the course of about one year until I met my SO.

No. 113707

Does anyone use these apps but exclusively for friends? like Bumble BFF? I want to try it but I'm kinda nervous. Wondering if anyone has any experiences with that side of it.

No. 113832

>>113707
I tried bumble BFF for a while and it was totally pointless, I might just live in a shitty place though

No. 114032

I used to have dating profiles just to talk shit to men who approached me. The only way it can be entertaining/fulfilling, generally.

No. 114533

I matched with a cute guy who works at a coffee shop near my house and he responded a few times but now stopped. Should I try messaging him again? Or just move on?

No. 114610

>>114533

If he doesn't reply anymore, he's probably not that into you or has found someone else he prefers talking to. Don't demean yourself, move on.

No. 114688

just joined bumble. i'm barely swiping right. the ones i do swipe right and start convo with, they're absolute shit at returning convo and don't ask questions so i assume they're not interested and unmatch. i'm seeing people show up again after i've swiped left… am i running out of matches already?

No. 114693

>>114688
yeah you have - you might need to widen your search unfortunately

No. 114755

This guy i went to middle school with, and haven't seen since that time period, liked me on okc. i kinda want to match and catch up, but idk if he even recognized me or takes it the wrong way or something. what would you anons do?

also, is there a way on okc to hide your profile from men? i have it hidden from straight people, but bi/queer/whatever men seem to have great trouble reading "gay" and "looking for women" and understanding what that means…

No. 114894

>>114755
It would have been way easier like years ago when you can actually send messages to people who like you. Proceed with caution since he may read that you are interest in women. If you do go for it then start out that you are only interested in being friends (works more if you have "seeking friends" in your profile, despite it being a big meme because people are scared). I personally wouldn't do it since there could always be the chance that I can run into them irl and start a convo from there.

I really don't know what to tell you… It doesn't matter if you are a lesbo or not since men will try to get in anyways. It's been happening a lot on tinder with women getting matched with troons/men on either side. I guess your best bet would be to manually hide them.

No. 121624

I have like no experience on dating apps or dating in general so excuse me if I sound really retarded.

I downloaded Bumble a few days ago and matched with someone who I think I actually like. We've chatted for a few days, but I've been really busy so I only have time to send 1-2 replies per day.

No. 121625

>>121624
Shit I accidentally clicked post before I could finish typing.

Anyway, I don't know how exactly you're supposed to go about messaging people on dating apps. I know that the obvious end goal is that we can eventually meet in person, but as of now I still want to get to know him a little better before I feel confident asking him to meet up. Essentially I've just been asking him questions about himself, but as I mentioned above I don't have a lot of time to reply so conversation has been moving really slow. He hasn't been asking me that many questions in return so I don't really have much to work with either. If he's not really asking me that much in conversation does that mean that he isn't really interested in me (even though he's still replying?) or am I giving off the impression that I'm not interested because I only respond once or twice per day and haven't suggested we meet up yet? Or am I just being really boring?

Also as a follow-up question how long do you usually wait from after you message someone to ask them to meet in person? Sorry again for all the questions and autism.

No. 121675

>>121625
If I'm interested I reply immediately because I hate the pretend wait game people play. And by immediately I mean, as soon as I want. So of course if I'm doing something more important I won't, but if he happens to catch me just chilling and I really like him, I shoot it right back.
Add him on Facebook on talk on messenger it's much easier. If you like him be honest. It's really simple. You probably have more matches than he does, so he will be thinking the same thoughts you are. I would even go so far as to tell him you're interested if you are, the truth is surprisingly effective.

No. 121701

>>121625
Any time that I found a guy was answering questions but not really asking about me it turned out that the guy was hoping for sex but playing the game of letting me lead the convo in the hopes it'd go there. (that was basically my whole experience on bumble)

It's the time when you should be wanting to know all about each other. I'd keep an eye on whether he starts asking more about you

No. 121977

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god i love/hate tinder
> 2017
> recovering from breakup
> Tinder matched with an older guy who has one picture with long hair, looks kind of unkempt, like an emo boy turned scruffy and old
> his first message to me is "damn girl you like an exotic caribou filled loaf"
> hmm.jpg
> but i'm lonely and bored and looking for chaos i guess
> we chat on and off, but i eventually stop using Tinder, and i move to another city
> i reinstall and open Tinder every once in a while for fun, but i don't reply to anyone because i'm awful
> he sends a message saying he lives in the same city as me now
> hmm.jpg
> at this point (almost 2 years after we matched) i have a boyfriend now, my appearance has changed quite a bit, the city is big enough where i'm not worried
> fast forward to the present
> at the subway with my boyfriend waiting for a train
> walk past a man that i got bad vibes from. i just ignore him and put my earphones in, turn towards my boyfriend
> boyfriend also immediately notices bad vibes, puts his arm around me out of instinct
> we wait 5 minutes for the train, can tell this man is staring at me from like 3 feet away
> right when the train arrives and i step up to the platform, the man suddenly approaches me and grabs my arm
> "hey, d-does this go to the city?"
> i mutter an answer, then i get the fuck away from him
> i have a bad feeling, so when i get home i check Tinder again and find his profile with new pictures
> it's the same guy.
> looks fucking awful. has blackened fucked up teeth, looks like a psycho, completely different from the shitty webcam picture he had years ago
> 4 miles away
> tfw a guy i ghosted 2 years ago recognized me in public and felt emboldened enough to grab my arm when i was clearly with my boyfriend
anyway i've unmatched with him, have no intention of using tinder ever again, and i'm moving again, so… boy bye

No. 121991

>>121977
ewww men are fucking disgusting. i'm sorry that happened to you, anon. creepy af

No. 122024

>>121977
>grabbing your arm

Think that was a stalk+kidnap attempt. What are the chances he'd recognize you if he wasn't looking for you?

Stay safe anon

No. 122034

I had a guy I swiped right on on tinder come into my work in the middle of the night (I’m the only person in the restaurant) (never told him where I worked) and ask me if I’d ever date or hook up with a black guy while I’m making his breakfast. Couldn’t escape, v awkward, never used tinder after that

No. 122046

>>122034
jesus christ, that's terrifying

No. 122145

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So I agreed to meet someone off a dating app for a date really soon and I'm sort of freaking out. I've never met someone in person from an app before and I'm thinking of all the ways this could go wrong, like he won't look like his picture or that we won't have anything to talk about or that it'll be unbearably awkward. The last date I went on (not from a dating app) was really awkward and horrible so I don't exactly have high hopes or any good experiences to look back on. Any advice or words of encouragement (if there even are any)?

No. 122146

>>122145
Aw good luck, anon. The only advice I have is to not worry. Don’t think about scenarios or conversations to have just be present and in the moment. Your date is probably anxious, too. Don’t put too much thought into wondering if you sound interesting or if your date likes you. You need to think about if they are interested or if you even like them. Stay safe always and tell someone you trust who you are going out with just in case something bad happens

No. 122409

>>122145
>>122146
All what the anon said. Plus prepare mentally that they might ghost you suddenly or slowly even if you think that all went well and you really hit it off. Some guys don't mind just talking (and being friends if you don't feel the attraction), but some will have long and emotional conversations with you just to smash and run.
If you get dropped suddenly, sulk for one day if you must and then continue swiping/messaging/whatever it is that you do. Obviously don't go with them home if you don't want a ONS.

Sorry if it's obvious, but I felt like letting OP know.

No. 122413

>>122409
I can't imagine sulking for only one day. Before ghosting had a name, this stuff happened to me and I sulked for a year at least.

I think go into all dating with the thought that most guys on these sites/apps think it is "press here for free sex," paying an escort for what they want might cost hundreds, but if you split the bill, it will cost him nothing.

Some anons on lolcow say they will date for three months before having sex. Maybe a good strategy, then at least it was a 3 month relationship if he ghosts after sex.

No. 122414

>>122413
Also I will add: do not believe A WORD that a guy says to you. They will say and do anything for the aforementioned free sex. If your escort rate would be 500+ based on your age and appearance, they will take their scams very far.

Of course I realized this after this had happened to me. Be ready for it, don't be like me anons.

No. 122430

>>122413
Yup, I'd say wait. That's how you find a decent man. Unfortunately we are tasked through sifting through a lot of garbage. I've even told a lot of potential guys I was going to go out with that I'm a virgin who doesn't like anything to do with penetration (I've experimented on my own, doesn't feel great, and it's a lot more trouble than it's worth when you add the chance of pregnancy into the mix imo), the men who were gushing over me trying to get laid fucked off pretty fast thankfully. I've been in a happy relationship for years and we have a wonderful sex life, with the kind of intimacy I don't think I could get with a guy who just cares about fuck and chuck.

No. 122437

>>122430
>>122146
>>122409
>>122413
I just had the date a few days ago and it went way better than expected. It was a little awkward, but I think we both had a good time and we're meeting up to hang out again soon. He didn't really make any advances (sexual or romantic), so I can't really tell if he's just shy, not really into me, or actually a respectful person (what are the chances though). It's a promising sign that he's not a creep at least, but I guess it's too early to tell. Anyway, I'll still keep an eye out for anything that seems suspicious. Thanks for all of the advice anons. It makes me feel a lot better reading other people's experiences, since no one I know irl uses dating apps, which makes me feel like a massive loser sometimes.

No. 122643

I met my current boyfriend on OkCupid.

>just got out of a LDR

>want to go out on dates but have had terrible experiences meeting guys IRL
>decide to try OKC since I'm familiar with it
>pay to see who likes my profile
>mostly match with people that seem okay
>half the guys that message me are either full of themselves or way too eager to meet
>a handful that seem interesting
>not interesting at all
>force myself to have boring conversations that go nowhere
>almost give up but
>two guys that I can actually talk to regularly
>one doesn't have much on his profile/only one photo, so I'm cautious when he asks me on a date
>other guy has more info so I feel better going out with him
>date night but have to reschedule because of family issues
>he immediately starts being sexual, trying to get me to see him sooner
>annoyed but not surprised
>stop talking to him
>I message first guy again later about a date, he's still interested
>go out for coffee, even more worried he'll be a creep too
>surprised by how cute he is
>end up talking for hours, even go for a walk
>agree to see each other again

We ended up going on several more dates before deciding to be exclusive. I really feel like I just got lucky though. Dating apps are really hit or miss and, most of the time, they're more trouble than they're worth.

No. 122909

so I was wondering, would it be considered rude/sketchy for me to use a fake name on tinder? hear me out. I'm a bi girl who isn't "out" and I'm from a small suburban town kinda near a big city. but i have a REALLY unique name that probably less than 10 people in my state have (thanks mom), so I'm positive that I could be outted if anyone sees my name. I know I would still need pictures of myself, but at least that has plausible deniability. i also don't have social media because of bullying in high school, so I know that would also look sketchy as fuck. i just wanna meet cute girls and not lose my social life over it :( or is it a rule usually not to out people in the closet?

No. 122922

>>122909
I think it’d be fine since you have a real, understandable reason to do it. When you find a cool person and agree to go on a date just explain the situation to them.

No. 122930

>>122909
If I where your date I'd call bullshit because you have pictures of yourself on there, there's no "plausible deniability" with pictures

No. 122931

>>122909
nah anon, I've done the same
you gotta becareful with rape by deception laws though

No. 122972

>>122909
just put something dumb that sounds like a username. I've seen it before so it shouldn't be a big deal.

No. 123171

>>122930
Except there are people stealing other people’s pictures to use them on dating apps for catfish purposes all the time?

Although I agree it does look kinda sketchy if you don’t use other social media platforms and those pictures aren’t easily found online.

No. 123647

I’ve been talking to this guy now for about a week now I think. We haven’t even gotten to the topic of meeting up. I’m just kind at a loss of what I should do. Is this guy actually interested in me or is he is just looking to chat? Our conversations are full of substance at least and he initiated the conversation. I imagine I should actually ask him out soon but I’m bad at this stuff. He’s pretty cute and incredibly intelligent so I’m also having dumb self-defeating thoughts about not possibly meeting his standards which doesn’t help.

No. 123672

What kind of questions should I ask a date to evaluate whether or not he’s a good guy?

No. 123677

Facebook introduced a dating section. Has anyone tried it? also does anyone feel a little discouraged knowing that guys usually are always dating multiple girls rather than focusing on one at a time? Makes me feel like a rebound or optional. This one guy told me when you have so many options, you feel even the slightest flaw will drive you away to “seek someone better”, and eventually never settling down.

No. 123678

>>123677
While the slightest flaw bullshit is true, they act like it's shopping - men also are WAY less popular than they will admit. The average man gets 2 messages a month on a dating site, maybe a handful of matches on tinder.

No. 123683

>>123678
Anon's point is that men cast a wide net and pursue multiple women, making her not feel like she's being messaged due to anything special about herself.

Frankly I think if men put in more effort to send sincere and tailored messages they might fare better than two replies a month that say "hey" back.

No. 123685

>>123678
I think there's a huge disparity on dating apps. There's a big Chad population of greek god looking male models who are on there getting a steady stream of women with no effort, then there's a big Virgin population of losers who get no matches. Middle of the road, well adjusted guys must just be in normal relationships with girls they met irl instead of on tinder.

No. 123788

>>123677
Disagree that it's a male thing. Met a lot of women who talk to 20 guys at a time and same goes with men. One side always tries to blame the other for shit both do.

No. 123844

>>123683
I think there's no good one answer that fits everybody equally
people do cast wider nets because tailoring individual messages to every single person they reach out to doesn't have the same rate of yield
just because you do spend time on someone isn't a guarantee that they will necessarily respond in the way you want
doing a mix of both isn't necessarily the answer either

And what does effort really mean? Does it mean responding right away (or within like 10-20 minutes)? Does it mean coming up with interesting things to talk about? Does it mean saying the right thing at the right time? All of them at once? Or just being yourself, which could mean literally anything?
Different women like different things, so to say "effort" is needed isn't specific enough to tailor to those specific women–after all, how are you going to know what someone likes before you get to know them?

Dating is hard, and the more people you meet, the harder it is IMO
A part of me wants to say it's easier to be sad about 1 person than 10, but it also depends on who that 1 person is vs that 10.
Did you tailor your messages to that one perfect, handsome stranger and fail? Or did you send a bunch of half assed messages to a bunch of people you just wouldn't mind getting to know?

No. 123861

>>123683
i honestly think women are as guilty of this as men on dating sites

No. 123866

How shady would it be if I made a profile with just the first letter of my name?
weird or run of the mill?

No. 123871

>>123866
Not weird at all. I never used to disclose my name or photos until I felt comfortable. Quite a lot of people observe this, ie professionals who may have their rep tarnished by online dating (teachers, medical staff, etc). You're in charge of your privacy and if someone doesn't respect that, then you don't have to waste each other's time.

People might accuse you of being fake or secretly a man or something but at the end of the day, you don't owe strangers on dating apps shit. Block and move on.

No. 123873

>>123647
If he's still having engaging and reciprocal conversations that go beyond 'hey how r u', then he's probably interested!

Make it clear you'd be interested in getting to know him more, with scope to meet.

No. 124632

Any advice on using dating apps? Should I use hinge or tinder? I’m in a university town so there’s a lot of fish in the sea. Most of the men here are all dude bros and gym rats but I’m hoping to find a nice quiet intellectual softie. I’m also scared that people in my classes will recognize me.

No. 124634

>>82463
Dating apps can be the worst thing or best thing ever. I like getting to know a person beforehand…
I met my current boyfriend of 2 years off of tinder. I was lucky. Before him, i talked to different guys and even met up with one(before meeting my boyfriend), that was weird lol. Its really a trial and error kind of thing. Most guys just want a booty call/fwb situation but there are guys out there that genuinely want a relationship. You gotta go through some trash before you find a treasure lmao

No. 124982

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It's not much of a report, but I wanna take a moment to pat myself on the back for having a bit of self respect. I feel like if the same scenario would have happened not even that long ago, my desperate ass would have let this happen. I've really gotten used to saying no, and I like saying it:
>reactivate tinder and enable discovery
>swipe on a guy who's smartly dressed and seems to be in my league
>messages me right away
>conversation ensues
>compliments me that I'm the first to have ever had a full conversation
>charmed.jpg
>he's not from my city and is only here on business
>tells me he's flying out tomorrow
>desperately wants to see me either tonight or tomorrow
>hmmm.jpg
>tell him tomorrow is out cause I got work and interview responsibilities
>even tonight is pushing it cause I had to be up early
>begs me to see him tonight
>nahhhh
>begs to meet up someplace
>nope
>compliments me some more
>offers to jump in his car and come all the way out to my burb to come get me
>I mean I'd like to not have to do any work, but tell him no anyway
>"I'd delete this thing tonight if I could be with you."
>apologize and say I'm weally sowwy for letting him down :sadface:
>tell him when he's back in the city for business we can plan something, how I'd love to chat more, and goodnight
>agrees and says goodnight

Haha, well, we will see about that.
The old "I'm leaving town and this is my only chance!" scamola.

No. 124988

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>im 26

>set age limit to 35
>someone super liked me
>35 year old, in shape CEO of some medical company
>hes very courteous, we facetime
>tells me hes actually 44 and changed his age on purpose because he wants kids and all the women in his age group "weren't up to standard and had baggage"
>we've been faceiming for a couple hours each night
>is offering to take me to the canary islands in a couple months and is actually pretty cute past the greying hair

what would you ladies do? When he told me he lied i felt a pang of anger and considered blocking him. is he too old to even consider? 18 year age gap…

No. 124989

>>124988
while the idea of dating an older man seems hot, it's fucking creepy to me irl. this is a man blatantly telling you he's only into you because you're young and it's a mix of him being immature enough to not want to relate to women his own age and find them sexy, as well as him probably thinking he can control you via money and being older.

he probably also isn't looking for anything long-term and just wants a fuck buddy/sugar baby situation.

No. 124991

>>124988
Ugh, gross. You're going to be 30+ too one day and suddenly you won't be good enough for guys like him, don't facilitate that shit for some old dick. He should have had kids when he was young.

No. 124992

>>124988
ewww. first off, ceo means philanderer and man who believes you're already so fucking disposable, but one who obviously is seeking out comparative child brides? anyone settling for this shit is looking to have their lives destroyed by a wealthier man with way more resources, who has no genuine affinity for them and only wants to use young women.

No. 124997

>>124992
>>124991
>>124989

Thanks ladies. I don't have friends I can be honest with so I appreciate the bluntness. I just listened to the small nagging voice in my head and blocked him.

No. 124999

>>124997
nice call, anon. it's for the best. it's unlikely he would've been the exception to the rule.

No. 125003

>>124999
This, and odds are he was likely married and looking for side pieces anyway.

No. 125009

So I tried using Bumble app a few months back. Never tried any dating apps what so ever before this. I thought Bumble was gonna be an okay app since it allows the ladies to make the first move and contact the guys first. I tried chatting up with a few men that posted decent profiles but the convo never lasted and I got ghosted every single time. I decided to uninstall the app after a few months of using it because I end up feeling super insecure and start thinking maybe I'm not that good looking or interesting enough or maybe I'm too old to be looking for dates on dating apps? I think it's also kinda my fault as well for putting my hopes up way too much on getting dates on dating apps because most of my friends rave about getting easy dates through dating apps. Ah well, I'll be single forever I guess since I don't even know how to get dates irl…

No. 125018

>>124997
Good call anonette, he practically told you that he can't be bothered with anyone's emotions except his own and if you had a long term relationship with him he would dump you when you get old.

If you wanted to keep him around as a casual fuck then that would be one thing but you would mean accepting taking part in his power play, he probably dangles promises of expensive holidays in front of all the naive young girls. I also absolutely wouldn't go somewhere unfamiliar with someone that I couldn't trust.

>>125009
Don't be so hard on yourself anon, Bumble is a good app concept but the number of guys that use it isn't so big and often the kind of guys that would use it just stick to offline ways of finding a date instead, so it's not the end of the world if you couldn't find a date on it.
Tindr is so big that any girl can get lots of dates using it but it's usually only hook-ups with cheap guys looking for a fwb, not actual dates. There are even senior citizens getting laid on tindr, but even the hottest young people can struggle to find actual caring partners through it, it's not just you.

Could you ask your friends about their online dating experiences and advice, maybe they can even have a look at your profile for you? If you're in your late twenties or older you could also try okcupid, although it's very sjw.

No. 125037

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My Bumble BFF experience

>just moved to a new town, no friends here except boyfriend who moved with me

>try bumble BFF for making new friends
>get ghosted by a bunch of girls, that’s fine, expected that
>find one awesome friend with similar interests
>feeling hopeful, swipe right on a few more girls
>girl’s profile says she’s looking for a third person for her and her boyfriend but she has some common interests as me, let’s call her girl #1
>in hindsight she should have been using the bumble dating app
>swipe right, explain I’m looking for friendship and she seemed cool
>we meet, hit it off, she really likes me which I am excited about
>her bf starts texting me too, that’s cool, I could always use more friends I guess
>her bf starts telling me private stuff (e.g., describing their sex life) and telling me I’m cute and offering to take sexy cosplay pics of me
>explained to him that I was using the app to find more friends in the area
>feeling uncomfortable with him, slowly start to distance and avoid being with him alone
>but I still like her as a friend and spend more time with her
>not hard because they have completely different work schedules so I just hang with her when she’s free and he’s working
>turns out he was butthurt that I wasn’t spending as much time with him
>he finds girl #2 through a dating app to start their poly relationship
>girl #1 “dumps” me through text, explains she still wants to be friends
>bewildered
>thought we WERE just friends
>sure, she always complimented me and made allusions to having “fun time” but I tried to emphasize that while I like girls, I like being in a monogamous relationship with my bf
>ok I drunkenly kissed her once because I thought it would make her happy but it probably confused her
>just lost someone who I thought would be a fun platonic girl friend to cuddle and kiss when I’m drunk
>oh yeah she claimed that it was actually her writing those creepy texts her bf sent
>feeling fragile, get irrationally angry/depressed whenever she posts pics of their relationship

Tldr; had some good experiences through Bumble BFF but also had a bad one where I naively thought I could befriend someone who was just looking for a three way

No. 125060

>>125037
did you tell your bf about any of this? you literally cheated on him. I'm not trying to be mean anon but jesus how are you that oblivious? and why would you not question her boyfriend telling you about their sex life and literally hitting on you? yes they should have been on the bumble dating app but they seemed pretty obvious about their intentions.

No. 125063

>>125009
Im confident in my attractiveness and I still haven't gotten a proper date on bumble. It's like I'm talking to a cardboard box with these guys… Or they just ask for nudes

No. 125128

>don't have social media except fb
>reactivate tinder
>start matching
>hurr do you have snap?
>nope and I wouldn't use it if I did
>b-b-but how will I know ur real?????

Uh, gee? What did people who did online dating do before snapchat?
Just ask me for the fucking nudes so I can say no bro, there's no point in acting like SC is the only point of contact to determine someone's 'realness.'

No. 125132

>>125009
My experience with Bumble was that I not only started the convos but was expected to carry them completely while never being asked any questions back

I think guys with no social skills join it thinking that women will do all the work

No. 125160

>>125132
the bff side is the same too.

No. 125368

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So recently I noticed that I've been spending more time swiping on tinder while watching Netflix then going on actual dates. Its kind of aggravating since I have so many matches but no dates ever seem to happen. Its just texting tag and

So I had an idea. I decided to clean out all my matches and start over but with new rules and a more open mindset.

1. So I changed my swiping habits and I would swipe on good looking men and men who didn't look the best but I kept my mindset open that maybe most men are bad at taking good photos of themselves

2. I will always swipe right on anyone that super likes me

3. After I have 7 matches I must stop swiping and focus on the men who I matched with. (Use the honesty policy and put in your bio that you want to go on fun dates that you hope will lead to a relationship)

4. After I have my 7 matches I wait 3 days for them to message (If they don't message me after 3 days then message them with a simple "so what kind of date are you going to take me on?") If they don't respond with a date idea or anything after a bit of texting back and forth then focus more on the ones that actually seem more excited to the idea

5. Get their snapchat just to help confirm you are both real to each other

6. Set up a date time and make sure that its not exactly the same day you matched and have them see if they can plan dates in advance for something in a few days and not flake out last minute (if they flake out last minute then I refocus effort into someone else) Don't ever be a flake yourself otherwise your just going to attract other flakes and maybe miss an amazing opportunity or connection.

7. Go on the date and see if there is any type of chemistry there. If there isn't then be honest and straightforward to them at the end of the date about how you feel and if you would like to see them again or not. (One of my dates I became friends with and he's dating another one of my friends because he invited me to a summer barbecue and I brought her along and she and him got along very well)

8. After you have gone through those seven men and nothing seems to have developed in a meaningful way then repeat the process

I was going on 2-3 dates a week in the summer time but now that school has started I haven't had time to go on as many.
The best advice I can give for tinder is have no expectations and be open to meeting people new people. Sometimes mingling with people from tinder can make new connections that can lead you to find someone in a more natural way for a relationship if they like to do social gatherings. Thats my advice if you want more dates out of the tinder experience.

No. 125480

>>125368
These are really good tips. Thanks anon!

No. 125483

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I live in a country that's known for beautiful women and not-so-beautiful men (basically, my phenotype makes women a bit more conventionally attractive, while making males quite unfortunate looking), but I thought that's just bullshit. I've played with tinder for a bit but most men were meh looking, bald, fat, fuckboys, etc. and I assumed that's the case everywhere. But few months ago I went on a short vacation to a different country and I've decided to do some swiping just for shits and giggles. And holy fuck. The men were SO MUCH better looking. Ugly guys were a rarity, and men were much more eager to meet up, or they at least attempted to have a conversation with me instead of expecting me to ask all the questions and be enthusiastic about their favourite football teams. I've even started to date one of the guys I met on there and we are meeting quite regularly. He thinks of himself as "average-looking", and he told me he would barely get any matches, so I've decided to do a little "experiment" and I made a fake profil with his pics in my country. As you could guess, he got so many matches with girls better looking than me. It made me feel a little insecure lol, so I didn't tell him about it.
Did anyone have similar experience?

No. 125484

Any tips for somebody without any experience?

I've never dated and also don't think that I will meet somebody organically, so I decided that this probably my only chance . Is tinder a bad idea? Are there any good apps for people who want more than just hook ups? I also have no idea what to write in my profile and I don't know how to take flattering selfies…
And I'm also somewhat scared of people whom I know irl finding out that I'm desperate enough to do that lol

No. 125485

>>125483
Which Country

No. 125486

>>125485
I'm from Poland, he is from Sweden.

No. 125494

>>125486
idk bro, I personally find the mousy haired, dull grey eyed, undefined facial structure polish phenotype cute on guys too. like it's not my preferred but my previous 3 mini crushes in uni have been exactly that. maybe I'm getting more frustrated lol.

No. 125497

>>125494
Polish guys are handsome in my opinion, but they are often sexist unfortunately.

No. 125498

>>125494
It doesn't look that bad to be honest, it's more about the fact that they don't take care of themselves at all and they are v prone to balding.

No. 125499

>>125497
that's true, the mysogynistic socialisation is pretty bad. maybe og anon finds swedish guys more attractive in part due to them actually treating her like a human. ok, >>125498 , balding is a big concern, fair.

tbh also the language barrier sometimes makes people seem more decent/hotter? like the guys back home are vile in my eyes but realistically they shouldn't be too different from polish ones kek.

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>>125483
I think it's common all over Eastern and Central Europe, I'm from a Slavic Balkan country and men here are… I wouldn't say sexist necessarily but lazy, stupid, rude and really entitled. They're also not the best looking but they'd be marginally passable if they just grew some fucking hair instead of getting buzz cuts, and dressed nicer. The girls here try so hard to look good only to be ridiculed and nitpicked by lazy, sloppy mama's boys.
Luckily guys in a neighbouring country down south are much nicer and love girls from my country so I bagged one and I'm happy.

No. 125516

>>125484
Tinder isn't a bad idea in the sense that it's a way to meet people, but if you don't know how dating works then it's going to be rough regardless of the method

You'll get to know a lot more people, but it's always harder to notice red flags unless you're talking to someone in person

My advice, go slow regardless of how you feel

No. 125517

>>125483
That level of self-asskissing… lmao
>I live in a country that's known for beautiful women
>my phenotype makes women a bit more conventionally attractive

No. 125523

>>125517
NTA and I usually rme hard at bragging, but that sounds like a fair assessment of slavs. She's not even talking about her own opinion, the rest of the world does stereotype Eastern Euro women as gorgeous whereas the men don't have that reputation.

No. 125526

>>125517
I'm sorry, this was not my intention. I was just talking about a stereotype regarding looks of Slavic people, I had thought it was bullshit as well, but I guess there's a grain of truth to it (at least when it comes to men, I personally think nordic women are much better looking than us).

No. 125527

>>125504
It’s the same in latinoamerica anon.

Shithole countries put the most shit on women to look “good enough”

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>>125517
Well that anon probable doesn’t live in India calm the fuck down

We all know that beauty is the closest to what we see in media and slav women are seen as perfect because of their features

No. 125536

>>125483
Poles look bloated, both the men and women look like potatoes

No. 125537

>>125528
lol my ethnicity isn't even on this chart. now i'm wondering what the common phenotype for it is?

No. 125547

>>125132
I had the same experience as a lesbian. So many people on dating apps just expect the other party to carry the convo completely, even though they showed interest first. I don't get it

No. 125566

>>125484
>>125504
>>125536
Slavic women from all countries are very beautiful and slavic men are the ugliest male ethnicity.

No. 125624

>>125368
Meeting up with strange men makes me really anxious. I’m just generally nervous around strangers because of my social anxiety. How do you meet up with them and go on a date and not feel weirded out that you’ve never met them before? I feel like my first impressions are going to blow it for me. I’ve swiped on so many good looking guys who can actually text and uphold a conversation but I always blow it when they meet me because I act all awkward and strange. I can’t hold eye contact too long because I’m shy & awkward and I guess my low self esteem makes me feel like I’m below their league.

No. 125637

i think in nearly all populations men are much worse-looking than women, except france.

>>125566
are slav men really uglier than south asian men?

it's weird because while i don't think slavic women are ugly i've always thought they look bloated and generally have heavy brows/odd profiles. they also age badly, fast. i really don't understand where the idea that slav grills are super hot has come from, if not from porn and prostitution.

No. 125806

>>125566
>>125637

south asian men are def uglier, you can cherrypick a few cute looking boyish slav men that are quite attractive, that before they start balding then become just average.

No. 125865

>>125806
Oh come on, almost every white male actor has some kind of slavic roots. Slav men destroy their looks with alcohol and overall misery, but the average slav looks better than the average central european if moved to a somewhat stable environment (eg far away from motherland.).

No. 125870

>>125865
The guy who plays Jim Halpert from the Office is so cute and he’s half Polish

No. 125879

>>125865
>almost every white male actor has some kind of slavic roots
That's just not true.
>the average slav looks better than the average central european
Leo DiCaprio (and countless others) beg to differ…
People only think of guys like that one famous russian ballerino or some young model when talking about slavs but in reality most of them have massive browbones, beady eyes, meaty nose and lips and look like they want to beat up everybody and everything. Far more slavs actually match that stereotypical trope instead of looking as cute or dreamy as american girls think they do.

No. 125885

>>125870
>>125865
>>125879
>>125806
>>125637

will you all shut the fuck up and stop derailing a thread about dating apps with your inane opinions about slavs

No. 125887

>>112431
>>112435
They swipe right on everyone. I've even heard of guys making bots to do it for them. They don't give a fuck about you, your pictures or your profile.

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No. 125944

>>125921
he sure aged as badly as slavic men.

No. 126517

>>125806
>>125865
Slavic men have a more infantile look in general IMO.
western men have a longer head/fuller beard/narrower face.

Indian men can all look very different, but some women are definitely into the "swarthy semitic" look which a lot of Indian guys have (aka Dev Patel)

No. 126518

>>126517
This >>125839 is what comes to my mind when I think "Slav". Of course not all of them look like that, but they do tend to have more of those features compared to western men (wider face, less hair, potato nose, etc.)

No. 126529

I joined Bumble last night whilst drunk, I've never used a dating app and I'm kind off odd-looking. I don't mean this to humble brag at all, I just want to know what my odds are here. I got a lot of attractive matches (most guys I swiped had swiped me back or did so a few hours later). What are the chances of 20-ish attractive men on Bumble within 15 miles of me aren't all creeps/swiping for a joke/catfishes?

No. 126530

>>126529
Getting matches is the easy part. Having conversations stay alive, no red flags, a successful date, etc is the hard part.

No. 126548

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>>126518
Dude looks like a typical potato = German = central European.

This is what I think of when I think of Slav men. Big bones, big head, heavy lidded eyes.

Do we need a thread for this and would such a thread even be allowed b/c race baiting? I don't want to shit up this thread.

No. 126551

>>126548
Average Polish guy is much uglier than him…

No. 126580

>>126529
Like >>126530 mentioned, it's really easy to match but those types of guys do tend to ghost more often before you get to meet since they probably have a lot of girls after them.

I will say, though, that the guys I've met off apps (mainly Tinder) have been way more out of my league than guys I've met "organically." They're mainly looking for hookups, but even then, they've all been really conventionally attractive and successful, and I don't even consider myself particularly pretty either.

No. 126588

>>126548
Just look at pictures of the german soccer team vs the polish or russian soccer team and you'll see who on average has doughier features and who has sharper features.
Sorry, but it just annoys me a little that everybody always seems to put slavs on a pedestral (crystal.cafe even have their own thread dedicated to them?) while shitting on my country lol
Slavic men are usually also still a lot more misogynistic than the rest of Europe, so don't dream too much of getting a cute slav bf or you might be disappointed - plus they prefer their own women anyway.

No. 126635

>>126588
That crystal.cafe thread is just people shitting on the idea of slav guys being cute though.

No. 126681

Omg I matched with two real hot hotties with abs and killer jawlines and handsome faces and they’re both 6’4”

I feel like they’re out of my league and I’m going to get such anxiety if I meet with them. I also think they’re looking for hook ups because they just look the type since they’re so hot and don’t hot people on dating apps just want a quick fling? Or one night stand?

No. 126687

>>126551
claiming there's a significant difference between Germans and Poles shows how ridiculous the basic premise of this conversation is.

>>126588
>>my country

lmao, reg dich ab. nobody said anything about ideology and character.

>>126681
what dating app? lower your expectations (having an interesting conversation instead of meeting your future husband), and it'll be fine. ask yourself if you like them instead of wondering whether they like you.

No. 126699

>>126687
Hinge which is supposed to be for serious people looking for a serious relationship. I’ll see if I even like them. Ones uneducated and the other does drugs so they’re not entirely meeting my golden standard

No. 127011

Should I put my dealbreakers all up front in a dating app? Like “don’t watch porn” or is that too straightforward and cringe to be associated with my name and face

No. 128938

>>125885
Slavs aren't white or human, but that's just being redundant I guess.(USER HAS BEEN PUT OUT TO PASTURE)

No. 128946

>>127011
Good luck finding a man who honestly doesn't watch porn. You'll at best find a man who is very good at hiding his porn habit

No. 129114

>>128946
They're not impossible to find, more niche men are getting into the 'no fap' movement.

No. 129115

>>129114
Waiting for the "only eat pussy" movement

No. 129123

>>129115
This would be the dream

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>>125566
>>125879
>>125637
>>125885
Wut, I've always liked slav men a lot. They do have a cuter look to them, but they're also tall, "manlier" in their mannerisms and despite the stereotype, treat girls well.

You can always tell if a guy is slav though lol.

No. 134977

Any of you used The League app before? The waiting list is super long unless you pay but I got in the next day. The men they show me at hot 10/10 Chads, definitely the type I'd go for, but the ones in the open chat groups are old creep looking types. Maybe they select chads for you to match your profile? Or those creeps paid to get in?

Lmao. I'm interested to match with someone and see what happens. The Chads on Tinder are hot but so so fucking retarded, it's impossible to hold a conversation with them.

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Tinder is unironically the Discord of dating, Discord is the Facebook of AIM, AIM is the instant messaging of the pre-corporate internet, and the pre-corporate internet is what we need to go back to if we want true speech freedom on the web anymore.
/tangent of screw the web 3.0, but also my long way to say that Tinder and ILK is trash.

Tinder is almost like a leper colony for easy men (and others). Barely worth the effort

>>82463

No. 134997

Is it weird that I almost never get sexual messages? I also never get dick pics, but it doesn't seem like guys message me first. Is it because I look ugly?

No. 134998

>>134975
nice try, bydlo

No. 135005

>>134975
I've always heard that slavic men are shitty because in a lot of slavic countries women outnumber men and so women basically have to compete for them so the men become assholes

No. 135021

>>134997
Idk what dating app you're using but maybe you're just matching with decent men.

Once I matched this cute guy on Tinder ad the first thing he asked me was if I'd have sex with him.

No. 135028

>>135005
Uuuh, no?

No. 135033

>>135005
i think more likely reason for them to be shitty is lack of proper sexual education and unrealized misogyny, but i wouldn't say it's exclusively slav countries problem

No. 135034

>>135005
Nah not true

I've found they're just nicer to you, with the added bonus that they're not pussies needing to ask for permission for everything (though maybe that's every country other than in the west). English guys for example are so scared of doing anything, such fucking pushovers.

No. 135042

>>135034
>>134998
>they're not pussies needing to ask for permission for everything
nta, but nice try bydlo

No. 135043

>>135034
>a hot guy who asks your permission to anything

Sounds like the ideal tbh

No. 135045

>>135043
Sounds better than it is lmao. I dated a 10/10 english guy a few months ago. Hottest person I've ever seen in my life. Super kind too. But damn it it would have been nice if he were a bit more assertive.

>can I do this? I mean, only if you're 100% fine with it.

SHUT UP AND TOUCH ME

No. 135046

>>135042
Nta, but the ideal, really nice and honest guy is hard to find, so I think some women just prefer men who are more upfront, e.g. they say something shitty and you can directly confront them about it, than guys who know that they can't say/do certain things but have an underlying misogyny and passive aggressiveness.
I guess it's the same with women who prefer ugly, skinny-fat/fat and/or short guys because they say those couldn't hurt you like fit guys can - but if a man really wants to hurt you, verbally or physically, he'll always find a way. If it's in your face you can defend yourself and correct him, but if he's stabbing you in the back, like shittalking you with his friends or secretly watching porn while pretending to be a sjw, you're living a life of uncertainty.
I personally believe that dating an arab/muslim guy or anybody from a backwards culture and hoping he's magically alright would be absolutely idiotic, but sometimes you might be luckier with like in this case slav guys than you are with fake-woke western europe/american guys.

No. 135047

>>135046
this is exactly what I meant, thanks for putting it in words better than I could.

actually the best combo I've been able to find is an eastern euro guy who has lived in the west for a while. they have that traditional assertiveness but are more open-minded than those who never left their country

No. 135048

>>135046
OK I kinda get it. No one wants a sneaky misogynist, but you also don't want a proud one.

No. 135055

>>135047
I understood what you were trying to say, no problem

What I wanted to add, I also noticed this a lot lately, that even a lot of normie men irl (so not just assholes on the internet) seem to have a hidden deep hatred for women and start openly mocking feminists a la 4chan. "B-but what about us? What about men's righs? Females nowadays have it easier than us". Just because feminism exists since ages already, doesn't mean you listened to us and tried to better yourself and acting like rape is not a real fear of and threat for girls and women is disgusting.
Feminisim hasn't been a thing in eastern europe for as long as it has been in the western europe or the US, but the men there at least have enough pride to not paint themselves as victims - which is one of the things that I personally hate the most.

>>135048
Of course not, but in my experience it's much more prevalent in men who try to hide it than in men who do things like make a stupid distasteful joke. The former might snap one day and go full out while the latter didn't do it in malice.

No. 135057

>>135055
This might sound weird to non eastern euros, but I feel more "equal" in eastern europe than in the UK. It feels like in the UK they're doing it for brownie points, and they still consider women beneath them. In EE things are mostly equal just because. Growing up there I never felt lesser. There's never been a push for feminism, and women actually hate being called feminists.

No. 135058

>>135057
Well, but that's not good either, feminism means equal rights for everybody, why would you hate being called that if not because you're actually sucking up to insecure men?

No. 135060

>>135058
I think it's because woman in EE associate the word "feminist" with the stereotypical maniac western tumblr feminist. We just prefer to call it equal rights.

No. 135226

>>82517
>This was when he started making his millions, shockingly he left my mother for a younger woman, who would have thought!?

This is pretty fucked up honestly. I'd expect people who got rich to keep their spouse who was there for them before the money. The fact they were there before the wealth pretty much proves they're not in it for the money. Instead they dump them and trade them in for a life of paranoia which is not only ungrateful but deeply stupid.

No. 135229

What's a good opening line for Bumble? I don't like stupid pick up lines, but don't want to say some unoriginal "heeyyy" shit either

No. 135234

>>85100
So how is this any different from being pornsick? Most people aren't that special but nobody gives them the time of day now unless they 'spice it up' to the point it looks fake. Internet porn fucks up men's brains to the point they can't even get hard with real sex. They become tolerant to the pleasure and require extreme stimulus to respond. How are dating apps any different ? To me it looks like everyone's being conditioned by these technologies.

No. 135238

>>135045
You'll enjoy him being assertive until he does something you don't like. Then suddenly the relationship with the 'perfect' guy will be over because he violated some boundary he didn't even know you had and you'll never be able to trust him again.

Don't trivilaize consent. That guy sounds like he's taking it seriously. We don't want men thinking they can just touch us whenever and wherever they feel like it. So don't act like they should do exactly that. Because that's exaclty what's going to happen.

No. 135241

>>135238
Hm, good point. Didn't think about that.

No. 135246

>>135238
Fucking this. I'd rather a guy ask me for consent every step of the way until he understands my boundaries than just do whatever. To me it's way hotter that he has that sort of consideration than try to be "dominant" or whatever. Major turn-off.

No. 135253

>match with an attractive, kind looking guy.
>looks really nice and genuine
>just messages me to sleep with him

Fuck's sake. On the flipside, the biggest fuckboy profile turned out to be a sweet person

No. 135265

>>135253
Happened to me once. My friend went on a date with a blonde cute guy she met on Tinder and hooked up with him, they kept messaging each other until he stopped responding. Ppl on this app are so fickle omg

No. 135314

>>135265
I think attractive men just have a lot of options for girls they'd date in real life, and use Tinder purely for hookups.

A man will pretend to care about you just so you sleep with him. I wish they'd just be upfront about it. I'd rather have a FWB with someone than be lied to and invest emotion into something worthless

No. 135361

>>135314
Why are men such fucking sociopaths? It's men from all around the world who do this shit, so it must be natural. So gross.

No. 135369

>>135361
>>135314
How could they not be? They want to have sex despite their shortcomings, their only option is to lie

No. 135372

>>135361
Lmao true. They're just so obsessed with sex they let it rot their brains. It's fucking weird.

No. 135384

>>135361
It's how men are conditioned because of "society standards". I'm sure if men and women were raised the same way with the same standards applying to both genders we wouldn't be having this issue.

No. 135391

Met a guy on bumble. His replies are dry sometimes but sometimes he makes me laugh. We called a bunch of times and i had fun once since we kept laughing and i liked it. I dont know if im developing a crush or its just because Ive been lonely for so long but i think he’s just ghosting me at this point and he takes time to reply so im not really on what i feel about things anymore

No. 135395

>>135391
>I dont know if im developing a crush or its just because Ive been lonely for so long
Lol, exactly how I feel most of the time. It's loneliness.

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>>135395

t-thanks anon

No. 135399

>>135396
iktf anonette. I have a big issue with this, developing crushes quickly because I'm so lonely. I just want someone to care about me, not just in a platonic way. Friends aren't the same, nor is family.

honestly considering just meeting guys off Tinder or whatever to temporarily fill the empty void until I do meet someone.

No. 135402

>>135399
True about the part where friends or family cant recreate that feeling and dating apps can get sad for a couple of hours/days

Validation and attention from a potential partner feels nice

No. 135415

>>135402
>dating apps can get sad for a couple of hours/days
they start off exciting and get depressing real fast lol. and right now there's no point to them given the lockdowns. I can't be bothered to text someone for 3 months. i'm not gonna have a fucking video call either, I need physical touch :(

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>>135391
update on this is that he has fully ghosted me i believe and isn't interested. which is fine i guess. hearing the discord notif makes me jump and expect that its him. never trying dating apps ever again

No. 135469

>>135462
Don't get discouraged. Men will ghost, especially during this time where you can't actually meet for the foreseeable future. Perhaps for now find a nice cosy discord server and make friends, and try dating apps once the world opens again :)

No. 136143

Where can I find men that are not sociopaths? I have tried:

Tinder- fuckboy central
Bumble- same userbase as Tinder
Coffee Meets Bagel- the guys seem nicer here, but the userbase is tiny
POF- seems to be only toothless trailer trash type of guys

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>>136143
I’m starting to think almost all men on dating apps are looking for validation/ the order-a-bitch menu. Decent guys are snapped up quickly and have no need to use apps.

No. 136148

>>136147
>>136143
Have you tried offline?

No. 136153

>>136147
Yeah fr. I would never meet up with a guy from a dating app.

No. 136156

Story time. I matched with this guy on Tinder after he super liked me. We texted for a bit and arranged to FaceTime the following day. I woke up the next morning to a text from him saying he was going out to buy wine and wanted to know if I wanted any. He offered to deliver me some so that we could drink together over FaceTime. I said sure.

He then replied with an offer to get me two bottles of wine. I agreed. He left the bottles in the lobby of my apartment building so as to maintain social distancing.

We talked for maybe an hour or so. I felt catfished almost because he clearly used pics that were from at least a year ago. Like he used to be really bulky and muscular and now he's all scrawny and geeky looking. But I tried to give him a chance.

He talked a lot about how he's probably going to lose his job and other depressing topics. Somehow we got on the topic of a tweet he posted the night before, in which he described his future kid asking him, "Dad, when was the moment you knew you wanted to marry Mom?" This guy replies with "well, we were talking for the first time and she told a joke about ____" which was what I had said the night before.

Immense cringe. Then he was like "let's show each other the coolest thing in our rooms right now" and he showed me a stormtrooper helmet lmao I noped outa there like byeeeeee!

No. 136164

>>136156
At least you didn't personally met him

I have Tinder installed in my phone and don't feel like using it at all

More than wanting to date someone I felt it was a social obligation and now thanks to corona I'm just chilling

No. 136184

>>136148
My workplace is nearly all women and so are my hobbies. I don't go to clubs or bars. So… dating apps for me.

No. 136197

>>136147
>Decent guys are snapped up quickly and have no need to use apps.
:( Yeah

I want to find a decent, attractive guy but they're all looking for hookups online, and I don't spend enough time socialising offline to meet one that way. Especially with this fucking virus I have to be alone for even longer.

No. 136224

>>135462
Ok, nonny, pep-talk time.
Trust me when I tell you that this guy is not worth getting upset over. I know it’s hard to overcome that feeling of loneliness but do you genuinely feel as if you’d have enjoyed being in a relationship with this guy or you had some irreplaceable connection?
I was in a similar situation (I literally had to delete discord so I would stop waiting for a notification) but looking back, it was so not worth getting sad over it. You tried and it didn’t go anywhere, but who knows if it would have worked out anyway?
And if you think about it, when you finally meet the right guy that’s out there waiting for you, this dude will seem so insignificant you’ll probably completely forget about him. He’ll literally just be some asshat who threw away his chance with you. Do you really wanna say you gave up because of this one guy who wasn’t even that fun to talk to?
It always sucks being ghosted but realise that it’s not something you should be torn up about and it happens to literally everyone. The positive thing is that you made an effort.

No. 136225

Is anyone else just not going to even consider dating for the next year? I don't trust men to be responsible or conscientious about covid exposure. Back in November some asshole (MED STUDENT!) let me kiss him and do the nasty while apparently he had a raging viral cold he didn't fess up to until I found cold medicine in his bathroom. He lied to me when I asked him about his sniffles initially. I wound up having to shell out at an urgent care when the viral cold he gave me went bacterial.
Stands to reason that if men hate and are apathetic towards women enough to lie about their colds and STDs, they're not gonna care if they expose us to covid. They'll just figure no skin off their bones since they're young/fit/whatever so what they don't gotta deal with ain't their problem.

I usually enjoy casual dates but I don't trust scrotes with my health. They don't care.

No. 136232

>>136225
I'm gonna date as soon as shit reopens, but not before that (some men off dating apps asked me to drive to them despite the lockdowns, the fucking desperation). I'm lonely and I don't think I want to wait until next year, but if you have some health issues or poor immune system then I see why you'd want to.

But, you might also want to consider that the virus is expected to come back in the winter

No. 136291

I've been getting far fewer matches than usual since the quarantine started. Almost none. It's really hurting my self esteem.

No. 136311

>>136291
What kind of quality man do you plan to encounter? No one worthy is going to be caught dead doing selfish shit like browsing a dating app during a virus crisis. They're all gonna be creeps looking to take advantage of your time and in worst case persuade you to risk your health right now.

No. 136314

>>136311
If anything, I would expect dating app activity to be spiking right now since everyone is stuck inside. How is it selfish?

No. 136315

>>136314
Yeah, literally everyone is online rn. Tinder is offering passport for the month lol

No. 136330

>>136314
Because people are meeting up when they shouldn't. Do you just want a penpal that occasionally begs for nudes while he chats up his roster of twelve other women where he's asking the same?

No. 136331

>>136314
>>136315
>>136330
>>136311

The way I see it is the usually social people are now lonely and trying Tinder out, whether it's for nudes or building up a harem of women they can text "heyyyy, wanna meet up?" once the lockdown is over.

Many don't know what they're using it for, they're just trying it out. I saw more activity once lockdown started, but it's dropped significantly over the weeks as everyone found out it was useless.

No. 136358

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>>136224
Its 5 am where I live and I fucking cried. Thank u anon My friends are telling me its just a quarantine phase and I shouldn’t have had gotten my hopes up in the first place. I needed this a lot

No. 136367

>>136358
Different anon here, but I think you need to learn how to cope with ghosting a bit better or stay away from dating apps if it hurts your self esteem. I used to be the same and felt super hurt every time I got ghosted, but you need to realize that it happens to LITERALLY everyone. Guys from dating apps are usually fuckboys with no attention span, that's just sadly how it is.

Also, a lot of guys can be fun to talk to and then be completely unattractive once you actually meet up, whether it's their mannerisms or other things – so there's a big chance you would've been less impressed meeting him irl anyway. I've had guys who seemed amazing and then did something that was a huge turn off once we met up, or it was just painfully awkward. I've gone on 10+ Tinder dates and only half of them or less actually retained my interest after meeting them, so you're probably not missing out on much.

No. 136370

Also, on a related note: the only person I met on Tinder who I've still kept in contact with for almost half a year now (just casually hooking up though, he was open about that and doesn't lead me on) has been my fave out of everyone I've met. I can't gush over him enough and I really wouldn't expect him to be into me at all, so it really is a matter of luck when it comes to who ghosts and who doesn't.

No. 136371

>>136224
gonna screenshot this to show my future self, cause i wanna get into online dating soon and already know i will react like a banshee if/when this happens to me. good stuff anon

No. 136386

>>136370
You should value yourself more than this. He's not "into you," you're just an easy lay whereas most girls have more self respect than to hand it out (for free anyway).

No. 136401

>>136386
Handing it out for money makes you a ho, so. No winning apparently.

No. 136410

>>136386
if she has sex with some tinder guy because she wants sex then wtf does it have to do with valueing herself? This mindset only reinforces the idea that guys can sleep with everyone without losing their worth but girls can't.

No. 136423

>>136386
Where are you getting the assumptions that I'm an "easy lay" and that he doesn't spend money on me??

>>136401
>>136410
Agreed

No. 136428

>>136358
I’m glad I could help and I hope you feel better. Please don’t stress about it, okay?

>>136371
Good luck, anon, I’ll be rooting for you.

No. 136450

>>136156
I tried to find the Tweet and nothing, I guess he deleted it.

Dropping the wine off in the lobby and then going home to facetime with you is the weirdest bit.

No. 136462

>>136423
So you're saying he spends money on you in exchange for sex. My mistake, you are a true prostitute which is slightly better I guess.

No. 136467

>>136462
Your mindset here does nothing but hurt women who want casual sex. Stop forcing your personal requirements onto her, it’s her choice who she sleeps with for whatever her own reasons are. Throwing around the word prostitute as an insult to an anon who clearly sees sex differently to you just makes you look like a bitch.

No. 136572

>>136462
wat
I'm sorry you've never gone on dates with men who pay for you, anon

No. 136624

>>136572
Men pay for all my dates. I don't exchange that for sex, that's the difference. I actually command respect from men instead of being a living sex doll lol.

No. 136627

>>136624
How virtous, you truely are not like those others girls

No. 136694

Anyone else message first and get ignored a lot? I feel like men always whine that women never message first, but then they do this.

No. 136723

>>136694
Eh that's why I don't anymore. They're only shitting themselves because 10/10 Staceys who promise to pamper them aren't messaging them, they don't care about messages from their looksmatch and they're always trying to see if they can do better. Let them pursue you.

No. 137808

Why does every guy on Tinder looks like he hasn’t showed in three days? This is actually pissing me off.

No. 137809

>>137808
They all look like they're making a profile for their stupid friends as a joke, not to attract women. It's scary how shit men are at online dating. Is it really that hard to groom yourself, smile and take a photo?

No. 137810

>>137809
Nta, but apparently it is for them. What's worse is they could be alright people but you'll never know since they look like slobs.

No. 137811

>>137810
> What's worse is they could be alright people but you'll never know since they look like slobs.

painfully true. my ex was a 10/10 person in looks and had a good personality, recently came across his dating profile and it's SHIT. generic answers, shit photos. almost reached out to him to say he's doing himself a huge disservice.

No. 137817

>>137808
>>137809
>>137810
>>137811
nah what's more painful is when their profile looks great, they look attractive, but their bio is just shit. and not just low effort, but some shitty pick up line. and I'd love to match with them but i'd feel disgusting because of their bio. fucking idiots.

No. 137831

Life just isn't fair. Girls have beautiful and interesting pics and bios and men can't be arsed to take a minimally decent pic

No. 137832

>>137831
And in the animal kingdom the males are the ones who are meant to show off and "beautify" themselves. What happened to human males lol?

No. 137843

>>137832
It was probably like that in the paleolithic but the roles were reversed at the start of civilization (aka patriarchy) because beautifying oneself is a (seemingly trivial) time and resource consuming task that got largely replaced by status in men, also male animals are desperate as fuck, the fact male peacucks are so extravagant looking is because female peacucks selected them to be beautiful over thousands of years, the rest of male peacucks that didn't meet this criteria died as lonely horny virgins

No. 137850

>>137843
>the rest of male peacucks that didn't meet this criteria died as lonely horny virgins
>peacucks
LMAO

Wish we could weed out the low quality men like that, but unfortunately there will always be desperate girls that take them and carry on their useless genes.

No. 137875

Has anyone else been getting really shit top picks on Tinder recently? I used to get really attractive suggestions, but for a few weeks now they've been extremely average looking, and none of them are in my city.

No. 137881

>>137832
imo patriarchy pickme culture where men pick women makes no sense EXCEPT in a small vulnerable population where women are desperate to have children with a stable partner at all costs for survival. in all other contexts, the peacock system seems way more natural and better for everyone. men can't handle rejection for shit and are generally a lot less picky about their taste in women. women are more likely to have a "type" and be serious about it and don't get as enraged by rejection so they should do the choosing. women wouldn't have to be bothered as often and could enjoy the feeling of power and men could enjoy feeling wanted and not worry about frequent rejection. even incel types would benefit because there would be a clear method of how to be attractive to women, instead of "idk bro just be confident" and one end and "if you don't have chad genetics and six figures it's OVER" on the other. necessity would lead to the development of a reasonable, adjustable blueprint of how to be attractive as a male instead of the half assed no win shit they have now. i really think that's the way things are "supposed" to be but extreme circumstances and power structures ruined it.

No. 137882

>>137881
The praying mantis or the hyena system is better

No. 137884

>>137875
My top picks are always generic white dudebros. I've never swiped right on a white guy so it makes no sense.

No. 137900

>>137875
>>137884
They're based on your score (using Tinder's algorithm). If you prove to be popular (and swiped by Chads), you'll get suggested more Chads. When I first joined my picks were horrendous because I hadn't matched enough with people and my profile was set to private unless someone swiped on me. I made it public for a day and my picks improved.

No. 138062

i deleted all apps for almost a year and, of course, right when i get the urge to date again this covid shit happens

i feel so lonely anons

No. 138113

>>138062
fuck holy shit i feel you. for now maybe focus on yourself talk to some friends about what you feel. once covid season ends hopefully you can bounce back into the dating scene.

No. 138169

>>137831
This is so true… My bio is good and the pictures on my profile aren't terrible, but I hate getting my picture taken so they aren't professionally taken, IG model status photos like other girls. I feel like it definitely impacts how many matches I get. Meanwhile men are popular if they just do bare minimum…

No. 138193

>>138169
well, men are expected to have a good bio to make up for it. i look at both men and women and i want my women to also have a decent bio, but like, from the man's perspective, i don't think they generally give a shit what a woman's bio says so long as they're physically attracted to her. because male brain. obv personality is important later on but for initial impressions you just have to be attractive to a man and you can leave your shit blank.

No. 138251

>>137831
are you sure? mine is blank and so are most girls and i still have 99+ matches

No. 138506

I just got back into tinder to talk to people during quar, it’ll still be another month+ until I can meet up with them safely but I figured that would weed out the ones who weren’t that interesting. I feel horrible though cause i keep ghosting guys, I’m getting way too many matches to keep up with all the conversations. I don’t remember it being like this at all last time I used it, but also last time I used it, we would talk for 4 or 5 days, and then start going on real dates/hooking up.
(+ I’m the anon from the dumbass shit thread who matched with my ex’s friend by swiping before I realized it was my ex’s friend, he didn’t seem to know we knew each other and we sent like 2 messages back and forth until I got radio silence for 18 hours now, but he hasn’t unmatched. Being ignored by skaters is my kink, I guess)

No. 138623

>>137884
There's no way this is true
I always got the most basic matches ever for top picks when NONE of them were my type and they all looked basically the same
It has to be that if you're popular you'll get suggested to more people, rather than matching based on compatibility–because there's no way I'd date any of my top matches

No. 149492

Does anyone here ever message guys first on dating apps (other than Bumble)? I never do and I find it weird

No. 149497

>>149492
Only ever tried bumble tbh but I found that they expected me to carry the whole conversation. I like initiating but ime men get weirdly passive then (even when they are interested) it's like men think there needs to be a set power dynamic where one always leads and that by initiating that means it's you.

No. 149502

>>149492
I messaged my bf first on Tinder. We’ve been together for almost two years now.

No. 149545

>>149492
Nah, never. I think guys are used to initiating conversation.
I was about to come into this thread actually to gripe about something related— I matched with a guy I vaguely knew (had met once before, but would see each other oftenish and wave or say hi). He always texts first but I just cannot get a good conversation out of him, like I feel like I’m writing long ass witty texts just for him to say “haha yeah true true haha hope that works out for you”. He always texts first and then it seems like he never has anything to say! I just wish he’d go ahead and ask me to hang out, but it’s been a week of talking off and on and he hasn’t said anything. I honestly prefer it when guys from tinder initiate everything and then ask to hang out within the first 3 days, initiating or carrying the conversation for a week+ is such a chore.

No. 149548

Les and bi anons, what apps do you use/have you used to meet women?

No. 149561

>>149548
Tinder (basically all it has going for it is "selection"), Her (even more full of troons then the others, shitty layout, my least favorite), Hinge (somehow almost no troons? fave), OkCupid (used to be good in like 2012 but it sucks now), Bumble (apparently great for straight women but sucks for les/bi because the whole gimmick doesn't work). Not much success, but that's probably more a me issue then the apps' fault. Unless you live in a very urban area any apps more niche then these likely won't have many/any active local users.

No. 149566

>>149545
>>149497
>>149492
Yeah I agree. I'm quite forward but guys need to make the first move. Otherwise the whole dynamic is thrown off.

Also I fucking hate men who just type three words or convos with no effort and plug their stupid instagram.

Or literal 2/10s with bios like "message me on insta I'm not active on Tinder" as if they're attractive enough to do that.

No. 149567

How picky are you on apps? I feel like I only swipe on the 11/10s. I'm so picky, but men are as attractive as their worst photo and I want a Chad.

It's a shame that there are almost no attractive men that meet my standards that can also hold a conversation. I'm only met one guy like that in my life.

No. 149579

>>149545
> “haha yeah true true haha"
Dealt with the same, moved to a tiny town and managed to match with someone who had lots of shared interests listed and lived very close by.. after the convo somehow turned into me talking and him saying “haha yeah true true haha" in reply to everything, I decided that the lack of social skills he displayed outweighed any of our shared interests and I never met up with him.

No. 149613

>>149492
If I feel like it then yes. These "oh the guy has to message first";"oh i have to wait 3 days before messaging her after a date"tactics are so damn stupid and kitch.

My best conversations on dating apps were mostly initiated by me. Initiating a conversation doesn't mean carrying the whole convo though. If someone does 0 effort then next.

No. 149622

>>149613
I have no tactics or rules except the guy has to message first.

No. 149624

How many likes do you normally get within one of those Tinder boosts?

How does Tinder decide the caliber of men to show you? I assume attractive people see more attractive people

No. 149626

>>149567
i find its better to sacrifice a bit on looks and be very picky about personality. hot hot guys on apps are either bots or end up being fuckin rapey as hell and entitled. i've found some good ones (most guys just photograph TERRIBLE) but if you pick someone who is your type and just hope they look better in person, sometimes it works out
>>149624
theres no attractiveness rating lol. you just get the people closest to you with similar interests or whatever

No. 149668

>>149626
Maybe that's where I'm going wrong. I only go for extremely extremely hot men. I had 1.6k likes yesterday and matched with maybe 12. I wonder what that does to my algorithm.

No. 149705

>>149545
bouncing off this post to say that my ex, who i met on tinder, was an odd texter (halfway between stale "haha true" replies and often initiating with interesting questions…) until we actually met irl after a week. could've been sooner but he was out of town.
i wasn't getting much luck on tinder until i started saying hi first. can't complain about silent matches if i'm also a silent match…

No. 149724

I have trained my Tinder to mostly show me people that look like my ex. It shows me guys that have his exact facial structure and even name. It's weird. I'm talking to 3 people that look exactly like him and I know it's messed up but I can't help it.

No. 149730

I can't believe I met my bf on POF like 7 years ago kek. That site was so trash. OkCupid wasn't very popular in my area and Tinder hadn't quite taken off yet. He was really cute but boring as hell online, we weren't even going to meet up but we ran into each other at a bus stop. It was so awkward because I wasn't sure if it was him or not and he was wondering the same thing but eventually he came to say hello. Such a different guy in person, he was so funny and interesting compared to one word answers through messages.

No. 149732

i'm more confident and ready to fuck than ever before, yet i get a fraction of the attention on apps i used to get. lol. 30 year old hag i suppose.

not that i can even morally meet anyone new in a pandemic but, fuck

No. 149733

if you match with someone on tinder and they disappear from your matches, does that mean they blocked you?

No. 149734

>>149733
that or they deleted their account/got banned

No. 149738

i dated the first guy i met off tinder for 6 months when i was 20. he used to leave me outside his house in the snow for hours while he played dota lmao

No. 149739

>>149738
How can you leave another person outside in the snow? Why didn't you just, you know, go home?

No. 149745

>>149732
It's because men are disgusting and they always set the lowest age for their matches, no matter their own age. I'm sure you don't "look" 30 (I mean - how men think 30 y/o women look) so just change your age to 24 or something. If it's just a fuck you're afer, who cares.

No. 149766

>>149732
It's not that you're a hag, at 30 they know you're not going to be as naive. That's the sad reality behind it.

No. 149770

>>149732
I don't disagree with the other anons but I also think there's simply fewer men on the market available in your thirties than when you were in your twenties. A lot of people are in steady relationships by the time they're thirty or so after all.

No. 149776

>>149770
>A lot of people are in steady relationships by the time they're thirty or so after all.
this is the worst part. i really wasted my 20s by making myself completely unavailable. probably won't ever find true love now.

No. 150047

Anyone used Hinge?

I logged on for the first time in months and the first person I see is my ex. We live in a huge city, it's weird how his profile was shown to me.

No. 150077

>>150047
i used hinge outside of the US out of curiosity since my american friends often talk about it and i matched with one american guy who immediately sent me the rudest and most disgusting messages i've ever gotten on a dating app. or even IRL for that matter. this is not useful to you, but, damn.

No. 150080

>>150077
Hinge is strange. I enjoy reading people's profiles, but I get almost zero likes when on Tinder I get up to hundreds a day. Again, I live in a huge city.

No. 150212

Signed up for Bumble. My beeline got up to 100+ within a few hours. But it's been a week now and I haven't gotten a single match, which doesn't seem to make sense. Am I somehow doing this wrong?

No. 150230

>>150047
If I'm not mistaken, Hinge works off Facebook friends list, so if you still have him added or you have mutual friends, that's why he popped up quickly

No. 150254

>>150230
My FB is not linked to Hinge (don't even have him added anyway). But my phone number is, so maybe that's it.

No. 150674

>>150047
update, Hinge is creepy as fuck. not only does it keep showing me his profile, it shows me people that look exactly like him down to the single dimple and birthmark.

No. 150718

I used dating apps on and off for years now and I can’t tell if it’s because I moved countries (Europe to Aus) or because there are more people on apps nowadays, but men seem so uninterested now.

Years ago, it was so easy to find someone decent and guys would invite you out on proper dates (Aka restaurants, movies, something nice). Some of my friends met on tinder like 10 years ago? And didn’t sleep together until they had about a dozen dates.

Now I’m using bumble and even though I only swipe on people with a bio, so I can open with something other than “Hey”, after about 3 sentences back and forth, they don’t bother replying anymore. I know I’m not extremely funny through text because I can’t tell if other people are going to understand my deadpan humour, but neither are they.
Kinda like what anon there >>149545 mentioned, it’s all about “yeah cool, hows your weekend”.

When I get to meet guys, they jump straight into kissing me on the first date and the second one, are already trying to fondle me.

And I’ve never been ghosted this many times in my life. Like don’t tell me you enjoy spending time with me and want me to hang with your friends then disappear the next day!

Tinfoil theory but I feel like the tinder card model is what made dating apps progressively worse over time. I remember back in the days I’d fiddle with the filters in terms of interests, hobbies, passions etc. Now I’m lucky if Chad bothered to answer something to “Dream dinner guest” other than “You”.

No. 150841

>>150718
As someone who's dabbled in basically every dating app, Bumble's selection of men is pretty trash. Only slightly above Tinder. A good one to find classy guys who can carry a convo would be Coffee Meets Bagel.

But as far as things like men expecting to take it fast on dates and ghosting, that is unfortunately just American dating culture these days. It's pretty fucking sad. If the guys are asking consent instead of just straight up groping/sexually assaulting you, consider yourself lucky tbh.

No. 150843

>>150718
Because men see dating apps as a numbers game and therefore don't want to expend energy on women who they view as not worth it.
Either you're their top pick and you put out or draw them in the way they expect of you, or you're nothing more than a part of their low-effort rotation when no one better is available at best.

This is why I don't feel sorry about women ghosting men anymore the second they trespass a boundary or set off the creep alarm. If men are out there trying to score the best, then it follows that women should be doing the same thing.

No. 151012

i want to pull my fucking hair out i'm so lonely and horny but i won't meet anyone in the middle of a pandemic and also everyone on apps is so fucking BORING

i'm not an incredibly interesting person or anything but my god no one can have a conversation about anything but surface-level shit or they're trying so hard to appear like their life is amazing and full of adventures and whatever it's all so fake

No. 151013

>>150718

I met a decent coronabf on bumble last month, but I basically sacrificed looks for personality/intelligence/money.

No. 151047

>>151012
Fucking same, sis. I'm horny and lonely as shit. Every guy on dating apps is incredibly boring, personality of a banana peel. Their profile is either:

a) acting like liking dogs is a substitute for a personality
b) pIneAPPle oN PizZa bAd
c) if cOroNA DoeSN't tAKe yOu OUt cAN i
d) looks great but messages rapidly turn into desperate sexual degenerate mode

I might risk it all and call my ex just so I can get laid.

No. 151269

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a few months ago I met a guy on Okcupid who seemed quite interesting. I started DMing him and he told me about how he is a school teacher. He sent me a pic of him with his shirt and bow tie. I can't fully remember what happened after that but he ended up sending me a pic of his dick with his bow tie on.

I eventually dropped talking to him because all he wanted to do was talk sexual and I wanted to get to know him as a friend first.

No. 151301

>>151269
>he ended up sending me a pic of his dick with his bow tie on.
this is pretty funny though tbh

No. 151306

>>151047
Don't fucking call your ex, sis. Don't.

No. 151664

after moving back to the US I did not expect the culture shock of having to deal with the “what kind of Christian are you?” question in dating. Had a kind of blah phone date where guy droned on about how “he’s conservative/would not accept his kid if he was gay (nothing about possibility of a lesbian kid of course)/what is one’s best life” etc.

I miss living in a country where more or less everyone is an atheist/doesn’t really care about practices. I was never religious to begin with so it all feels like alien culture to me.

No. 151793

>>151664
Uhh do you live in the south or something? I've never been asked this and 95% of people I've ever matched with were atheist.

No. 151795

https://www.kippoapp.com/

lmao a dating app for gamurs

No. 151798

>>151795
fuck

i hate how it's appealing and yet i know the exact type of person who would sign up on it. i want someone who loves video games but also doesn't classify themselves as a "gamer" and has some fucking self-awareness, but on normal dating apps a lot of people will hide that they like games since they're so desperate to come off as a normie

No. 151815

>>151795
I'm tempted but 99% of male gamers I see on dating apps are absolutely hideous and the crop here will likely be the same.

No. 151842

>>151793

yes. I think it’s more of a sign for me to move somewhere else. I started matching with more agnostics/atheists though so that’s good

No. 151856

Is OKCupid still viable (on desktop) for same sex matches? An acquaintance of mine successfully found her long term girlfriend off it a couple of years ago. I'm just now getting back into the dating scene and have been considering it.

No. 151857

>>151795
I read the About page and apparently it encourages you to play a video game online together before ever meeting. Weird how the idea of that made me even more self-conscious than an in-person date would kek

No. 151859

>>151857
I think that's a novel idea. You can avoid anyone that rages over a video game and also elitist gatekeeping losers too. Someone that plays games but doesn't lose their identity over them is a decent catch, as far as hobbies go.

No. 151867

>>151859
Yeah, not saying it's bad, just amused by my own reaction. You're right that it could help you root out the elitists, that makes it a more attractive idea to me

No. 151910

>>151798

Yeah, I like those little interest tags you can add on Tinder now so I can throw "gamer" on there alongside netflix/music/summer/laughing but not have to mention it in my profile

No. 151911

>>151856
no. i recently signed up for it again and the site is fucked now. you can't search people, it just shows random people and you have to "yes" or "no" them like every other thing now.

i always considered okc a more serious site since you could find similar people easier, but now it's ruined

No. 151914

I downloaded tinder pretty much as soon as I got to university because I love to browse. My expectations were super low for finding anything as I was a virgin and didn't want my first time to be a complete throwaway, but I liked gawking at people and sharing the bad profiles with my roommate.

I met a few guys, including one guy who was super hot and super not into me. Over spring break I pity-liked a cute nerd who super liked me and sent him a jjba gif, he totally knocked my socks off with how funny/clever he is and now we've been dating for a year and a half. So I guess what I learned is that dating apps are a total chance game where you're panning for gold in a river of shit lol(lolcow.farm/info)

No. 151920

>>151047
It's always rich reading about females complaining about a lack of personality when the most you bitches initiate in a conversation is "hi" or "hi hru". Kill yourself.(USER HAS BEEN PUT OUT TO PASTURE)

No. 151947

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Why do men ask to meet up after exchanging literally 1 message? This has happened to me a few times now, and I actively avoid guys with casual/just for fun in their bios.

The main appeal of online dating for me is that I don't have to meet them right away, I prefer to get to know someone before I waste my time getting dressed up for a shitty date

No. 151950

>>151947
they're told that they should try to get you off the app and see you face to face as soon as possible otherwise you might get bored. either that or he's looking to smash.

No. 151951

>>151947
because men are really retarded when it comes to any kind of social norm.

No. 151955

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>>151951
Maybe it's just me that attracts socially inept guys.
>>151947
I get wanting to get off the app, Tinder messenger is pretty bad. But, meeting up? After 1 message? During a pandemic? Men are truly something else

No. 152062

>>151911
Ugh that’s lame. I wanted a change from apps like that. Thanks for the info

No. 152083

>>151950
I see this advice online all the time - "get her number within 3 messages". It never works with me, feels like some cheap exchange and if you have my number you have access to my Whatsapp profile, will probably get me suggested on FB and so on. Shit I don't want when I don't know you.

On a similar note, how long do you girls typically talk with. someone on the apps before you exchange numbers and go out? Been texting this guy on Hinge for a week and he hasn't asked yet though we talk all day long and get along extremely well.

No. 152095

>>152083
Number/instagram a couple days, meeting at least a week but not more than three weeks (at least before the pandemic). Always trusting my gut.

No. 152105

>>151955
Is he Japanese or are you? Otherwise wtf does this mean lol

>>152083
A week or two is the longest I'll wait before making plans to meet up. Reluctance to that means he's catfishing in my experience.

No. 152110

>>152105
Nope, both white. I kinda wish I asked him what he meant before unmatching him, but I didn't want to risk the wrath of the tentacle

No. 152133

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>>152105
>>152110
most likely it was about shibari since it's probably the only "essentially japanese" sex related practice, or at least the best known one… althought super weird to propose on the first date

No. 152804

I don't know how anyone who has high self esteem can put themselves on public dating apps, it's so inhuman it makes my stomach churn

No. 152807

>>152804
Feels like putting yourself up for sale

No. 152814

>>152804
It disturbs me how potentially anyone could stumble upon it, people you know. Why would I share my dating approach and preferences so publicly.

No. 152817

>>152804
It boosts your self steem. Getting matched by good looking and interesting ppl feels nice

No. 153159

>>152817
You should develop high self esteem that isn’t dependent upon other people’s opinions, anon.

No. 153258

i was in a relationship for nearly all my 20's, and dated a closet addict for nearly all of last year before dropping him after finding out.


i've rotated through three guys via apps (tinder/hinge) in the last month wherein:

the first opted to talk shit about my career choice nearly the entire time we were out. it was the weirdest "neg"-ing that i've ever experienced. i had a male friend call me to bail me out and pretend there was an emergency.

the second was more into talking about how much he'd travel and said he was surprised i was taller than he thought i'd be.

the third was a professional musician, who i thought i'd gotten on well with but then he proceeded to ghost. how odd.

i have another date lined up with someone in grad school who i've been talking to during all of this who's been super respectful and not asked for any tittypics or anything stupid - lots of questions about my career choices, family, interest, etc. looks good, seems well adjusted.

i am ready for this to somehow turn into a dumpster fire.


is this par for the course or am i just insanely jaded? is this just what dating in big cities is like?

No. 153261

>>153258
The first one… Damn. I'd be tempted to not even save his feelings and just be like 'I'm not feeling you, bye'

No. 153265

>>153258
Pretty par for the course but I'm only speaking from my experience.

Men on swipe dating apps have a script to try to convince you that they're not there for hookups or to field their options. A bit of caution and skepticism until proven otherwise isn't a bad idea.

No. 153269

>>153261

this is pretty much what my behavior dictated, and he's absolutely dense if he didn't pick up on it.

i was more worried about him being a crazy and following me home if i'd made him angry.

>>153265

thanks anon, this makes me feel slightly more optimistic (albeit cautiously)

No. 153273

>>153269
Get a taser and stay in more public places. Don't tell any of these people where you live, and maybe even drive to a friend's place after and make it look like you live somewhere else.

No. 153300

>>153273
yeah, went to a public place in an area that i don’t live in but am familiar with, if that makes sense.

can’t get tasers in my city but i do have one of these a friend from not-here got me:
https://www.thehomesecuritysuperstore.com/products/my-kitty-plastic-self-defense-keychain-weapon-teal

No. 153418

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Wow.. who WOULDN'T swipe right!

No. 153505

Should I make a profile on a dating app to meet older men? Will it even be worthwhile? How will I know if the older dude I'm talking to is worth my while? I'd like to date an older man (35 and above) but I'm not sure if dating sites are the best way to meet, and if they aren't then how else am I supposed to find and date them? I'm 20, fwiw.

No. 153510

>>153505
>I'm 20
>I'd like to date an older man (35 and above
No they are not worth your while. Men in that stage of life who want to date girls your age are honestly all in some way defective. They are fucked in the head, bad at relatonships, or they give off too many red flags for grown women to put up with them. You will attract trash.

No. 153511

>>153510
Got it. I never thought about why they might be looking for younger women, because women their age will smell shit on them from far away. That does make sense. Thank you anon.

No. 153544

>>153418
How unattractive. No one wants to deal with this mommy issues fuck

No. 153659

had tinder gold since the "who likes you" feature makes it so much faster to weed through men. saw my abusive ex's brother swiped right on me, and months later my ex did too. what the actual fuck is wrong with scrotes?

makes it even worse than his brother saw me in a state of undress in his room once, why would you want someone your brother was seriously involved with and was obviously fucking

fortunately for my bitchass ex it was before tinder had detailed reporting features so I didn't think to report him, but if I ever see him again on there I'd do it for "in real life behavior" aka fucking stalking and harassing me after we broke up

No. 153663

>>153511
NTAYRT but you’ve made the right call. For any other girls thinking of dating older men while in their early 20s, I can not emphasis enough how those men seek you out for the imbalanced power dynamic and how badly that can fuck you up. Recognise that men who date younger than their ages by a significant amount do so because they can’t emotionally and mentally manipulate women there own age. Please don’t take offence to that - young girls aren’t stupid, but they are naive and inexperienced with relationships in general that trash men will take advantage of you.

No. 153672

Met a guy on a dating app. We have a shit ton in common. Talked for weeks sometimes all day. Then he just didn't reply to me. It's been 10 days. Should I count it as over?

No. 153673

>>152814
>>152807
That's exactly what it feels like. Which is why I filter out people I might know through my preferences. And I have no bio. The rest are photos anyone could find. And pretty much everyone online dates so I don't care if they see my profile

No. 153684

>>153672

Yes, barring a good excuse like medical emergency or family issue if you ever hear from him again.

If he wanted to talk to you, he would.

No. 153685

>>153684
:(

I don't get why it happened. I understand if we hadn't talked a lot but it was weeks of non stop texting.

No. 153705

>>153685
gonna be real with you anon, I've been on both sides of this - he probably found someone else

No. 153709

I'm nervous about going on tinder because I moved to a new area and it's small with only one main supermarket that's not very big and all the staff already stare. If I was to go on tinder the men would see my face and maybe approach me off the app idk. I made a fake the other night to browse and there's some nice locals but a lot of older guys I've already saw a few times around my neighbourhood are on it and they already give me creepy vibes. I don't want them to know I'm single lol

No. 153710

>>153709
Get Tinder Premium and set it so only the only guys that can see you are the ones that you've already liked

No. 153711

>>153710
Sounds like a good idea but I resent having to pay.

No. 153714

>me: wow i love your tattoo, it looks great on you
>her: omg your [feature] suits your face well, you’re stunning
anons please help, when it comes to small talk i don’t know what to do. i don’t want to immediately ask to hang out as we only exchanged those lines and it might creep her out. there’s not much on her bio to go off of besides her dogs and her tattoos, how can i transition this to actually meeting and getting to know each other?
i wish there was some prompt i could follow. well there is exchange some info, then ask to meet irl. but how much info? how soon?
so far i was thinking
>me: i was looking into getting one in this area, was is done here? (or ask if her tattoo has any specific meaning?? do people ask that?)
>her: [gives some response]
>me: i see, wanna get coffee and talk more about it?
also we’re both women and ik a lot of gay women use tinder for relationships, which i’m assuming she’s doing too (her bio says “tryna find a wife” but’s a quote from a show so not actually serious). assuming we do meet up, should i wait to ask what’s she looking for? would that be too forward to do through text? sorry for the retarded questions i’ve never romantically pursued anyone before.

No. 153739

>>153711
then enjoy feeling paranoid

No. 153775

>>153714
I’ve only dated a handful of women in my life but the ones I have, have never pursued me. I’ve always had to be the one to ask about or suggest romantic intentions. That being said I don’t know how dynamics go in your country, in burgerland usually women on dating apps want very different things (IE some want hookups, some want longterm, some are really just on there to make new friends in their area). Asking to meet for coffee is a really good step imo, but asking too much about intentions or what she’s looking for long term or short term would be better saved for said coffee date, that way if you decide you’re ok with being friends or your intentions change you’ll know for sure by meeting her. Until then, I encourage you to find mutual interests, ask her about her music taste or aesthetic/stylistic taste, maybe see if she even likes coffee and if she doesn’t maybe find a coffee shop that has baked goods and tea in addition to just coffee (those are surprisingly common over here but again not sure about where you’re at how much that store concept took off).
Weird marine life (look up the blanket octopus or the new images of the length of marianas trench) and other kinda light but stimulating topical topics could be good starting points for small talk too. I hope she responds positively and that you and her hit it off on your date! Lots of luck anon, godspeed.

No. 153948

Anons, I'm wanting to try dating apps again to find women, but the thing is, last time I tried it was extremely unsuccessful because I didn't match with a single woman who was actually sexually attracted to women. So I'm thinking, how should I signal in my profile that I'm really looking for women into women and not like, just friends. I don't really want to waste time connecting with a woman and then listening to her complain about her on and off ex, or her current boyfriend, or her guyfriend who she's into, all these things have happened to me. I just want to meet actual lesbian/bi women. Any tips?

No. 154018

I want to try using dating apps again cuz of quarantine and not being able to meet anyone but I'm always postponing it. Wonder if I'm scared of meeting ppl I know nothing about. It worked for my friend but still wish I didn't fuck up every chance with men that are or were close to me

No. 155158

I matched with a friend’s roomate on tinder about a month ago, we messaged briefly but he’s just not a good texter (very boring/dry in regular conversation, when he’s being funny he texts like a crackhead and I don’t know how to respond). I left him on read like 3 weeks ago but I keep seeing him around when I hang out with my friend and we talk and he’s sooo much more likable in person, I literally just want him to lay pipe but i feel weird initiating it. We just hung out two days ago in a group so I can’t message him for another few days but is setting up your own dick appointment too forward? Like, “hey, idk if you’d be down but if you’re free this weekend hmu, maybe we could smoke and chill? Here’s my number:” We’ve known each other for 2 years but never really talked so he’s in the weird space of being a long term acquaintance.

No. 155160

>>155158
it seems completely reasonable to send that text, you guys sort of know eachother for a while now, go for it anon!

No. 155193

>>151795
I love how every picture on the website is scrawny white dudes and kawaii asian moderus. They really know their target audience, huh?

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>>155160
Just got a message back from him, thank u anon for encouraging me to send it!

No. 155469

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>>155193
Her name is COCO

No. 156569

This dude I matched with is good-looking but he's already inviting me to his house, where he lives alone, even though I said I wasn't looking for flings. Also gets too inappropriate at times and told me he got back from a rave and 'got some' like I need to know about that… I feel like I should just unmatch. He isn't even that cute.

No. 156570

>>156569
chad only fucks

No. 156571

>>156570
Said like a true caveman

No. 156572

>>156569
'Ole dude probably feels entitled to your time and finds satisfaction in rubbing in your face "have much he's getting some." Kick him to the curb. There are plenty of people on those apps who act like functioning human beings and not dickheads.

No. 156573

>>156569
A rave during covid?

No. 158976

I'm 28 and considering starting to look for dates. I've had a pretty shallow crush on a long distance friend for a while but I think it's about time I get over them since I don't actually think we would be a good pair. I thought starting with tinder would be a good jumping off point since I would rather get used to someone over text before meeting (especially considering pandemic), but I'm pretty vanilla and worry about being awkward. I guess I wanted to ask how much you guys put on your public profiles? I'm a lolita and I don't know if I would feel comfortable starting out with coord pics, as well as I'm a nerd and don't want to attract the wrong types. Is this a valid concern? Am I being paranoid? Is there certain information I should keep on the DL until we're in private conversation? Any advice appreciated!

No. 159727

>>158976
I guess it depends on the type of guys that you’re into. Generally, I tend to keep my less normie interests hidden on my profile so I keep my music preferences hidden and I don’t mention anything like anime, horror movies, etc. I tend to find that the guys who really latch onto that stuff upon first meeting me aren’t really my type so I don’t bring it up until I’ve actually talked to someone and feel like it’s relevant. I don’t think it’s paranoid of you to not talk about certain interests until after you get to know someone because you’re right that it tends to attract a certain type of guy and if you’re not into that, then you definitely won’t be doing yourself any favors including those things in your profile! But that’s just my experience- I’m sure some girls probably find it easier to start conversation over common interests, especially if those interests are more niche, so they’ll include them in their profile. I don’t think there’s a right or wrong though, just depends on what makes you more comfortable!

No. 159745

Would it be really shitty to make a profile if I'm not even sure I want to try dating? As in, is it just expected that if you're there then you know what you want? I've always avoided social media, so without anything to link to, certain apps are off limits and I already look like a catfish. On top of that, I'd be really hesitant to be seen on the app, and for some reason am paranoid about being recognized or linked to my job as I'm trying to start a business where I'm publicly visible, so even uploading photos feels like a hurdle. If I did match with somebody, I'm actually fairly busy and might not reply for days at a time, and only meet up every other week or so. I've made blank profiles in previous years to just browse, and found one or two in a hundred I might have actually messaged. Would all these things together be seen as such red flags that I wouldn't get anywhere? I feel like dating the old fashioned way is realistically my only option, but I don't go out much/ever or have many friends, and I don't even know if that would work for me. I was fine with it for a while but I'm almost 27 now and could easily see the next decade being the same.

Sorry to ramble, I just feel sort of torn between how distasteful I find dating apps, and how necessary they may be as I don't think I have many options

No. 159748

>>159745
>Would it be really shitty to make a profile if I'm not even sure I want to try dating?

Yes, but it's okay because everyone else on the platform is shitty, too.

No. 159761

>>159745
>>159748
I disagree with the other anon, I don't think it would be shitty if you made a blank profile just to browse like you said. If you were talking with people and leading them on, then yeah. But just looking is fine.

No. 159763

>>159745
I did this the other week out of boredom, made a profile and it got a lot of interest even tho I made the bare minimum effort. I deleted it after a week or so because of the way I was being approached. Also just a lot of the men were so forward I started to worry what if the approached me now in public since I don't live in a massive place. Couple of attractive and nice men I could actually talk to asked to meet in public areas but the lead up to maybe agreeing to meet they were sending me constant updates and photos of their daily life etc it was a bit much. I don't want to commit to anything and felt bad ghosting.

No. 160099

I redownloaded Tindr because I have just been unbelievably bored living in a city where I have no friends outside of my school's program and I just want people to talk to. I've been talking to a few people and one of them offered to meet up. Although I'm not very attracted to him, he's been pretty nice and we've been having good conversation. Should I go through meeting up with him even if I'm not very attracted and just want to hang out or does that count as leading somebody on? I also don't want to just ghost him because I think it'd be pretty shitty to just stop talking as soon as he suggested meeting up. So… I guess my question is should I follow through with meeting up just to hang out or would that automatically imply that I'm attracted to this person and put me in an uncomfortable position?

No. 160100

>>160099
I would just be upfront with him. Say that honestly you’re not looking to hook up or date, you just wanted to meet people due to being isolated—is he cool with that or no? If he says yes then you have something to reference if he starts pushing for more, if no then there’s your answer. But it could be worth meeting up if he’s still down with it. Even if you’re not attracted to him at first glance people can have a different vibe in person and who knows what might happen. He could just be fun to hang with too, and maybe you’d meet more people through him.

No. 160144

>>160100
Thanks for the advice! I told him I'd be down to hang out and that's it. He was cool with it, but turns out he doesn't trust public spaces because of the pandemic so he either wants me to go to his place or to come to mine (which isn't going to happen because I live alone in a shitty studio). So… I might not follow through with meeting up with him after all lol.

No. 160155

>>160144
It's the prudent thing to do. Going to a stranger's house the first you guys meet sounds like a recipe for date rape.

No. 160185

>>160144
>but turns out he doesn't trust public spaces because of the pandemic so he either wants me to go to his place or to come to mine
I wouldn't do this, for obvious reasons. This man really expects you to go to a complete strangers house the first time you meet? You're not attracted and he's basically using an excuse to get you to his house on the first date, terrible combination. Hell a dangerous combination

No. 160199

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does anyone use any kink-based apps? kind of over dating and i'm thinking of trying out something new

No. 160201

>>160199
Wouldn't bother, anon. They're all full of balding old men with guts who think they're a Dom because they can make a belt crack. Same goes for Dommes. It's hard to find good kinky people. If you are just looking for a bit of online fun, sure, but I don't advise going after it IRL through one of these apps. I did and thought I knew the couple very well, but turns out they were just using me and they cut me off from my other scene friends. Pretty abhorrent. Good luck though.

No. 160203

>>160201
the idea of joining a kink scene is super unappealing to me but i keep hearing i should do that instead of apps and whatnot. blah

No. 160206

>>160199
I started out my dating life after joining fetlife years ago. The first guy I ever met off of it..we had sex once but we weren't compatible enough to bother with an ongoing thing because I was looking to explore being domme and he had lied to me about his own role. He wanted to dom me so we ended up just being friendly and going to local kink events like fetish club nights together as friends. He at least introduced me to people and seeing as I was young, slim and female I was kinda hot shit at these events. But I attracted alot of men looking to ignore my own chosen role. No part of me wants to sub, I've never been so pestered by desperate men. There wasn't exactly a shortage of full-on sub women but yeah please come over to me and enjoy getting rejected for the tenth time.

Fast forward a while in, I'm getting tired of seeing my poly friends in that scene all explode into drama over constant cheating (??) the attractive looking men are few and far between, the women are bitchy and jealous and suspicious that you want to steal their uggo bf and the last straw was finding out that guy I met at the beginning was on the sex offenders register for child pornography. He was on the offenders list and still going to these events. His secret got out and some people stuck by him. Some still invited him t ohouse parties and I fought with people that accepted that as ok. I hate to say it, but it does attract the absolute trashiest people.

The online interactions were even worse. The shit that men will skip straight to saying to you in messages. Or they message you an elaborate fantasy about their sissy dressing up habit or how they want to shit in a diaper and then sit in it "Mistress what you say to me if you found me in that state"

No. 160208

>>160206
ooooof
guess i'll stick to porn and written erotica

No. 160228

>>160199
Others have already explained the many downsides of fetish apps. Just wanted to add that you're better off finding a cute and open-minded normie and convincing him to try whatever kink you're into. Most men are sluts who will do a wide variety of things to get sex. If being tied up and spanked and cut a bit is part of that, they'll usually go along for the ride. That is, assuming you want to fuck them as well. Even then, you can usually get thirsty normies to do what you want.

No. 160852

What does it mean when somebody's profile has the age as 26 for example, then bio will say "actually 24"? I get that under 18s might put their age as 18 if the app has that as the lowest allowable age, but why people in their mid 20's?

No. 160854

>>160206
>The first guy I ever met off of it. I was looking to explore being domme and he had lied to me about his own role. He wanted to dom me so we ended up just being friendly

Wtf fucking rapey bastard. Why did you keep him as a friend?

No. 160857

>>160852
im assuming men do this to try and get more eyes on their profile

No. 160921

>>160857

I'm still befuddled. So you put a higher age, to show up in the search of somebody looking for older people, but then assume that they won't care when you put your real, younger age in the bio? Like, you know they're looking for older people, but you're just SO hot that they're going to change their minds just for you? One of life's great mysteries…

No. 160923

>>160854
This was all 13 years ago so I honestly can't remember. I did alot of things back then that I just wouldn't do today lol

No. 160928

>>160852
I dont know if this is still true; but previously with tinder if their facebook was created before they were 18 and or they lied when originally making their facebook the age transfers over incorrecetly. I made my facebook in 2009 when i was under 18 but of course i lied and said i was older at the time. So for a while or it possibly still says
im 2-3 years older than i am on facebook

No. 160951

>>160852
he wants those cougars looking for men with fully developed brains. smh

No. 160970

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>>160951
>fully developed brains
>men

No. 160981

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>>160970
If a man doesn’t have a nice ass and cock, they should be chopped up and fed to the rest, until we have perfect sex slaves. I’m tired of meeting 7/10 boys who expect 10/10 untouched pussy.

No. 160990

>>160981
OT but was there a moomins game that I missed or something??

No. 161098

>>151951
There is no social norm. Plenty of people hate small talk. Just because you like it doesn't mean everyone does. Why would I want to sit around and text some dumb moid for weeks when I could just meet up with him in a public place and actually see if he's worthless or not.

No. 161430

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>>160990
There are several, but Moomin Dani no Okurimono is the one used in the meme. It’s on amazon if you want it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eeHxIGx00cE

No. 161442

>>160981
I’m with you anon, I’m sick of ugly people breeding

No. 161450

>>161442
Ugly ppl are fine but when they feel entitled to fuck good looking people that really pisses me off. I say this as a below average looking person

No. 162828

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I fucking hate Bumble. Conversations go nowhere. The gender dynamic is flipped because of the women making the first move thing. all the reddit ass advice out there is "guys wanna be asked out too!!" Bullshit.

No. 162831

>>161450
I agree with you as a meh-looking person.
Too many ugly ass men out there with garbage genetics calling me ugly and nitpicking the looks of beautiful women to "bring them down to their level". Stay in your lane uggo, you ought to be happy with whatever crumb of pussy comes your way.

No. 162902

>>160921
yes, men are really that stupid

also i just deleted my dating apps again because i'm sick of these pointless dead-convo or disappointing-meetup games. i need to find someone irl somehow.

No. 162936

>>162828
Fucking this. Guys complain about girls who only passively reply but they clearly never tried talking to other dudes either.

It’s all “oh yeah ahah so hows your weekend?” Then the convo fizzles out in less than 3 texts.
On top of that how am I supposed to say anything when they barely put anything in their bio? Oh you put a runner, a surfer and cycling emoji, that’s original.

No. 163025

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DAE feel really guilty when they don't match with people who super-like them? Like I get a lot of likes from guys who are not really my type but I don't want someone to feel bad knowing they were rejected. I especially feel bad when they clearly put a lot of effort into their profile.

No. 166757

not sure if this belongs here or in the metal thread, but I'm kind of curious about one of those metalhead dating websites kek. have any of you tried a niche dating site like that? what kind of experience did you have?

No. 166769

>>163025
People who super like me tend to be much uglier than my matches, presumably because only desperate people super like anyone in the first place. I don't feel bad for rejecting them since I can safely say I put way more effort into my appearance than them, and I never feel bad for people who try to date up and get rejected.

No. 166792

>>163025
knowing how men use tinder i'd never feel bad for rejecting them
(swiping right on every profile without even looking etc)

No. 166804

>>166792
It's easier for them ( and usually more "worth") to swipe right everything and then see what their options are.

No. 166836

I have a bad story. It was not me but a friend (yeah, I know!) being drugged.
When she was 18 ans horny, she really wanted to experiment some one night stands, and she matched a handsome guy.
He was, in the pictures dream like and, according to her, managed to be even more handsome in person.
They headed to some bar to drink, and he dopped her to rob her. The last thing she remembers was he talking about what he did for a living: fool women on the internet and rob them.
Fortunately, he left her in a motel and nothing worse happened. He stole $100,00 cash and credit/debit cards.

No. 166847

>>166804
Who the fuck cares? I feel no pity for men like that when it also communicates how desperate, indiscriminating and thirsty they are. They don't care about individual people, we are all just interchangeable "woman" to them when they're looking for a live masturbatory aid. In other words

>>163025
Don't feel bad, you owe these strangers nothing simply because they decided to give you a gold star like some sort of creepy kindergarten teacher. The apps are literally trying to guilt/incentivize you to respond to these men because if you do then they'll continue paying for their services because it's getting them what they want (you). Don't allow a money-hungry corporation to manipulate you into becoming a literal commodity for them.

No. 166855

Everytime I download Tinder, I just delete it in two days. I'm sorta horny enough to give it a chance again, but also Corona-chan is still going strong. I just can't with these ugly men and answering the same fucking questions over and over. My best experiences on dating apps are actually the times when we just shitposted for days and haven't talked about real shit. But then when they start talking it's almost always turns out to be some guy in an obvious state of burnout/depression that wants me to play therapist.

No. 166859

>>166855
Same girl, I can't even use this shit to satisfy my horniness because reality cock blocks me. I just want to fuck a safe, relatively sane himbo who sees me as a human but 99% of the men on there are ugly, balding, extremely fat or skinny freaks wearing dresses or taking gross half-naked mirror selfies as they bitch about their ex or say "idk why I'm really on here lol" in their profiles. For fuck's sake, at least try to groom yourselves and not be miserable pieces of shit? I actually switched to looking for women just to see what they get in comparison and goddamn, so many of us are cute, intelligent, have our shit together financially, possess real hobbies. I wish I was a lesbian (even though they have a lot of their own troubles, though more from society than other women) or just asexual every time I step foot in these cesspools.

No. 166946

>>166859
>>166855
i don't understand you guys. why the hell would you swipe right on ugly men? if you can go as far as to say shit about their personality, then it means you swiped right. i only swipe right on personal 10/10s, even if it's nobody for a couple of days. then if it turns out to be douchebags as least i'm not as disgusted as i would be if they were ugly on top of that.

No. 166950

>>166946
I don't swipe right on ugly men, but I still have to swipe through a hundred ugly guys to see a normal face. And then I might accidentally swipe them to the left too because of the muscle memory kek. The normal looking ones I swipe right on turn out to be depressed overachiever guys that lovebomb or manchildren anyway. I'm also wary of guys that look too handsome.
I tried the male technique of "swipe right on everyone" without looking once, because I didn't want the ugly to burn into my retinas. It wasn't a good idea.

No. 166956

>>166946
Yeah exactly as >>166950 said, I never swiped right or spoke to these retards. I clearly referred to the dumb shit I saw glancing at their profiles. I only like guys I find attractive but it literally takes hundreds of swipes to find men I approve of, and that’s if I don’t accidentally move past them. I just find the process mentally exhausting and a time waster. I don’t want to have to sort through countless hideous morons to find a handful of hot guys, of which an even tinier minority might not be total fuckboys. Easier to just remain celibate at this point although I’m still a human with a high sex drive so unfortunately that’s something I have to live with.

No. 167672

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Reading about online dating on /ot/ suddenly made me remember this weird interaction, where a dude was looking for a woman to make his roommate-crush jealous.
Sorry for the shitty TL.

No. 167675

>>167672
>aztapaszta
I love that this is "wowzers"

And I'd totally try that.

No. 167684

>>167681
What if you get both?

No. 167697

>>167681
What if you're so picky that you only swipe on 9/10+, so it interprets that as you being too fugly for the -8s?

No. 167706

>>167672
That's so weird but kinda cool

No. 167731

>>167706
I changed my mind it's not cool that the dude is assuming he can somehow coax any woman into a relationship and women don't know what they want but it still sounds like a happening from a story

No. 167774

>>82463
>>167681
My extremely wealthy and unattractive aunt gets matched with hot guys 10 yrs younger than her all the time, can tinder tell she’s rich?

No. 168181

I decided to download tinder again, I've had it for a full a week today. I still haven't found one (ONE) man that could make me want to swipe right. All the men on the app are ugly, cringy, and/or straight up retarded.

No. 168187

Anyone else have the problem where you can't use tinder because you don't want people in your town to recognise you? i remember i made one as a joke (without using my name and picture) and there was SO many people from my high school (i fucking hated everyone from high school and everyone took the piss out of me) and so many people from my town. how the hell are you supposed to use tinder if you don't want people from your town who will recognise you to see you?

No. 168201

>>168181
I wanted to give Tinder another try because I'm sick of messaging guys first on Bumble but I'm hesitant because I had the same experience as you the last few times I've tried it. Hinge has similar low quality men and I hate their dumbass prompts.

No. 168205

>>166859
>balding

jesus christ how terrible

No. 168291

>>168187
This is definitely the biggest reason that keeps me off of dating apps. I plan on traveling alone in the future and taking advantage of the foreign locations by going crazy on the apps

No. 168450

How important is it for women to have decent pics? I don't like having pictures taken of me so I can only put up selfies.

No. 168452

>>168450
Kek I'm the same way anon, I always volunteer to take pictures of other people because I hate being in pictures myself. I have a few flattering selfies up plus two travel pictures that I've had taken in the past few years (I've generally kept my hair the same, haven't gained or lost weight). It's nice to have some candids or whatever, but given the awful pictures scrotes use I wouldn't stress too much.

No. 168477

>>168450
I put up two shit selfies I took on my sofa moments before creating my account and got a few dates out of it. I looked better than my pictures according to some, no shit, they were awful selfies lol

No. 168480

>>168187
>>168291
Just make you account in the middle of a weekday when it's least busy and take a while to swipe left on all of them before they can even see you. Other than that who cares

No. 168481

>>168187
Get Tinder Gold so they can only see your profile if you swipe right on them

No. 168514

>>168450
I mean men literally swipe right on everything, so not very

No. 170783

should i bother with dating apps as a lesbian in eastern europe? this year has made me a total shut in and while i hate the concept of dating apps id also prefer not dying alone.

No. 170785

>>170783
There's literally almost no alternative in eastern europe so sure, worth a try.

No. 170787

>>170785
nayrt, but what do you think are the best dating apps for f/f relationships in eastern europe?

No. 170790

How do you know if a woman is genuinely attracted to other women on an app and not just some weird flakey heterosexual looking for friends?

No. 170807

>>170787
I used Tinder and biggest local LGBT website; I'd say the results were somewhat better on the latter. As for how to identify real lesbians on an app >>170790, I'd usually just ask, but it still doesn't filter out straight women that want to experiment unfortunately.

No. 171030

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>be me, 25 yo uni student
>never tried a dating app because my first name is very unique/rare so it's really easy to find my full name and address
>fat crush on a guy from uni
>won't be able to see him due to covid lockdown
>am considering using my 14 yo little brother's phone number to register on tinder so i can look for uni crush
>am also rly into football and would be able to find some scrote on tinder who shares my football interest (i have tried female bff apps but none of the girls on there are into watching football rip)
>am kinda paranoid about guys (especially those from uni) hitting on me on the street after recognising me from tinder lol i've seen this happen to other women
>know i'll get a lot of matches if i put something like "just want someone to watch football with [bambi eyes emoji]" kek
>inb4 pickme listen i'm not looking for love or hookups (unless it's uni crush) i just want to talk about my hobby with someone reeee

you know what anons, i think i'm just gonna download it tomorrow. i want to try it out at least. how many pics of myself should i upload?

No. 171031

>>171030
samefag omg i'm retarded and forgot to add that my phone number doesn't work on tinder for some reason which is why i'm considering using my brother's.

No. 171032

>>171030
If you are looking just for friends you don't even have to upload pics of yourself because what's the point?

No. 171035

>>171032
i don't think women and [most] men can be friends. it's more like i'd be open to talk about football with a guy then just ghost him after he gets on my nerves. my main goal is to see if my uni crush is on there tho which is why i think pics would b necessary.

No. 171043

>>171030
Can't you just give any name you'd like if you're not through facebook? When I tried online dating on classic websites, I always just used a fake name.

No. 171061

>>171030
Do you have a name that could be shortened to a nickname to use on the app?

Otherwise, I think you'll be fine. I've gotten approached by one guy in school who recognized me from Tinder, but I just said that I'm taking a break from dating and it didn't turn into anything crazy. I personally think 6 photos is a good number for girls.

No. 171071

>>171043
>>171061
thank you for your advice anons!

unfortunately my name is already very short and most ppl assume it's already a nickname lol. while i'm kinda paranoid about it, you can't really find much about me online so i guess it should be fine. i guess this is the price i have to pay for tru luv.

No. 171280

>we get along
>meet up a few times
>slight lewd talk
>show me your asshole

I hate men, especially because this has happened more than once.

No. 171686

Hey all, I posted in here a while ago and ran with the advice then kind of gave up. I've tried tinder and bumble. The former ended up just being gross, too many ugly guys just trying to get head, the latter triggered my anxiety with the whole women have to message first thing.

Turned to trying out Taimi since I'm fucking awful and it came up as an ad while I was scrolling tiktok. It's not too bad so far but I've definitely noticed that my problem is that I really don't like men, especially the horny ones. I know lesbians and tbh they are all extremely weird and also horny. I'm not that into sex in the first place so it's really difficult to have people message me, we talk, and then all they want is to talk about how lonely they are and want to cuddle and go further, etc. Is it weird that I'm highly turned off by that? Where do I find people online that want to just shit post and talk on the phone until it's safe to meet up irl?

No. 171696

>>171686
A lot of people on dating apps are just horny degenerates that will try and chat you into sex. Even if they deny it, they always bring the topic back to sex. If you're looking to actually date without feeling pressured to immediately fuck, it seems you have to meet someone offline. Could be kind of hard at the moment, I know I haven't met anyone.

No. 172825

I've been repeating the same pattern since last year, feel lonely and install app, match with several people and as soon as someone starts talking to me I get annoyed and feel like I hate them. What is wrong with me? I hate that I can't meet people normally anymore, I barely leave the house and have no hobbies that force me to socialize, especially with covid.

No. 172833

>>172825
I feel exactly the same on the apps, in person though it works out better. I guess we're just not suited for this way of meeting people.

No. 172918

>>172825
>>172833
I'm the same as you two. I'm also a ugly autist who never gets approached by men - the ones I meet and enjoy being around never like me back. I guess God wants me to be celibate.

No. 174617

I'm 26 and want to date an older man, preferably someone in his early 40's. not as a sugar daddy, just for sex and a casual relationship. but all of the older guys on tinder are either ugly as fuck or married. is there an app that's good for meeting older men?

No. 174618

>>174617
sadly lots of men in their early 40s look like shit or are the complete shit package so it might be a little difficult, but maybe try bumble or hinge? there's still awful people on there but it might be a little bit better than tinder, from what i've heard from friends.

No. 174619

>>174617
> but all of the older guys on tinder are either ugly as fuck or married
lmao what the fuck did you expect? Old men are almost always ugly, date someone your own age if you want someone good looking. Or with any decency, considering only losers and abusers would date a 26 yr old in their 40s.

No. 174642

>>174617
>early 40's
>sex

No. 174682

>>174618
Thank u, i briefly tried both of those but promptly deleted them. I will try again.

>>174619
>>174642
Lol i knew i would get roasted for posting this, thanks anyway ladies

No. 176023

>>174617
hollywood really brainwashed you into thinking older men can be attractive + good partners lol it ain't like this irl

No. 176026

>>174617
When I was younger I slept with older men. Ime men in their mid thirties were the sweet spot. Older than that and the sex becomes shit again as they cant come and it becomes a whole chore to finish them off

No. 176027

>>176026
Samefag just to add that older than that you also run into issues with their fitness, they sweat more from small exertion and insist on positions where they can lay back and do nothing. Not even talking about fat guys, slim guys of 40

No. 176054

What are the best apps for meeting women? Please don't respond saying Her, I've tried it and it's full of fakes.

No. 176069

>>176054
some one asked this a while ago and >>149561 answered, hope this helps

No. 177869

Got my bi-monthly breakdown of trying to check if I'm still even attracted to the people of my country, so I installed Tinder. I have to say, the quality of men really went down as tourism stopped, kek. Browsing through profiles, I found a pictureless one, read the profile text, and almost died laughing. Not a screenshot since I'm not in an english speaking country, but it went like:
>Are you looking for fun? I'm a taken man, but I can be very discreet. Let me taste you, let me whisper in your ear how sexy you are. I'll make you reach your climax squirting like crazy!
>PS. If you like big guys, you're in luck
>172 cm [5'8ft]
Imagine being a fat, below average height married scrote that thinks this sounds like a good time for anyone. 100% He's lying about his age being 30 too, he's just trying to match with women in their twenties.

No. 177909

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yikes

No. 177914

>>82463
>unsolicited dick pics
>"wow, you look so young haha, are you really 18?"
>ghost me once i tell them im not sending nudes
>copy and paste request for random hookup
Dating apps are full of nasty ass scrotes. 0/10 would not do again. Luckily, I met my perfect bf in college

No. 177919

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>"give him a chance"
wtf she is a fucking 10, men really don't understand what standarts are

No. 177923

>>177914
I hate the constant hatfishing with guys. If a guy only has images in hats/caps or extreme closeups, his hairline probably receded down to his asscrack.

No. 177935

>>177919
okay let's at least be honest here, if there's anything wrong modern women it's the fact that they have unjustifiably high standards. she's pretty yeah and it's just a dating app so who cares but still

No. 177937

>>177935
fuck off, the standards for men have always been lower than dirt. Why shouldn't women have high standards? Scrotes take advantage of every woman who doesn't.

No. 177942

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I really want to try dating apps because it's in my comfort zone to text someone and get to know them better, as opposed to building a relationship strictly irl. This may be because I'm used to online/LDR. But I'm scared the guys on tinder will cheat on me. I know the average guy messages multiple women and most of them are only looking for hook-ups/casual sex. I don't know if it's possible to find a serious wholesome relationship on tinder, although one of my friends met her fiancé on tinder which gave me a lot of hope. I know being cheated on is a very common fear many women share, and of course the right guy would drop all other potential dates he's talking to if he wants a serious relationship with you, but I feel like I'm walking into this with a very naive mindset. I'm just too socially awkward to meet guys in real life. Another shitty thing is, one time I made a fake profile to just have a look around and see what kind of people use tinder (without interacting to anyone) and 90% of guys there were just lads posing shirtless. They're not ugly guys per se but they definitely give off that "frat guy" vibes. I'm losing hope anons, I don't want to lower my standards (which aren't that high to begin with) just to not die alone.

No. 177943

>>177935
I can justify every single one of my high standards with experience. It's not my fault men see how incredibly low the bar is and don't feel like excelling. Also, the higher I set my standards, the more it attracts actually worthwhile men.
'Problem with the modern woman' my ass lmao if you're not actually a scrote you seriously need a self esteem boost.

No. 177944


No. 177946

>>177942
There are a lot of frat guy types on Tinder. And most of the very photogenic dudes are only there to fuck lots of women. But you can usually get a general vibe from them. I think it's easier to shoot for the "middle-line", so obviously not the ugly overweight IT-guys with rotting teeth, but the "normal" men you like. There's no guarantee, since a deviance from conventional beauty doesn't mean they're that much nicer, but you might find someone worth talking to.

No. 177962

>>177923
Kek this is so accurate. Or they'll blatantly lie about their age to get with you

No. 177963

>>177935
The problem with the modern women is that they have such low standards that it lowers the quality of men for other women. How is it that so many women meet my baseline of absolute minimum standards and yet the same cannot be said for men?
Basic hygiene
Clean apartment/room
Has a job/actively working on getting a job or a student
Isn't a misogynist/capes for other misogynists
Kind to everyone
Puts effort into the relationship
This is the bare minimum and men still can't.

No. 177982

I feel like Tinder was a bit better in 2017, at least for me. I could at least find some cool-ish dudes to meet up with, but in 2021, I haven't found no such person. No dating apps ever for me. I quit.

No. 177987

>>177982

felt that way about tinder aside from dudes from want to sext or whatever all day.

i had one sperg out on me when we had a casual sexual relationship (read: phonesex, because covid) and i told him i was planning on moving out of the area with a month+ notice.

"i almost asked you out to dinner!111"

uhhuh, champ. okay.


bullet dodged.

the only sane men i've had substantial relationships with i've met on hinge - seems a lot more professionally geared (if that's your kind of thing) and the baseline questions make it a little easier to weed out psychos.

No. 177988

>>177942
Maybe try Hinge, Bumble or Okcupid if Tinder is garbage? Depending on your location any one of those may have better selections. But yeah, the majority of men in general are trash and you'll need to eventually meet someone in person if you want a partner. Imo that's a good thing too. Talking to someone online, they can project whatever sort of false image they want. In person they can still lie, but it's much harder to maintain a perfect illusion. You can catch them shit talking the wait staff, eying up a passing woman, whether they ask questions and pay attention to you instead of scrolling through their phone, whether their tone gets anxious when you ask them serious questions, if they freely offer to foot the bill.

Also, a partner isn't the only person that can prevent you from "dying alone." Don't neglect platonic friendships.

No. 178001

>>177987
>almost asked you out for dinner
Hate that dudes will sperg out whatever you do…. damned if you, damned if you don't.
I found Hinge to be pretty garbage too, selectionwise, especially during quarantine. Everyone was very boring "normie"-tier and very average looking or a weird poly dude. Such is life as a straight woman in a big city…

No. 178002

This one guy on Tinder wrote "oh fuck" as the icebreaker, sent him a question mark when I noticed hours later, says he "swiped right accidentally". I really don't get what kind of 35000 IQ negging men are trying nowadays, and how it's supposed to work.

No. 178005

>>178001

I feel you, anon. It's gotten a little better as things have started to open back up and people have started to get vaccinated, I've found.

I was in NYC but have since moved to the Southwest and have found it to be a little more palatable - I'm meeting up with a guy this week who was keen to do a phone call and videocall before meeting up. Seems promising but I don't want to get my hopes up.

No. 178006

>>82463
I'm having a better time talking to literal joke/novelty accounts than to the men on these apps. Really tells a lot about the kind of conversation you can have on there.

No. 178008

>>178006
Kek anon one time I made a joke account where I posed as Kim Jon Un and got a lot of actually interesting conversations and funny bantering. Shame they banned my number whoops

No. 178010

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>>177909
The absolute state of men holy shit

No. 178011

>>178010
AWWW look at the snake eating it’s nomnoms

No. 178012

>>178010
What a sweet little baby!!!

No. 178013

>>177909
This is so retarded and it just shows he doesn’t volunteer. “Show me where to volunteer” isn’t a date idea. It’s a quick “here’s a list of places I volunteer, and if you want to volunteer there too they do orientations on the first Tuesday of every month.” That’s not a fucking date. It’s not usually something you can just up and do. Even if it was, you’d likely get separated from your date and be expected to focus on the actual volunteer work at hand, not getting to know the person you’re supposedly on a date with. (Also everything else he said was stupid too.)

No. 178014

>>177909
It's always the poly people.

No. 178015

>>177935
as someone who dates women i actually agree with you. the girl in that webm isn't really looking though, she just seems to be swiping for the sake of swiping lol and probably only opened the app because she had nothing else to do.

No. 178033

>>178005
Ah yeah, I'm in Canada where my province is doing a pretty bad job of vaccinating people so I'm even less open to meeting up. That guys sounds decent enough and I hope he's cool. Best of luck!

No. 178431

>>178033
he was not cool lel
absolute "respekt wimmen" performative feminist who kept calling me "strong" and "innovative" because of my career. hard pass.

No. 178434

>>178431
Ok I'm definitely ayrt and on this site waaaay too much but damn, I'm sorry to hear that… but like many wise women have said, dick is plentiful. Here's to the next guy who'll actually be cool!

No. 178580

>>177935
I swipe like this, it's not even about standards or whether someone is good looking or not. You're looking for someone who looks like they might have stuff in common with you and apps are full of the dullest seeming men in the world.

No. 178585

>>178580
Completely correct. Also if the "dating app ELO" theory is actually real, it makes way more sense to be picky than to get a bunch of matches and select after.

No. 178672

I just opened a profile on plenty of fish this evening and got a message from a guy who lives in my town. totally not my type, wouldn't date him in a million years and I don't want to give him any hope by even messaging him 'sorry, I'm not interested'. but what is the general etiquette on these sites? am I okay to just ignore outright? I don't want him to see me out in public, recognise me and murder me for not replying to his message kek

No. 178682

>>178015
Can you elaborate on that? I have heard lesbians say how women on dating apps can have absurdly high standards, but the only concrete examples I have seen are the tumblr astrology girls that refuse to date women with non-matching horoscope
I'm a curious lesbianon, that wants to hear some actual juicy stories lol

No. 178683

>>178672
If you don't want to asnwer, don't. It's usually accepted and not considered bad manners to ignore starting messages, especially if they're low effort ("hi, how are you, you're pretty"). If he wrote a whole ass letter that isn't copypaste then it's usually polite to write back something like "you're sweet, no, thanks".
If it some especially bitter guy they'll bitch regardless if you ignore or turn them down (or try to rope you into a conversation asking WHAT it is you don't like about them), so you can't win in that case, just block.

No. 178689

>>178683
ty for the advice. yeah he was basically just asking me how I was/what I'm up to tonight. I just didn't want to be rude but thought putting anything might draw him into further conversation.

No. 178723

>>178689
>>178683
It’s sort of one of those “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” type situations. Some guys will take massive offense to “being ignored” but others will take a polite “no thanks” as an invitation to continue trying to get your attention. Scrotes who are going to murder women over perceived slights will do so because “she ignored me” just as much as they will for “she led me on.” There’s really no way around it other than to hope a murderously crazy scrote never happens to set his sights on you. Thankfully most men aren’t murderously insane, but unfortunately it’s not like there’s some easy, foolproof way to tell which ones are.

No. 178804

I'm currently chatting to a guy on one of these apps and he seems sweet. he only has one picture though, and I think in order to get a good idea of someone's looks you need a few different pictures. a strong physical attraction is important to me in a relationship and, at the risk of sounding like a bitch, I don't want to waste my time getting to know a guy I don't have that physical attraction to.

would it be okay to ask for a couple more pictures, to get a better idea? and follow up question, if I realise I'm not feeling the physical attraction how do I let him down painlessly? do I slowly ghost him?

No. 178881

>>178804
literally forget anything I said here. he told me tonight he's into wearing lingerie so I'm noping out

No. 178999

>>178881
Lmao anon my condolences, good luck next time

No. 180323

Guy from tinder let me wait 30+mins without any notice.
Sent him a message that it's too much and left, blocked him.
He found me on Facebook and apologised that he fell asleep because he haven't slept all night (job) and is really ashamed. If he can make it up to me somehow.

What do? He's being legit flaky, cancelled few hours before meetup on me a week ago and he isn't all that attractive. Block or give a chance? I feel shitty about this.

No. 180328

>>180323
Block. He’s repeatedly left you hanging, if he was genuinely interested in spending time with you regardless of how busy he was, he’d make it happen. Also you don’t even find him attractive. It would still be bad if a male model were doing this, much more so a fucking troglodyte. Don’t feel ashamed about moving on from someone you’re not really interested in and who has disrespected your time. You already gave him a second chance and he blew it.

No. 180428

>>180328
Yep, told him I'm not really interested in meeting again and put him in ignore.
It's not like I don't have other options and I imagine he wouldn't just doze off and not bother setting an alarm when he needs to go to work, no excuse for this shit.
Thanks, nona.

No. 180579

>>180428
Sure thing nonny, glad to hear you’re upholding good standards for yourself. You deserve much more.

No. 180838

I joined a dating app and damn. Men over 30 REALLY DO be looking over 30.
Why don’t they know how to take care of their face?

Also, have had a ton of boring conversations that all end with the guys saying “Nice.”

No. 180885

>>180838
this has been my exact experience. I had no idea how men my age really look. I'm about to turn 31 and the guys I'm matching with, I cannot believe they're my age. I don't think I look super young for my age or anything but these guys are out here in their early 30s and they're looking at least 40.

>Also, have had a ton of boring conversations that all end with the guys saying “Nice.”

ah that sucks anon. I hate when they give so little

No. 180894

>>180838
I'm 26, see guys from 22 to 29 and most of them look over 30… Men age so bad. They can't even save it with their weird face smoothing filters they seem to put on a lot in their selfies?
Most of the better looking ones have no bio so one can assume they're just on there to fuck. Covid dating sucks.

I also have women showed and I can't begin to compare how much better they look.

No. 181001

>>180838
That's because most of them lie about their age. They do that so they don't get filtered by your age preference ignoring the fact that most women don't want to date grandpas.
The "men age like wine" is a myth.

No. 181011

At least you have Tinder dating scene. In my country it is practically unknown, not populated and i bettwr not tell you about the specimens that populate it.

No. 181043

idk if i should go on dating apps if i cant drive. i live with my parents in the middle of nowhere with zero public transit and no ride share apps. i find it mortifying for a man in my age range (25-30) to come visit me, drive 1-5h depending on mile radius, and pick me up for a date that will last 1-4h. will a man resent me for all these hoops he has to jump through? is it worth attempting? im ready to date and am so lonely but all those barriers sound like such a hassle for anyone interested in me

No. 181046

>>181043
i wouldn't do it, personally. it sounds unsafe.

No. 181215

>>181043
I'd jump through those hoops for you nonnie.
But maybe wait till you move out.

No. 181500

>>181001
Most men who truly are in their 30s do look ancient though. I've confirmed based on their IDs (seeing them at bars/restaurants/concerts/pharmacies). I'm in that age range myself and get mistaken for being mid-low 20s all the time (have had men talking down to me until they backpedal when they find out we're the same age), and many other women in their 30s look great, but the men are just disgusting. At first I was shocked, now I know it's just par for the course. Balding, wrinkled, beer guts, saggy skin, thousand coom stare, sloppy wardrobe which just makes it all worse. Can't wait to move overseas where older men tend to look better, even if it's only due to the luck of genetics.

No. 182095

>>181500
I'm from overseas. It's not better at all. Not sure what older men you're looking at, guys in their 30s look horrible here too, balding, wrinkly and sexist.

No. 182779

do you think i can find a female fwb to have strap on sex with or not happening? i'll be a college senior next year so not looking for a relationship since i'll be graduating.

No. 182794

What sites/apps do you all use? I’m 32 and I tried tinder a few months ago and it was full of boys 18-25 years old and I ended up deleting it before I got depressed kek. I met my ex on OKCupid but I was in my early 20s.

It’s been like a year and a half and I want to start dating again I think. I don’t know. Maybe I’ll just remain celibate kek. I’m cute though so I feel like it would be a waste of my last prime years.

No. 182801

>>182794
You can adjust the age range on Twitter so you don’t get 18-25 year old and get people your age. Tinder still sucks but that’s somewhat helpful, at least.

No. 182813

>>182095
East Asian men specifically. It's the extra collagen and melanin, they tend to show aging much later in life

No. 182815

>>182794
It kind of depends on where you live. Try a variety and see which seems to have the most decent results for you. OkCupid is still fine for adults, there's also Bumble and Hinge.

No. 182846

>>182794
I'm in my 30s and I think I look better than how did younger but it was so much easier to get approached back then. You just had to exist as a younger woman, I get the vibe men are more hesitant to approach me now and it sucks. I also burnt out on online dating. Everyone is young or the men my age or older are awful.

No. 182848

>>182846
Shit maybe tho the pandemic has made people less likely to put a foot forward in relation to dating. I have no idea. I just feel like if there was two of me in a contextual setting, younger me would get approached and older me would just get glanced at a bunch.

No. 183006

>>182801
Good to know. Maybe I’ll bring it back up.

>>182815
I live in a pretty large county and live an hour away from a couple of major cities. So my fishing pond is large. I’ve never heard of these apps, I’ll try them. Thanks!

>>182846
Agreed. I’m sad to hear older men are awful though. I think men in general are awful but i’m lonely and want someone to buy me dinner and see me naked.

No. 184570

The cringe when your friend's incel ex you briefly met before super-likes you on tinder.
The shame I feel when I find an acquaintance on tinder kek

Anyways it feels to me that the only guys who use super-like are super-ugly. Lately when I have an attractive guy use it I check twice and browse his other photos. It's almost the 'I'm ugly pls take pity' sticker. Weird feature.

No. 184573

>>184570
if it's any consolation, literally every time I super liked someone it was on accident, and when I talked to someone else who used tinder she said the same thing.

plus that a lot of guys have "if I super liked you it was on accident" in their bios. so it happens a lot. I personally think they should do away with super liking altogether or at best make an extra step to super like someone so it doesn't happen on accident so much.

No. 186243

I deleted the Tinder app, but keep using it through the browser so I don't keep swiping mindlessly on the toilet comparing my life to strangers' instagram photos. But it also means that sometimes I just forget about it for days. I matched with one guy, haven't even seen any of his messages in the past 3 days, this night I remember to check Tinder and he sent me like a bunch of random questions hours apart, and then today an angry fucking essay about how I'm ruining Tinder and the country. Must be the type of guy that gets overly excited when he gets a single match in a year, cannot relate (I wouldn't even say he's that bad looking, just really bland).
I fucking hate the digital age of interconnectivity, where people assume you're constantly online or checking your mailbox hourly.

No. 186566

Is it fair to assume most people that don't have a picture of their face are cheating? There are so many profiles with no face attached that write something like "I'm open to something no strings attached", and I don't get the thought process because any woman can get that from most men online, except I'll assume you're also ugly. Literally zero reason to contact these people.

No. 186643

I’m freaking out I got a superlike from a gigachad and the conversation is going really well even tho he seems a little bit dumb pls let this be the perfect himbo husband I asked for in the prayer thread

No. 186644

>>186643
fingers crossed!

No. 186650

>>186643
keep us updated anon!

No. 186659

>>186643
Keep yourself safe and don't idealize him, make sure he's not a ho or a covert sexist. That being said I'm rooting for you nonny, hope you get the sweet and loyal himbo we all desire

No. 186764

>>186643
are you his type? what kind of girls do gigachads typically like. asking for a friend

No. 186767

>>180323
Block.

No. 186768

>>186650
I will!

>>186659
Thank you for your concern anon! That's very sweet of you but no need to worry. I'm starting to get the impression that he is just looking for sex but the conversation is still going because we seem to have a lot in common. Idk what will come of this but he is being very respectful so far

>>186764
No idea but I'm pretty sure I tick some kind of box being fiddyfiddy latina/scandi

No. 186808

really dumb story - be aware

i matched a guy on tinder and it got sexual really fast, basically we snapped for two months and exchanged our deepest fantasies. We were supposed to meet but I got my period… so we changed the date.

so here comes the dumb part. I don’t know why but a friend of mine somehow convinced me that I should not meet with him so I agreed and told him I lost interest. Well he just said: ‚okay I understand‘ and unfollowed me on all social media.

Now I’m here one month later and I really fucking regret it so much. Should I text him and ask him if he‘s still up for sex or is it too late now? I mean… what’s the worst that can happen, right?

No. 186809

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>>186808
Message him and report back

No. 186830

>>186808
Just give it a try, hopefully he's still interested.

No. 187063

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ladies I have mastered the dating game and I'll tell you my secret

I'm not that into men.
I'm bi heavily leaning towards women and turns out that's working.
Earlier this week I was horny af and that made me so desperate that I searched tinder for guys.
I'm average pretty, definitely not instamodel type, kind of nerdish artsy girl type.
With women I'm. nervous and try too much to get her to like me. with men, I just don't care what they think about me.

I matched with two guys. One was super my type but didn't end up meeting him but I'm meeting the other guy (hotter than #1 but less my type) at the next week!

So I bragged to my female friend. She's super sweet, petite and has traditionally feminine looks. But she's always nervous what guys think abt her.
Turns out she tried to hook up with the same guy ( #2 ) BIG TIME and he wasn't interested.

So this proves my propotion that men are like dogs and smell the fear. You treat them like dogs, they will obey.

I'm 100% sure this is one of those posts that will get dozen reeeee your cringe replies but I just had to reveal this secret to you my fellow man-haters. Without ur saltiness, I wouldn't be at this point.

I'm not saying that the man approval values my worth as a human BUT it's useful in my situation bc I'm still horny and don't want to play with girl's feelings.

(the pic looks a bit like the guy and demonstrated the level of attractiveness)

No. 187068

>>187063
Well you’re not wrong. The men I want nothing to do with irl are always the ones who are into me.

No. 187488

I have to stop talking to guys a few years older than me. They seem to lose interest when they realise I'm not the same place in life as them. Like bipch, you're 5 years ahead lower your expectations. Young, hot, accomplished, pick two

No. 187806

>>82563
3 years late but it's cute that I've seen most of the "classic" films on here (now I wanna watch Bridge on the River Kwai again), and yet I "will never understand".

No. 187880

>>187063
Sorry to rain on your parade nonnie but tinder guys will meet up with almost everyone. I feel like you are new to dating apps.
You didn't even end up dating, they meet up because think they're gonna get easy sex out of you.
It's only a mere one guy and you didn't even meet him yet lol. How's that a win worth telling and explaining.

No. 188019

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>match with cutie
>find out he’s a vegan
>you know what happens next
>unmatch him in the middle of a rant
>outdated pep

No. 188233

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mY LoVE LaNgUaGe iS PhYsIcAL ToUcH

I'm tired

No. 188307

>>186808
you're right, that sounds really dumb. with what argument did she convince you? are you that easily swayed?

No. 188319

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Found a screenshot I took before I deactivated. Most men are talking about how life is adventure and they need a partner (a cliché in itself), first time I've met a dude, who was basically "I'm ready to settle down, I had enough of going out and traveling". Nothing more charming than being told you're getting a 30+ guy who you're getting after he partied and burnt himself out for life and doesn't want to make memories with you.

Translation of screencap:
Hi!
I'm an adventurer who's already been to many places, and now looks for peace and quiet! I already maxed out on the YOLO stuff… Starting the day with a relaxing chat or Disney in bed, then an afternoon walk on the riverside, a nice bottle of wine, a relaxing dinner at home and then we spice things up in the bed! That's my ideal day with my future lover!

What I'm looking for:
You should always have a tissue with you! xd
Don't have a foul mouth! (/don't speak like a taxi driver)
[Don't be much different at night than you're in the morning] (???unsure what this means, looks or attitude problems?)

No. 188320

>>188319
>lehendő páromal
That spelling lmaoo. A real charmer, this guy

No. 188323

>>188319
>You should always have a tissue with you! xd
what is this supposed to mean?

No. 188324

>>188323
No idea. Maybe he thinks he's so funny you'll cry with laughter, or he's looking for some motherly woman who'll wipe his nose for him.

No. 188351

>>188319
>disney
>wine
oh no it’s an international thing

No. 188432

>>188319
He probably means that he doesn’t want a girl who wears too much makeup, because men think that women somehow deceive men by wearing it

No. 188482

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I get that he’s “joking” but check out this psycho

No. 188483

>>188482
wow so edgy, literal 16 yo behavior

No. 188486

>>188483
It’s a 30 yo senior consultant lol. Definitely gave me a ~listen when someone tell you who they are~ vibe

No. 188489

>>188482
I love when they show their red flags like that. Makes avoiding them a lot easier.

No. 188490

>>188482
Either he's joking and that's fucking cringey after 14 or he's actually serious and that's a bullet dodge.

No. 188491

>>188490
Even a joke like this is a huge red flag so like >>188489 said, good for everyone he's showing it so openly and so early.

No. 188495

>>188491
>Even a joke like this is a huge red flag
Why? What does the red flag indiciate other than a terrible sense of humor? I'm not being sarcastic.

No. 188497

>>188495
NTA but "black humour" from men often indicates some sort of agreement or at least a tendency to handwave those actual problems away, and even as a manipulative mechanism so that you yourself let your guard down. But even if you think that's going too far, they'll probably be the kind of guy who will tolerate his friends mistreating others even if they themselves aren't huge jerks.
Example for manipulation: guy jokes about oversensitive women and things women are stereotypically freaking out about to gage how much of a "cool girl" you are, and after that you won't be one of those "uncool" girls that do act that way.

No. 188499

>>188495
Exactly what >>188497 said; dark humor could be best case scenario tolerated among VERY close friends where you'd know for a fact it's just a joke and that person is not like this. From my experience people who would just freely always joke like that or be proud of their oh so dark sense of humor always end up actually agreeing with what the joke was about. Sometimes it's more internalized and sometimes less but it's there.

No. 188500

>>188491
A bad sense of humour is a massive red flag. Do you want your conversations dotted with weird internet incel humour or do you respect yourself

No. 188508

>>188499
>>188497
Those are fair points, I hadn't thought of it that way.

No. 188509

>>188500
I think bad humour is a massive turn-off. A massive red flag? No, I think that's watering down the meaning of the term, I'd reserve calling things a red flag for far more serious and impactful things.

No. 188802

I generally hate dating apps but I’m going to a different city for my vacation and wanna go on some dates and fool around with some cute guys.( just got out of something not serious but it was kind of my first time steadily seeing someone) I downloaded bumble, but I don’t really know what to expect. I’ve never done this before and would actually like to enjoy hanging out with the person I’m hanging out with. It’s a benefit that I possibly won’t be seeing them again since I’m traveling kind of far. Does anyone have any advice?

No. 188863

>>188509
Bad humor is not a red flag, joking about being an abusive, controlling partner specifically is a red flag I think.

No. 188910

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Anyone else use hinge and feel like it's become a huge fucking scam? I used to get 25+ likes a day and now I get like 5, all of which are from hideous guys that I would never be interested. All of the guy I'm interested in are locked behind the "standouts" paywall in which you have to send roses, which you get one a day and I find is cringe to send. I feel like it's better than Bumble and definitely Tinder in terms of the quality of men, but this paywall shit is annoying me.

No. 188911

>>188910
Wait, like… physical flowers?

No. 188913

>>188911
obviously not

No. 189105

Find a super cute deadlift girl, we’re hitting it off amazingly well, so I make my move
>we should hang out!
>Im moving :(
Guess I’m gonna be that gay girl who drives a thousand hours just to see a cute girl. Why is lesbian online dating like this lol

No. 189113

>>188910
>>188910
That sounds like OkCupid too. It used to be good before with the surveys and being able to see who saw/liked your profile, but now everything is behind a paywall. It's funny how Hinge is all about you finding someone to delete the app but then they pull this bs.

No. 189440

>>188910
It may also be the algorithm of the app that has placed you in a pool of people that they think are in your league. You can try deleting your account and making it again to reset it.

No. 189573

>>177919
>wtf she is a fucking 10
Not nearly. A 10 wouldn't have that many tattoos.

No. 189575

>>189573
A 10 is when a 9 fill in someones personal preference

No. 189611

>>187880
you are right that I'm new to dating apps.

We ended up seeing two times and between that we texted. At the first time it was nice and we talked for hours.
When we met at second date I realized that he's kinda annoying and immature BUT I wanted easy sex so it wasn't an issue.

BUT then we were in a cafe and he stood up to fill his water glass and I asked "could you please bring me some, too?" and he said no and something stupid.
Didn't really listened because at that moment I lost ALL my interest to him.
I made an excuse and left.

I can tolerate a dumb person but not having basic human decency/manners is instant turn off. If he does not bother to bring me a glass of water then he's not going to bother to do… well, anything, for me. I'm not wasting my time on person who does not bother to bring me a glass of water when I'm thirsty.
Next time I'll make the water glass test on the first date if I'm desperate enough to date a guy.

Too bad, bc he's cute and I was kinda craving for easy dick but I rather spend my nights with Hitachi than jerk with no manners.

Luckily I'm bisexual so I don't have to date guys from tinder. I'm meeting with a super cute girl later today, wish me luck, anons!

No. 189617

>>189611
I respect your choices but you sound so full of yourself. Good luck with the whole easy dick cool girl lifestyle.

No. 189622

>>189617
nice try, pickme.

keep chasing losers who don't respect you and treat you like shit.

No. 189625

>>189617
NTA but if someone refuses to bring you a glass of water when they're already going to the kitchen, that's just rude. Not even friend material, nevermind partner.

No. 189629

>>189617
Asking for a glass of water when he's already standing up to get one is a reasonable request

No. 189644

>>189622
>>189625
>>189629
No reason to get so triggered nonners. It’s good that she ditched him but that doesn’t make op sound any less insufferable. Even gloating about how her friend was interested in the same guy.

No. 189657

One thing that pissed me off about dating sites is guys would criticize me for not having "enough" on my profile. Tbh it should just be a basic write up but nothing like tinder where it's too short.

No. 189658

>>189644
>if you disagree with me, you're angry

No. 189660

>>189658
No one is calling anyone angry.

No. 189728

I'm contemplating making a fake OLD profile to fuck around on. Yes I have nothing to do in my spare time and I actually enjoy larping on fake accounts. At least with this I might end up making some disgusting dreadful abusive scrote's life miserable which would be total lifefuel. Making fake accounts has been a hobby of mine for years although I've never faked being in a relationship. Can't be too hard though, I've watched enough Catfish episodes.
Any suggestions of what to do? Who to go for and the ultimate heist? I'd go after cheating men but 90% of them never post their faces. I don't want to waste my time and have no return on investment. I want to see results from this.

No. 189887

What types of pictures do you guys have on your profiles? And are selfies cringe

No. 189892

>>189887
I use few vacation photos I also have on my insta. And a bit uglier selfie because I feel like they'd expect too much otherwise. Honestly I'm thinking of using uglier pictures than now because I don't look as good in my everyday work life as I do well rested and relaxed on vacations. I'm scared of disappointing them irl. But tbf so far the guys I've met also don't look as good as their photos.

No. 190106

>>189728
At first make an acc with your own info, get verified then change everything for maximum results.

No. 190509

>>189728

Please don't fuel them. I get the initial satisfaction, but it gives them more victim points in the long run.

They'll use what you did to deflect all their own crappy behaviour and people will gobble it down. That's not your fault, but it's often what happens.

No. 190829

>>189887
Carefully poised instagram photos and then a normal average selfie so they know what I look like at my best and worst.

No. 191291

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I am going on a date soon. Should I wear makeup? He wants to kiss me. I've never been kissed before and I'm worried making out might slather makeup all over his face and he'll get disgusted by it. I also feel gross wearing makeup. Like I'm wearing a second sticky skin that isn't mine. I don't mind eyeliner and mascara, so I might just wear that instead of a full coverage, full makeup face. Where I am right now, there is a heat wave too, which will make the makeup melt and feel even more gross on my skin.
I know I should've posted this in the makeup advice thread but I'm more worried about his opinion. He's seen photos of me without makeup (but in good lighting). I'm just worried he'll think I'll look tired without concealer (I developed eye bags due to losing skin elasticity from aging) or have a blotchy face and uneven skin tone without foundation (I have so many acne scars from my teenage years).
I wish I was blessed with perfect skin. I think wearing makeup daily has made it worse lol.

No. 191296

>>191291
>I'm more worried about his opinion
That's where you're wrong, kiddo. I know it's natural to worry about someone else's opinion, but ultimately he feels the same anxietyy as you do, and as a woman you have the upper hand in the dating game all the time. He's there to impress you, not the other way around. Plus, makeup kind of seeps into your skin as time goes on, so don't worry about it smearing when you kiss.
Don't wear makeup if you feel like he'll think you're ugly or whatever, it's not that serious. If you want to wear makeup because it's fun, do it, but consider your comfort over your looks ofc. I'm sure he'll think you're pretty, maybe he'll even feel grateful that you're more honest/frank about your apperance.

No. 191298

>>191291
All this worrying for a man who doesn't even wear makeup to make himself look pretty for you lmao.

No. 191300

>>191298
>>191296
Fucking this, men never put the effort into looking good when they're the ones who need it the most. I swear to god 99% of women who wear makeup don't even need it.

No. 191301

>>191291
I'm gonna agree with the other anons who replied to you, but I'll also play devil's advocate and give you some makeup tips for keeping your shit from melting off your face in disgustingly hot/humid climates if wearing makeup will help your confidence.

Make sure you have a good primer. If you're dry like me, go with hydrating, but if you're oily then choose one that's mattifying. If you want lighter coverage, I get much better results from blending the everloving fuck out of my concealer on the "problem areas" with a damp makeup sponge and leaving the rest of my face alone than when I apply foundation everywhere. Either way, apply a small amount first and build it up to avoid tons of product that's just gonna melt off your face. Finally, make sure you have a setting powder, especially if you're oily. This more than anything else will keep your makeup from smearing onto your date's face, but it's still not magic so if he's a really messy or grabby kisser (PT forbid), then he should expect a bit of transfer. Maybe he'll even learn something about shitty beauty standards. That being said, unless you plan on wearing non-matte cream lipstick or something you really don't have to worry about getting shit on his face when kissing.


sorry if you already know all this, and I hope he treats you well

No. 191343

Ladies, I’m back on the dating scene after literally YEARS off compounded by the pandemic. Had my first date yesterday and I thought it went pretty well but he said he didn’t “feel a vibe” which I think is code for didn’t find me attractive, right? If it’s not I’ll be pissed because how do you expect me to throw out “vibes”: sir we are in a pandemic I haven’t done this in forever I am just trying to deal with being physically in another human being’s presence let alone flirting too… ok clearly I needed to get that out. Any comments / advice welcome as I have a date with someone else tomorrow.

No. 191345

>>191343
You weren't his type for whatever reason, no big deal. Don't waste time on anyone who isn't super into you and don't get overly attached to any one man. If someone gives you a bad feeling or says something that seems weird/gross/offensive, don't waste time explaining or giving second chances and just move on. 99.9% of the time you won't have misinterpreted anything and men will just try to backtrack and explain away their shitty behavior in the off chance that they might still get to fuck you.

No. 191349

>>191291
At most your lipstick might smear. But I don't think you're gonna actively slobbery make out on your first date, it's most likely gonna be a peck on lips or something. And honestly I've never smeared makeup on anyone even during more intense kissing so don't worry.
Makeup doesn't smear like that if you wear it normal and natutal and not caked on full face.

No. 191473

>>191345
Thanks nonny I appreciate that. I’m pleased to report that I’m over myself now and ready to move on to the next one, I think it was a combo of so long out of the game, plus I don’t think I’ve ever been on a first date where it wasn’t me to say “no thanks” to meeting again? So, it temporarily activated a fear that I’ve suddenly become truly hideous and boring in the time that I’ve been off dating but then I had a nice little sleep and remembered that I’m great. Have a great day anon!

No. 191478

>>191473
You too anon. Sadly I know of quite a few guys who would say they they “weren’t interested” in a woman if they weren’t giving out very flirtatious, easily manipulated, will give a dude sex within 3 dates kinda vibes, so I doubt it has anything to do with your looks or personality. Or if it does it’s probably the fact that you seem to have standards, so good for you. Best of luck out there, stay safe.

No. 191859

>>191301
do you have suggestions for a good primer?

No. 194430

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I know a handful of people irl who are in longterm relationships or engaged after meeting someone through Hinge or Bumble. I feel like everytime I take a shot at these apps I just feel like I’m drowning in a sea of either painfully average or painfully weird men.

No. 194440

>>194430
>I'll tell everyone you beat me
jfc ofc he's an army vet

No. 194444

>>194430
>>194440
did anyone else kinda laugh at the 'I'll tell everyone you beat me' part?

No. 194446

>>194444
Hate to say it but I did too kek

No. 194447

>>194430
>>194444
>>194446
Yeah I mean it's obviously a joke but it's in bad taste

No. 194564

>>194430
This makes me want to yell shit at him, like, "NEED COVERING FIRE, LZ IS HOT" until he gets triggered.

No. 195494

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He's a fat nerd and his wife is already wayyy of his league. Probably why most his pics are of her lol. Anyway I pity any woman who lets herself get clowned like this. "She's bi and poly" is always the excuse but the women aren't the ones ever controlling the account.

No. 197382

I'm so anxious to start talking to pretty butch lesbians on dating apps how do I do this

No. 197431

>>195494
What a fucking nightmare of a man.

Relevant video

No. 197435

>>195494
>its never a woman running the account

Im not bi or lesbian so i cant really speak on this but i have heard from women trying to date women that a lot of women on tinder are actually in "poly" relationships woth men trying to get threesomes

No. 197907

I've ranted here on this thread about a year ago but the guy I matched on bumble is back and talked to me last night after like a couple of months or a year of radio silence

>He tells me he recently broke it off with his girlfriend of 6 months

>Asks me if I have any other means if communication (we mostly message each other discord)
>Tell him I have messenger and I'm uncomfortable giving it away and asks if I have telegram instead
>Tell him I don't have one
>Opens up about wanting phone sex

I still don't get why I haven't blocked him or unfriended him. I honestly thought he'd forget about me. Anonitas I hate it here

No. 198094

Anons with experience in using apps for casual hook ups please for the love of God chime in with any stories or experiences.

I am not looking for anything serious but also don't want to be treated like shit. I just want to casually date and maybe sleep with men that I don't think are going to cause issues.

How long would you speak to someone on the app before thinking about meeting them? Men make out attractive women can get laid very easily so I want some low effort sex lol

No. 198098

>>197907
>messaging on discord
>asks if you have telegram
>wants phone sex
Has he called you his lil kitten yet?

No. 198102

>>198094
I used to 'casually date' through apps, as in similarly I just wanted regular decent sex without being treated like crap. The issue I always ran into was.. how flakey they'd get after meeting a couple times.

At first you're the coolest thing to happen to them.. and then they just start messing you around when it comes to setting a time in advance. They want to hit you up at 11pm on a wednesday night and expect that you'll be free to meet up with ten mins notice. I don't know if they have secret gfs or even live in long term partners tbh. I always ended up suspecting that was the cause of their flakeyness with setting plans. They're trying to drop by your place on their way home from somewhere else. That way the gf won't pick up on it. That's something to watch out for. The first fuck is pre planned and they stay for 2 hours and please you..the rest turn into quickies on their way home from work.

No. 198125

>>198102
I'd probably flake more than them, unless the sex was good. I've never really had no strings sex. Truthfully I just want to fuck some guys so I can get over an ex and a string of bad dates that didn't even get to sex lol. Which might seem weird but I'd rather think about some guy I fucked than the cringe of those past dates + ex.

No. 198153

>>198125
I get you. I haven't had sex in about 3 years and sometimes it bothers me that the last person I had sex with was an ex who turned out to be pretty shitty. He's my last 'sex memory' and that sucks. I've gone back and forth on whether or not I even want sex or whether that's a bad reason to go out and look for it.

Am I better off just letting my ex be my last fuck for a long time or meeting some rando guy and that possibly making me feel like shit too. I gave up on the idea personally but I understand where your head is at, essentially you want to replace those memories to get over it.

No. 198162

Anonitas, there was this guy I met back in winter last year on a dating app and we got along really well, our conversations were a lot of fun. I wanted to keep us as friends but one night when I was over at his place and we had some drink and we ended up fucking. After that things weren't the same and I sensed he no longer valued me even as a friend. He started to become distant, so I distanced myself from him too until one night I expressed myself in one final message, then cut him off and blocked and deleted him. I didn't make contact for 7 months, neither did he. But sometimes I thought about him, being in each other's company and the chemistry we had.
I finally mentioned this to my friend and told her I really did enjoy my time with him and miss him. So she said I should message him. I told her that's not my style and I never do that, like once it's done it's done. I hadn't sent him anything since I cut contact and had accepted that was the end. But she convinced me I should so I did.

Basically I sent him a message expressing I miss our time together, the conversations we had and our chemistry. I also explained I had to cut contact because of feelings and it was getting too much for me.

Well he sent me a message back:

"Hey thanks for the message, it's nice to hear from you. Lol at that description of yourself: 'that strange girl dressed in black' 😂 I hope you're keeping well and still making your art!

I'm actually in a relationship now so not sure it would be the best idea for you and me to hang out but it was a sweet message to wake up to, so thank you for that!

I had fun with you and really appreciated the chocolates you got me on my birthday! Thank you!!

Take care and I hope you're good and all the best with everything in the future 🙏🏻✨"

I haven't replied and I may just delete the message and not reply. But I was also thinking of sending a reply and then blocking him again. In his message I don't think he's sincere but rather fake nice and condescending. I also don't think he's in a relationship but he's just saying that as an excuse to get rid of me. He doesn't know my worth and doesn't want me around. He can't even be real with me, like honey, save me the fake well wishes, I don't need or want your feigned charity talk. I didn't even mention anything about a relationship in my message and then he mentions he doesn't think it's a good idea if we hang out because he's in a relationship? Seriously if you can't control yourself hanging around other women while in a relationship, that's on you, that's not on me. Maybe you shouldn't have any female friends if that's how it is. It's not like i'm looking for dating or a relationship with him either, i'm happy alone doing my own thing but as friends it was great. We're not each other's type as romantic interests and he's not relationship material but as friends it was good. Basically he just closed things with that last paragraph.

I don't know what to do. Either:
A.) Delete and leave it.
B.) Respond and express myself however which way I want and block.
Or C.) Try to open a conversation with him and talk and build on that as friends.

What do you think anons?

No. 198170

>>198162
Holy moly, you should just drop it and stop investing so much in some random dude who mistreated you. Not to be condescending, but are you going through something difficult right now? Are you looking for a distraction? It just confuses me why you'd ever remember this dude even exists when he didn't even treat you kindly.

No. 198172

>>198098
He has tried to fucking phonesex me ONCE and tried to act like a "dom" but luckily I started laughing.

So had it continued I feel like it would've happened

No. 198177

>>198170
I explained why, it's because we had a good connection as friends and I miss it but clearly he doesn't think or feel the same. But okay then, will I just send a nasty message and be done with it since he's a piece of shit?

No. 198180

>>198177
Dude stop messaging at all just drop him completely

No. 198185

>>198177
>we had a good connection as friends
Obviously not because he didn't give a shit. There was no connection just because he made you laugh once or whatever. Please set higher standard for yourself and people you consider friends. Don't even message him, it's not going to make him care. Stop giving mental energy to people who don't deserve it

No. 198207

>>198177
drop him. you don’t need to give this anymore attention than you have already

No. 199322

>try Tinder again
>find a profile with a cryptic image
>swipe right, maybe it'll be some funny novelty account
>no, it's just a normal guy looking for a serious relationship
>says how it obviously works since a "girlie" like me bit on the bait
>ask him why is he so secretive, does he have a wife or something
>no, he just "does not care"
>tells me to worry, he's not an uggo
>his style of writing is obnoxious
>it literally takes no effort to upload an image in the era of smartphones so I call him out on it
>"OK, chill, just give me an e-mail address and I'll send you a picture"
>send him a throwaway address
>he actually doesn't send dick picks
>below average looking receeding hairline guy
>lose all interest, as the only way I'd maybe have given him the chance to impress after his online attitude is if he's 10/10 my type
>unmatch
>now see he has written me insults on the throwaway mail I use for spam and shit
Good job, mate, you've made getting rejected on your looks way more complicated for yourself. I don't really know how this 5000IQ mindgame is supposed to work.

No. 199323

>>199322
> he just "does not care"
Saw this line and I knew a meltdown and barrage of insults would follow lol

No. 199327

>>199322
What age is he?

No. 199334

>>199327
Between 26 and 30, I can't check it anymore, but those are my age settings.

No. 199371

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Wishing all nonnies on this thread good luck with dating apps!! It's so difficult if you want to actually date and get to know people. About one year ago I had a coffee date through Tinder with a guy who was really geeky but so skinny in RL that it kinda grossed me out (I love cooking). After I rejected him he reacted so badly it put me off dating again. Few months later I had a really bad time at work and I began using Tinder again with the sole purpose of hooking up. I was very adamant in telling every guy I slept with that I had no intention of dating them. Also I slept with multiple men simultaneously because I didn't want to be dependent on just one flaky dick. Fuck that shit. Eventually I did end up seeing one of them for more than just sex and we've been dating for about 6 months now. I really lucked out with him. He's helpful, adores my cat, likes cooking for me as much as he loves eating my grub and also…he really has the best dick too!! Damn. Seriously I had all kinds of dick and some are just totally useless, shape-wise lol. But obviously I don't recommend this strategy to actually get a bf.

No. 199377

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Two days on tinder and I’m already ready to give up. Not sure if everyone is ugly or I’m just old / ugly and that’s why I’m seeing such ugly people. I just want a dorky smart dude who isn’t fat or bald. If I see one more ugly goatee or snapback I’ll barf.

No. 199486

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in b4 "charge your phone, nonny"

No. 199492

>>199486
Is this a bot or does he just think women are free fashion advisors?

No. 199506

>>199492
100% the latter but that does straight up read like a bot now that i think about it

No. 199507

>>199486

He probably isn't even interested I you answering this question, he only wants to demonstrate he's "into fashion"

No. 199533

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anyone else seen some truly terrible bios on these dating apps? it’s like men don’t even make the slightest bit of effort. on the other side you have those guys who think they’re God’s gift to women and just post a bunch of shirtless gym pictures without any bio, expecting you to reach out and fawn over them. fuck men honestly

No. 199538

>>199533
yes - 9.999/10 times they're people who are either:

a) fresh out of a ltr and have no idea what they're doing or
b) incels

No. 199540

>>199377
Tinder shows you the hottest prospects in your area on the first day or two to draw you in, so probably everyone is uggo.

No. 199541

>>199540
Basically the app is pointless after 3-4 days then. Might as well delete it

No. 199559

>>199533
No bio is an automatic no from me. Either they're so hot they don't need to try (ie fuckboy), or they're delusional uggos who incorrectly think they don't need to try.

Has anyone noticed that guys on tinder tend to copy paste the same shitty jokes on their bios? It's really weird because a lot of the time they're uncommon jokes I've never seen or heard outside of tinder, but how can they copy each other when presumably they're only seeing women's profiles? One example I see constantly is that 'not on my watch' joke where someone stands on a watch. It's not funny and I've never heard it outside of tinder but so many of these boring ass clones think it's a worthy bio.

No. 199562

>>199559
Nta but I think I know what you mean. Can you give some examples of said jokes?

No. 199619

>>199559
Probably all got their inspiration from /r/tinder

No. 199947

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I had always been in this cringe phase of needing male validation heavily. I was addicted to dating apps. Retarded. Trust me, I know. Anyways, I download apps on and off. I am moving to United States in a month, so essentially I had been putting US as my location since what was the point of talking to someone from here I'm from as I'm leaving anyways. Downloaded shitty app Yubo, tons of likes but everyone was the same to the core. Like 22 year old grown ass men asking for your snapchat and if you were thick. I got compliments which boosted my confidence so I stayed on. Surprisingly, meet a guy with the same values, morals, interests and he is fkn good looking too. He's the first person that validates my personality than looks. 100% my type. He's from the US but a bit far from where I'm gonna move. Starts off as a love-hate relationship, he says he doesn't want to edate because it is cringey (understandable) but after we talk and facetime, he finally falls in love with me too. This is the first time, I get rid of all dating apps and stop seeking compliments from men. I actually feel powerful inside as I grow self-confidence rather than relying on strangers for it. Completed 6 months today and next month he will come to my university and see me in person. So while dating apps give you tons of shitty experiences, there may be someone genuinely great out there.

No. 199953

>>199947
Aw, that's really wonderful to hear. I hope that the days counting down to your meeting past swiftly. Here's to a long, happy relationship for you and your boyfriend!

No. 199973

>>199562
nta but i remember one quip i saw on every other profile 'your mom will love me', never seen this anywhere else

No. 199979

>>199953
love u anon

No. 200055

>>199973
>>199559
I quite hate the

>'for the girls above 25, I'm an ophthalmologist looking to settle down'

>'for the girls under 25, I'm a Calvin Klein model who travels with his cute dog'

Kind of shit. It's like they're negging you about your age (both if you're younger or older) before even interacting with you. I'm seeing this a lot.
Also the
>I'm not looking for anything serious, only my wife
Is cliche as fuck too

No. 200072

>>199973
>>200055
I've seen both of those before and when you match with them, they're the most boring fuckers alive who just want to smash but they're probably not even good. The perks of living in a big city…

No. 200901

Yall, guys are always sperging about how girls in person don’t look like they do in their pictures, yet the amount of dudes I met off of Tinder who didn’t look like their pics either is immense… Either they’re chubbier bc they used pics from years ago, or they took their pics on snap and look different bc of the filters/flip, or they’re shorter and tried to hide it.

The hottest guys on tinder are the ones who use shitty candids their friends take of them because they don’t like taking selfies of themselves.

No. 200927

>>200901
A few guys I met from tinder were short and then had the audacity to be mad that I was taller than them even though I had put my (correct!) height in my bio because I KNEW it was a dealbreaker for a lot of guys. Really? You're mad that I'm the height I said I was? I can't tell if they deluded themselves into thinking they were tall, couldn't be bothered reading my bio or double checking it before we met up or whether they thought sperging about my height was an easier way to end the date than just saying "sorry, I'm not really feeling this."

No. 200935

>>200055
Dude I was chatting with had something similar in his bio. He started talking shit about younger woman (we were both in our 30s) and I made a comment how I found it odd his comment when his bio was specifically baiting younger woman to prove their intelligence to him. His bio had some neg at their intelligence or something. Trying to be subtle. Called him out on it and he had a bitch fit.

No. 201098

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I don't have friends and don't meet people IRL, but you know what? I refuse to use dating apps. My mom met her husband online and tries to encourage me to use online dating but I feel like it's pretty different for millennialsn and zoomers… Also, he's so much uglier than her and kind of a loser. Sorry. But if I'm already ugly and a sperg, the only guy who would consider me is so far below me that he's a homeless serial killer or Chris-Chan. I'll die alone I guess.

No. 201112

>>200935
It's weird when older guys neg younger women but specifically have their preferences set to include them.

No. 201114

How long do you anons think one should be single before getting back on dating apps? I've been single for 1 1/2 month which I know is an insanely short period of time but I'm so bored. I don't even know if I want to go on dates, I just wanna see what's out there. But I feel like I probably shouldn't, idk.

No. 201120

>>201114
There's no set rule but I think lots of people stuggle to spend time alone in the first few weeks and getting through that stage without rebounding is an important part of processing any lessons learnt from the last relationship.

I feel like I've witnessed too many people around me who've left a very short gap in between relationships and they strangely repeat the exact same mistakes in all of those relationships. Just from what I've seen, I think people who take longer 'recovery gaps' end up better off for it.

No. 201140

>>201114
I think as long as you're being safe it's fine whenever. I went on the apps a month after my break up. Nothing serious came from the men I met but it was nice having dates to look forward too and getting attention. Just don't rush into anything or let anyone pressure you.

No. 201142

what exactly are some protips to get people to message you? almost all the apps i use you have to pay to see who solely "liked" you, should i just leave my snapchat in my bio so people can message me off tinder?

No. 201144

>>201142
I don't understand? On tinder don't your match with how swiped right and then you can message. I know on pof you can get messages without liking a profile. You'll just get uglies that don't match with you getting your Snapchat

No. 201146

>>201142
I'm also confused about what you're asking tbh. There's no trick to it, guys will talk to you if they're interested and you match.

No. 201153

>>201144
>>201146
sorry if that was confusing, i might just have bad luck since i don't get matches. but it might also be that i'm not shooting for hetero dating and the pool of (actual) women nearby is small. i just wondered if the reason i never matched even when i like other people is because my bio is bad? or i could just be dumb lmao

No. 201154

>>201153
Oh if it's women you're trying to match with it's a whole different story, maybe you can ask the lesbian thread.

No. 201166

>>201154
i've read the posts in those threads about the issues with that there (trying to filter out queerios, etc.) but it's mostly matching in general i'm confused about since i'm new to this. maybe i should give okcupid another whirl since i don't get apps

No. 201183

>>201120
>>201140
Thanks! I think I will probably wait and enjoy my alone time for a while. I didn't want to go on dating apps for anything serious really, just to check what's out there and who knows… but I will wait. I need to focus on myself.

No. 203079

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Kek the entire profile is like this

No. 203096

>>203079
I would

No. 203103

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>>203079
Does Hinge churn out the most unhinged males or something? Picrel

No. 203104

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>>203103
Manlet talking shit

No. 203110

>>203104
Translation: I've worked various seasonal/warehouse jobs and met a lot of druggies and ex-criminals

No. 204623

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The fatter they are, the more likely they're pulling this face in all their pictures.

No. 204697

>>203079
>>203103
>>203104
Anons… How do you find guys like that??? I have no interest in dating them at all. I just wish I can so I can have a good laugh but so far it is just the same looking boring normie who loves to travel and eat foods and take pics with their clones.

No. 205203

Kinda paranoid issue, but I tried online dating, but I really don't want to tell dudes what I do for a living/what I studied. I have a really messy "career path" and I'm in a field that is fucking microscopic and a first name that is uncommon, and I don't want them to go digging and don't want to be explaining my whole life story. I honestly don't even fucking care what a person does unless they have like zero fucking amibition and plan to stay in dead-end shitty jobs forever or are very uneducated, but you can usually tell those dudes apart just by general vibe. So I guess I'm hard filtered from online dating just because I don't want rando dudes on the internet to know who I am in case I just want to ghost.

No. 205206

>>204697
Online dating is like 90% "love to travel/picture of him cooking" type of finance and IT guys, but you can find some funny men. I matched with a guy that was a NEET shut-in for years and him basically posting /r9k/ tier stories about his life to me is hilarious. Obviously I don't plan on ever dating him.

No. 205208

>>205203
i always lie about that stuff for shits and giggles and idgaf %99 of the time you dont talk to them for more than a couple of days anyways it gets boring explaining your life story to strangers over and over again i like spicing it up

No. 205239

>>205206
I downloaded tinder a while ago and at least around here 90% of the guys have literally nothing on their bio, and I'm using literally correctly, on top of often having really shitty pics that are pixelated or doesn't really show their face. I'm bi and women's profile are usually better but then you get a lot of creeps wanting threesomes

No. 205351

>>205239
Trying to date women on apps is like either trannies, flakes, bots, or women who put a pic with their bf as the very last picture.

My experience with guys has been either a bunch of emojis (no jokes you like biking, running, surfing, so original in australia), the same old re-used joke about the giraffe neck slapping thing or tradies not even giving a fuck.

For some cursed reason, guys here think you’re supposed to chase them instead.

No. 205374

>>205208
Yeah, but I'm worried about making shit up because if by some very insane odds I do end up finding someone cute and likeable it'd be really awkward and off-putting to tell him I'm not actually a salesclerk, or whatever I can even LARP convincingly enough.

No. 205461

>looking for casual hookup on tinder
>see cute guy, match
>he asks to meet at a park, whatever i agree
>we meet and walk and talk, a lot more awkward and shy than his profile led me to believe
>we go home and keep texting
>next date have sex
>confesses that i'm the second person he's ever slept with
>we hang out more, he asks me out and i agree
>i'm his first real girlfriend
>painfully obvious he has no idea what he's doing
>always being offensive, rude, or uncaring
>i literally have to train him how to be a decent person
>1 year later he's an entirely different person, respectful, does anything for me, showers me in love and gifts

I still resent him for a lot of the things at the start of the relationship. Finding a guy to date off of an app is possible but most of them take a shit ton of work to mold into a decent boyfriend.

No. 205465

>>205461
Props for having the patience for taming and training the scrote and transforming him into a decent dude suitable for a relationship

No. 205471

>>205461
>i literally have to train him how to be a decent person
I hope nobody reading this post thinks this is the way to go or at all healthy or likely to work out in the long term. You cannot 'mold a new man' out of a rude and uncaring one. He can be on his best behaviour for a while.. but wasting years on 'training a man' will cost you more time than he ever gives you back in in good behaviour.

No. 205490

>>205461
you molded him for the next girl

No. 205879

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Why would you make a profile just to match with your gf, I doubt she would ever get back wtih you on Tinder

No. 205881

>>205461
good job now hand him over

No. 205884

>>205879
This is so embarrassing. How much do you wanna bet he was a deadbeat father and the woman left him to preserve her sanity?

No. 206074

Anons… I am not sure what to do.
I went on a tinder date last week with a nice guy, but I felt no spark. He was nice, but I really did not feel much when I met the guy. I am not sure why. Part of me wants to go on a second date to see if there is something there, and another part is a bit hesitant.

Also I am supposed to have a date tomorrow, but I am hesitant because the guy I mathced with on hinge who I am going on a date with made sex jokes at me and commented on my "beautiful body." I get it being a joke, but it rubbed me the wrong way… Would I be in the wrong to cancel on this guy over some jokes I do not like? Idk it just threw up coomer fuckboi flags to me.

No. 206076

>>206074
You don't owe a nice guy you're not attracted to a chance and neither do you owe one to a rude guy. There are plenty of fish in the sea for real on dating apps, it all depends on how willing you are to waste your time on mediocre dates.

No. 206079

>>206074
A second date to see if you like him or see if he has any off-putting traits isn't unreasonable, but obviously just telling him that it isn't happening is your choice.

A guy that starts putting sexual jokes aimed directly at you before you even met is fucking sleazy. Do you really want to date someone who's already making a bad impression?

No. 206091

>>206074
I ended up falling in love with a guy who I was completely unsure about for a month.

Granted he did ghost me eventually…

No. 206092

>>206079
>>206076
I cancelled the date for tomorrow and unmatched with him which I felt so relieved about since after posting this, I had a gut feeling about not going. You anons are right that I do not owe this guy anything.

As for the guy I went on a date with last week, I think I will go on a second date to feel things out. If I feel nothing still then I will be honest and let him know.

>>206091
Sounds interesting and terrible. Hopefully, you found someone who will know your value as a person! If not then I wish you lots of luck in the dating world.

No. 206094

In your area is it common for guys to post pics shirtless or lying on bed? It unnerves me a bit

No. 206126

>>206094
I've seen a lot of half naked selfies on Tinder. I've also seen a lot of bed selfies but I assume that's more because men have no friends to take pictures of them and zero taste, not some subliminal sex-messaging.

No. 206257

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If I had a penny for every time a male obviously over 35 lies about his age to get women in their early to mid 20's to match with him I would be rich. When will they learn? Possibly never.

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>>206257
I had one recently. Was 42 but said he was 34. Claimed he messed up the age when setting up the profile and tried to change it back but it wouldn't let him.

I just replied "I figured. Your picture looks like it was taken when people took digital cameras to the club"

No. 206265

>>206264
ANON!!!! I am screaming and dying from that pic and your response!! I am wish I can be ruthless, but I can never come up with a genius line like yours!

No. 207033

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All his prompts were like this
>just to be clear, I won't chase you.
>are you brave enough to ask ME out? ;)))

No. 207044

>>207033
Cringe. I hate that we as a society have made men think this is acceptable.

No. 207046

>>207033
I didn't know it was possible for men to get even more greedy in relationships. Women are usually already far more giving than their male partners.

No. 207053

>>207033
Bit of a lazy assumption to think women are all flower mad. I've always told partners not to buy me them. I'd prefer anything else above a bunch of flowers.

No. 207060

>>207033
truly the type of man who requires 2 hours of nonstop compliments for the bare minimum of not rolling his eyes and bitching at you after you express one (1) negative emotion

No. 207062

>>207033
he'd want to borrow your dresses, for sure

No. 207064

>>207033
Is it actually a common practice for parters to frequently gift flowers? And why does this guy think anyone wants to win him over

No. 207069

>>207033
This is such an obvious narcissist who is jealous of how women in movies get treated. Unless he otherwise stated how he enjoys doing romantic things for his partners or what he actually brings to the table, he's just a spoiled shit-head who wants the focus to be on him a hundred percent of the time. Women are generally excellent at expressing appreciation/gratitude so if this guy hasn't been on the receiving end of it, he's probably garden variety man-baby who wants asspats for existing.

No. 207090

>>207069
Yeah, most women I know constantly gush about their boyfriends for doing literally anything. I can’t talk to a woman in a relationship without hearing how perfect and amazing her man is. My friend’s ig is full of cute pictures of her and her husband but his account is just pictures of him and his car and no mention of his wife anywhere kek. I seriously have no idea where this “women aren’t affectionate” stereotype came from, how exhausting.

No. 207091

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>>207069
Im the one who saw his profile, I allowed a match just to see what he was like and he pretty much started negging me immediately and when he wasn't he bragged about meeting Miranda Cosgrove once. I was embarrassed to even let it get that far but I just had to see if it was an elaborate joke or not. Nope he's dead serious and wants to be treated like a queen.

Pic related is another guy, some doomer stoner in a Naruto hoodie is honestly more appealing than dealing with a guy who's jealous of the typical feminine role in a Hallmark movie. Boutta delete my account again and go back to marrying off my Sims

No. 207205

>>207033
Compliments and flowers are obnoxious and surface level. This guy must be a huge fucking narc.

No. 207468

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This piece of shit. He’s 40, fat, ugly face and has a graying goatee.

He wants to cheat on his wife yet thinks a woman willing to fuck him isn’t going to be a gold digger/sugar baby?

No. 207811

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Which one of you is this

No. 207818

>>207811
lmao I love it, 10/10 would swipe right

No. 207820

>>207468
This makes me want to hunt down the wives of these type of men and show them their cheating husbands' tinder profiles for a hobby

No. 207888

>>207820
I used to do that to the cheating military members on Whisper. I didn't even meet them or send pics, they're just retarded with opsec and love to brag. Pretty sure I got one to have some career ramifications. Also a lot of military guys have shitty soft flabby bodies, surprisingly.

No. 207909

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>>207888
Based. Thank you for your service anon.

No. 207995

I'm really sick of dating apps and going on dates. I don't post sexual pictures or pictures showing off my body on my profile, just boring selfies and I try to be "relatable" instead, show my personality more becasue that's what I value in a partner, I really don't care if he's a 10/10 if he has a shitty personality. The men I message with are disgusting and cold, then when they meet me they're like wow I dint know you were this good-looking, then they start ranting about women looking fatter or uglies than they actually are irl and about photoshop and too much makeup. It's funny how their whole demeanour changes. It's funny how they start clinging on to you when they know what you really look like. It's a huge turn off and it legit makes me depressed that men only go after looks. Men are ugly, the ones I meet look fat and shorter than their pictures and what they claim, they don't make as much money as their job titles suggests, I fucking hate them because they still have an entitlement issue. You lesbians don't know how lucky you are to be attracted to women. Imagine going out with a beautiful and funny woman, having an amazing time, you're attracted to her and it's all good. No fear of anything. All my friends are women, straight women don't have that bond in romantic relationships unless the guy wants to fuck. Sorry for the rant but dating apps are horrible, it's hell on earth. Just sifting though the likes and seeing all the hideous moids and their cringe and shitty, misogynistic profiles should come with a warning.

No. 208061

>>207995
Yeah, they really don’t care about our personality. I haven’t been on a single date yet because most refuse to have an actual conversation and try to get my number and meet up immediately.
I’ll get messages that are like “Hey, i looked through your profile and you seem fun and interesting.” Then I read their profile and see we completely disagree on everything so it’s obvious they send that message to anyone they find physically attractive to pretend they care about more than looks.

No. 208084

>>207888
Wait, how did you do that on whisper? I never used that app but I thought the whole point was that it was anonymous

No. 208089

>>207995
>You lesbians don't know how lucky you are to be attracted to women. Imagine going out with a beautiful and funny woman, having an amazing time, you're attracted to her and it's all good. No fear of anything.
Yeah if only they wanted to meet up and not talk endlessly on the app. Or meet up at a normal time, not at night in a bar. Nevermind having to shift through all the couples and agps on dating apps. I just want to create the perfect date. You're into vintage stuff? Let's go thrift shopping, go to the retro diner, maybe some swing dancing and the open air cinema. You're into plants? Botanical garden it is, or I'll build you a new planter. You like llamas? Drinking tea with llamas is an actual thing. But nooo, can't have nice things. I wouldn't trade it for being straight, women ARE fucking amazing and superior, but shit isn't easy.

No. 210769

Nonas I matched with a he/him troon ally programmer and I've decided to lead him on. He's all excited that we matched lmfao. He probably has a sissy fetish and done the deed of sleeping with a tranny. He's ugly as fuck and looks like what I imagine a Reddit soyboy would look like.

No. 210770

>>210769
Why waste your time, unless you plan to spam him with terve manifestos?

No. 210771

>>208089
TIL anons are hot af

No. 210776

>>208084
late reply but theyd send their snaps and were dumb enough to post with their military uniform and name tags.

No. 210783

>>208089
IDC how it sounds, but you can generally tell the kind of women who will stand you up just from their pics and what they write in the profile.

No. 210784

>>210783
Can you describe them nona?

No. 210811

>>186643
Update?

No. 210997

>>210770
well I'm not really wasting my time, I troll plenty of men on dating apps, and they're the type of men I know are shitty people. For instance, I matched with one guy who got all sexual in the chat, and continued after I told him to stop. I asked to meet up and I never showed up. He sent me money too lmao. Some of these men are disgusting degenerates and they need to learn how to treat women. Also, a slight update of the TRA moid, we've been talking and I kind of slipped up when I asked him about the pronouns. The way he changed his texting mood was hilarious. They are really in a cult. Then he had the nerve to ask me about mine and I was like "woman". kek. I can sense he knows I'm a TERF so I'll find a way to do something troll like before I go full GC. He's a bit older so he probably thinks i'm a cis normie or something. Next up: sexuality. I just know this moid is not 100% straight.

No. 211286

Why are all the dudes on bumble ugly and clones? Even saw some misogynistic shit a few times (usually from black dudes). Wtf? Literally fucking write something about yourself…they won't even do that. I ain't talking to ur lazy, boring ass then fam

No. 211324

>>204623
This still makes me laugh a month later. Why the fuck is there always that bear dude with a beard pulling this off. And there's SO many of them too

No. 211504

I'm not sure whether to post this on the advice thread or here but I figured I'd ask here. I'm a virgin and want to stop being one, I'm 21. Should I just download Tinder? I know most scrotes there are scummy but frankly I don't care, I'm just looking for a decent guy to hook up with regularly. I'm just afraid everyone will be way too normie for me as I'm just a really awkward person.

No. 211506

>>211504
>I'm just looking for a decent guy to hook up with regularly.
Don't count on that. People are flakey especially men who are hooking up and sleeping around. Men who hook up usually are sleeping with more than one girl.

I would wait until you find someone you trust more than some stranger who's gonna pump n dump you. I get what you're feeling anon but literally there's no rush especially if it's just gonna be with some shitbag who doesn't care about you a bit. At least try to form SOME connection with a guy before you just go at it your first time. You'll be disappointed and you never really know if someone will fuck you over with STDs. Decent guys aren't hooking up.

No. 211507

>>211506
This. Trust me they won't even be good sex or make you cum.

No. 211513

>>211507
Yeah. Sexual compatibility is extremely important as well. I mean, you don't want to fuck a guy who's into anal (if you're not) and sticking his dirty dick in your vagina when he's fucking other girls assholes. Gag.

No. 211684

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They're extra jaded around this time of year.

No. 211688

>>211513
>you don't want to fuck a guy who's into anal
fixed it.

No. 211704

>>211688
Well that's basically what I said lmfao.

No. 211764

>>211506
>Decent guys aren't hooking up.

watch out for the "i don't do hookups" pump and dump. they'll play the long game.

No. 211792

>>211506
What if I just want to forget about this one moid? When I mean "decent" I don't actually mean a decent person, just decent looking and hygienic. I don't care if they pump and dump, it's not like I'm worth anymore.

No. 211797

>>206264
So lame. So he messed up the age which he can't change but he also set his seeking age limit to someone much younger. Hmm!

No. 211821

>>211792
love yourself, nonnie.

just go get a vibrator until you can get some self-esteem. you're doing yourself a favor in the long term.

No. 211849

I seriously can't find any guy in my area who's interesting. They're like clones with the same dumbass phrases on their profile. I'm genuinely shocked. I thought I'd find at least a couple dudes who were cool but there's actually zero and there's also zero that share my interests. The fuck?

>>211764
Ugh I just experienced this. Was talking to a dude who claimed to be looking for serious relationships and didnt do hook ups. I was trolling him the entire time on some stupid account and joked about proposing a hookup and ofc he bit the bait and took it seriously. Men are retarded and will contradict themselves for any crumb of poon. The worst part about this is hes not even good looking and dresses like the anon in the fetish thread who has a thing for school shooter leather jacket wearing losers. Yeesh.

>>211792
You're better than all of the loser men on these apps, anon. Don't let them fuck you and then run.

No. 211863

Another failed talking stage sponsored by Bumble. Thought I met a decent match, went on 1-2 dates/week (meals, sporting events, meeting my friends, etc.), now ~6 weeks later very suddenly “I don’t think I’m mentally ready for a relationship right now.” Fucking bleak man. I didn’t give him the opportunity to explain himself because I didn’t want to hear any stupid excuses, just told him to go home and that we’re done.

No. 211881

>>211863
>I didn’t give him the opportunity to explain himself because I didn’t want to hear any stupid excuses, just told him to go home and that we’re done.

I love your response, though (sincerely)

No. 211939

>>211849
>hes not even good looking and dresses like the anon in the fetish thread who has a thing for school shooter leather jacket wearing losers
lmfao hope he gets permanently traumatized by a woman like that

No. 211952

>>211792
Shut the hell up with that downturned woe is me shit and stop feeding into the male delusion of women being fuckthings that enjoy being smashed and dashed. Yes you care, secretly you care a lot, you're just pretending you don't and lying to yourself because you think not caring is somehow strength. Fucking get a grip, you can do better.

No. 211965

>>211863
>meeting my friends, etc
Annoying that you got to that point before he figured it out. I hate introducing people if it's not going anywhere.

No. 211966

>>211952
This anon is based

No. 212076

Anyone having some shit experience with Hinge? People were saying how much better it is than Bumble but everyone on Bumble is boring AND ugly plus some people claim it's Tinder 2.0. I feel like these dating apps need to bring long bios back so I can see how much someone really has to say about themselves or puts in an effort and to actually get to know what they're about. Everything is made ADHD-like now, wtf. On Hinge, 99% of profiles I see are answering prompts with shit no one cares about, one word answers, and stuff that doesn't actually tell me anything about them - making it incredibly hard for me to care at all or even start a convo.

Coffee Meets Bagel is flooded with 40 year olds and Indian men in my area for some reason even though I don't even see many Indians in person lmfao. Other than that, it's p dead. I'm thinking about trying OKCupid again but I haven't used that in years. Can't believe we basically have 3 options all of which have deep flaws. Can't see my likes on Bumble? Really? Plus I'd like for a dude to take initiative and start the convo too instead of being a lazy, passive fuck. I don't always have 80 hours a day to scroll and start convos by myself.

I'm pretty sure it's my area too as most men where I live are dog ugly and retarded drug addicts who think weed or tattoos is a personality. 25 year olds who never grew past being 14. And the ones who aren't like this are boring as fuck with copy/pastes of the same thing on each others profiles. "Is a hotdog a sandwich? Hurrr durrr." No it's not, you dumbass, and you know it. You literally live in Chicago. Fuck you.

No. 212399

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My age range is 25-35 so I thought I'd avoid zoomer nonsense, but every woman I match with is all
>enby polyam demisexual queer twans rights foreverrr
Do you think online dating is becoming the dregs of society again? I feel like Tinder and such had mainstream popularity 5-10 years ago and had normies on it. Being back online after a long term relationship, everyone I come across is extremely online and uses Twitter speak.
I just want to meet a healthy sexy fun-loving based and pinkpilled cutie like me, is that so much to ask?

No. 212400

>>212399
Yeah, I think online dating is polluted with very online people using reddit-humor. I think any "normie" that find their way there gets taken within like 2 days so you need high luck to fall within that window and everyone else is just some serial dater with a demanding job who doesn't want any commitment or someone communicating in memespeak.

No. 212440

>>211504
This is how I lost my virginity and met my first boyfriend. It was both our first time. I had never even kissed anyone before. We chatted for around a week before meeting. It was very enjoyable for both of us, we spent the night playing Diddy Kong Racing, drinking and having sex. We dated for two years after.
It was 15 years ago though, things have changed. I would not do it today. Back then, dating apps were mostly used by people that were serious about it. It was seen as shameful to be on them. I had a lot of great dates and people were upfront about what they actually wanted. Now it's a mess and I hate it.

No. 212451

>>212399
i live in a conservative state and most of the milennials in my area were they/them queer demisexual poly types too, it's crazy. the ones who weren't either didn't match with me or didn't respond to my messages, lmao.

No. 212452

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What do the other anons ITT think are the main differences between dating as a straight woman, a bi woman and a lesbian? And are there certain apps which better suit people depending on their orientation? As a bi woman I like the amount of other LGBT people on OkCupid but find most of them too woke and tryhard.

No. 212456

>>212452
OT but wow that non-monogamy panel is a bad look. It reads either like N-Ms only care about their mains and every other person is just clutter in the way or everyone besides their main is just an object to be picked up, used and put back down of as they see fit. Sorry for sperging I just hate N-Ms and poly people and the idea that fucking people besides your partner is woke.

No. 212509

>>212452
I'm bi but I have my preferences set to women only lol. I've never seriously dated anyone I've met through dating apps, but I did meet this one girl who we liked each another enough but she always felt like more of a friend than a girlfriend. Things have faded now but we saw each other for a couple of years.

In saying that, I always set my preferences to either men OR women, never both. When I'm exclusively dating men, I found that sex was easy and that's all I really wanted. The dates are rarely fun but they're nice enough.

When it's set to women only I rarely get matches (lol). I'm fairly attractive but I think I'm too femme and a lot of women will assume I'm straight with the photos I currently have up, even though I prefer women more. I'm looking a bit more futchy these days so I want to update my photos to reflect that as I've now noticed that more women are looking at me on the street than men. I do hope it'll get me more matches from my type though tall lanky goth gf where are you

On that note, dating as a woman sort of sucks in that sense as I feel that femme women only date butch women and vice versa. Why aren't femmes as into femmes? Where I live it's very much that, and I see it as "the wlw norm" on social media.

No. 212519

>>212509
Really the opposite of my experience. Everyone is femme4femme around here, butches are rare and most of them are into femmes too. I'm not from the US, but studies done in the US also show that the majority is some form of femme4femme since the 90's.
The butchier I look, the fewer matches I get. Swiping right on other butches doesn't get me a positive reaction either. The times I've been with femmes, they eventually try to pressure me into trying to perform femininity. Or they treat me like a pseudo-male and won't touch me and want me to keep my top on, expect me to act like a scrote etc. I've also not been approached irl since I became an adult, so there's no visibility privilege either or whatever (or maybe I'm just fugly, ha).
I could start performing femininity and lose muscle if I really cared so much about being unfuckable atm, but I wouldn't feel like myself then.
I've tried Tinder, Bumble, HER and Hinge with little luck. I get matches, but everyone sounds uninterested. I got one date with a tourist butch, but I think she just wanted to try to get free weed from me or something, was weird and nothing happened. I think she also tried to rope me into a mlm scheme. At this point my self esteem is in the gutter.

No. 212521

>>212519
AYRT, that's really interesting. I'm not in the US either.
That's actually what I fear if I do start dressing more butch. I've always been more comfortable in pants and loose shirts but I went through a REALLY femme phase and got the most attention from women then, but they were mostly straight and looking to experiment.

I think I'll keep on this line of femme/butch tbh, see how it works for me because it's new. I have a really feminine face and I'm quite petite, so I feel like that allows me to dress more butch and still look feminine.

Not that there's anything wrong with dressing ultra butch, btw. I just mean this for myself.

No. 212523

>>212519
I had the exact same experience even tho I'm somewhat more futch since I still wear makeup. But yea, the less femme you look the less matches one seems to get. Shit sucks big time especially when you come from a small country.

No. 212539

>>212523
>>212519
That's kinda bleak. I've been seeing this sentiment all over internet and it really makes me sad. Butches have it hard enough, I don't understand why other women are so disrespectful towards you. I hope all butch nonnies will find someone who appreciates you just the way you are.

No. 212555

Anons, should I hook up with this hot 30 year old I found? He's my type - long hair and a handsome, good face. He's one of the few guys that's hot and seems cool. I'm in my early 20s. I can't seem to find any guy to connect with anyway, considering most of the men on these dating sites make themselves sound borderline retarded. I've never hooked up before but am starting to care less and less about anything as I get older. My only gripe is that he's an hour away by car. Worth it or nah?

No. 212557

>>212555
1 hour is nothing.

No. 212560

>>212557
Just goes to show how much of a life I have.

No. 212561

Why are so many troons infiltrating lesbian dating? I have Zoe and at least every other person was a tranny

No. 212563

>>212560
That's one way to look at it.

No. 212583

>>212561
Straight guys found a loophole so now you're not allowed to laugh at them and tell them to go fuck themselves when they say they're a lesbian on the inside.

No. 212585

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>>212452
I think we can all agree that women cannot win in dating apps. Straight women get screwed over with unhinged, entitled, and boring men. Lesbian women get screwed over with never finding an actual single woman. Bi women get screwed over with both ways.

No. 212861

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Can someone tell me like is there a layer of irony to (((send memes))) that I'm not familiar with?

Ultra woke expats tend to be crazy antisemitic so idk

No. 212865

>>212861
>Sie/Ihr
seriously this shit has seeped into Germany too?

No. 212871

>>212861
LMAO I think she's doesn't know what it means, it's so jarring and reads like she's trying to be funny or imitate this bird meme (can't find it but they'd always be like ((seed)))

No. 212885

>>212861
I miss when inserting ((( ))) meant you were talking about drone music.

I had a date with a cute guy last night. He's the second one I meet since I reinstalled Tinder a month ago. We had great conversations and have similar interests. He wanted me to go back to his place but my bike has a flat so he went back alone. He couldn't come to mine cause he's allergic to cats. I texted him asking if he wants to hang out again, still no answer. It's always the men that I'm not interested in that are into it.

No. 212894

>>212885
if he didn't want to meet your cats, he's a dog

No. 212899

>>212861
she may not know what it means. I used to use multiple parentheses in a quirky tumblr syntax way before I knew what they meant god I wish I could go back

No. 212904

>>212885
Don't go back to the place of a guy you've just met, anon.

No. 212908

>>212904
I'm in my thirties and I've done it plenty of times with no problem. I was horny and down to fuck. I like trying the penis on the first or second date cause I don't wanna waste my time with someone I'm not interested in sexually. Maybe one day I'll get murdered.

No. 212920

>>212908
I agree with your reasons but in my experience you don't fuck guys you want to date, it usually 'lowers' their view of you no matter how progressive they are, it's something hardwired in most of them.

No. 212922

>>212920
fds go home

No. 212966

>>212922
how is this piece of common sense suddenly fds?

No. 212970

>>212922
Kek it's pretty much common sense that guys don't see very easy girls as girlfriend material. Most girls don't even see easy guys/fuck boys as boyfriend material.

No. 213232

>>186643
anything come out of this or no?

No. 213264

>>212970
But they also don't see girls who aren't easy as a waste of time. You need to string them along, but eventually they'll just realize that it's too much effort and go back to their porn and video games

No. 213511

>give long, well thought out answer
>no reply for a day
>earlier get "yeah I get that" as a response

Do you guys just drop the c