Online Dating-Observations about men these days...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Smoking
Obscene gestures
Bathroom selfies
Selfies on a mattress
Motorcycles
Manspreading
Manboobs
Listing that you are 45 when you are 55
Your ex-girlfriend
Small fish photos
Colored dress shirts

Ironically enough, most of these are characteristic of female profiles, too (substitute ex-husband or ex-boyfriend who is now in prison for "ex-girlfriend"). The only thing missing for the female turn-off list would be "pictures of you with your children" and "pathetic use of camera angle in a hopeless effort to conceal your fatness".

[Anonymous]

As my husband and I joke (in private) together, online dating are for the people who are "single for a reason" and cannot figure out how to interact with people in person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As my husband and I joke (in private) together, online dating are for the people who are "single for a reason" and cannot figure out how to interact with people in person.

Smug married person? You ate the reasin that i out all married men.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As my husband and I joke (in private) together, online dating are for the people who are "single for a reason" and cannot figure out how to interact with people in person.

See you soon on one of these websites after he cheats on you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As my husband and I joke (in private) together, online dating are for the people who are "single for a reason" and cannot figure out how to interact with people in person.

Wouldn’t it be ironic if you searched and found your DH on a dating site?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As my husband and I joke (in private) together, online dating are for the people who are "single for a reason" and cannot figure out how to interact with people in person.

+1. Socially inept. They is a reason that many are only good for hookups. Too much time online drives lack of social skillls:

Men sending dick pics and women sending pics of themselves naked and/or in suggestive poses and lots of sexting with people they never met in person is the norm for “internet courtship” nowadays for those under 30.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As my husband and I joke (in private) together, online dating are for the people who are "single for a reason" and cannot figure out how to interact with people in person.

Wouldn’t it be ironic if you searched and found your DH on a dating site?

Give me his stats, i will post back here when i run into him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As my husband and I joke (in private) together, online dating are for the people who are "single for a reason" and cannot figure out how to interact with people in person.

Sounds like you and your husband need a life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As my husband and I joke (in private) together, online dating are for the people who are "single for a reason" and cannot figure out how to interact with people in person.

Sounds like you and your husband need a life.

Writes the cat lady on the Internet at at 00:36.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:7 out of every 10 men online seem to be a single parent...so why do single moms get such a bad rap???

Amazing how many men are uber adventurous these days. The skydivers, hang gliders, tiger handlers, water skiers, globe trekkers. Looks like every man online nowadays is some kind of extreme adrenaline junkie. But they want a "sweet caring great stable girl with goals" who will ALSO be an extreme adrenaline junkie with them. Those don't usually go hand in hand.

Where are the normal dudes who hang out periodically with the guys, but enjoy cuddling at home, Netflix and chilling with their chick (and taking care of their kids)? Do these men even exist anymore??

Lot of online men have wanderlust and brag about how they "often" travel the planet, which is great for them but horrible for dating. How can we date when you're always away? How do you have time to be a present good single dad when you're always away traveling the planet?

Last but not least, some guys online point out they're looking for something beyond a hookup. Yet when you message them, it's crickets.

Guys online are so lame. Online dating is a sham. It's terrible nod very conflicting. Talk about mixed messages! Men have no idea what they really want.

Your bitterness is not a good luck. I'm sure you give off a hostile vibe and it's why you can't find a relationship.

[Anonymous]

17:55 - that's pretty harsh. Let me guess, you met your husband before age 30 and have never had to actually try to meet someone vs. being lucky enough to meet them naturally? It's great that that worked out for you, but it isn't the case for everyone. And if you were to get divorced, the odds are pretty good you'll end up online.

I've never really done much online dating, and as a 45-year-old woman, it means i don't do much dating. I go out weekly, and have lots of friends and am friendly, but there just aren't many single/divorced men in my age range when I'm out and about. I might be at a bar in Arlington and they might be at a bar in DC or Bethesda, or at a house party or on someone's boat, but they're not in the place where i am. which is why online dating is good - it takes away the "right place, right time" aspect, which is LUCK, and gives you access to people in all places at all times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:17:55 - that's pretty harsh. Let me guess, you met your husband before age 30 and have never had to actually try to meet someone vs. being lucky enough to meet them naturally? It's great that that worked out for you, but it isn't the case for everyone. And if you were to get divorced, the odds are pretty good you'll end up online.

I've never really done much online dating, and as a 45-year-old woman, it means i don't do much dating. I go out weekly, and have lots of friends and am friendly, but there just aren't many single/divorced men in my age range when I'm out and about. I might be at a bar in Arlington and they might be at a bar in DC or Bethesda, or at a house party or on someone's boat, but they're not in the place where i am. which is why online dating is good - it takes away the "right place, right time" aspect, which is LUCK, and gives you access to people in all places at all times.

Your post was very eloquent and well written. I am in a similar age bracket and it is very true, meeting men in person is very difficult and I am a social butterfly. Combine that with being a POC (men are more reserved when approaching someone not in the their racial/ethnic group) and it gets much more difficult to met them. It is not that they aren't interested, they are, you just have to learn their communication styles.

[Anonymous]

The comment about thrill seeking applies to the women's profiles, as well. I'm new to online dating after a 20 year marriage and I joke to my friends that I can't keep up with these women and all their extreme sports and travel to exotic places. I just want to go to a nice restaurant, be intimate and get some sleep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Smoking
Obscene gestures
Bathroom selfies
Selfies on a mattress
Motorcycles
Manspreading
Manboobs
Listing that you are 45 when you are 55
Your ex-girlfriend
Small fish photos
Colored dress shirts

Yep!

I went on a date with a guy who chopped 10 years off his age. He brought it up, saying “they got my age wrong.” No, buddy, you typed that in yourself. No second date for you.

Bathroom selfies=that’s where the mirror is, I guess. But you can do so much better.

Can I add, shirtless pics, even if it’s just on a beach. We can tell if you’re fit through your T-shirt/sweater/suit, thanks. Have some class.

[Anonymous]

Or you can be one of those adventurous guys in real life! Go out and enjoy life, be positive and have fun! Stay fit, intelligent and have a zest for life! Sounds cheesy I know...but you go out and enjoy time with friends, your kid/s and you’ll get attention. Trust me I get no shortage of responses.