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| Thu, 06-01-2006 - 5:21pm |
Hey has anybody used the yahoo personals? i went up and filled out a profile and have gotten a couple of responses. now they want me to join so i can continue to communicate with these people. can you cancel on the 7 day free trial if you want or do you have to commit to a month or so.
thanks
bon

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Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~
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Ok So I have been up online for yahoo personals -- had a guy respond back and forth with me for a couple of emails. Then like a dope i hit the delete button one night by mistake and deleted my entire profile. Now I am trying to reconnect with this guy and no luck. Anyway I have to tell you -- I am comfortable with this at all. I think part of it is that I am so not ready to date anyone or even become friendly with them. Is this normal? I hate the bar scene -- hate it, hate it.
I don't like giving strangers much info on myself or my life right now. Anyone out there got any ideas?
Hi Bon,
You know, if you are not comfortable with it, why push yourself?
I am not comfortable with posting information about myself either, so I try to keep it to a minimum. Plus, what I've done is last week I revised my profile so that it emphasizes that I just want to be friends. I'm not in a hurry to date. So far I've had pretty good results. I'm exchanging e-mail with two seemingly decent guys who understand that I don't want to get into a romantic relationship, I just want a couple of friends to do things with. I'll let you know if it works out.
Meanwhile, I don't know how yahoo personals works, but isn't there a record of past e-mail that you can look back on? That would give you the address of the guy you were e-mailing--if you want to e-mail him.
I agree with you about the bar scene. Have you tried book clubs and stuff like that? (Not that I have. It's just a thought.) I think that this "I want to date" stuff that goes with putting your name in a dating service is extremely stressful. If you don't want to do it now, just wait until you are ready.
Hang in there.
Elsa
Totally agree! I have browsed through personals, but I haven't thrown myself up on any yet. I think I'd rather meet someone in a mutual interest (like a book club or something).
Maybe consider taking a college class at a community college that's just something elective that interests you? I know the local community college here takes all kinds. Or maybe there are some community rec classes you could take on something you've always wanted to do?
Food for thought!
:)
Good luck!
- JD
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Community college classes, volunteer work, stuff like that is always good for meeting others. They do take time though!
I read somewhere that online dating is the main way that people over 45 are meeting other people. That makes sense, since most sensible people over 45 don't have much use for the bar scene and most of us are too busy to do an awful lot of other stuff besides our work.
But I think that getting active and involved in the community is fun in its own right and it is probably better in the long run than online dating.
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