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| Mon, 01-30-2006 - 10:35am |
Wow. So I got a bug last night and decided to post an ad on CL just to see what would happen. Oh. My. God. (in a good way). Within an hour, I received 12 responses. And none of them kinky, creepy or freaky. A couple that I was immediately not interested in (including a guy that just sent a picutre, a guy that sent a copy of HIS ad which also included the line "drop me a line and tell me why I should be attracted to you", one that told me he thought he'd met the one but she was a big liar so it didn't work out...) but all in all, several quite interesting guys! I have no idea if any of them will go anywhere, but I found it interesting that I got so many responses and do quickly. Then by this morning, I had about 5 more. Hmmm, who knows?!?

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Hey there vexer,
Hehehe...that cracked me up! No pun intended;-P Welcome to the world of Craigs List. I have to say though that I've posted ads twice on CL over the last year and I've met more quality people there than on match and yahoo combined. Yeah, I definitely had my share of freaks to weed through too and ultimately the few guys I did meet were just not for me.
If I remember the stats, my last ad resulted in 24 replies, after the weed out process it ended up with 3 meets, all very nice and then down to one I went out with about 4 times. He was a total match for me on so many levels but when it came right down to it I just could never imagine myself kissing him. No chemistry. I ghosted.
I'll definitely try CL again...after I come out of my winter hibernation.
Oh and FYI...there is a documentary film out called "24 Hours on Craigslist" I don't know if its on DVD yet. It's out there in the art house film venues. Check it out if you get a chance. It is a HOOT!
Have fun!
Michele
I received my first "mail order groom" response today:
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let's discuss. my phone is available for you to call. i would love to see what you look like as well. please forward pics to this email. enjoy my pic, as i wanted to capture your imagination. i am not shy, although a catholic (but now quite spiritual).>>
Translation: I will move where ever you are because I am horny and need a green card. Please support me, let me move in and let me walk all over you. I am willing to experiment sexually with you including a threesome with you and your hottest girlfriend. Send me a picture so I can see if you're good looking enough for me to not gag since I have to be married to you for a few years to get my citizenship. In the meantime, you call me on your dime and enjoy this "tastefully posed" naked picture - I know you can't see my privates, but use your imagination as to the size of my member.
Vex,
Would you say your response rate from Craigslist was significantly better than Match? I've heard several folks say they received gobs of responses (even without photographs) on Craigs.
I'm sure the fact that it's free helps, but then, I'd also venture to guess you also are prone to receiving some rather "interesting" replies as well. What do you think? And how are some of those prospects turning out? :)
Definitely. I've received more responses since Sunday from CL than I have in 3 years total being on Match. I'd say I am up to about 40 now. Of course there were quite a few that were immediately eliminated - too old, wrong ethnicity, didn't read the profile and a couple weirdos but I put in the post that I was not looking for casual sex and it really seems like the guys have respected that (at least in their emails so far). But I have several ongoing dialogues with guys that seem normal and a few that are attractive and fun.
One problem I have noticed is since they are simply responding to my ad, I don't know much about them when I first get the email. I'm lucky if they give me an age. Most seem to post height and weight and a couple characteristics, but they don't offer up kids, job, divorced/single, interests, etc. OR pictures until I email back and ask. Sometimes they'll send a pic with the first email, but CL limits the size of the file so a lot of times I don't get a pic. I'm not shallow but I want to have a moderate level of attraction.
Overall tho, it's been fairly positive. We'll see if any of these turn into actual meets, though.
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