OLD for the Younger Generation
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| Fri, 03-24-2006 - 9:12am |
Okay, hopefully I will not get "flamed" to badly but I do have a question about OLD for the younger generation. I guess for me is that I'm amazed that 18-20 yo. are on OLD looking for a mate. I reflect back to when I was 20 and gosh, it just seemed as if there were available men all the time. During that time I was in college and part of the social scene and always had a bf or some guy that I was checking out or vice versa. Also, the big thing was it really wasn't about having a bf; just a bunch of friends you hung out with.
As I browse several sites on OLD; I've just noticed more young people and I'm wondering why is that? I know OLD is popular; but I have an 11 year old son, and I think, geez, will he have to get on OLD to find a mate when he becomes a young adult?

Well I didn't post it, but the majority seem to be looking for "hook-ups!" But heck there were always horny men around. (smile) I was shy too, but I was always curious and wanted to hang out with everybody -- you know trying to fit in! It worked and my confidence grew.
I don't know, it's like video games, geez, I have to make my son "go outside and play" when it was just automatic when I was a kid. I guess now you can jump online and escape the social scene experiences. I guess sign of the times! Ugh!!!
I'm with ya!
Well, seeing as I'm a statistic, I guess you can say (23,M), some of us also don't have the time to go out and be social. I work full time and go to school full time at night, so I don't even have time to even sleep let alone date. However, it does get a little lonely and I would be willing to scale back my hours at work to go out with a good girl. I also don't have a lot of friends myself, because I have been stabbed in the back too many times, so I don't have a huge social circle either. Since my friends are extremely busy too, going out by yourself sucks. Unlike 10-15 years ago, school, car insurance and rent is expensive as all hell, so a lot of us have to work 20-30 hours a week.
OLD seems like a great way for guys like me to talk to women and vice versa(if they ever email me back)Though I really didn't indicate it, I am looking for a serious relationship. If I had indicated it, I think I would scare off a majority of women in my age range. Plus if I contacted a woman 25-27, I would probably get laughed at, since most of these women are looking for older guys. I do agree that most men on there are looking for hook-ups, this also goes for a lot of the shallow women that are gluttons for punishment (more than you think) on OLD. Just read the profiles carefully, you can pick them out. People also have ridiculous standards. It's probably a result of watching MTV and E!, whom lead everybody to believe that if Angelina Jolie can get Brad Pitt and vice versa, or someone out of a Nora Roberts book, why can't you?
From a woman's point of view, maybe this would be a good way to stay away from the predators, though there are probably plenty of predators on OLD. AND women have it much easier looking for guys since they DO control who they want to talk to.
Don't get me wrong, I don't feel sorry for myself, I just have bad luck since most women I run into are in a relationship (I can tell you a ton of stories) however just like vegas, odds will eventually catch up.
I agree, I don't get it, LOL.
I have to agree with majority of the posters and go with hook ups. However, I think for a lot of them, it's a means to get more attention too. Think about most teenagers...they want as much acceptance and approval as they can get, from just about anyone. And at 30 (and being told a very young looking 30), I get a lot of emails and messages from guys in their late teens to early 20's. Not my thing, but it is somewhat flattering. Unfortunately, I tend to believe they just want to hook up anyway, and don't give them the time of day. And I also don't give attention to people who crave it in that way.
Just my theory. Hopefully I'm wrong, but it's looking like I'm not. :(
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The world is moving online... I think OLD is just an example of what's going on in the bigger context. No longer are letters being written, they've been replaced by emails. No longer do people call each other, they IM. And no longer do we need to go out to a bar or somewhere else
I am a 22 yr old female. I have been doing OLD for about 2.5 years I would say. At the begining it was nothing serious, I just put a profile up for the heck of it. I went the OLD route for one main reason, that I was painfully shy. It was so hard for me to talk to girls, let alone guys in person. Everyone says your hs years are the best of your life, mine were the worst. About 8 months ago I redid my profile and put new pics up, as I had lost a lot of weight and had gained more confidence, I recieved about 30 emails within a few days. Sorry to get off track there, but that was my reason to start OLD.
Cheryl
I won't flame you, but I'll probably get flamed myself. :-) I think the younger generation is looking to OLD for hookups, like something else said. It's easy and you don't have to really form relationships, which must be great if you want casual sex. Almost like it's not a real person you're hooking up with.
Why they can't just find people at frat parties like we did is beyond me.