I must be really ugly

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I must be really ugly
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Tue, 05-22-2007 - 7:07pm

Not even the old men are looking at my profile anymore!!

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Tue, 05-22-2007 - 7:25pm

LOL!

This is why I don't do online dating anymore. It's so painful. Listen, I don't think that most of the guys online are even serious about finding a real relationship anyway. This is about as stupid as women reaching their sexual peak at 30 while men reach theirs at 19. What the f---?

Yep, they're all tied up in a closet.

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Tue, 05-22-2007 - 7:53pm

Hey let me outtttttt!!!

Mark (of course I'm one of those "old" men :-P)

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Wed, 05-23-2007 - 7:04am

I have found over the years that men are very hesitant to "pursue" even in real life. In my town (and I think around Canada), they don't even cat call from their cars anymore because of fear of harassment charges. That was one downside of femminism. Guess it carried over into OLD.

I've been looking at one OLD site and out of hundreds of local men my age I only like one picture! I'm shocked at how picky I am! I can't even imagine what I'll do if the one's without pic's contact me. LOL. I don't think OLD is for the faint of heart.

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Wed, 05-23-2007 - 7:44am

Out of about 400 matches, I only found about 15 that appealed to me this time, and that's actually a lot.

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Wed, 05-23-2007 - 9:03am

Oh Shy,

It's just that time of year. The guys are all outside doing their guy things with their buddies. I always found things to be slow in the summer. It picks up again in the fall.

Don't worry too much about it. It's THEM, not you. :)

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Wed, 05-23-2007 - 1:32pm

I think a lot of the ones WITH pictures are married, a few of them look like they're about 50 feet away from the camara, or in very dark rooms. Too funny! I laughed because for fun (and to see what my competition would be) I checked the women my age - there were a few profiles that were totally nasty - like "I'm GETTING so SICK OF THIS..." - uhm...can't you delete your profile if you're not into it??? I'm also surprised (in my town any way), there's very few without kids. I feel better about my baggage.

I'm to have a NB in a week, but I'm getting very curious about OLD, I'm thinking of putting up a profile for a test (to see what kind of response I'd get from men). Do you think that would be too early? I mean I'm sure I could make time to briefly meet people or chat online, but not ready for anything LT or even longish dates.

I'm sure I wouldn't be the first to try it for a test (or a laugh).

One other thing is really fascinating to me, is that I don't consider myself drop dead gorgeous, so even the really good looking guys (in pics) don't appeal to me because I've already thought, well, too good looking for me. I live in an industrial town so the average "joes" seem to all have tattoos and goatee's (another man-ism I don't find attractive). But the one guy's pic. I liked - he was average good looks, clean shaven, short hair that suited him - even the short info in his profile seemed up and up. Can't get him out of my mind - and I really have nothing much to go on other than a pic.

I don't know, I'm rambling here too much, but it's truly a fascinating time for me and just thinking about dating - lol.

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Wed, 05-23-2007 - 8:34pm

What does NB stand for?


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Thu, 05-24-2007 - 1:07pm
New born - lol.
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Thu, 05-24-2007 - 5:29pm

I think most people have figured out the "who's viewed me" thing and turn it off. (I know I feel weird about people knowing I looked at their profile).

I would give it some time. :) We all know you're not ugly, and you are a total catch.

AJ, enjoying life with C.

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Fri, 05-25-2007 - 12:00am

If you're having a newborn soon, then you shouldn't even be thinking about dating.

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