The OLD Experiment

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Registered: 10-07-2005
The OLD Experiment
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Mon, 04-09-2007 - 9:37pm

Ok girls, I thought I'd give it another try....


I have signed up for Lavalife to the dating/ relationship areas- not even going to COMMENT on the "Intimate Encounters" area LOL!


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Registered: 05-13-2005
Mon, 04-09-2007 - 9:50pm

MANY more hits and emails from a picture, particularly if it is a good picture!!

Oh - c'mon - do it!! We want good stories!!

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Registered: 05-05-2003
Mon, 04-09-2007 - 10:08pm

Ok Ok! I'll put up the picture!


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Registered: 10-07-2005
Mon, 04-09-2007 - 10:18pm

Ok, now it's up and we'll see...


I did have another smile from a guy, 35 with pic- cute enough, but seemed TOO laid back for my taste.


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Registered: 02-08-2006
Tue, 04-10-2007 - 8:53am

You definitely get more notice with a picture- but is there a reason you chose lavalife? I just wonder if that's bigger or more well known where you are than, say, Cupid or Match?

I think the more well known the service, the better the odds of it having a member you'd be interested in.

Either way, kudos to you for getting back out there! Obviously, we want updates regularly!!

Moody, wishing you all the best!


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Registered: 10-07-2005
Tue, 04-10-2007 - 10:08am

Well, I've tried lavalife in the past.... also when I searched match.com for the same criteria, I only found 3 matches....


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Registered: 04-21-2003
Tue, 04-10-2007 - 10:16am

I've never done online dating before, but friends of mine have. They used pics. I think it gives people the opportunity to see what you look like and decide if they like it or not. I mean it's kinda vain, but I would never respond to a profile with no pic because I feel like if I am going to invest time in someone, I need to be happy looking at him, you know? I'd place a cute pic, nothing dressy, just how you look as you.

~Mel~

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Registered: 03-19-2007
Tue, 04-10-2007 - 11:13am
I agree with everyone a picture gets more hits I think as well......
I have done what you have done as far as put my profile actually on a couple different sites but have yet to pay for any of them, I have also gotten a couple of winks but can not reply back to them with out paying for them so it never goes anywhere!!! Any suggestions?
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Registered: 02-08-2006
Tue, 04-10-2007 - 11:31am

If you have IM, there's a way around paying and still being able to contact. I have done this, when I didn't pay. All you have to do is descrice your IM- for instance, I use AIM, so I'd say something like.."you could say my aim was (insert aim screenname) and I enjoy blah blah blah." Or "I hang out with the running man and he calls me (screename)"
For Yahoo, you could say "all my friends smile a lot and call me (screename)"
Hope this helps, but be prepared to use your block function, since you will get IMs from people you don't want to talk to.

Moody, who IMs more people than she talks to some days


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Registered: 10-07-2005
Tue, 04-10-2007 - 11:42am

Ok, I just checked now and there's an instant message from someone who's 41 and no pic.


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Registered: 03-19-2007
Tue, 04-10-2007 - 11:55am

Thanks Moody I will try it and see what happens......... so there are some men out there that can really read between the lines and get the hints??????????? lol Thanks for your help

Jackie

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