Quick question about OLD

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Registered: 01-25-2007
Quick question about OLD
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Tue, 04-17-2007 - 12:37pm
Is it ok and acceptable to have a profile on more than one?? and should it be the same profile?? unsure of this? I'm toying with the idea of getting back on cupid, but Match would be ok too, so which to go to, and can you do both?
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Registered: 05-13-2005
Tue, 04-17-2007 - 1:21pm
Well if you are going to do it why not go full bore and join as many as you can. If you are talking money out, though, I would be picky and only pay one or two at a time. But there are a lot of freebies and it is a numbers game so it pays to play on as many sites as you can stomach. Just my .02. I am on 2 right now - very selective though - not the freebie ones.
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Registered: 02-05-2007
Tue, 04-17-2007 - 2:06pm

I figure you want to increase your odds so go on a couple. Honestly the only one that has panned out for me was the freebie one (Plentyoffish.com). I tried Match for a while and True as well....I only got LOTS of weirdos. But hey, it's probably just me :D

Good luck :) It's a brave new world out there!

~ Caryn

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Tue, 04-17-2007 - 3:14pm

well my gosh, as you know, i just stopped seeing a guy of 3 weeks a couple days ago, I was toying with the idea of an OLD and decided to put up a whole new profile, with lots of pics this time, I did 2, and started window shopping.

I saw a guy on there I have been talking to for months on myspace. He and I have flirted and IMed each other alot, and kept in touch by emails. So I went on myspace and E-md him that I saw him, and he IMed me and we have a date on the 28 for pizza and a beer. I thought he wasnt interested at all in actually meeting me in person, like I was more of an online buddy, and we've just opened up to each other with that sort of anoymus honesty that comes to talking to a friend.

So mow I have something to look forward to, and I know he and I will talk again, we catch up with each other once a week, So I'm thinking this is pretty nice. He makes me laugh, and he has tons of pics on his myspace, and the same on his OLD profile, and same attitude, so I think he's for real. He has always played the heart broken card though, so I never gave off a dating vibe. Now he says he's moving on, and like I said we've been chatting for months,, Help, guys,,,

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Registered: 09-21-2006
Tue, 04-17-2007 - 6:38pm
Take a breath, just beer and pizza with a friend you talk to regularly. Don't let your mind wander to romantic possibilities, just be the same relaxed person you've been with him up to now. If there are some sparks between you, neither of you will miss it. Hope the follow up post is a good one.
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Tue, 04-17-2007 - 11:55pm

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Wed, 04-18-2007 - 1:00am

Well said, QueenBun!


~s~

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Registered: 02-08-2006
Wed, 04-18-2007 - 8:32am

Absolutely you can do both, and you'll find that some men are doing both. I used cupid for a while, always used match, and a couple of others, too, at one point. Since a lot of the check boxes are similar, I think you'll find that your profile on any of them will end up being very much alike, but as long as you're honest on all of them, they don't have to be exact replicas of each other.

Good luck, and keep us posted!

Moody, happy that match worked for me


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Registered: 05-13-2005
Wed, 04-18-2007 - 2:34pm

I am glad you suggested the plentyoffish.com - that seems to be a very good site and where all the men are. It has the homegrown feel of craigslist with normal people really building a lot of traffic - but NOT like the feel of the personals on craigslist which seem seedy to me in this area anyway.

I like the controls that you can put on it.

And I got a TON of responses from some pretty good people so far. I was almost overwhelmed. And you don't have to pay.

Thanks!