Should I be frightened or flattered?

[bbt630]

I have never tried to make an actual connection through on-line dating services, but I have put together profiles on a few, if for nothing more than the curiosity of seeing what I get matched up with.

One of these services, match.com, sends a daily list of matches which normally get ignored and quickly deleted. But tonight I was curious once again, so I clicked. The first girl that popped up caught my interest, so I began reading the profile.

This is where it got weird.

In the first paragraph of her 'about me' description was this line:

I'm generally a quiet one but when I'm comfortable things open up in a hurry. My choices of entertainment are more dependent on the company, but I prefer the pub over the club, the puck over the ball, and the trail over a movie.

It seemed awfully familiar to me, so I went to my Yahoo profile, and the familiarity was justifiable. For there, in the profile which I wrote:


I'm generally a quiet one...many would say too much so. But when I'm comfortable, things open up in a hurry. My choices of entertainment are more dependent on the company than the room, but I prefer the pub over the club, the puck over the ball, and the trail over a movie.

Yes...that's right....


SHE STOLE PART OF MY PROFILE!


I don't know if I should be flattered or frightened :lol: :lol:

(I would link to the two profiles, but I'm not sure the mods would approve, so you'll just have to take my word for it that yes, I wrote it)

[sgdp]

Haha. A friend of mine told us if we ever wanted to steal her dating site ideas, we could.

Something about "All baggage must fit in the compartments above your head or below the seat in front of you" and all kinds of plane metaphors. :))

[worldklas]

maybe you have an amnesiatic split personality and wrote both of them yourself.

;)

[traditional_woman]

What does she look like? Better get you a Brinks system! She's comin after ya:silenced:

[gwhughes]

Get a girl the old fashion way, go to bar, get ****ed and go home with the last and drunkest chick in the bar. Wake up the next morning wondering where the hell you are and why is there a hippo laying beside you?

[LouC]

I have never tried to make an actual connection through on-line dating services, but I have put together profiles on a few, if for nothing more than the curiosity of seeing what I get matched up with.

One of these services, match.com, sends a daily list of matches which normally get ignored and quickly deleted. But tonight I was curious once again, so I clicked. The first girl that popped up caught my interest, so I began reading the profile.

This is where it got weird.

In the first paragraph of her 'about me' description was this line:



It seemed awfully familiar to me, so I went to my Yahoo profile, and the familiarity was justifiable. For there, in the profile which I wrote:



Yes...that's right....


SHE STOLE PART OF MY PROFILE!


I don't know if I should be flattered or frightened :lol: :lol:

(I would link to the two profiles, but I'm not sure the mods would approve, so you'll just have to take my word for it that yes, I wrote it)


:eek:

[RedStatePaPa]

lol that's hot!

[Mojotiger]

Get a girl the old fashion way, go to bar, get ****ed and go home with the last and drunkest chick in the bar. Wake up the next morning wondering where the hell you are and why is there a hippo laying beside you?

Sanford, is that you?

[sgtmac_46]

Get a girl the old fashion way, go to bar, get ****ed and go home with the last and drunkest chick in the bar. Wake up the next morning wondering where the hell you are and why is there a hippo laying beside you?
You just described my early 20's.

[Socrates]

I played around with a Catholic dating site a few years ago. They had discussion forums like this one which were a good way to meet and get to know people.

Along with the politics, sports, etc. sections they had a one section which only the ladies had access to and one which only the guys had access to. Somehow it was discovered that one of the guys had set up a second account--posing as his own grandmother--and had been trying to fix himself up in the ladies forum. :))

[RTchoke]

I played around with a Catholic dating site a few years ago. They had discussion forums like this one which were a good way to meet and get to know people.

Along with the politics, sports, etc. sections they had a one section which only the ladies had access to and one which only the guys had access to. Somehow it was discovered that one of the guys had set up a second account--posing as his own grandmother--and had been trying to fix himself up in the ladies forum. :))

:))

[MrShotShot]

If I were you, I'd splash on a little Brut 33 and jump in with both feet.

Crazy chic sex is some of the best they say.

[sgdp]

I played around with a Catholic dating site a few years ago. They had discussion forums like this one which were a good way to meet and get to know people.

Along with the politics, sports, etc. sections they had a one section which only the ladies had access to and one which only the guys had access to. Somehow it was discovered that one of the guys had set up a second account--posing as his own grandmother--and had been trying to fix himself up in the ladies forum. :))

:)) Niiiiiiice!

[super cool ski instructor]

This thread is making me laugh :))

[mysticbeauty_nbeast]

Call me old fashioned....those 'dating' sites scare me half to death. It's most certainly a 'box of chocolates'...you really don't know what your gonna get. lol.

I know times have changed...it's hard to meet people...the bar scene is old and tired and no one you meet in a bar is usually worth a long term relationship. I get it..I do. But to be so removed from the social aspects of meet and greet politics of dating...just seems that the 'chemistry' is ripped out of the scenerio. Know what I mean? It is as though one has to carry a personal resume around with them anymore...compare notes..and decide then if a date is in order or not. :neutral: Odd way to find love if you ask me.

The old fashioned way is best imo. You meet someone you'd like to get to know better....a few simple date(s) are set up...(like picnic in the park or a nice river walk, or even a service date of serving the homeless dinner or church volunteer work). Through these types of interactions, one gets a fairly good idea what each other are about.

It's how I met my hubby...been married almost 25 years in August. ;)

Just be careful when internet dating....far to many surprises can jump out at ya.

~Mysty

[super cool ski instructor]

Any single chicks still around here we could hook him up with? It's the way I did it :D

[DRS]

Just never give out your home phone number unless you think you can really trust the person.

Years ago when I first started chatting with people on the net I started talking to this girl who asked for my phone number, I gave it to her and two days later she did a reverse directory look up and showed up at my apartment hoping to score. A little uncomfortable to say the least.

[MrShotShot]

Just never give out your home phone number unless you think you can really trust the person.

Years ago when I first started chatting with people on the net I started talking to this girl who asked for my phone number, I gave it to her and two days later she did a reverse directory look up and showed up at my apartment hoping to score. A little uncomfortable to say the least.

And the problem was.........

[Mojotiger]

And the problem was.........

Must've been a big, ugly problem....

[DRS]

She did lie about her looks, but just hopping into the sack with someone is also something I do not do.

Nevermind about just showing up at a persons door uninvited whom you just met over the internet, I mean how many women would not be creeped out if I did the same thing to them?

[Vaard]

adult friend finder is the only dating site worth joining.......

[Camp]

Stick to people you meet in person. That is the only way to allow your sixth sense to repel or reel as the case may be.

The line also could have been lifted by some clever marketing software to see if you are still paying attention.

[birddog1]

Call me old fashioned....those 'dating' sites scare me half to death. It's most certainly a 'box of chocolates'...you really don't know what your gonna get. lol.

I know times have changed...it's hard to meet people...the bar scene is old and tired and no one you meet in a bar is usually worth a long term relationship. I get it..I do. But to be so removed from the social aspects of meet and greet politics of dating...just seems that the 'chemistry' is ripped out of the scenerio. Know what I mean? It is as though one has to carry a personal resume around with them anymore...compare notes..and decide then if a date is in order or not. :neutral: Odd way to find love if you ask me.

The old fashioned way is best imo. You meet someone you'd like to get to know better....a few simple date(s) are set up...(like picnic in the park or a nice river walk, or even a service date of serving the homeless dinner or church volunteer work). Through these types of interactions, one gets a fairly good idea what each other are about.

It's how I met my hubby...been married almost 25 years in August. ;)

Just be careful when internet dating....far to many surprises can jump out at ya.

~Mysty

I always get the chocolate that tastes like it was filled with tooth paste. What is the dating equivalent of that?

[gwhughes]

I always get the chocolate that tastes like it was filled with tooth paste. What is the dating equivalent of that?

Staring up from a well in a basement at a guy prancing around with a little dog screeming, "IT PUTS THE LOTION ON ITS SKIN OR ELSE IT GETS THE HOSE AGAIN."

That or R. Kelly.

[RTchoke]

Staring up from a well in a basement at a guy prancing around with a little dog screeming, "IT PUTS THE LOTION ON ITS SKIN OR ELSE IT GETS THE HOSE AGAIN."

That or R. Kelly.

:))

[traditional_woman]

Well i guess i (and hubby) am the exception to the rule, we met at a club and have been happily married for 14 yrs. I also used to think internet dating was weird, desperate, and stupid, until i kept meeting friends/acqaintances who met their spouse online and married. All of them are happily married as well.

[gwhughes]

Well i guess i (and hubby) am the exception to the rule, we met at a club and have been happily married for 14 yrs. I also used to think internet dating was weird, desperate, and stupid, until i kept meeting friends/acqaintances who met their spouse online and married. All of them are happily married as well.

That rule sucks:)

My girlfriend and I met at a bar and neither of us was really looking. So far we're pretty good together. My feelings, there are no rules. You meet who you meet, however it happens doesn't matter. -end of ghey touchy feely rant.

[supreme_war_Pig]

I have never tried to make an actual connection through on-line dating services, but I have put together profiles on a few, if for nothing more than the curiosity of seeing what I get matched up with.

One of these services, match.com, sends a daily list of matches which normally get ignored and quickly deleted. But tonight I was curious once again, so I clicked. The first girl that popped up caught my interest, so I began reading the profile.

This is where it got weird.

In the first paragraph of her 'about me' description was this line:



It seemed awfully familiar to me, so I went to my Yahoo profile, and the familiarity was justifiable. For there, in the profile which I wrote:



Yes...that's right....


SHE STOLE PART OF MY PROFILE!


I don't know if I should be flattered or frightened :lol: :lol:

(I would link to the two profiles, but I'm not sure the mods would approve, so you'll just have to take my word for it that yes, I wrote it)

Definitely flattered. Writing those profiles is hard, and if she found something worth cribbing, you must've done a good job. So, here is a question: did you contact her? That would be one helluva opening line. I'm just sayin'......

[supreme_war_Pig]

The old fashioned way is best imo. You meet someone you'd like to get to know better....a few simple date(s) are set up...(like picnic in the park or a nice river walk, or even a service date of serving the homeless dinner or church volunteer work). Through these types of interactions, one gets a fairly good idea what each other are about.
~Mysty

Online dating doesn't preclude any of this. In fact, it facilitates it.

[Vaard]

Well i guess i (and hubby) am the exception to the rule, we met at a club and have been happily married for 14 yrs. I also used to think internet dating was weird, desperate, and stupid, until i kept meeting friends/acqaintances who met their spouse online and married. All of them are happily married as well.

i met my second wife in the grateful dead chatroom on AOL.......


that was 10 years ago........

[Army Wife]

I met The Husband at a youth lock-in and married him 6 weeks later. We just celebrated 23 years this past weekend.

[captusa]

Should I be frightened or flattered?

If nobody has already mentioned it:
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

[Hadassah]

I played around with a Catholic dating site a few years ago. They had discussion forums like this one which were a good way to meet and get to know people.

Along with the politics, sports, etc. sections they had a one section which only the ladies had access to and one which only the guys had access to. Somehow it was discovered that one of the guys had set up a second account--posing as his own grandmother--and had been trying to fix himself up in the ladies forum. :))



That is actually a good idea! And freaking hilarious!:))