I’m not surprised that you’re lost, but no. It seems like you are dramatically over-complicating normal interactions between men and women.
Have you ever tried telling a woman that she’s beautiful? Have you ever initiated contact and asked a woman to go out on a date and then delivered on showing her a good time?
I think you’re lost but that also doesn’t surprise me.
Face to face interaction brings the whole date into the realm of reality, removed from “online”. If you get to that point then it’s a different ball game. What we’re talking about here is the initial stages, after face to face contact the dynamics completely change and clearly I’m not fucking talking about that. Or is this my fault? Do I really have to spell it out?
Let me ask a different question - how often were you pleasantly surprised by what you met in person (physically) from the pictures online?
I thought about this a little bit, and my answer is not once. I’ve never considered that line of judgement on women I’ve brought out on dates. They have all appeared to be the same people I was interacting with online. I think you may be applying a greater level of scrutiny to the pictures women choose to post on social media platforms than I do. Like I said earlier, this is my first foray into online dating, but it seems like you and I have had different experiences using the platform.
If you literally want to meet mature people, you can find an app called Stitch on Apknite, it’s the social community for anyone over 50, lmao, jk. In my opinion, you just have to go to the outside, do what you want and your significant will come after you.
You can say this about the real world though. If a decent looking woman walks into a bar or club alone, she’s going to be approached by a lot more guys than a man would be by women at the same place. As for the filters, they do the same as make up does for some women. There’s so many women who you wouldn’t recognize them without any make up on.
The apps just present to you a lot more of what’s going on out there.
That’s correct. Women are on the supply side. So of course they will always have an advantage in the sexual market, in many cases primarily from their sexuality itself.
Dating is largely a waste of freaking time, hence why in other threads I’ve mentioned practices that cut down on it.
… and for others it has worked as prescribed .. it’s not bad advice especially in finding a SO. Do what interests you. Do what interests you in a group. Make friends and most people will find meaningful companionship either directly or serendipitously
Wallowing in self pity will only facilitate a self-fulfilling prophecy.
It’s not bad advice for all. It still will work for many and worked for most in the past. Ordinary men went about their lives not overthinking the matter and met a women.
I think men with good instincts and social acuity can manage to waste little time with deceptive people and can quickly tell if a woman is safe to spend time with.
Are you looking for women? As said elsewhere you and I see eye-to-eye on many issues. But I think people might speak to you personally because it seems you’re seeking someone. If I recall correctly you have a girlfriend.
I’ve never had a problem finding anyone. And I’m not currently looking, no. I have a gf, but the relationship is a little meh right now.
I absolutely refuse to date American women. Like we discussed in the other thread I think there is a crisis going on in the dating scene over there, so a lot of my talk comes from observing what is happening to others, like friends, family, or just dudes I talk to.
Maybe you, or the poor disadvantaged men you speak for, should look for something more than hot, and then you may be able to get something better than someone who has artfully posed and filtered one or two photos in order to look…hot.
we got it via netflix across the pond from you and it was great.
they tried to do an American version which sucked balls. It was terrible. The original’s characters were charming in their own way … the American version, they were just, annoying…