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Topic: Why do dating sites suck so hard?
Alismyname's photo
Sat 12/20/14 11:27 PM
Seriously they do. Maybe it's because I'm not willing to fork over large amounts of cash money in order to NOT find someone but this is just a terribly inefficient system. Could I do better? If I knew how to make a web page and all the technical crap--maybe.

See the most annoying thing is that the closest you can get to your own city is like what 15 miles. I don't want to travel 15 friggin miles just to see someone! I want to know who actually lives in my own darn city! Also I want to be able to do an advanced search--of people who are actually online. Why am I even seeing people halfway across the country!? I mean hello this is a dating site! Yeah it might work for some people but I think most of us would like to find LOCALS.

Honestly if I have to actually go out in order to meet people then what is the friggin point of these dating sites anyways?

I'm gonna be single forever because I'm stuck seeing 50 year old moms from Idaho. No offense to you 50 year moms from Idaho. You are cool.
Dating sites aren't.

Kindlightheart's photo
Sat 12/20/14 11:39 PM
I'm not from Idaho...lol...and honestly this is the only dating site I've checked out...not to interested in the locals I have found on here but there's a lot of good people with fair advise and optimistic opinions that can influence your own thoughts and attitude in a positive fashion...wish ya luck though...flowerforyou

bashajones's photo
Sat 12/20/14 11:50 PM

Seriously they do. Maybe it's because I'm not willing to fork over large amounts of cash money in order to NOT find someone but this is just a terribly inefficient system. Could I do better? If I knew how to make a web page and all the technical crap--maybe.

See the most annoying thing is that the closest you can get to your own city is like what 15 miles. I don't want to travel 15 friggin miles just to see someone! I want to know who actually lives in my own darn city! Also I want to be able to do an advanced search--of people who are actually online. Why am I even seeing people halfway across the country!? I mean hello this is a dating site! Yeah it might work for some people but I think most of us would like to find LOCALS.

Honestly if I have to actually go out in order to meet people then what is the friggin point of these dating sites anyways?

I'm gonna be single forever because I'm stuck seeing 50 year old moms from Idaho. No offense to you 50 year moms from Idaho. You are cool.
Dating sites aren't.


OMFG.....lol

dreamerana's photo
Sat 12/20/14 11:53 PM
we've all encountered fakes and scammers. they are more prevalent because of the anonymity of being online.
here, like in the real world, building trust and friendship takes time and effort.

proximity is hit & miss. (there are websites that I've heard do pair you with people in your desired radius).
proximity is only a barrier if you allow it to be, and being in close proximity to the person you meet doesn't mean things will work out.

this is a social network, not just a dating�site. many of us who are no longer searching enjoy chatting with friends in the forums.

there are many good people here. If you spend time in the forums you will definitely meet some interesting people, both locally and around the world.

mingle does work. there are a few of us who have found someone on here (yes, I've met a man with an intriguing mind and beautiful heart).

it takes positivity and being open to possibilities.

davidben1's photo
Sun 12/21/14 12:03 AM
cuss you sucking too hard.

Chrissyboy2702's photo
Sun 12/21/14 12:23 AM
There must be a better way for you personally to meet people closer to home, like a personal add in the local paper or something similar. But if you want to broaden your horizons, meet & chat with the wonderful women this board & community has to offer, the contribute & stick around.

davidben1's photo
Sun 12/21/14 12:26 AM
there be hope for the droids yet.

no photo
Sun 12/21/14 01:21 AM
People become bitter out of impatience, and the truth is that if you're in your 20's and can't pick up a girl you probably won't have much luck online.

Experience can equal embitterment, but I can tell you right now that dating sites work. Mingle2 is one of them.

You don't need to pay for anything to find friends or lovers.

Conrad_73's photo
Sun 12/21/14 01:36 AM

Seriously they do. Maybe it's because I'm not willing to fork over large amounts of cash money in order to NOT find someone but this is just a terribly inefficient system. Could I do better? If I knew how to make a web page and all the technical crap--maybe.

See the most annoying thing is that the closest you can get to your own city is like what 15 miles. I don't want to travel 15 friggin miles just to see someone! I want to know who actually lives in my own darn city! Also I want to be able to do an advanced search--of people who are actually online. Why am I even seeing people halfway across the country!? I mean hello this is a dating site! Yeah it might work for some people but I think most of us would like to find LOCALS.

Honestly if I have to actually go out in order to meet people then what is the friggin point of these dating sites anyways?

I'm gonna be single forever because I'm stuck seeing 50 year old moms from Idaho. No offense to you 50 year moms from Idaho. You are cool.
Dating sites aren't.

It's the Potatoes I tells ya,the Potatoes!
But don't let that mess up your Holidays!laugh

mikey5360's photo
Sun 12/21/14 01:45 AM
dude.....really I agree with your own assessment of your profile farkkkkkkkk how depressing.....what chick is gonna like that......

Anyway....moving on....you live in Woodbrige, Virginia population 54,275 residents at the 2010 census......fair enough
Broaden your search from 15 miles to 20 miles and you have
Washington, D.C. and an estimated population of 646,449 in 2013.....

Surely you could stretch yourself a further 5 miles.....just sayin....good luck......drinker drinker

messi_is_a_tim_1888's photo
Sun 12/21/14 01:48 AM
If dating sites suck, maybe you should start a site called BJ dating? laugh laugh laugh

isaac_dede's photo
Sun 12/21/14 01:50 AM
Edited by isaac_dede on Sun 12/21/14 01:51 AM
Because of your profile, yes it is honest but the whole thing reeks of negativity, and you paint yourself as a loser, and it seems you expect others to see you that way as well. You can say the same things, but paint it with a different brush. Working at Walmart isnt a bad thing, sure some may see it that way, but it isn't. At least you have a job, that should mean that you have some sort of work ethic, you are trying to write comics and have a hobby, so what if you cant draw (niether could the creator of Charlie Brown), keep at it, that means you're creative, you may not be able to afford your own place yet, but you're living with your brothers to make it work, so you're resourceful.

So here is what I've gotten so far, you're a young guy in his 20s, whos not overweight with a steady job, your creative and have a passion for writing comics, you don't live with mom and dad and are at least trying to better yourself....
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don't be so hard on yourself, and good luck

mikeyspace4691's photo
Sun 12/21/14 03:33 AM

Seriously they do. Maybe it's because I'm not willing to fork over large amounts of cash money in order to NOT find someone but this is just a terribly inefficient system. Could I do better? If I knew how to make a web page and all the technical crap--maybe.

See the most annoying thing is that the closest you can get to your own city is like what 15 miles. I don't want to travel 15 friggin miles just to see someone! I want to know who actually lives in my own darn city! Also I want to be able to do an advanced search--of people who are actually online. Why am I even seeing people halfway across the country!? I mean hello this is a dating site! Yeah it might work for some people but I think most of us would like to find LOCALS.

Honestly if I have to actually go out in order to meet people then what is the friggin point of these dating sites anyways?

I'm gonna be single forever because I'm stuck seeing 50 year old moms from Idaho. No offense to you 50 year moms from Idaho. You are cool.
Dating sites aren't.


Well luckily something is sucking you, OP. Quit ya bitchin.

vanaheim's photo
Sun 12/21/14 03:54 AM
Al, online social networking is folly for replacement of real world social interaction. It's like saying masturbation is exactly the same thing as sex with a woman. It isn't, it doesn't substitute, and the only healthy approach is an enhancement of the desired condition and not a replacement as the replacement is an undesired condition.

Did you want to just talk to pictures of women on a screen instead of have a relationship with one? Because that's what happens when you try to replace one for the other.

You must go out normally. You must meet people in the real world. Then what you can do is use social networking sites, like dating sites, to enhance your scope of social interaction.

It remains healthy and is what you wanted only when you do it that way. The alternative is scamming and a kind of an online version of trailer trash mentality otherwise, no other version exists.

no photo
Sun 12/21/14 04:08 AM
OP you sound like a nagging b i t c h.....you saying you can't even travel 15 miles to meet a woman LOL what a lame azz....
you're fortunate enough to find women close by and in the same country yet you go on like that.....
Distance shouldn't be an option coz if you really want to be with someone you would make that effort instead of being a nagging hoe.
a dating site does not mean it will land women at yo doorstep like a freegin pizza delivery service.
i've travelled across continents to be with someone in the past, and if you serious about meeting someone make the effort regardless of the location.....no place is too far
so quit whining biyatch

no photo
Sun 12/21/14 04:34 AM

Seriously they do. Maybe it's because I'm not willing to fork over large amounts of cash money in order to NOT find someone but this is just a terribly inefficient system. Could I do better? If I knew how to make a web page and all the technical crap--maybe.

See the most annoying thing is that the closest you can get to your own city is like what 15 miles. I don't want to travel 15 friggin miles just to see someone! I want to know who actually lives in my own darn city! Also I want to be able to do an advanced search--of people who are actually online. Why am I even seeing people halfway across the country!? I mean hello this is a dating site! Yeah it might work for some people but I think most of us would like to find LOCALS.

Honestly if I have to actually go out in order to meet people then what is the friggin point of these dating sites anyways?

I'm gonna be single forever because I'm stuck seeing 50 year old moms from Idaho. No offense to you 50 year moms from Idaho. You are cool.
Dating sites aren't.



*blinkblink*

I have no comment...

mikeyspace4691's photo
Sun 12/21/14 04:40 AM
Blame it on Dyson..

panchovanilla's photo
Sun 12/21/14 05:53 AM
A whole 15 miles?surprised
Lordy be...that's awful.lol
I drive 75 miles to Walmart.
Be patient
Be positive
Meet people on these forums, and maybe get some good advice.
Good luck.

no photo
Sun 12/21/14 06:31 AM
I don't want to travel 15 friggin miles just to see someone!



Hahahahahahahahahahahaha *cough* hahahahahahahahahahahaha

no photo
Sun 12/21/14 07:51 AM
I hear ya. 15 miles is pretty far when ya don't got bus fare and gotta walk. She better let ya spend the night for your enormous effort. Maybe you otta invest in a bicycle so's you can cut down on the travel time...or maybe one of those 50 year old Mom''s will bake you some cookies for your backpack...
rofl
Good luck on your search! flowerforyou

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