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Topic: What's stopping you?
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Mon 09/13/10 11:35 AM





I see a lot of people on here say that they don't bother to contact anyone first. I don't really get that. Why be on a site like this if you're not willing to make an effort to meet new people?


I'm one of them. And the reason is because I never got a reply when I did try to contact someone first. You reach a point where you realize it's a waste of time, so you stop doing it.



Why is it a waste of time? Do you just start assuming all women are the same? I don't get it.


If I drop a bowling ball on my foot a hundred times, the same thing is probably going to happen a hundred times. I don't need to keep doing it a hundred more times to prove a point.




Maybe you should find another way to hold your bowling ball?


Or maybe I should stop messing with bowling balls entirely.

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Mon 09/13/10 11:36 AM






I see a lot of people on here say that they don't bother to contact anyone first. I don't really get that. Why be on a site like this if you're not willing to make an effort to meet new people?


I'm one of them. And the reason is because I never got a reply when I did try to contact someone first. You reach a point where you realize it's a waste of time, so you stop doing it.



Why is it a waste of time? Do you just start assuming all women are the same? I don't get it.


If I drop a bowling ball on my foot a hundred times, the same thing is probably going to happen a hundred times. I don't need to keep doing it a hundred more times to prove a point.




Maybe you should find another way to hold your bowling ball?


Or maybe I should stop messing with bowling balls entirely.


You mean to go gay?

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Mon 09/13/10 11:47 AM







I see a lot of people on here say that they don't bother to contact anyone first. I don't really get that. Why be on a site like this if you're not willing to make an effort to meet new people?


I'm one of them. And the reason is because I never got a reply when I did try to contact someone first. You reach a point where you realize it's a waste of time, so you stop doing it.



Why is it a waste of time? Do you just start assuming all women are the same? I don't get it.


If I drop a bowling ball on my foot a hundred times, the same thing is probably going to happen a hundred times. I don't need to keep doing it a hundred more times to prove a point.




Maybe you should find another way to hold your bowling ball?


Or maybe I should stop messing with bowling balls entirely.


You mean to go gay?


I see the metaphor has more or less fallen apart at this point.

No, I have no interest in guys.

The problem is, I haven't had any real interest in any women for quite some time, either. I mean, I'm straight, but I can't find anyone interesting enough who also fits into my relationship parameters.

So, "Maybe I should stop messing with bowling balls entirely" equates to "Maybe I should stop looking for relationships entirely."

Particularly since I know, going in, that I'll be wracking my brains trying to get out of it after 3 months anyway....

I think it's better to be alone than to be with someone and wish you were alone. Just from my own personal experience....




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Mon 09/13/10 12:58 PM
Yep.

mixalh's photo
Mon 09/13/10 01:04 PM
you're the man!....*starts writing everything done* ...this is good stuff...

lol jk


what you say is true ...hats off to you and people like you :)

cheers!

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Mon 09/13/10 03:25 PM




I see a lot of people on here say that they don't bother to contact anyone first. I don't really get that. Why be on a site like this if you're not willing to make an effort to meet new people?


I'm one of them. And the reason is because I never got a reply when I did try to contact someone first. You reach a point where you realize it's a waste of time, so you stop doing it.



Why is it a waste of time? Do you just start assuming all women are the same? I don't get it.


If I drop a bowling ball on my foot a hundred times, the same thing is probably going to happen a hundred times. I don't need to keep doing it a hundred more times to prove a point.




Or stop doing things the same way and expecting a different result. Try something different.

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Mon 09/13/10 03:56 PM





I see a lot of people on here say that they don't bother to contact anyone first. I don't really get that. Why be on a site like this if you're not willing to make an effort to meet new people?


I'm one of them. And the reason is because I never got a reply when I did try to contact someone first. You reach a point where you realize it's a waste of time, so you stop doing it.



Why is it a waste of time? Do you just start assuming all women are the same? I don't get it.


If I drop a bowling ball on my foot a hundred times, the same thing is probably going to happen a hundred times. I don't need to keep doing it a hundred more times to prove a point.




Or stop doing things the same way and expecting a different result. Try something different.


To quote the immortal philosopher Kerry Wood, "It is what it is." "Different" only works if there is something different to work with.


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Mon 09/13/10 04:20 PM
I think if there is a moral to be learned it would be about every woman having her own personality, life experiences, socio-economic situation, etc.
When your social interaction with women on a dating site boils down to the same result then you must see the common denominator...it's you.
Maybe if you related to each individual woman that you interact with in a unique way specific to her then your results might change.

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Mon 09/13/10 04:42 PM
Edited by Atlantis75 on Mon 09/13/10 04:43 PM


When your social interaction with women on a dating site boils down to the same result



It doesn't boil anywhere, it's not even lukewarm, more like a few degrees above freezing temperature.
laugh

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Mon 09/13/10 04:48 PM
its like being a bug ya step into the light ya get steped on

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Mon 09/13/10 05:00 PM
On this web site .... mostly distance and an international border.

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Mon 09/13/10 05:08 PM

When your social interaction with women on a dating site boils down to the same result then you must see the common denominator...it's you.


Fine, it's me. I don't see anyone I find interesting enough to get involved with.


Maybe if you related to each individual woman that you interact with in a unique way specific to her then your results might change.


I've done that, over and over and over again. It makes no difference. They still want the cardboard cutout, the domesticated farm animal, regardless of what they say in the beginning.

I'm starting to think most women on dating sites aren't interested in finding a guy at all -- they just want an endless string of cliches.


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Tue 09/14/10 01:32 PM
repeat



its like being a bug ya step into the light ya get steped on

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