All of my correspondence with various people recently (YouTube guy, Mike from About.com, El Genio, various bloggers) has emboldened me to take a pretty scary step. I decided to upload photos onto the Match profile. I've gotten a number of "winks" and a few emails, but sadly not from many guys that I've found attractive. There was one guy who lives pretty close and is really good looking who messaged me, but unfortunately he didn't respond when I wrote him back. This dating website thing is frustrating! I've sent a few emails to guys in the hopes that they will respond. I really just want to try going out with a guy or two, to see what it's like. Hopefully it won't be too obvious that I'm a noob when it comes to dating (let alone dating guys, haha).
I had a video chat with YouTube guy last weekend, that was cool (webcam sound difficulties notwithstanding). We're both in the process of figuring ourselves out right now. He has aspirations to move to CA at some point, maybe he'll be a real life friend someday!
Be sure to check out my posting about the Prop 8 decision in California over at this link http://mascbgdudes.blogspot.com/2012/02/prop-8.html. Feel free to comment!
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I'm convinced that online dating breaks down like this:
90% - no response to the message
7% - some kind of response but no real connection
3% - actual date and some kind of positive action or relationship results from the connection.
It really comes down to the fact that most people are really much more picky online. After all, saying no is just one click away.
Like any numbers game, if you keep at it results usually manifest themselves, but that's never a guarantee :/
All of this from someone who canceled their okcupid account this week...
Online dating . . . is starting to lose its appeal for me. Haven't had much success with it thus far.
@Mike: Tell me about it.
@El Genio: That breakdown sounds about right, haha. What's really frustrating is the hot guy who messaged me first, then didn't respond when I messaged him back!
@Aek: Yeah, it's definitely flawed. But besides hanging out in gay bars or happening upon some random person, what else is there?
If you find the answer, let me know!
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