I charged back up an old online dating profile a couple of weeks ago, but I just cancelled it again. I did talk to one guy for a little while, but I was very meh about him. And it seems like every single profile I read says, "I'm laid back" or "I'm down to earth." *YAWN* Don't get me wrong--I like laid back guys, but it feels like they all call themselves that these days like it's the style or something, and it's so boring to read over and over and over. Plus, I just don't like online dating. I always start it back up again thinking I should do something proactive in my dating life, but shut it down because it feels so unnatural. I feel like I'm picking guys out of a catalogue, when what really attracts me to guys is their personality, which you can't get much of in a profile. I'll keep using it until my subscription expires in a couple of months, but I'd much rather meet someone organically. I just wish I was better at doing that. *sighcatch22*
Trying to stay positive,
Skeptic
I'm in my 40s so I'm a lot older than you, but I can definitely relate. I was on an online dating site for a couple of months. Not only did a lot of the guys say they were laid back, they also posted pictures with fish they had caught (why?) and the guys my age or older were looking for younger women. Not because they necessarily wanted kids, but just because they thought they deserved that, I guess. One said he wanted a younger woman because menopause makes women crazy. His exact words.
ReplyDeleteIt's tough out there, right? Online dating was supposed to be a solution to a tricky problem using technology, but I just see it as complicating the issue.
DeleteI shouldn't even get started on my pet peeves of online dating profiles. But indeed, right up there on my list of annoyances are the pictures guys post where they cut out (most of) some other girl. Come on--they can't convince me they don't have access to a digital camera or cell phone to take a different picture.