Marriage and the Power of Divorce
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30 something guys had to go through so many dating transitions. I had to learn how to ask a girl out face to face. I had to learn how and when to call her land line so her mom wouldn't answer it. I had to learn how to talk to her mom until she was finally put on the phone. After getting a grasp on how to operate dating on the phone suddenly SMS comes out and I had to learn a whole new ruleset. How often do I text? What do I say over text? With the 24/7 communication its a bit different than the phone rules. Then online dating came out. How do I effectively hit on a girl who is going in with the mindset of "This is some loser that has to use online dating to find a date"? How much do I say? How little do I say? What kind of pictures do I use? How do I figure out if she's a secret fatty? Thats pretty much where I stopped and I'm sure Tinder has a different protocol than OKC/Match style online dating as well.
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So my girlfriend of 2 years just broke up with me for no real reason. Basically I had an eharmony subscription (which is where I met her) that I pretty much completely forgot about. I had just recently prepaid for a year when we first started dating and I guess it auto renewed when that year ended so it was still active despite me not using it for almost 2 full years. Anyway, 1 of her friends matched with me I guess and sent it to her and she completely flipped out. I tried to show her the last time I was active but she wasn't having it. We have had a couple bigger fights recently so perhaps she was just looking for a reason and she latched onto this. Does not seem like I will be able to salvage it at this point.
So rerolled, what's the name of the game these days? I'd guess a good way to describe myself is Eomer-like in my financial situation but probably just an average looking guy. Never been particularly great at picking up women, but my now ex was an absolute smoke show, way, way, way out of my league from a physical perspective. I guess on the 1 hand I'm in the same boat as some others in that I don't currently have a burning desire to get back into the dating scene, but at the same time I got used to having a significant other around and now on weekends and what not I feel lost and unaware of what I should do. Getting extremely bored by myself and most of my friends are already married and half of them have kids so hanging out with them is not always the most convenient.
Is Tinder the way to go? Bumble? My general experience with eharmony from back when I was actually using it is that the attractive women are usually unresponsive and girls ranging in the spectrum from chubby to land whale will be all over me and I guess I'm pretty picky and generally not attracted to any of those. Advice?
So rerolled, what's the name of the game these days? I'd guess a good way to describe myself is Eomer-like in my financial situation but probably just an average looking guy. Never been particularly great at picking up women, but my now ex was an absolute smoke show, way, way, way out of my league from a physical perspective. I guess on the 1 hand I'm in the same boat as some others in that I don't currently have a burning desire to get back into the dating scene, but at the same time I got used to having a significant other around and now on weekends and what not I feel lost and unaware of what I should do. Getting extremely bored by myself and most of my friends are already married and half of them have kids so hanging out with them is not always the most convenient.
Is Tinder the way to go? Bumble? My general experience with eharmony from back when I was actually using it is that the attractive women are usually unresponsive and girls ranging in the spectrum from chubby to land whale will be all over me and I guess I'm pretty picky and generally not attracted to any of those. Advice?
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Khane
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Step 1: Learn that there isn't a single woman on earth who is out of your league.
Step 2: Believe that shit and own it.
Pretty much all the dating websites, even eHarmony, have a Tinder like feature of just looking at pictures and swiping. Tinder is free though so there's that.
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What's your guys' opinion on the profile text on Tinder? Obviously I haven't been looking at dudes profiles, but on chicks there's everything from nothing, to just the standard "this is who I am and this is who I hope you are" stuff, to odd sequences of emojis, to actually fairly creative and amusing shit. Mine is pretty straightforward, as when I first set it up I didn't feel like spending much time or thought on it. I doubt it would make any significant difference, most women are likely just swiping based on the first picture that comes up, but feel free to critique:
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Khane
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I think you should change it to.
Downtown Poundtown, bitches ain't shit, poppin bubbly, I own a boat.
Frenzied Wombat
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Honestly it doesn't matter much beyond maybe specifying whether you are interested in a hookup or a relationship. If you're average height or taller, then put your height as well. Other than those two factors it all comes down to your pictures.. Generally, whatever you write has more potential to disqualify you than help you, as most will only read it if they like your pictures.
Needless to say, no shirtless pics unless you're at the beach, and no pics of your car.
Now that's step 1.. Step 2 is coming up with witty shit to say when you match with someone, because every hottie pretty much matches up with every right swipe she makes.
~Someone that's been on Tinder for almost a year now.
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This is usually what I say to people asking for profile help. If it isn't something universally inclusive (eg; I love music, I love eating out [kek], I love movies) just don't say it. With online profiles less is more. You can rarely qualify yourself with a single sentence but a single sentence can sure as fuck disqualify you.
